Orion splashes down to successfully end Artemis 2 mission The first human mission beyond Earth orbit in more than 50 years successfully concluded with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean April 10.

The Artemis 2 crew safely splashed down!
spacenews.com/orion-splash...

Liberating the Department of Homeland Security From the Democrat-Caused Shutdown MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET SUBJECT:       Liberating the Department of Homeland

If this stands, then Trump has effectively dissolved Congress's budget authority, which is most of its authority.

Refusing to accept big tech's AI-poisoned 'future of journalism' Humans, however flawed, are

New — I wrote about how journalists proudly using AI to help them write their stories obscures the deeply human process that makes journalism a societal necessity, and one that feeds the soul of those who create it.

Hope you’ll give it a read. I promise I wrote the whole thing.

"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism "CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.

Over at the newsletter I wrote about the unholy scourge that is "CEO said a thing!" journalism:

This is so embarrassing

screenshot of a resignation letter expressing sadness at leaving NASA

My resignation letter

Immigration detention on track for deadliest fiscal year since 2004 Twenty-three people have died since October in ICE custody, as advocates warn about overcrowding and health care access.

Average immigration detention deaths per month from FY 2010 to FY 2024:

0.69

Average immigration detention deaths per month in FY 2025:

1.75

Average immigration detention deaths per month so far in FY 2026:

4.6

www.npr.org/2026/03/10/g...

ProPublica’s union authorizes the first U.S. newsroom strike over AI protections The Guild has voted to walk off the job if ProPublica doesn’t agree to a ban on AI-related layoffs, as well as “just cause” for firings, seniority provisions during layoffs, and wage increases.

I took a closer look at the ProPublica union’s vote to strike, including their demand for protection from AI-related layoffs.

The vote marks the first time a major U.S. newsroom has authorized a strike, at least in part, over AI protections. www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/prop...

Breaking: Moonbase Alpha Confirmed

Mark Zuckerberg Set $83 Billion On Fire Pretending To Be Interesting U.S. tech billionaires are not remarkable, innovative, or even interesting. But, aided by a lazy access press, they're willing to spend vast fortunes in desperate pretense to the contrary

over at the newsletter I wrote about Mark Zuckerberg

Surprise SpaceX TERAFAB Announcement YouTube video by The Launch Pad

listening to the Tesla x XAI x SpaceX "Terafab" announcement, because I hate myself and I want to start my week as terribly as possible

www.youtube.com/live/tXrfS7t...

Twitter post from Harriet Williamson. Saying: NEW: LGBTQ+ publisher PinkNews is making its remaining reporters redundant, saying it wants to "move away from having a reporter-led newsroom" to a model where there "isn't a need for the reporter role" In redundancy meetings, reporters were told that "what we're consulting on is that we don't feel we need the reporter role anymore" Multiple sources said they were told regarding the redundancy wave that PinkNews was looking to shift to a reporter-free newsroom

How the fuck do you have a reporter free news room?

A screenshot of Google search with verge headlines rewritten as slop Lego Computer Brick - Engineer James Brown Aug 20, 2022 — James Brown has brilllantly brought classic Lego computer bricks to life by outfitting them with a tiny OLED screen, processor, ... Y/ The Verge https://www.theverge.com› Al> Tech, Reviews: "Cheat on everything" Al tool Apr 23, 2025 - Two 21-year-old Columbia University dropouts are proposing a new $5.3 million twist on the concept: use their Al tool Cluely to "cheat on everything." Read more The Verge https://www.theverge.com» » Microsoft›Al› Tech: Copilot Changes: Marketing Teams at it Again 22 Aug 2024 — Microsoft is getting ready to rebrand its Copilot for its business Al efforts. It's part of an effort to push Microsoft 365 Al tools. The Verge https://www.theverge.com› Wearable Science Tech: Dexcom Stelo hands-on - OTC Continuous Glucose Monitor Aug 26, 2024 - The $99 Dexcom Stelo is an over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor designed for Type 2 diabetics who don't use insulin.

Google is now screwing with the 10 blue links in traditional search and rewriting headlines - including ours - to be the worst kind of slop. This sucks so bad www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...

Eileen Collins on what it takes to become Space Shuttle Commander In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, host David Ariosto speaks with Eileen Collins, retired NASA astronaut, Air Force colonel and the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and to command a Space Shuttle mission. She is the subject of a new documentary, SPACEWOMAN, directed by Hannah Berryman, which is based on Eileen’s book “Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars” and hitting select theatres nationwide March 20.

Eileen Collins on what it takes to become Space Shuttle Commander

In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, host David Ariosto speaks with Eileen Collins, retired NASA astronaut, Air Force colonel and the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and to command a Space Shuttle mission. She is the…

"What if We Didn't Suck?" Kat Abughazaleh lost. What she built is what the Democratic Party is missing.

My newsletter today is about @katmabu.bsky.social's campaign.

Democrats keep asking how to reach voters who've given up on the party. Kat Abughazaleh spent a year trying to answer that question. She lost, but the answer is still right. www.readtpa.com/p/what-if-we...

"These workers are required to stare at horrific content for many hours straight with few mental health resources, are largely managed by opaque algorithms, and, crucially, are the workers powering the runaway valuations of some of the richest and most powerful companies in the world."

A screenshot from youraislopbores.me featuring a text prompt asking for a drawing of an umamusume and a crude drawing of a person with a horse head.

Incredible things are happening on youraislopbores.me

"I get a pain in my gut, and my heart, imagining how much time I have spent in the past couple years, and will continue spending, on suggesting edits for sentences my students did not write. Sentences that, in fact, no one wrote."
www.welcometohellworld.com/sentences-th...

2024-2025 Literacy Statistics | National Literacy Institute Literacy Statisitics

Fun fact: 54% of US adults read below a 6th grade level.

You have to actively remember literally over half the US adult population is *unable to perceive subtext*

www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...

"The questions leftists ask about AI are: does this improve my life? Does this improve my livelihood? So far, the answer for everyone who doesn’t stand to get rich off AI is no."

They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.

The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.

Two epee fencers bump butts

Two epee fencers bump butts

Two epee fencers bump butts

Two epee fencers bump butts

Butt Bumps from Div 1 Men's Epee at the @usafencing.bsky.social NAC this weekend

Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu

Every time www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/08/...

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Exodus: The shrinking federal space workforce In 2025, more than 322,000 civil servants left jobs voluntarily or were dismissed out of a workforce of roughly 2.4 million. The 13% drop in staffing is the largest single-year decline since the end of World War II. In total, more than 5,000 people who were part of the federal space workforce left their positions. Senior executives with decades of experience retired alongside younger staffers whose posts were eliminated or who sought opportunities in the private sector or academia.

Exodus: The shrinking federal space workforce

In 2025, more than 322,000 civil servants left jobs voluntarily or were dismissed out of a workforce of roughly 2.4 million. The 13% drop in staffing is the largest single-year decline since the end of World War II. In total, more than 5,000 people who…

Exodus: The shrinking federal space workforce At least 5,000 federal workers left their positions in the U.S. space workforce last year. These are some of their stories.

Over 5,000 members of the federal space workforce left their positions one way or another last year. @spacenewsinc.bsky.social just published an incredible package of profiles featuring eight of them. spacenews.com/exodus-the-s...

Found out today that Alex Klokus, the guy who founded Futurism - my first staff reporter job out of j-school - took meetings with Epstein (and apparently they shared a doctor). Cool stuff!

I guess Bezos saw "Democracy Dies in Darkness" as a mission statement, huh