Buckle up, folks. This is a constitutional crisis unfolding before our eyes.
Big Backlash at Big Law Democrats: Major law firms have bent the knee to Trump—yet the influential Democratic attorneys who work at them keep collecting lucrative paychecks.
AND SOME PROMINENT DEMS ARE PISSED. Including my spirit animal @neeratanden.bsky.social
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BREAKING: 500 associates and staffers at a top global law firm have written leadership begging it not to settle with Donald Trump
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NASA has 20+ satellites in orbit sending PETABYTES of data. Without highly trained staff, that data falls on the floor and isn’t recoverable. And just in case — no, AI isn’t the answer.
And there are potential benefits for Elon Musk. Privatization of more satellite work. The Traffic Coordination System for Space (basically air traffic control for space) shifted over to private sector.
“The budget cuts also appear intended to force the closure of Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland where the agency has 10,000 civil servants and contractors.” Well, we had a good run folks!
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I'm really stressed about what this means for satellite missions ops. We are basically going to be stranding our assets in space. That's all taxpayer money.
Autism didn’t make them do it. Mental illness didn’t, either. This personal piece from The Big Picture cuts through the excuses and names the real issue: some people are just hateful, and we need to stop giving them cover.
❗️🇯🇵Japan has expressed interest in participating in the NATO mission command for military support to 🇺🇦Ukraine.
Now, to be fair, the Pentagon threw a little Bozos' way, too. Blue Origin got $2.4B.
But the big question is _Whose_ satellites are they being paid to launch? 🤔
The Japan Coast Guard has equipped 12 of its large patrol vessels with Starlink, a high-speed satellite internet service, as of March in a bid to appeal to attract new recruits among younger generations.
What a duo of tweets.
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st half of spaceflight doubleheader (video, photos)
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Monday (March 31). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape…
Nice article from the Xerces Society: Want to Save the Bees? Focus on Habitat, Not Honey Bees 🌿🐝https://xerces.org/blog/want-to-save-bees-focus-on-habitat-not-honey-bees
China’s ‘Kill Mesh’ Threatens Us Satellites, Space Force Warns
China's advancements in space warfare have reportedly Led to the development of a new kill mesh system, raising some concerns. During the 16th annual mcaleese defense programs conference in Virginia, General Michael Guetlein, Vice…
Bad day to have China as your largest business partner.
NOAA’s GOES-19 satellite officially began operations as GOES East
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Boeing’s Millennium Space expands production to meet defense demand
The company is expanding its small-satellite production space from 22,000 square feet to nearly 42,000 square feet.
"Dear Cornell community,
Cornell is aware of media reports suggesting that more than $1 billion in federal grants have been frozen. While we have not received information that would confirm this figure, earlier today Cornell received more than 75 stop-work orders from the Department of Defense ...
Russia and China are threatening SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation, new report finds #SpaceX's #NEWS
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Not to mention Pine Gap - CIA satellite base based in Oz
We along with @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's CLEE have a new guide for policymakers to better understand and utilize satellite-detected methane data.🔑 Satellite data is revealing where methane emissions come from, an essential step in cutting the super pollutant. law.ucla.edu/hunting-meth...
The irony of Elon accusing everyone under the sun of profiting from some nebulous slush fund is that he himself is the recipient of $38 billion in government handouts.
