Elon Musk Buys Twitter
There are a number of hurdles Musk has to clear before he swaps $45b in imaginary Tesla value for $45b in imaginary Twitter value.
Author: Michael Siegel
Kevin McCarthy Under Fire
That this has come out only months before Kevin McCarthy hopes to become Speaker of the House is pure justice.
Thursday Throughput: Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Edition
Russian soldiers literally dug in within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and some are now possibly being treated for radiation sickness. So what this story here?
Mini-Throughput: Maunder Minimum Edition
Ever since the Maunder Minimum was discovered by 19th century astronomers poring through old records, we’ve wondered what caused it and if it might occur again.
Bucha: Russian Retreat Reveals Putin War Crimes
The claims coming out of Bucha are horrific…A city absolutely ravaged by Putin’s illegal war. And it’s not like we haven’t seen this before.
Thursday Throughput: Distant Star Edition
The newly detected star is so far away that its light has taken 12.9 billion years to reach Earth, appearing to us as it did when the universe was only 7 percent of its current age, at redshift 6.2.
Mo Bitter Blues
Mo Brooks wants credit, I guess, for doing the bare minimum necessary to not be a traitorous weasel.
Video Throughput: Stargate
By viewer request, I take a whack at the 1994 movie Stargate. I talk about wormholes, linguistics, how to find your place in the universe and why I hate ancient aliens.
Mini-Throughput: The Universe Comes Into Focus Via James Webb Space Telescope
The fun part is…this isn’t James Webb Space Telescope doing science. This is just an image to check the alignment and make sure everything’s working according to plan.
Vacation Throughput: Video, Plus Don’t Shoot The Nuclear Reactor Edition
So I’m on vacation this week with the family. Thus, a rather abbreviated Throughput for today
Throughput: Interview With A Vampire, Asteroids and the Three-Rex
It’s been a while since I did one of these so here’s a short video looking at what Interview with The Vampire got wrong about astronomy.
Mini-Throughput: Supernova 35 Years And Running
Supernovae are among the most violent events in the universe, caused when a massive star runs out of its core fuel.
Thursday Throughput: The Trailing Edge of Omicron Edition
Does Omicron waning mean that COVID restrictions were wrong all the time and we damaged our country for nothing?
P.J. O’Rourke (1947-2022)
Today, while the news circulated, I saw libertarians, conservatives and liberals all citing P.J. O’Rourke’s work and quoting his best lines.
Mini-Throughput: JWST Ready to Pierce the Veil
JWST will glimpse the first stars emerging from the primordial ooze, watch the first galaxies crash into each other and unveil the building blocks of our modern universe.
Thursday Throughput: Tonga Volcano Edition
The planet upon which we tread is a lot calmer than it used to be. But it is still capable of unleashing unimaginable fury upon us.
No, Virginia, Natural Immunity is Not Six Times As Good As Vaccine Immunity
If you are honest, natural immunity means your chances of catching COVID are 104%, 100% for the first time, an additional 4% for the second
Video Throughput: Don’t Look Up Review By A Scientist
I’m going over the science of Don’t Look Up, and much of what I talk about is also relevant to Deep Impact and Armageddon
Nick Kristof and The Moosylvania of Politics
The situation with Kristof’s residency reminds me a bit of the fictional island of “Mooslyvania” on the old Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
Thursday Throughput: Fetal Gene Edition
Parents need to be informed up front that most fetal gene testing positives are false and a negative screen doesn’t necessarily mean anything
