Triumph turns to near disaster 60 years ago this morning At 11:41 am March 16, 1966, rookie astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott launched aboard Gemini VIII. Within 6 hours, they had accomplished the first ever docking of two spacecraft in orbit. It was a milestone that the

Planning for Uncertainty marketoonist.com/2026/03/planni…

An important date. Interestingly, also the anniversary of the first docking in space (Gemini). It led to a bit of a wild ride which Neil Armstrong and David Scott had to overcome.

We are governed by complete morons.

Update: The White House got back to me with three examples of media outlets that quoted Iran’s claim that it struck the USS Lincoln…but none of the outlets is American. One is Israeli, one Saudi, one Turkish. (And none of the stories included AI videos.) The president had

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this

HOLY F: Workday just lost the argument that matters most. A federal judge said their AI hiring tools can be challenged for filtering out applicants over 40. “The algorithm did it” is NOT a defense. If this holds… every company using automated hiring just stepped into legal

No surprise here. The war in Ukraine should have taught Trump that a threatened population tends to consolidate around its leaders — even if it dislikes them. But, then, Trump is incapable of listening or learning as he proves time after time. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Excellent example of Campbells or Goodharts Laws - once measures become metric goals, school districts game the system and the metrics are no longer useful.

Meta is shutting down its VR metaverse on June 15th.

For the record, the president of the United States is now simultaneously claiming that he has won the war, is currently winning the war, needs help to win the war, and needs no help to win the war. All to destroy the nuclear program he claims to have already destroyed last year.

About the fight to prevent Trump dismantling one of the leading scientific labs in the world. colorado.edu/today/2026/03/…

Actions like these are needed to heal our country from extremism. fb.watch/FWRRhEnH9V/

This is the best laugh I’ve had in a while. Just wait for it.

Tremendous. The penultimate question, in particular, really made me laugh... theonion.com/the-onions-exc…

The reckless campaign against Iran will weaken America’s president. That will make him angry. Be warned: he makes a very bad loser econ.st/4lA7lEQ

The constant death of journalists and the justification for it needs to stop

No one could have foreseen that our new policy wouldn’t work. Except the people who advised us it wouldn’t work, but we fired all of them.