John

@buckfiftyseven
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This is a new play account, just to see how things work on mastodon.social, and with cross platform identity.

I have threads and bluesky accounts with the same name.

Polling data shows a clear public preference for NASA to allocate funds towards monitoring climate change and preventing asteroid collisions instead of human spaceflight. This sentiment reflects broader concerns about pressing global issues.

The findings suggest that many view scientific exploration and safety measures as more critical than manned missions, indicating a shift in priorities for sp

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/science/nasa-astronauts-moon-americans-mood.html

NASA Is Launching Astronauts to the Moon, but Americans Aren’t That Excited

Polling has consistently found that most people would prefer NASA spend money on things like monitoring climate change and averting asteroid collisions rather than human spaceflight.

The New York Times

"Polling data shows a clear public preference for NASA to allocate funds towards monitoring climate change and preventing asteroid collisions instead of human spaceflight. This sentiment reflects broader concerns about pressing global issues"

People get it

Now I think most people agree that bad things are happening, but the group that wanted them are still running things.
Why did Americans elect Donald Trump? I think a significant minority wanted bad things to happen, and another significant minority thought that bad things could never happen. Sadly these two groups combined to form a slim majority.

This really is the worst possible timeline. We settled on those words years back, but the timeline* just keeps doubling down.

Drudge is good at capturing juxtapositions.

* American leadership

@ai6yr I think that might assume too much rational cause and effect. A few world leaders were acting without regard to consequences, and here we are.

Testing 61 policy questions, John Burn-Murdoch's FT analysis found that major AI chatbots consistently pull users away from fringe views. Grok nudged responses center-right, while GPT, Gemini, and DeepSeek pulled them center-left.

This is compared against social media where extreme views dominate discussions.

https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/5fa5c2bc-999f-4309-8dc6-326c85de5fed

@paul The gym subscription business model only works if most people, like me, seriously underuse their subscriptions.
AI token costs quickly surpassing their human caretakers. Farely obvious what comes next.

https://x.com/yuchenj_uw/status/2037938224535155046

@ai6yr "The Baker to Vegas (B2V) Challenge Cup Relay is a 120-mile, 20-stage foot relay race."

Yikes