- The (insouciantly charming) symbolism of launching a Tesla into space. (And before anybody goes objecting to Elon Musk and his very existence, you might want to read the comment by UnReconstructed, who happens to be a real rocket scientist, over at Joel’s place.)
- Commander Zero on meeting folks: a real-world example.
- Oh, yeah. This is what the country needs (she says rolling her eyes): ICE wants to become an intelligence (sic) agency.
- So much for transparency. The Office of Personnel Management hides 255,000 federal salaries — and how many billions of dollars?
- Seriously, Vatican? The country that’s been killing Christians and heading up its own state-run Catholic church is the one that’s best implementing your desired social program? Sure, there are political reasons you’re blarting such nonsense. But aside from fears you’ll abandon millions of Chinese Catholics, I think you’ve just demonstrated that you’re the same old abusive organization but now New! Improved! All leftist!
- Did Obama really want to know everything? if so, we’ve got a scandal on our hands bigger than Watergate — IF the media will cover it.
- The biohacker I linked the other day is hardly alone. Apparently there’s an entire field of “biopunks” conducting homemade experiments both icky and intriguing. Interesting days for medicine’s ancien regime.
- Looking for an off-the-beaten-path destination? Try Spain’s Lapland.
- Release your inner animal with photorealistic ski masks.
- Via jc2k in comments: the world’s first taproom and adoption center for dogs. I gotta visit this place!
- Librarians with a sense of humor.
Love the dog tavern, and the jolly librarians! Great finds. 🙂
Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need … roads.
The biohacking world has come a long way since the early days of Steve Mann’s wearables. You might recall Steve’s misadventure in 2002 at the Toronto airport.
When it come to genetic manipulation, I can laud the goal of “to eliminate common disorders in problem-plagued purebreds”, but I can only shudder to think of what further lengths the AKC breeders will take this, and you know they will.
Ok I admit I’m not a fan of Musk.
I feel as if he’s a con. But that doesn’t mean he’s all bad either. To be honest if he is able to do good then who care’s if he is a con really, as long as people aren’t taken for a ride they weren’t willing to pay for?
So the proof is in the pudding, if he pulls off everything he is taking other’s people’s money to do without ripping them off then you can’t say he conned anyone can you, he did what he said he was going to do unless you don’t like a billionaire feeding at the public trough to do it, but they all do, if they can, it seems so if some good comes out of it then the only questions is; was it worth the price?
OK,way OT…..Lets close the post office.What a wasteland.Every other service can deliver to my door and do it politely and never give me grief.The PO is the exact opposite of that.
Yes,went to the post office today.I keep forgetting Im dealing with Gods.
Tweet from Starman….I still cant find any parking.
Thanks for the library funnies. My wife really needed a laugh today.
OT: Was that a guilty face? I don’t have any conclusions on this one at present. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/guilty-dog-pictures-your-dog-feels-no-shame/550901/
Another OT: Cognitive ability and fake news. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cognitive-ability-and-vulnerability-to-fake-news/
As a bit of a science geek myself, I really enjoy seeing what biohackers are up to. Some of it’s scary, some of it’s stupid. But all of it results in new information. New knowledge of how things can or can’t be done.
A lot of what they’ve achieved involves expensive tests being simplified, and the equipment shrunk down to pocket-size. That has made a huge difference in areas that don’t have hospitals nearby.