It’s not just State Farm. Allstate no longer sells new home insurance policies in California When corporations flee like that, you know that the local policies have got to be *spectacular.* Of course, there’s always Chicago… At New Chicago Walgreens, You Can Only Browse 2 Aisles — The Rest Of The Store Is Locked…
A “2001 Briefcase Computer” update: there hasn’t been much to say recently, but I’ve completed the rough-cut of the video camera. It’s made from the correct model Japanese telescope, the correct tripod and a scratch-built body with four chrome-plated “knobs.” The black bits are unclear on the prop, but were made from textured 1mm black…
It seems certain groups do not deserve to have a history, culture, identity. Anglo-Saxons aren’t real, Cambridge tells students in effort to fight ‘nationalism’ In short: As a way to fight English nationalism, Cambridge University is telling students that the Angles, Saxons, Welsh, Celts, and other British ethnic groups aren’t distinct groups. Tear down…
A look at Sergey Brin’s “Pathfinder One,” a carbon fiber rigid airship. I’m sure *this* time it’ll work… Airships have been on the verge of a return for generations. Progress is made, promise is shown, then the money runs out, the attention shifts, the tech doesn’t pan out, policies change. It’s a technology…
An incident from December 2022: And another MiG 31 comes in for a landing, spewing fuel at a prodigious rate… There seems to be something wrong with the Russian Air Force lately, lots of planes seem to be having trouble. I’m sure we can all agree that the best thing would be for…
It’s been long enough that “Dr. House” *could* make a comeback (he *might* be getting out of prison about now…). Saddling him with Dr. Murphy could be entertaining as hell. Will it happen? No, it’s about as likely as Disney making a good Star Wars movie. But it’s fun to think about.
Good news: In a First, Caltech’s Space Solar Power Demonstrator Wirelessly Transmits Power in Space This is *many* orders of magnitude away from a practical solar power satellite… but ya gotta start somewhere. And on the other hand, bad news: Boeing finds two serious problems with Starliner just weeks before launch Problem one:…
Today I swung by “The Davenport,” the century-plus old apartment building that partially collapsed a few days ago. Roads were closed off for a radius of a block or two around it so I couldn’t get very close in my car, and I didn’t have the time to find someplace to park and walk. Ehhh,…
A recent Mexican TV news piece showed a cartel member wandering about with a shoulder-fired AT-4 anti-tank rocket slung over his shoulder. A number of commenters immediately leaped to one or both of two wrong conclusions: 1: It’s a Javelin missile 2: It’s a missile we gave to Ukraine, which they then turned around and…
