Random thoughts on politics, current events, popular culture, and whatever else interests me.
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This would have put my old Middle East studies professor in a bit of a quandry. On the one hand, he was no fan of the State of Israel. On the other hand, he suffered professionally at the hands of the Turkish governmemt for pointing out the Armenian Holocaust.
Before Donald Quataert annoyed the Turkish government, he was my Middle Eastern studies professor
Recently, NASA extended the idea of private-public partnerships to Mars. The space agency has struck a deal with Relativity Space to send an orbital probe to the Red Planet, with a launch date no earlier than 2028.
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While all eyes have been on the recent SpaceX IPO, another, smaller aerospace company is preparing to go public as well. Quantum Space will initiate an IPO by merging with the special purpose acquisition company, Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VI. The deal is supposed to close later this year.
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NASA announced more details about the upcoming Artemis III mission, which unlike Artemis II will take place in low Earth orbit. The announcement included the identities of the crew who will conduct the mission.
Saturday, June 13, 2026
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One thing stands out about the moon base that NASA plans to build at the lunar south pole, possibly later than planned because of last month’s New Glenn disaster: It would be nothing like the ones that have been imagined in science fiction.
Saturday, June 06, 2026
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Wednesday, June 03, 2026
"When Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) first started his war on artificial intelligence and robotics, his excuse was that the technologies would destroy jobs of the working class at the behest of the “oligarchs,” which is to say billionaire entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk and Sam Altman. He wanted to put a stop to the technology, or at least slow it down.
"However, Sanders has now altered course and decided that artificial intelligence can be a good thing, if it is owned and taxed, at least in part, by the government. He has taken to X, the social media platform owned by Musk, to explain his proposal and to link to a New York Times op-ed laying it out.">/P>
Tuesday, June 02, 2026
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4587179/bernie-sanders-war-artificial-intelligence-robotics/
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Upon reading the initial public offering document SpaceX submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission, one reaches two inescapable conclusions.