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thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Spaceflight@sh.itjust.works•[Eric Berger] NASA’s acting chief (Sean Duffy) “angry” about talk that China will beat US back to the MoonEnglish18·1 day agoThe key question: Is this all high-minded political talk from people who will be gone when Mandarin becomes the lingua franca on the Moon?
Fucking nailed it right there. You can’t bully or bluster your way to the moon. It takes a willingness to continue projects over decades and that hasn’t existed at NASA for a long time. By the time China has established a presence at Shakelton, it will be too late for a wake up call. China is investing in science while we’re telling ours to leave for opportunities elsewhere. We’re burying the future and half the country is applauding it.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websitetoNew York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyz•How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart1·2 days agoIncredibly risky decision to conduct this mission and it’s pretty risky to publish this account if DPRK really did not know about it because they’re still going to want to retaliate. It also seems pretty stupid to have a bunch of non coms conduct a mission in enemy territory under a communications blackout. Was there not a single officer to command the mission on the ground? The consequences of failure could literally have been nuclear war.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websitetoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•DOJ deputy chief: Government will "redact every Republican" from Epstein client list4·2 days agoUnfortunately not all of them survived, so while I fully support their actions, there certainly are monsters escaping justice thanks to Republicans staunch position that child rape is okay if committed by a Republican.
I’m unfamiliar with the 80’s movie and was hoping for an adaptation of Simon R. Green’s space opera of the same name.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Good News Everyone@piefed.social•Strange 2,300-year-old burial of dozen humans with hands tied behind back unearthed in Peru8·3 days agoThey were obviously trying to keep these guys from digging their way back up. Way to go, scientists. You’re part of a guerrilla marketing campaign for the Mummy 4 Peruvian Panic.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Good News Everyone@piefed.social•Long’-armed creature with row of ‘dagger-like’ spines discovered as new species13·3 days agoIt’s a lizard. Headline reads like they discovered a sprite from super Mario.
I managed to solve it in the early 2000s with nothing other than a lot of time. I just messed with it whenever I was not typing at a customer service job. Definitely no genius required. Just persistance.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works•My Pixel 10 warned me 8 times in 30-minutes that there was a rogue connection made. Deeply concerningEnglish13·5 days agoFound and updated the avoid 2g setting on my Pixel 6. I am running android 16.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websitetoShitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.ml•What do you want to see an original movie about?4·6 days agoNot a lot to base it on but I’d like to see something based in the ancient past with homo sapiens interacting with the other species of humans that we used to share the planet with.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websitetoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Rural America is suffering an economic crisis as crop prices plunge — 'U.S. soybean farmers cannot survive a prolonged trade dispute'231·6 days agoThey’ll be fine. There’s plenty of safety nets for farmers. Billions and billions in handouts for the bootstraps crowd.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•The Daily Beast uses "Hot Mic" in a headline to describe someone saying things with a microphone in a known public place into known recordsEnglish12·8 days agoThis guy thinks they had 100 FBI agents scrub diaper’s name from the files because he was a whistle blower? Surely the best way to prove his valiant role in this ordeal is to release the unredacted files, right?
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto memes@lemmy.world•I can hear the cartoon 'Donk' noise311·8 days agoAnd then bring home 6 figures. If nothing else, it pays to be on the wrong side of history.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websitetoUnited States | News & Politics@midwest.social•Bessent Warns of US ‘Embarrassment’ If Tariffs Ruled Illegal14·8 days agoRubio said Trump used his IEEPA authority in connection with highly sensitive negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine and claimed there could be “severe consequences for ongoing peace negotiations and human rights abuses” if the court ruled against the administration.
TIL Russia’s war in Ukraine is over! Way to go guys! To be fair to little marco, there probably will be human rights abuses if the court rules against the administration, but they’ll be committed against the court.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto news@lemmings.world•Pentagon Orders Reinstallation of Robert E. Lee Portrait, Complete With SlaveEnglish11·9 days agoJust a few more blogs and podcasts and then we can go back to chattel slavery. Come on guys! We’re manifesting the future!
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Progressive Politics@lemmy.world•Massive CDC walkout erupts amid internal chaos31·9 days agoYou’d think that after a virus ended his first presidency in shambles, he’d be wary of the dangers to him and his ambitions for the future but never underestimate his ability to double down on stupid.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto science@lemmy.world•Scientists Have Translated the Inner Monologue. The Implications Are Incredible.English371·12 days agoThere should be an indefinite moratorium on this research under the current regime. Way too much potential for abuse.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto politics @lemmy.world•Kamala Harris announces international book tour for '107 Days'19·17 days agoDoes it address why she conceded the most suspicious election of my lifetime despite her opponent claiming it would be rigged for 2 entire years?
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Technology@programming.dev•Solar panels in space could cut Europe's renewable energy needs by 80%English14·17 days agoPlus if your neighbors piss you off you could accidentally have a targeting problem and melt their capital city. Whoops, sorry Vlad!
I smell another taxpayer funded bailout for the rich on the horizon.