"You’re not becoming an engineer or a doctor — not one worth trusting, at least, because those jobs have requirements for a reason. All you’re learning is how to convince the chatbot to give you answers that sound correct enough."
"Artemis II was about people, the astronauts on the spacecraft and the millions who watched them fly to the moon. It was a human mission at its core, a deeply human achievement."
I don’t write a ton for the paper, but when I do, it’s something I’m very passionate about.
"All of this surveillance tries to force an underpaid service worker to be better, to pretend to be happy for the customers. Smiling for the cameras so that “Patty” doesn’t report them for being 'unfriendly.' It could almost be funny, if it wasn’t so dystopian."
"While they are billed as a solution to increase police efficiency in catching 'criminals,' they track everyone. It doesn’t matter if there is an active warrant or just some cop with a power trip; these cameras enable it."
"The main issue is with the Cardinal Line itself. From low ridership, low speed and even lower frequency, it’s only just about better than no rail access. Barely."
"I was fascinated by the company and dreamed of one day working there, helping to build that interplanetary future that it promised. But, as years passed, cracks began to show. While SpaceX has remained fairly apolitical and out of the spotlight, it became caught up in the absolute mess that was its founder, Elon Musk."