2025-03-05
‘Money Job’
Ben Stiller, in a delightful piece for The New York Times on working up the gumption to tell Gene Hackman — with whom he was working in Wes Anderson’s excellent...
2025-03-04
Beyond The Launch Date
Making Product Readiness a Team Sport
Blogging for Democracy
This is a great post from Mike Masnick about why Techdirt is writing more or less full-time about the Trump regime’s attack on democracy: Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy...
Jupiter’s Moon Io Keeps Leaking, and Scientists Are Watching
Io’s atmosphere releases neutrals, forming extensive sodium, potassium, sulfur, and oxygen clouds. These neutrals fuel Jupiter’s magnetosphere, creating structures like the "banana cloud" and the extended sodium nebula. Transient brightening...
How Jupiter’s Plasma Torus Strips Away Io’s Atmosphere
Io’s atmosphere interacts with Jupiter’s plasma torus, leading to ion collisions, energy transfer, and atmospheric loss. UV emissions reveal these processes, though the exact escape rates remain debated.
The Leaky Moon: Why Io’s Atmosphere is Always Trying to Escape
Io’s exosphere forms where its atmosphere transitions to a collisionless state. Most plume gases fail to escape due to Io’s gravity, unlike Enceladus, though volcanic escape pathways remain uncertain.
The Curious Case of Io’s Breathing Skies
Io’s atmosphere is mainly volcanic but interacts with sublimation processes. Recent models reveal its complex, 3D thermal and wind structures, though observational constraints persist.
Io: The Volcanic Moon That Won’t Stop Spewing
Io, Jupiter’s volcanic moon, hosts over 400 active volcanoes, with thermal emissions and gas plumes shaping its thin atmosphere. However, the connection between hot spots and mass loss remains complex,...
The Stability and Variability of Jupiter I's Plasma Torus
Io’s volcanic and atmospheric activity plays a crucial role in fueling Jupiter’s plasma torus. While the torus remains relatively stable, transient changes—likely triggered by volcanic outbursts—alter mass supply. Observations suggest...
How Io, a Tiny Moon, Keeps Jupiter’s Space Weather on Its Toes
Io, Jupiter’s volcanic moon, is the primary mass source for the planet’s plasma torus and magnetosphere. Volcanic and atmospheric processes regulate this supply, occasionally leading to significant transient changes in...
Man Removes Huge Letters Reading "#1 Hair Implants" From His Gold Cybertruck After Relentless Bullying
Gold Cybertruck owners have feelings too. Just ask Kumait Jaroje, who's still complaining that he's getting harassed for his gilded, $113,000 Tesla pickup truck. As if its glimmering exterior wasn't...
“De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences has gene-edited mice to have mammoth-like features, creating...
“De-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences has gene-edited mice to have mammoth-like features, creating what the company calls the Colossal Woolly Mouse.” (They eventually want to do the same w/ Asian elephants.)...
The Convergence of DeFi and Real-World Assets: Unlocking New Investment Models
DeFi started as a specialized financial concept but now functions as a worldwide financial system which presents different options than conventional banking institutions and lending services.Tokenization as a blockchain-based digital...
The Psychological Benefits of Playing VR Games
Farming Simulator is a virtual reality game that lets users farm in a virtual world. The game also allows users to care for the equipment, such as washing off dirt...
Amazon's Drone Delivery Program Was So Annoying That Homeowners Begged It to Stop
Amazon's delivery drones became so annoying and disruptive to locals, the tech giant gave up on its pilot program in College Station, Texas. As Wired reports, the incredibly noisy aircraft...
From Just Security: “A timeline of actions that highlight the alarming level...
From Just Security: “A timeline of actions that highlight the alarming level of politicization and weaponization of the Department of Justice under the second Trump administration.”
Tesla Just Got Absolutely Horrible News About Its Sales in China
If "failure is the mother of success," as the old Chinese proverb goes, then Tesla is long overdue for some wins. Once thought to be something of a golden goose...
Creating a “Remanufacturing Economy” With EV Battery Recycling
Electric vehicle sales are expected to grow by 29.9%, reaching 15.1 million units globally in 2024. By 2030, electric cars will account for 65% of global sales, according to the...
Josh Marshall looks closely at Trump’s Feb 11th “workforce optimization” EO for...
Josh Marshall looks closely at Trump’s Feb 11th “workforce optimization” EO for its inevitable conclusion: “It will be like a permanent shutdown. That’s not hyperbole or a metaphor. It’s literally...
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