This is so cool! And the engineering behind it is amazing.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Watch "We Uncovered the Scheme Keeping Grocery Prices High" on YouTube
This is so whacked. It's one way large corporations manage to keep food prices high, and churning out big profits.
What we’re up against…
A few days ago, my wife got a random text from a (now former) friend.
This friend joined the maga (and maha) cult and at one point, she made it her mission to "convert" my wife. My wife finally had to tell her to stop. And she did. That is, until this text….
She was on some weird tirade about how "Islamists" (code for a form of racism) are taking over parts of the world and it's dangerous, and these were former allies. It had no specific reason, and nothing in the current news cycle suggested anything about the rationale for why she sent it.
I was giving it some thought, and it feels like this is classic cult behavior. You have to validate why you are there to the people outside, and periodically try and "recruit" people you know to join you through any one of a number of things that might catch their attention.
I was giving it some thought, and it feels like this is classic cult behavior. You have to validate why you are there to the people outside, and periodically try and "recruit" people you know to join you through any one of a number of things that might catch their attention.
In this specific case, it felt like proselytizing. "I must save you (from yourself)."
And one other thing, she could have replaced the word "Islamist" with the word "black" and turned the clock back 100 years and it would have sense in that context, too.
This is what those of us who are rational are up against.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Waymo Exec Admits Remote Operators in Philippines Help Guide US Robotaxis | EV
What I take away from this is:
1. Waymo's automation is mostly smoke and mirrors and is not ready for the real world.
2. These "autonomous vehicles" are being driven remotely by people who are not in the US and who do not possess a valid drivers license.
3. These company rightly should be shut down as committing fraud to the government and its investors - and for essentially endangering their passengers.
I stand by that, amidst the wishy-washy comments from the company.
Monday, February 9, 2026
Study finds Miami has the worst drivers in the United States
This was a recent article about Miami drivers.
And I reminded about a Dave Barry quote about Miami drivers from years ago …
"People are saying Miami drivers don't follow the rules. They're all following the rules of driving…. From the country they came from"
Sunday, February 8, 2026
I’m going to Disney world!
If you'd like to learn more about the backstory, I invite you to listen to a show I did about the history of that phrase!
Thursday, February 5, 2026
NASA had 3 years to fix fuel leaks on its Artemis moon rocket. Why are they still happening? | Space
The question is a good one. But I have a better one: why is NASA still using the same model for its development?
Yes, the partnerships with aerospace companies got us to the moon 50 years ago. And it helped spur a lot of innovation. But the shuttle program was mostly poorly managed, with extensive costs, some issues with safety, and a lot of bureaucracy.
It's no surprise that Artemis is being managed the same way.
Maybe they get everything together, and we get back to the moon. But it sure feels like we're still stuck in the mindset of the 1960s.
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