Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Watch "The Future of Animatronics | Great Moments in Imagineering" on YouTube

Disneys imagineers take the next leap forward with animatronics. This is simply amazing. 

Japan just built a washing-machine-sized satellite that makes electricity from sunlight in orbit and beams it down to Earth as microwaves, the part 50 years of space solar never managed to pull off

Arthur C Clarke proposed this is a possibility half a century ago, and now we’re seeing that technology has reached a point where it’s possible. 

How cool is that?

Record heatwave disrupts Europe as France warns death toll to rise | Reuters

Hmmm.  Maybe our climate *is* changing? Just saying. 

Urban Heat Is Forcing Insects to Evolve in Years, Not Millennia - A-Z Animals

Evolution happening right before our eyes and it’s due to a changing climate. 

“SpaceX is killing us”

Here’s a short video that summarizes everything that SpaceX is doing, and how wrong, misguided, and often contemptible it is. 

World Cup 2026: How Fifa president Gianni Infantino is jetting around - BBC Sport

FIFA makes efforts to be environmentally conscious and work toward sustainability… and then you read about something like this. 

Another rich dude who has to take a private plane everywhere because of security or expediency. 

It’s ridiculous. 

How a tiny Caribbean island made American independence possible

This is an interesting about the role that St. Eustatius played in the American revolution.