No it doesn’t. He literally STOLE OUR MONEY. It’s utterly, infuriatingly outrageous. “Him being rich doesn’t make you poor” YES IT LITERALLY DOES HE STOLE OUR MONEY. And not in an abstract, circuitous way. He’s a white collar pickpocket. Anyone who lies otherwise is getting a cut

I'm thinking of a far future SF novel where the humans who left Earth to settle the galaxy rediscover Earth and what's left of the humans who stayed behind.

At CANSEC, we brought the Power Tower, our dual-use product demonstrator developed through the IDEaS program for defense and data center applications. Thank you to the Canadian Association of Defence and National Security (CADSI) for hosting another excellent event. #CANSEC2026

Who knew that NIMBYism and neo-Luddites would be the key driver of offworld development...

I swear @elonmusk could announce he is opening a chain of Sephora franchises on Venus and China would announce they're doing Cinnabons on Ganymede. "China builds institutional framework for space computing push" spacenews.com/china-builds-i…

Damnit, Google, stop moving the tab search button!

To anyone building a startup that's trying to raise money or sell their product: Do NOT start by talking about your technology. I repeat, DO NOT DO THAT. First, describe the problem. Then who has the problem. Then describe the level of pain that the problem causes. Then talk about how much the people who feel that pain are willing to pay. THEN give first-hand evidence for all of that. Then talk about your business model: who pays, how much, when, how, etc. Then ask the person you are talking to about whether they want to hear about your solution. Not your technology. Your solution. If you don't know the difference, then go back to your business model and start over. Only after ALL of that, would an investor or customer be even remotely interested in how your technology solves PART of the problem. *Screen shot from SpaceNews' Military Space article "What defense buyers want from space startups":

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Last week, we attended the @creativedlab super session in Toronto! We are grateful not only to be a part of the CDL program but to be two-time graduates as well. We look forward to continuing the fuel-metal revolution and demonstrating the Aluminum-fuel advantage

This has quietly been a miracle month in medicine. In the last 5 weeks we’ve got news on: - retatrutide, the triple agonist GLP-1 from Lilly, basically melting fat and body-wide inflammation at record levels - RevMed’s new pancreatic cancer drug showing unprecedented abilities to extend life - small trial of a one-and-done PCSK9 gene editing therapy for slashing LDL cholesterol - Mayo’s AI-assisted radiology showing vastly improved cancer detection - this new therapy for metastatic solid tumors This stuff is at varying levels of evidence. Retatrutide is ~100% on its way, other stuff needs more clinical trial data. But put it together and we’re maybe on the verge of majorly reducing the mortality of heart disease and cancer, the two leading causes of death in America.

We are looking forward to attending IDEaS Marketplace 2026 by the @NationalDefence in Ottawa on May 29! We look forward to connecting with stakeholders shaping the future of Canadian defense innovation and bringing the power tower – our fully integrated product demonstrator.

For those of us who were part of the Internet in the late 80s and all of the 90s, this AI "backlash" feels very familiar and silly...

Now that Starship V3 has made its debut, we are one step closer to making life multiplanetary. During Fram2 training, apart from the usual Dragon-related topics, I remember that what we talked about most in the training room was how to reliably tether down on Phobos. Three months ago, Elon announced that the focus would shift toward the Moon. That makes sense. And I am also excited to see that, with AI data centers, we may eventually find a way to make space commercially practical. So why am I setting my sights on Mars rather than the Moon? Because I believe that even without private investment in lunar flights, we will still reach the Moon, and likely very soon. As competition between the United States and China intensifies, governments will turn lunar bases into reality. And I am happy to sit back and watch that happen. On the other hand, I have no confidence that Mars will still happen within our lifetime. And I think I should do something about that. I hope that by purchasing a flyby mission to Mars, SpaceX will have another reason not to forget about Mars. Because we seriously shouldn’t defer Mars to our next generation. Although this mission will not make a tether down on Phobos, everything has to begin with a first step. We had Mariner 4 and 9 before the Vikings, and today’s Curiosity and Perseverance. I hope this mission can show the public that Mars is not just a point of light in a telescope. It is a real place, and humans can fly there and come back alive and come back healthy.

Brian Monnin actually wrote the article that has been sitting in my editor for a few weeks: spacenews.com/the-internet-w… My first career was helping build parts of the Internet starting around 1989. I spent the next decade or so watching it go from a university/government tool to contributing 5% to the national GDP in 2004. And all that time, reporters, experts, and people who should have known better kept saying it was a bubble that couldn't last, it couldn't scale, it wouldn't replace fax/snail mail/television/etc. The incentives back then were numerous, but hidden. Hidden inside the minds that looked at the world and realized we had the resources to build things so much better than what we had that no one else could understand it, but you knew they would adopt it. S-curves matter. Stacked s-curves matter even more. Positive unit economics can move planets. When smart people start writing billion-dollar checks, and you don't know why, examine your assumptions.

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This is starting to feel like that Groyper flood a few months ago.

Jeffersonian Agrarianism/Physiocracy is alive and well in America. Hamilton and Jefferson would instantly recognize the 'discussion' around datacenters (including the sockpuppetry). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrari…

🚨 NASA is on the verge of making one of the biggest mistakes in modern space policy. After decades of progress toward commercial space stations, the agency is considering cuts to the very program designed to replace the ISS and proposing what amounts to an “ISS 2.0” government-owned station. Our response? WTH?! The Space Frontier Foundation has spent 40 years fighting to open low Earth orbit to private enterprise, innovation, and human settlement. We’re not going backwards now. We submitted a forceful response to NASA’s Commercial LEO Destinations RFI, outlining exactly what must happen to ensure American companies (not government bureaucracy) build the next generation of space stations. This is a pivotal moment. The decisions made this year will determine whether the United States leads the next era of human spaceflight… or creates another unnecessary gap in orbit. Read more of our response here 👉 spacefrontier.org/post/fight… #CommercialSpace #SpacePolicy #ISS #NASA #SpaceStations #NewSpace #LowEarthOrbit #SpaceEconomy #SpaceFrontierFoundation