Musk is an absolute sociopath, but there’s actually a logic to this.

Apparently the US has extremely tight export controls for telecomm tech used for war, and Starlink was concerned that by Ukraine using it in an offensive way it would result in the US or other countries classifying Starlink as military tech, thereby limiting where they can export it. That would be really bad for Starlink, of course, which is why they specified at the beginning that Ukraine should only use it for civilian goals (hospitals, schools, government, etc).

I assume the contract between Starlink and the Pentagon covers that, but I haven’t researched that far.

Cannibal: The Musical.

It’s a reeeally early Trey Parker and Matt Stone creation. A live action comedy musical movie about the Donner party. Definitely a classic.

He’s a poor man’s vision of a rich man, an ignorant man’s vision of a smart man, and a weak man’s vision of a strong man.

“Relatively few people were familiar with the goals of the project, and rarely did their enthusiasm for the bonuses translate to an enthusiasm for the Worldcoin project or cryptocurrency more broadly”

Yeah, I don’t really see this project going anywhere. I’m guessing the vast majority of these people who got $50 in worldcoin will never figure out how to convert it to fiat currency or another crypto.

I prefer the bodyweight fitness / calisthenics approach. This guy is pretty good but his routines are pretty advanced: https://youtube.com/@CHRISHERIA?si=sw6nZWSxCyU74DVh

This guy is great for getting into it: https://youtube.com/@HybridCalisthenics?si=QeQCaGduaSsTiuER

I mean, I understand the original rationale: building out infrastructure is super expensive, so the monopoly gives the company an assurance they can recoup investment. But then there’s no follow-up! There’s nothing requiring the ISP to evolve, so we end up with the same tech as when the contract was signed 20 years ago. At least wireless (LTE, 5G, etc) is promising for competiton, but buying spectrum from the FCC is also f’ing expensive.

Quick! Give the ISPs a bunch of federal dollars to build out their networks so they can quietly pocket it and do stock buybacks!

That special is an absolute masterpiece

Iron Sky!!

Who doesn’t love a movie about Nazis hiding for 60 years in a secret base on the dark side of the moon?!?!

So try that. Go a week without smoking and see if you can do it.

I roll the occasional smoke after lunch but it’s less than one a day. That’s how I know I’m not addicted: I go multiple days between having a smoke, I can smoke with friends on the weekend, but then not smoke by myself on weekdays. Try that to know if you’re really not addicted.

And votes in the UN. Every country gets one vote, so Solomon Islands have the same impact as NZ. Every tiny country China can buy off helps their positions.

It’s got to be hard to maintain the momentum once the government decides they’re fine with murdering the protesters. The Iranian government also let women go without headscarves for this long, I imagine as a way to let the temperature cool. They never intended to repeal the law, only let the protests disperse letting the protesters think they’d won that small concession.

We aught to make the pie higher!

Johnson and Johnson? Damn, I knew they were assholes but they should stick to being FBI guys.

Progress happens one funeral at a time…

John Oliver has a segment on carbon offsets and, yeah, they sound like typical cash grabs under the guise of “green” Vid: https://youtu.be/6p8zAbFKpW0