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  • Save NASA! Science budget cuts don't help anyone!

    07/03/2025 6:13:53 AM PDT · by PIF · 115 replies
    The Angry Astronaut ^ | July 2, 2025 | The Angry Astronaut
    If you like all the Science NASA has done since 1961, then wave it all goodby. NASA budget cut to the lowest since 1961 - before there was a manned space program. No more Rovers, probes, [ even 99942 Apophis probes cut, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis ]. There are no private entities that can or will pick up the slack. Cuts to Hubble and to Webb will leave them orbiting junk. Coupled with the possible collapse of SpaceX from 47's vengeance feud with Musk, the US will no longer have a space program - civilian or military. These twin disasters in the making...
  • Could Trump put SpaceX out of business? Will ruining Elon Musk save us "big money?

    07/03/2025 6:10:41 AM PDT · by PIF · 42 replies
    The Angry Astronaut ^ | July 2, 2025 | The Angry Astronaut
    Could Trump put SpaceX out of business? Will ruining Elon Musk save us "big money?" Don't watch if you are a hard core 47 supporter, lest you be triggered. Excerpt from the video transcript: Elon Musk is on the verge of blowing upall of his companies that he's worked so hard to build with his latest feud with Donald Trump that continues to escalate with every new development with the big beautiful bill. Now that it's passed the Senate, it appears that Elon has temporarily quieted down a little bit on X. But nevertheless, the situation remains very, very tense...
  • How Long Does It Take An Aircraft Carrier To Cross The Atlantic?

    06/29/2025 5:29:02 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 47 replies
    SlashGear ^ | Jun 28, 2025 | Jonathan H. Kantor
    When it comes to aircraft carriers, the nation with the most is the United States. The U.S. Navy operates 11 nuclear aircraft carriers of various designs, and more are on the way as the service replaces its aging fleet of Nimitz-class carriers with the new Gerald R. Ford-class carriers. These are massive ships and the largest warships ever constructed in military history. Each Ford-class vessel displaces around 100,000 tons of seawater and measures 1,092 feet in length, with a flight deck width of 256 feet. That's a lot of ship to move around, but despite its mass, a Ford-class carrier...
  • RFK Jr. Announces “Health Insurance Breakthrough” That Affects Nearly 260 Million Americans

    06/23/2025 6:39:39 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 34 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | June 23, 2025 | Vigilant Fox
    In a press conference on Monday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced a landmark agreement with the nation’s largest health insurers to tackle the number one healthcare problem plaguing hundreds of millions of Americans: prior authorization. Prior authorization is the requirement for doctors and patients to get advance approval from insurance companies BEFORE certain treatments, tests, or procedures are covered. It was meant to control costs, but for 85% of Americans, it’s become a serious barrier to care. “Doctors like myself are continually struggling with this issue,” Dr. Oz said, explaining how the...
  • Book review by Bruce Deitrick Price: The Boy Who Saves The World (thriller)

    06/20/2025 5:52:38 PM PDT · by BruceDeitrickPrice · 7 replies
    Renew America ^ | June 9, 2025 | Bruce Deitrick Price
    I'm proud to mention that I’m a columnist with Renew America. The editors suggested I provide a review of my new novel. The problem with reviews, good, bad, long, short, is that each is one person's opinion. Surely I can be more helpful. Here are the first six reviews: ——————————————————————- “I LOVED IT. It's interesting and fast-paced." —Laurie Endicott Thomas, author of "Not Trivial: How Studying The Traditional Liberal Arts Can Set You Free” —————————————————————— "A riveting sci-fi thriller that delves into artificial intelligence, government surveillance, and the nature of free will. At the heart of the novel is Carlos,...
  • WATCH LIVE: Japanese Private Lander ‘Endurance’ To Touch Down on Lunar Surface, To Study the Unexplored ‘Sea of Cold’ – MOON LANDING EXPECTED AT 3:17PM ET

    06/05/2025 12:05:31 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 13 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | June 5, 2025 | Paul Serran
    Space.com reported: “ISpace’s private Resilience Lander will attempt to touch down on the Mare Frigoris region of the moon’s surface on June 5, at 3:17 p.m. EDT (1817 GMT). […]
  • "I feel like a tree that grew in the wrong direction": Come hear the thoughts of Noah, who detransitioned after 4 years on estrogen

    06/05/2025 11:41:02 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 13 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | June 05, 2025 | Staff
    Just going to share this here for the people who think pushing radical gender-theory nonsense is compassionate: He considers transitioning from male to female the biggest REGRET of his life. VERY INTERESTING 3:28 VIDEO AT LINK.................... There are many young men and women like this out there. This guy didn't even get into the significant and dangerous health effects of injecting cross-sex hormones, both for men and women. How many lives have been hurt/ruined by the gender cult?
  • Amazon Prepares To Test Humanoid Robots For Deliveries

    06/05/2025 8:00:00 AM PDT · by Enlightened1 · 35 replies
    Reuters ^ | 06/04/25
    Amazon, opens new tab is developing software for humanoid robots that could eventually take the jobs of delivery workers, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. Amazon is completing construction of a "humanoid park," an indoor obstacle course at one of the company's San Francisco, California offices, where it will soon test such robots, the report added. The company is developing the artificial intelligence software that would power such robots, the report said, adding that Amazon plans to use hardware from other firms in its tests, for now....
  • Jailbreaking the Future: Why AI Needs an Environmental Safety Mindset

    06/01/2025 8:42:04 AM PDT · by EBH · 17 replies
    6/1/25 | EBH
    In my Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) training, we were taught a sobering truth: a decision made today could come back to haunt us decades later. If we approved a hazardous chemical or ignored a potential risk, and that action later led to human or environmental harm, we could be held accountable—even if we had moved on to another job or employer. The concept is known as the "long-tail of liability." As I watch the explosive growth of Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models (LLMs), I can't help but draw unsettling parallels. We're rushing forward, unleashing technology into schools, businesses,...
  • 🚨BREAKING: President Trump pulls his nomination of Jared Isaacman for NASA administrator.

    05/31/2025 6:57:05 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 17 replies
    Benny Johnson on Twitter X ^ | May 31, 2025 | Benny Johnson
    Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨BREAKING: President Trump pulls his nomination of Jared Isaacman for NASA administrator. 8:48 PM · May 31, 2025
  • RFK & Congessman Spar Over Fluoride [semi-satire]

    05/21/2025 10:42:55 AM PDT · by John Semmens · 6 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 18 May 2025 | John Semmens
    In testimony before the Congressional Committee on Appropriations this week, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy, Jr. wrangled with Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Id) over whether governments should be adding fluoride to drinking water. Simpson questioned whether Kennedy's opposition to fluoridating was wise, saying "as a dentist I am acutely aware of statistics showing that where water is fluoridated cavities are rarer. I fear that removing it will lead to an epidemic of rotting teeth among our population. Are you indifferent to this risk?" Kennedy responded saying "the National Toxicity Program issued a report in August 2024, a...
  • The oldest whales in the ocean were alive before 'Moby-Dick' and have the harpoons to prove it

    04/30/2025 6:32:40 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 49 replies
    Upworthy ^ | April 28, 2025 | Upworthy Staff
    Thanks to some thoughtful collaboration between researchers and traditional Inupiat whalers (who are still allowed to hunt for survival), scientists have used amino acids in the eyes of whales and harpoon fragments lodged in their carcasses to determine the age of these enormous animals—and they found at least three bowhead whales who were living prior to 1850. Granted those are bowheads, not sperm whales like the fictional Moby Dick, (and none of them are albino, I think), but still. Pretty amazing, huh? Bowhead whales reach an average length of 35 to 45 feet, and they are believed to live over...
  • Ok, a little favor....AI (artificial intelligence)

    04/25/2025 5:16:55 AM PDT · by ma_che62 · 52 replies
    self | 4/25/25 | self
    I confess to being a troglodyte or cave man or idiot or whatever metaphor you'd like to use but I'm very skeptical of AI...
  • Will Patel and Bongino investigate this massive FBI scandal that nobody’s talking about?

    04/19/2025 8:15:32 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 40 replies
    Revolver News ^ | April 17, 2025 | Staff
    Charles McGonigal may be the most corrupt FBI official in modern history—and yet somehow, his name has barely made a blip on the radar. This wasn’t some mid-level pencil-pusher. McGonigal was one of the top counterintelligence agents at the FBI’s New York field office. He was directly involved in the bureau’s most sensitive operations, including the infamous “Crossfire Hurricane” probe into (phony) Trump–Russia “collusion.” And after that whole fraudulent mess, it turns out that he was secretly taking money from a Kremlin-linked oligarch and helping shake down Albanian oligarchs on the side. You can’t make this up, right? Now here...
  • White House Science Chief Says US Can “Manipulate Time and Space”” — Trump Hints at Secret Weapons “No One Knows About”

    04/17/2025 8:17:09 AM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 92 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | April 17, 2025 | Robert Semonsen
    In a bold and somewhat cryptic statement that’s turning heads and raising eyebrows across the globe, White House tech chief Michael Kratsios claimed the United States has cutting-edge technology capable of “bending time and space.” ...... Snip...... While Kratsios’ statement lacked specifics—no surprise given the likely classified nature of such tech—it lines up with something President Trump has hinted at for years, namely that the US is holding advanced capabilities that the public has never seen. Just last week, Trump told reporters, “We have weaponry that nobody has any idea what it is. And it is the most powerful in...
  • Is Trump Destroying Science or Saving It?

    04/17/2025 6:18:07 AM PDT · by karpov · 18 replies
    James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | April 17, 2025 | John Staddon
    Apparently, some 75 percent of U.S. scientists are planning to emigrate to Canada and Europe “in light of President Donald Trump’s sweeping changes to federal science policy.” Is this a joke or just a bad poll? According to my omniscient AI “Copilot,” the U.S. spends 3.4 percent of GDP on science and Canada only 1.8 percent. Is Canada really a better deal for scientists? Of course, we need to know more details. What kind of science do these two nations favor? Who are those scientists who are threatening to leave? How bad for science are the Trump policies? How bad?...
  • What Is Happening In Our SKIES? (The HORROR of Climate Engineering)

    04/14/2025 6:15:08 PM PDT · by rebuildus · 50 replies
    Old School Media ^ | 4/14/25 | Patrick Rooney
    It seems I’m being “red-pilled” on something new every day now. One more “conspiracy theory” I’d heard about but also rolled my eyes about (the Media is so effective!) appears to be true: Climate or geo engineering–the spraying of chemicals into our skies by aircraft to affect the weather, is not only “a thing,” but from what I am quickly gathering, it is dangerous as hell– something that is rapidly killing our planet and killing us. Last night I watched a recent episode of the Redacted podcast (of which I highly recommend–the hosts discuss the critical issues of our world...
  • DEVELOPING: Preliminary Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake Strikes SoCal (VIDEO)

    04/14/2025 11:02:01 AM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 58 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | April 14, 2025 | Cristina Laila
    According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake hit at 10:08 am local time and was centered 2.5 miles south of Julian in San Diego County. Notable shaking was felt across San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties. No immediate damage or injuries reported. People posted videos of the quake to social media. WATCH:
  • 🚨BREAKING: HHS RFK Jr announces by September we will know EXACTLY what caused the EXTREME Autism Epidemic in the US.

    04/10/2025 11:25:37 AM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 40 replies
    Benny Johnson on Twitter X ^ | April 10, 2025 | Benny Johnson
    Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨BREAKING: HHS RFK Jr announces by September we will know EXACTLY what caused the EXTREME Autism Epidemic in the US. 12:50 PM · Apr 10, 2025
  • Scientists Demand Continued Funding [semi-satire]

    04/08/2025 10:15:49 AM PDT · by John Semmens · 5 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 6 April 2025 | John Semmens
    Nearly 2,000 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine signed an open letter demanding that the federal subsidies they have been receiving for decades must not be discontinued. In the letter they said "we hold diverse political beliefs, but we are united as researchers in wanting to continue our work without being interrupting by the cost-cutting mania unleashed by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The assertion that research must be of benefit to justify taxing the public to pay for it is a formula for fostering ignorance." "No one really knows what is useful before it...