Out of loo roll. No problem, I went to the Cash & Carry:
I bought a Kärcher instead.
Currently looking for a Private Ambulance company who are big on customer confidentiality.
A happy earworm for you.
Meanwhile, in Turkiye...
Turkiye will block Israeli involvement in all NATO exercises until a final and permanent agreement is reached to end the war in Gaza.
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Elon's rocket blew up, but Elons satellites are falling out if the sky, not a few, not sometimes. Elon's StarLink satellites are falling out of the sky in the DOZENS!
January was FOUR A DAY!!!
120 fell Poisonously, dangerously, environmental threat (metals burning up) in January.
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You've seen this before. I believe it was said in the 50's and showed what the USA aspired to be; inclusive, non-denominational and blind to your skin colour. Although it failed often, the US sought to lead the world by example.
Compare to today's America with its anti-DEI, racist, exclusive, christo-fascists.
Superman would be ashamed.
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The Papua New Guinea Courier's overseas correspondent on bikini lines and JD Vance's moustache.
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R.I.P. James Harrison, Australian hero, whose blood contained a rare antibody used to create medication to protect babies from a rare blood disorder. Having the antibody was just luck. What made him a hero was donating plasma every two weeks without missing one appointment for 60+ years. There's power in just reliably showing up for other people who need what only you can give them.
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Known as the 'man with the golden arm', James Harrison's blood contained a rare antibody that saved millions of lives.Kelly Ng (BBC News)
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"Descanse en paz James Harrison, héroe australiano, cuya sangre contenía un anticuerpo poco común que se utiliza para crear medicamentos que protegen a los bebés de un trastorno sanguíneo poco común. Tener el anticuerpo fue pura suerte. Lo que lo convirtió en un héroe fue donar plasma cada dos semanas sin faltar a una cita durante más de 60 años. Hay poder en simplemente presentarse de manera confiable para ayudar a otras personas que necesitan lo que solo usted puede darles.
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Known as the 'man with the golden arm', James Harrison's blood contained a rare antibody that saved millions of lives.Kelly Ng (BBC News)
Not every hero wears a cape or makes a big deal about what he's doing.
We should all try to be more like this truely heroic man and think more about what we can do for others and our communities, even if it is just something "small", because very small thing has the possibility to have big consequences, instead of being selfish to the core.
RIP Mr. Harrison. You impacted the lives of at least 2,4 million people in a positive way ❤
yes, I get that. Thanks. I'm wondering when did the definition of "sometimes" start to involve some 10% of the Australian population (hence the 2.4m someone suggested).
I rather suspect an overzealous application of this anti measure.
Amazing fella! 🙂👍
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No offense but that's kind of terrible. It's not the dumb kids that are the problem. It's the ones with toxic parents.
Kids brains are pretty plastic and most all of them can grow and become something greater. It's the ones who are crafted into conduits for the bitterness and hatred of their parents that end up the worst in my experience.
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not just the people who voted for trump.
Everybody who didn’t vote because Kamala wasn’t perfect.
DNC-funded astroturfer Takei: “tRuSt Us. We ReFuSeD To EvEn AtTeMpT tO sToP tHe GeNoCiDe We’Re OpEnLy FuNdInG. wE wOn’T eVeN pReTeNd To SuPpOrT sInGlE pAyEr. VoTe FoR uS. wE’rE oPeNlY cOrRuPt BuT dO yOu LiKe TrUmP?”
#astroturfer #fakeleftist #dncoperative #genocide #SinglePayerOrGuillotine #dnccorruption #Fakedemocracy #tribalism #fptp #GUILLOTINE #fakedemocracy #CiaPuppet #Identitypolitics #impotentdems #statusquodefenders #warhawkdemocrats #bankerlivesmatter
So, a lot of people voted for Trump because they didn't realize that what he said he would do would be disastrous
And a lot more voted for Trump on the grounds that he wouldn't do what he said he would, because it would be disastrous.
American democracy. SMDH.
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the old Shirley exception:
"Well, he promises horrible things, but SURELY ("shirley") he's only going to apply them against bad people! SURELY he wouldn't do literally everything he's promised/threatened to, that would be absurd!"
And even after he proved that he meant it last time, they still want to believe.
@Thesassywolf@mastodon.nz unbelievable.
Hope you’re happy.
Trump just posted on Truth Social: "This is your last warning! For the leadership, now is the time to leave Gaza, while you still have a chance. Also, to the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD!"
@OmegaVixens
That's not fair.
That's protecting idiots that have buyer's remorse.
Trump 47 was supposed to be cruel, but to the others.
Oops, he's cruel to us? That's not what we voted for.
Where have I've seen that already? Yeah, in the UK. "That's not my BrExit!!! I wanted the super cool BrExit with only advantages for the UK, where the EU pays for a pink unicorn for every Brit!!!"
@OmegaVixens
Exactly.
The term for the "model of immigrant" the right extreme populists use is often called Schroedinger's immigrant: lazily collecting unemployed benefits while stealing the jobs of the natives.
Note: that especially undocumented are usually not eligible for benefits.
And they usually do jobs that no local would do.
And last but not least, if a foreigner not knowing the system & language beats you for a good job, what does it say about you?
@OmegaVixens Yeah, but it will be so much more convenient, and "legal", if they can lease them from the so-called deportation camps as chattel slaves.
I mean prison workers.
@Tooden if its not nailed down, they are going to grab it while this nation burns to the ground, which'll happen after they raid the treasury for all its worth (see crypto-treasury EO) then they are going to turn it over to the highest bidder/s with plans of going to live cushy lives else where.. elon will likely take his vast illgotten fortune back to South Africa, while trump probably has a house lined up in russia at this point... either way you look at it, two little boys with god complex run the shit show, and the only question that I can ask is will I be alive in 4 years to see this country attempt to recover... assuming he makes it a full 4 years and we dont end up with vance stepping in to play ruler...
@Tooden why the democrats already seem to have... no, even if the house and senate are both flipped blue by the midterms (a possibility yes, but not one I'm going to hold my breath for... trump loyalists are doing their best to make sure that cant happen by changing voter laws where ever they can) it doesnt stop orange sauron and his lover boy from dropping more EOs and continuing to gut the federal government of meaningful, useful programs...
Happened in the UK too. One of the reasons we currently have a Red Tory government is all the people who thought that Starmer was lying about being a #brexshitter
He wasn't.
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Britain: "voting for Brexit is the greatest act of national self-harm in a generation"
America: "Hold my beer"
NORWAY CONFIRMATION..
After yesterday's events in the WHITE HOUSE, Haltbakk Bunkers, one of Norway's largest marine fuel companies, appears to have announced that it will no longer refuel American Navy vessels. Haltbakk has called on other European companies to refuse service to American forces. (@osinttechnical)
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war
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We don't think this will turn out well for the Europeans, who have no real military capability.Staff Writer (Armed Forces Press)
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Even so, they're not the source of this information. It comes from Norwegian media.
Edit: Source kystens.no/nyheter/nekter-a-se…
Edit again: That said, it's good to point out when someone shares links to fake/propaganda outlets.
«Vi har i dag vært vitne til det største drittsirkuset noensinne presentert direkte på TV, innleder Haltbakk bunkers et innlegg på sosiale medier.Ketil Svendsen (Kystens Næringsliv | Vi skaper kysten sammen! | Kystens Næringsliv)
Sieh dir auf Facebook Beiträge, Fotos und vieles mehr an.www.facebook.com
I don't have facebook, so can't say. I can only point to the source of the news story. Sometimes the news gets fooled too. 🤷♀️
If I see a retraction, I'll post the info here.
The source didn't just post the screenshot. They also talked to the owner, which has been refusing service to Russians since the invasion. It has also been reported by Norwegian state media (which is my main news source). But I'll keep an eye out for more info.
Edit: It was in the feed before, but state news published a story just a few minutes ago, and also talked to the owner. nrk.no/urix/norsk-drivstoffsel…
Det norske drivstoffselskapet Haltbakk Bunkers vil ikke lenger selge drivstoff til amerikanske styrker eller amerikanske skip.Einar Torkelsen (NRK)
@jmarnesto Yeah, but it's much smaller news than what it was made out to be. They sold very little to them anyway, and the government stated that the US Navy would get the supplies they needed regardless.
I'm sure Putin and his propaganda machinery would love for Europe and the US to stop being allies. There's no need to boost his agenda.
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if a NATO member country invokes article 5, other countries *may* respond or not
it's always been that way
also: individual countries invoke article 5
it isn't a vote everyone has to agree on
so the US may not respond. under Trump it probably won't
but NATO is not the USA, it is all the other countries, and they will respond, and they're formidable
of course without the USA, that's significantly less force
but Russia can't even handle Ukraine alone
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you never had to worry about that
NATO is strictly defensive. it only responds to attacks. if a NATO country attacked another country, article 5 can not be invoked
the only time it was ever invoked, btw, was sept 11 2001
ungrateful USA
also, it cannot be invoked by attacks outside a certain area
so the UK could not invoke article 5 when Argentina attacked the Falklands
and the USA cannot invoke it if someone attacks Hawaii
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that's already been discussed as a possibility
poland immediately said it will pay for all of ukraine's starlinks
@whknott @pedrobizbikedu
britain is already playing that game
navylookout.com/royal-navy-sub…
there was a russian spy ship in the Irish Sea a few months back
so the UK surfaced a nuclear sub next to it
just a "hi guys, we're here, we see you, and you should know who you're fucking with"
Speaking in Parliament today the Defence Secretary told Parliament in November he had authorised an RN submarine monitoring Russian spy ship Yantar to surface in close proximity.NavyLookout (Navy Lookout)
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@tanavit @whknott @pedrobizbikedu
that's not correct
france does not have a No First Use policy
france reserves the right to strike with nuclear weapons first
in fact, france is the worst example of no first use
because of all the nuclear powers, france's wording of its nuclear policy is the most ambiguous and reserves the most scenarios for using nukes
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'France, lacking a no-first-use policy, retains the option of a “final warning” – a single, limited nuclear strike to signal an adversary’s overstepping or to reinforce the projection of resolve'
frstrategie.org/en/publication…
You are broadly correct, that using nukes is extremely constrained. Nobody sane is using nukes willy-nilly
But within the extreme situations of people beginning to think about using nukes, France's attitude is the most loose
France reserves the right to use nukes to protect "vital interests." What that means is of course a gray area. In practice and sanity, it would be extreme scenarios
But part of nuclear deterence is this willful ambiguousness
To make the aggressor hesitate
France plays that word game with nukes more provocatively, and I think better, than anyone else
It's all about posturing. And France postures well
@tanavit @whknott @pedrobizbikedu
a scenario that i hope never comes to pass
but the world is going mad
London bus stop ad by the PeopleVsElon.
Great work.
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The genius ad in the post above was by U.K. based PeopleVsElon campaign. You can help fund them to do more by getting yourself some 'Don't buy a Swasticar' stickers in the link below 👇
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Well, this People Vs Elon bus stop ad seems to have really hit the spot for you all. The People Vs Elon are an activist group from London,U.K.
As they're not currently on mastodon, I'll put all the info I know about them in this little thread.
People Vs Elon can be found on:
Instagram: everyonehateselon_instagram.com
Bluesky: @everyonehateselon.bsky.social
TikTok: @everyonehateselon
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People Vs Elon operate under the People Vs Profiteers organisation, which is a registered company in the U.K.
So, if you're a corporate business or say, Mark Zuckerberg, and want to get involved or donate money, it's all above board.
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The PeopleVsElon have set up a fun charity fundraiser. Every time Elon tweets something, it balances out the nasty by donating pennies to progressive causes.
Note that this is a U.K. based organisation, so all the charities are U.K. based. Details in the link below.
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The People Vs Elon charity fundraiser was covered by the Byline Times which gives you more info on the People Vs Elon and their ethos.
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/27/elo…
Campaigners claim to be turning his own tweets "into a weapon against the far right"Josiah Mortimer (Byline Times)
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Last week the People Vs Elon took a lifesize cardboard cutout of Elon Musk to a Tesla showroom in London, U.K. just to test the waters.
How does everyone feel about having a Nazi saluting car salesman? Not good.
There's a video in the article below.
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Electric vehicle producer Tesla has been targeted by activists due to its far-right owner's interference in British politicsJosiah Mortimer (Byline Times)
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The PeopleVsElon seem to have more fun stuff in the pipeline. They are raising funds by selling 'Don't buy a Swasticar' bumper stickers.
You don't need to own a Tesla to buy them, you can stick them anywhere. While I wouldn't condone sticking them on a Tesla you don't own, ultimately that is between you and your conscience. And remember to post a photo!
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The Tesla Swasticar' ad photo I used is just a screenshot from the PeopleVsElon video.
If you want to join in the campaign and print your own poster, (do it!) a PDF is available in return for a small donation in the link below.
gofundme.com/f/people-vs-elon-…
Not happy with fuelling the far-right in the USA, Elon Musk is now doing the same … People vs Elon needs your support for Everyone Hates Elon campaign actionsgofundme.com
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Brings you to Heil and back.
In Tottenham, London, the PeopleVsElon campaign group walked into a Tesla showroom and placed a cardboard cut-out of Elon Musk doing a Nazi salute next to the cars.
The manager of the Tesla showroom threatened to sue activist India Thorogood if he saw it online. Her response - "But it's just a Roman salute!"
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Electric vehicle producer Tesla has been targeted by activists due to its far-right owner's interference in British politicsJosiah Mortimer (Byline Times)
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If its only a "salute", whats the problem?
Similarly, Led by donkeys projecting Elons "salute" onto a tesla plant in *germany* was a great move
In order to prosecute, the courts will have to rule on whether it was, or wasnt, a nazi salute
(Or , decide to totally fudge the issue and hope its quietly forgotten, which seems most likely -)
Jonathan Pie on Trump's negotiation skills
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A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessmanNafeez Ahmed and Zarina Zabrisky (Byline Times)
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"Who will save Ukraine - and America - from Comrade Trump?"
- Aure
"The US has stopped arms sales to Ukraine"
- Roman Kostenko, head of the Ukrainian Parliament’s defense committee
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #BreakingNews #Breaking
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My father in law’s family were miners and strict tee-total Methodists…something that always seemed slightly unlikely back in the day. He’s now a retired professor of physics…who loves reading the headlines of the Daily Star.
I saw him earlier today and he said of all the descriptions he’d seen across the media in the past 48hrs of #Trump, the Daily Star’s was the most apt:
“Putin’s Poodle: Orange Manbaby blames Ukraine for being invaded”
I've been seeing hate on NASA lately, being bought into by leftists even, and I just want to point out something very important:
Musk has hated NASA for a *long* time. There is a reason it is being attacked, and a reason public opinion is being swayed against NASA: It *keeps SpaceX in line* more than anything else.
NASA is being seen as "competition" to SpaceX, as the obstacle in his way. It has been like this for quite some time, and now, with DOGE and other things, he can do something about it.
I would like to point out a few things:
1. SPACEX IS NOT CHEAPER
They boast they can "do what NASA does for 10% the cost!" Sure, it's easy when you did none of the R&D.
SpaceX saved on:
Landing tech: DC-X project in 1991-1996
Tank structure: Shuttle SLWT tank, 1998-2011
Merlin Engines: direct descendant of the Fastrac Engine, 1997-2001.
Those three things alone saved SpaceX over 90% of the R&D costs. It's easy to "appear" cheap when you're using off the shelf tech someone else (NASA!) developed.
2. NASA IS GREAT FOR THE ECONOMY!
For every $1 spent on NASA, $8 is put into economy. Its stupid to not invest in that kind of ROI! 800%! At times, its ROI Has been 1600%!
Simply put, if you defund NASA, the economy would shrink so much you would actually have to RAISE taxes to make up for the lost revenue, and without its existence we would be 30 years behind in technology and the quality of life for everyone would be much lower. Science and research is GOOD for society, it's the fuel for all progress.
3. WHAT HAS NASA DONE FOR ME?! (Surely you just mean NASA is good for tech & science folk....)
Nope! Good for all!
Ever have an MRI or CAT Scan? They wouldn't exist without the Apollo program! The software that made them possible was originally written to analyze lunar photography.
Low power digital x-Rays was planetary body research.
Heart pumps are modeled after space shuttle turbopumps.
The software that designed your car was originally written to design spacecraft!
Who do you think pioneered all the early research into alternative power like solar panels, hydrogen fuel cells, and durable batteries? NASA!
NASA developed tech and satellites is also what improves agricultural yields while reducing the needs for water, fertilizer, and pesticides.
Do you really think Musk gives two shits? No. He wants the money, he wants to let SpaceX run amok without any oversight for safety, without any "competition".
All fights are important, but do realise that this one is a huge thorn in his side, and one that is keeping a huge problem from ballooning and swallowing us all whole.
Do not be fooled or swayed by lies, of tactics meant to divide, of things being done to make you be angry at NASA. If he can make you hate NASA, he won.
Expect far more space junk to fall, the night sky to be ruined by satellites, and the loss of all things good that proper research and design does for humanity and gives back to the world. Not to mention: enjoy seeing the horrible things he can accomplish fully unchecked.
ETA: Now that you know, call / fax / email your senators and reps, and whatever else too! Boosting gets people thinking, but thinking is not action!
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That's part of the truth, but it's not the whole truth. The whole truth is that Musk wants to *own* NASA.
Or better, to expropriate it for private purposes, without really owning it.
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From a capitalistic process all those side-effects /benefits should be privatised and the rewards go to the few with the foresight to build business plans.
It's easy to see why there is a push to get rid of basic research and, gulp, eventually the Public Domain and anything for the Common Good.
not to mention that the entire "vision" of SpaceX is just cribbing on the work of the Space Task Group in 1969.
nasa.gov/history/55-years-ago-…
The Apollo 11 mission in July 1969 completed the goal set by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to the EarthKelli Mars (NASA)
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NASA missions also help with weather forecasting, aviation, wildfire and drought tracking, climate modeling, and LITERALLY MONITORS FOR PLANET ENDING ASTEROIDS.
(Sorry for yelling. Might not have a job without them.)
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what exactly would be the point of space travel if not for colonizing?
What I'm talking about is more stuff aligned with the tools (like probes) we launch to record data...
as a leftist, my only gripe is pretty much in line with what Musk wants to do with SpaceX... the medical research great!!! Solar system events good. Space travel not so much... we need to take care of our own planet before considering colonizing planets. Pollution is one of those critical problems. One doesn't destroy their home and find a new one to not learn
SpaceX has to go: be liquidated, its engineering staff transferred to NASA or corresponding agencies across the globe.
a public space program is always better than a private hijacked spaceflight system that is currently being used to build toys for wealthy Man-children.
And I doubt those were "leftists" bashing on NASA -- it is more likely that laissez-faire liberals, whom the media erroneously labels "leftists" in order to alienate actual leftists from the conversation, would complain about NASA or its expenses.
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I agree. It’s the usual private equity business, where they come in and rip out everything but the bare necessities and make as much money as possible with the corpse until it fails.
SpaceX might be good now, but just wait until there’s no competition. It’ll be as bad as Boeing or worse.
What worries me most though is people who outright believe that they can take out the government without them becoming the government.
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@neurobashing But what's the point in Mars? Pretty much all the same problems, and mostly even worse.
I can't see any reason for it that isn't Musk wanking about the light of conciousness.
As an ex NASA employee, NASA has always been the target of Republicans. The sheer stupidity of the way the US government is run... As a few examples:
1. Project cut, reinstated, cut etc... Costing billions of dollars
2. We ran out of paper one year, We weren't allowed to buy anymore ....
3. My chair broke, wasn't allowed to buy another one until the next FY....
Despite this NASA continues to develop brilliant technology only to be handed over to the private sector......
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@fmy @sundogplanets This is true but NASA has nothing to do with communications satellites and to be honest SpaceX wouldn't put up starlink if people didn't want to buy it. So the large number of satellites are due to...we'll...humans.
Much of NASA is scientific research which people tend to forget.
Plus a Starlink "giga-constellation" poses significant environmental risks.
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And SpaceX rockets with "airplane-like reusability" (and the resulting fictitious cargo costs to Mars) will likely remain a fantasy.
It seems that a lot of people need to be re-educated about what "public value" means.
A country is not a company. A president is not a CEO and we the people are not its slaves without rights.
It's horrible to see how so many people have been blinded in what public value actually means for them in daily life - and what it will mean once it is destroyed beyond repair.
"I am me and my circumstances; if I do not save them, I do not save myself."- José Ortega y Gasset (1883 - 1955)
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Also, even with the head start of other people's R&D, Starship is embarrassingly slow compared to the Apollo program - which, at this point in its timeline, where Starship isn't even manned yet, had flown over a dozen missions, including five to the moon & putting a space station in orbit, and had retired gracefully.
"Developing at high speed" my lily-white ass.
So the parasite wants to kill the host.
Musk spend from the late 90s(97?) until 2005 lobbying Congress, especially the GOP, to force NASA massively increase outsourcing. The laws passed in 2005.
SpaceX was founded in 2002.
There are photos of him celebrating with a particular GOP Congressman. I haven't been able to google them recently. All I get is recent Musk w/ GOPers or generic 2000s Musk photos.
"Sorry you got super by Trump 2016 propaganda."
Sorry you resorted to selfish ad hominem attacks. So much for Mastodon being a safe place.
@kfjelsted @alexhall All the fun you say?
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Any democratic govt is free to decide what business it will engage it. Get over it.
The fatal flaw SpaceX can't overcome.Will Lockett (Planet Earth & Beyond)
ohhhh that explains this one old news file package I found while transferring tapes from the 1980s... wherein a prototype for an artificial heart was being developed and bench tested at Aerojet-Rocketdyne in Rancho Cordova, California.
Makes perfect sense now if they were adapting it from spacecraft turbopump designs.
I've seriously advocated returning to the moon for these reasons.
As long as we're locked in to the current system, the Apollo missions were the greatest economic stimulus and investment in research we've ever undertaken except probably WWII.
tagging @astrodicticum
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SpaceX is the greatest fireworks manufacturer ever.
*checks notes*
Oh, their rockets aren't supposed to blow up?
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There is no better way of proving that there are no threats to free speech in Europe than to read all the comments about JD Vance today. Europeans are very freely speaking about him.
Nobody is stopping us from calling out that Nazi Couch Fucker.
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It's quite a simple point. Despite JD Vance saying otherwise, we have free speech in Europe. We all proved it by calling out JD Vance. And the comments were everywhere.
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US vice-president’s comments, part of a wide-ranging tirade against Europe, called inaccurate and misogynisticAlexandra Topping (The Guardian)
JD Vance.
Visited Dachau concentration camp on Thursday.
Sided with the Nazis on Friday.
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I think you could do worse than reading this one.
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From the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize comes an impassioned and inspiring memoir that chronicles her career fighting fascism, filled with insights...HarperCollins
"JD Vance visited Dachau and offered a few canned remarks about how inspired he was by the stories of the “unspeakable evil” he witnessed, and how he was “really moved by this site.”
Then, when his trip to Europe concludes next week, he’ll return to the United States to continue overseeing the construction of internment camps to house migrants."
Joel Swanson.
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On Thursday of this past week, Vice President JD Vance visited the site of the Dachau concentration camp in Germany, making him the latest in a string of American public officials to visit a former Nazi camp.Religion Dispatches
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That is what I was thinking, the way it is written is says he was "inspired" by the "unspeakable evil."
I take him literally on this. He's taking notes on how to do this.
Sad, and sickly true.
he was there to get the floor plans
fucking nazi
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