Favorites November 9th 2021

Colin McMillen @mcmillen

my mom texted to me tell me to reply to my dad's email and like, maybe instead of retiring, she should become a product manager

Possibly this is actually a PgM rather than a PM, but who's counting. (The PM is counting)

Ben Adler @badler

“Protests are necessary to raise awareness,” Obama said. “But to build the broad-based coalitions necessary for bold action, we have to persuade people who either currently do not agree with us, or are indifferent to the issue.”

news.yahoo.comObama tells young climate change activists to ‘harness that anger’Speaking at the U.N. Climate Change Conference on Monday, former President Barack Obama devoted a substantial portion of his nearly hourlong speech to...

For better or worse, it will be those arguing for progress who must take on the burden of pursuading the center. The reactionary is happy with no compromise and no change.

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

If not for Elon Musk, China would be utterly eating our lunch when it came to space stuff.

Millennial Antimillenarian @surcomplicated

This is nuts...SpaceX is set to overtake China in Q4. Who would win...the most powerful totalitarian state ever to deface the Earth ...or one completely insane and hopelessly erratic (but perversely intelligent) business bro? @Noahpinion @BeijingPalmer https://t.co/sMmoNDCzRk

Not the biggest fan of Musk, but SpaceX's success is absolutely amazing.

Eric Berger @SciGuySpace

NASA's little helicopter on Mars keeps spinning and winning.

arstechnica.comNASA’s stalwart Mars helicopter is back and better than everCumulatively, Ingenuity has now flown more than 3 km across the surface of Mars.

NASA does still have some home-grown successes though.

Ars Technica @arstechnica

Here’s what the infrastructure bill means for road safety and EVs arstechnica.com/cars/2021/11/h… by @drgitlin

arstechnica.comHere’s what the infrastructure bill means for road safety and EVsThe infrastructure bill includes a lot of needed investment in transportation.

I'm really excited about regulation of the height of SUV hoods, they kill pedestrians and bicyclists.

March 2021, Santa Cruz