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michaelzaharis1.bsky.social
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Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good. This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17

submitted 8 days ago • 198 comments

So, I was on a panel at an event once, where Lighthizer was the keynote speaker and much of the audience was buddies of his. And I got into it w a couple of them at dinner, about trade deficits and surpluses. We spent a good ten minutes talking entirely past each other, until I realized something:

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

A historic graphic of corruption. The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies. (📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)

submitted 11 days ago • 60 comments

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

submitted 14 days ago • 1165 comments

Hey @tacotuesgay.bsky.social (and anyone else studying airspace)… The Sporty’s course “Pilot's Guide to Airspace” is free this month, and you get FAA Wings credit. I’m taking it as a refresher. www.sportys.com/pilot-s-guid...

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

The property insurance industry knows what’s up with climate change and socio economic risk. It’s just about math and science to them. So it’s interesting to see what they have to say www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/brea...

submitted 25 days ago • 468 comments

Today latest lie from Trump/Musk is that the Biden Admin supposedly “abandoned” astronauts in space and now Trump has just ordered Musk to “go get them.” The Biden Admin made this plan with Musk months ago. www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/s...

submitted 25 days ago • 222 comments

Basically, the country’s been taken over by a bunch of internet trolls and podcasters who thought running the government would be as easy as complaining about it.

submitted 26 days ago • 224 comments

submitted 30 days ago • 20 comments

Well, big news. I am planning to move the Space Library to a new home. And I need some help - in 35 years I've never asked for funding, donations or subscriptions for my Space Report, to keep it independent, but now I need to raise some additional funds. www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonat...

submitted 32 days ago • 25 comments