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reader of sf and history/biography/other literature, occasional writer, student of keyboard, guitar, and tabla, listener of new age, Indian classical, Western classical, and some film music.

All my life I was fascinated with space and loved NASA.

The Orange Blight has destroyed that. I could not give less of a flying fsck what happens with Artemis, because NASA is now run by Nazis.

(One could reasonably say that NASA was run by Nazis early on with von Braun, as well, of course.)

It's amazing what technical accomplishments humanity can accomplish if it sets aside the moral context under which it has acquired the ability to do those things.
I enjoyed watching several European tv shows on streaming. The current one I'm watching is set in Iceland and one of the characters is seen secretly taking a New Scientist magazine to the bathroom, implying ... well, you know. Europeans are so sophisticated.
You know a task is really unpleasant when you procrastinate doing it by doing your taxes instead
The big gaping hole in the plot of Planet of the Apes was that all Clint Eastwood had to do was look up in the sky at night and see the moon to know where he was.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116329275866251509

"They claims Software engineers could go extinct this year end 100%."

Now, that's a good April Fool's joke!

I have no interest in watching NASA's launch tomorrow.
To my European friends:
Please ignore the fool. I hope your countries stand their ground on not getting involved in this foolish war. Our US maladministration won't last.