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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,094

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 7, 2026

This is the grave of James E. Webb. Born in 1906 in Tally Ho, North Carolina (what a name!), Webb grew up pretty well off. His father was county superintendent of schools, segregated of course. He went to the University of North Carolina, graduating in...

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,023

By Erik Loomis

On February 17, 2022

This is the grave of Edward White. Born in 1930 in San Antonio, White grew up in a military family. His father had graduated from West Point in 1924, was.

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,019

By Erik Loomis

On February 13, 2022

This is the grave of James Fletcher. Born in 1919 in Milburn, New Jersey, Fletcher grew up in a prominent family dedicated to scientific advancement. His father, Harvey, was a.

Apollo 13

By Dave Brockington

In General

On April 14, 2020

AS13-59-8500A (17 April 1970) --- This view of the severely damaged Apollo 13 Service Module (SM) was photographed from the Lunar Module/Command Module (LM/CM) following SM jettisoning. (NASA) In the midst of everything else going on right now, it's also the 50th anniversary of the...

General

Let’s Politicize Everything!

By Erik Loomis

On September 3, 2017

If there's one thing NASA needs, it's the agency's first politician to lead it, a guy who wants to privatize space travel and doesn't seem to believe in climate change..

General

This Day in Labor History: December 28, 1973

By Erik Loomis

On December 28, 2015

Does space have a labor history? The answer is yes. On December 28, 1973, the crew of Skylab went on a one-day strike to protest their working conditions and the.

Climate Change and Today’s Weather

By Erik Loomis

In General

On April 16, 2014

The evidence connecting climate change to specific weather events continues to grow, as this NASA run-down of research on the California drought demonstrates (PDF).

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Not Me My final high school CS project in '72 was an implementation of a single layer 1K parameter convolutional neural network (then known as a 'perceptron') in PDP-8 assembly language that...
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cereal That’s the kind of thing my son and his friends find hilarious. I assume the song was some kid posting on YouTube originally which then got joke-memified enough to become a Charlie Kirk (also pure...
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cereal If you grant that white hot is pure hyperbole then we agree on the important bit. I didn’t intend to boffsides pro-and anti AI types on substance, only on their zones of debate. And in fact the...
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cereal Thanks also for the Bloemenmarkt image, which could serve as a reminder that tulips are actually a pretty decent way to make money now, despite the bubbly history. Maybe AI will have some actual value...
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