it's the USA
of course it was always going to be a right-wing revolution
NASASpaceflight is apparently saying that test articles for the upcoming V3 Starship booster, a new version that's supposed to explode less, was on a test stand at this site and is also probably scrap metal now too. So this not only blew up the one for this month, but a *future* one too.
The cause of this latest incident and the extent of possible damage to the test site are unknown, but it follows explosions during the seventh, eighth, and ninth Starship flight tests earlier this year.
Musk promises weekly explosions
https://www.theverge.com/news/689901...atic-fire-testSpaceX is also preparing a new V3 design that, according to Musk, was tracking toward a rate of launching once a week in about 12 months.
He gets to play with toys and blow stuff up on our tax paying dime. Where's DOGE?
Fifteen Saturn V rockets were ever made. None exploded, six of them propelled crewed moon missions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V
I think we're in a sunk-cost fallacy situation with SpaceX. It's a sign of our decadence as a country that we're sticking with it.
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SpaceX has launched nine Super Heavy-Starship test flights over the last 2 years, with the first three ending with explosions or breakups and the next three being partially successful. The next two resulted in explosions and the most recent flight, in May, reached its trajectory but broke up during atmospheric entry after spinning out of control."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/video-s...ite/#cobssid=s
Need a resident Musk/DOGE apologist to justify this. I know you guys won't.
Ruined Boca Chica for this?
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what is Trumplandia doing with your data?
https://www.techpolicy.press/the-new...-to-democracy/The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was sold to the American people as a cost-cutting initiative. Instead, it is clearly something far more sinister: a sprawling data-harvesting operation that threatens the cons utional foundations for American democracy.
Revelations about DOGE's sweeping access to government data shows the administration views personal information as a means of concentrating political power. An early shock came when a National Labor Relations Board whistleblower alleged DOGE operatives conducted systematic “exfiltration” on huge amounts of sensitive government data. A staffer for the US House Oversight Committee alleged that these data practices violated US privacy and cybersecurity laws and likened them to “tactics used by adversaries waging an attack on US government systems.”
The end-game is reportedly a "master database" combining information from the Social Security Administration (SSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and health agencies, as well as voting records. As a senior DHS official told the tech news publication, Wired, “[t]hey are trying to amass a huge amount of data. It has nothing to do with finding fraud or wasteful spending.”
Meanwhile, key offices that had protected against data misuse have been gutted, including DHS's Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL). While this is horrifying enough, it is, evidently, just the beginning. When combined with data from private brokers that sell information on us and our online habits, the amount of information available for government misuse is staggering
DOGE took $1B worth of food of American's tables
Oh well... the illegals can't clean out the food banks any longer. BoohooDOGE took $1B worth of food of American's tables
Trump s want children to suffer and die.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/...lative-processHey, son. Take a seat. I know that you’re sad about your friends and family who will no longer be able to afford health insurance. Son, this might be hard to hear, but you have to understand: death is just a natural part of the legislative process.
I don’t mean to frighten you, son, and this doesn’t mean you can’t still be sad. Just know this: millions of Americans losing health insurance just happens sometimes.
You can’t predict it, and, thanks to lobbying from the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, you can’t change it.
Making laws is hard, son. Have you heard the expression, “to make an omelette you’ll have to crack a few eggs”? Well, to make a healthcare bill that’s palatable to the ideologically extreme Republican congress, you’re just going to have to uninsure millions of Americans and doom them to death, financial ruin, or even both.
Death happens to all of us, son, and if a Republican legislative agenda speeds it up by a decade or two, well, that’s just how it goes.
just a reminder that Orwell’s protagonist in 1984, Winston Groom, works as a copy editor, except that his job entails endlessly “correcting the data” so that the archival record conforms to the Party’s preferred fictions, and what is “known” becomes a principal instrument of conformity.
there are trackers for estimated excess fatalities from defunding Medicaid/PEPFAR/The Global Fund
~121,000 so far
El0n/Trump are spreading mass sickness and death, right now
https://pepfar.impactcounter.com
https://tb.impactcounter.com
https://medicaid.impactcounter.com
“Globally, we’re estimating 95 million people [have been affected by] the loss of basic medical services.”
here you can find out what personal information DOGE probably already has on you
https://www.newamerica.org/oti/brief...now-about-you/
DOGE didn't only scrape your PI, it weakened protection for it
If DOGE can access your data, who else can? Breaches of government IT systems are on the rise. By sidestepping security protocols, stripping privacy protections, and removing oversight, the current administration is making your information more vulnerable to misuse or attack. This doesn’t just undermine privacy; it opens the door to fraud, iden y theft, government surveillance, and even national security risks. Once your information is compromised, the damage is irreversible.
Credible evidence shows that DOGE is feeding data into unvetted AI systems to automate critical government decisions. This is especially troubling given the current administration’s efforts to remove safety and fairness as key issues to consider in government use of AI. These efforts make it more likely that AI will be used to make decisions (such as which programs or services to cut) based on misinterpreted output from unvetted and flawed algorithms. This could impact benefits eligibility, immigration status, and more—with devastating consequences for millions of Americans.
The government has a mandate to protect your information from being improperly or unethically taken, analyzed, shared, or used. While legal protections can and should be modernized, DOGE isn’t fixing the current system—it’s exploiting it.
beat that, El0n Musk
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