A new #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds trailer just dropped. www.youtube.com/watch?v=85nf...

A new Dr. Evil sketch from Verizon. (At least he didn't turn the Reflecting Pool into green algae ...) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzmn...

#Politics #Trump Breaking from #LATimes: #California governor Gavin Newsom says Trump has ordered #DOJ to conduct a baseless investigation of him and his wife, looking for something to charge him with. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

#Space #NASA #Russia From #ArsTechnica: NASA puts its astronauts in evacuation mode when the Russians threatened to use a hacksaw to fix a link in their PrK module. The Russians finally backed off and agreed to decommission the module. arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

for your monday amusement: a look at the state of things. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

#Politics #Trump #Iran Breaking from @nbcnews.com: Both Trump and the prime minister of #Pakistan are saying a ceasefire agreement has been reached with Iran. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

#StarTrek I have a #Substack where I look at the writing behind the original Star Trek series' scripts and their writers. The latest column looks at "Arena," the Gorn episode, famous for shooting on location at Vasquez Rocks. You can find the columns at www.thewrittentrek.com.

#Space #SpaceX For all the fuss about Elon #Musk becoming a trillionaire, yesterday's IPO made COO Gwynne Shotwell a billionaire. Gwynne is universally respected within the industry. Many people refer to her as "The Sane One." Gwynne is who makes SpaceX a success. www.forbes.com/profile/gwyn...

#Politics #Trump Kyle Cheney of #Politico on X says the #KennedyCenter has certified to the judge that Trump's name has been removed.

#Politics #Trump #MSNOW about to report from the #KennedyCenter. The livestream is already running. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Svj...

#Politics #Trump Not many livestreams going now at the #KennedyCenter. Apparently most of them shut down once the tarp went up. But @meidastouch.com is streaming. Nothing going on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l33M...

#Politics #Trump Overnight from AP: Workers started to remove Trump's name from the #KennedyCenter but left around 3:30 AM EDT. They placed tarps around the scaffolding so the public can't see, but a photographer found a gap and got a picture of a letter being removed. apnews.com/article/trum...

#Politics #Trump Breaking from #CNN: A DC appellate court declined to stay removal of Trump's name from the Kennedy Center. The name is supposed to be removed by 11:59 PM EDT tonight. www.cnn.com/2026/06/12/p...

#Cuba From #NBCNews: Cuba's president announces economic reforms planned to move the nation closer to a capitalist economy. www.nbcnews.com/world/cuba/c...

#SpaceX opened its first day as a publicly traded company at $135, ended the day at $160, currently trading after hours near $165. finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...

#Politics #Trump This is a lightning map of DC just now, courtesy of Weatherbug. This is most likely why the workers came down from the scaffolding, AKA lightning rods.

#Politics #Trump The Kennedy Center scaffolding is up but the workers have left. My guess is they've been instructed by the #MAGA board of directors to wait until the last minute while the board seeks a friendly appellate judge to reverse the lower court ruling. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u7R...

#Politics #Trump PBS News has a YouTube live feed of Trump's name about to be removed from the Kennedy Center. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u7R...

#Politics #Trump Breaking from @washingtonpost.com: Trump loses last-ditch attempt to keep his name on the Kennedy Center. The scaffolding is in place to remove his name. wapo.st/4eiT8ZB

"Musk, who currently owns half of SpaceX, would still control nearly half of the company’s total shares after the offering. However, some of those are special shares with greater voting power, and Musk will control 82.4% of the voting power after the IPO ..." www.cnn.com/2026/06/03/b...

#StarTrek I've posted my latest #Substack article about the writing behind the original Star Trek episodes. In this column we look at "Arena," inadvertently plagiarized from a 1944 science fiction short story. Read the article for free at the link. www.thewrittentrek.com/p/arena-epis...

From #CNBC: An #Iran news agency claims Iran is planning to attack Elon #Musk assets in the Middle East including at #Starlink ground station. www.cnbc.com/2026/06/11/i...

#Politics #Economy #Trump Breaking from @cnn.com: Wholesale inflation increased last month by an annual rate of 6.5%, as measured by the producer price index. www.cnn.com/2026/06/11/e...

#Politics #Trump #Iran Idle thought ...Trump this morning threatened Iran yet again, his usual bombastic threats. Trump's 80th birthday is coming up on Sunday. If I were Iran, I'd plan saturated attacks on US and allied targets this Sunday just to stick it to him. www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/l...

#Politics #Economy #Trump From Yahoo Finance: Annual consumer inflation rate up to 4.2% in May. finance.yahoo.com/economy/arti...

#Space #NASA #Artemis Today's NASA #Artemis3 crew selection announcement. (Yes, many people in social media have noted the absence of a female.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyRt...

#Space This is the video #SpaceX posted on June 3 to accompany its IPO. The video provides a roadmap for where SpaceX intends to go in the future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPNQ...

#Space Yesterday's half-hour #SpaceX interview with Elon #Musk and Ian Dahl about the company opening a massive new factory in Bastrop, #Texas to build AI satellites for moving data centers into space where they'll be powered by solar energy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvjV...

A #NASA Press Release on the Artemis III Crew Announcement - www.nasa.gov/news-release...

#Space #SpaceX and Elon #Musk posted on X yesterday a half-hour interview unveiling the company's new Gigasat factory in Bastrop, #Texas. (Bastrop is about 30 miles east of Austin.) A Yahoo Finance article about the presentation is at uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/spacex-....

the exciting adventures of space commander trump www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

#Space #SpaceCoast Smartphone photos of this morning's #SpaceX #Falcon9 #Starlink launch from #CCSFS. If you look closely in the final photo, within the "jellyfish" exhaust plume you can see the upper stage, the returning booster, and the two payload fairings.

If your only interest is to tell me you hate Elon Musk, this is not for you. Please move on. My latest Substack on recent adventures with #Tesla Full Self-Driving. Read the column for free. Please consider signing up for a free subscription. open.substack.com/pub/webought...

#Space #NASA The ISS partners have been dealing for years with a slowly growing air leak in the #Russia Zvezda service module. Zvezda was originally built in the mid-1980s for a future Russian station but was repurposed for ISS. 40 years is a great run for '80s tech. www.nasa.gov/blogs/spaces...

I took a friend yesterday to Magic Kingdom, one reason being that Disney is about to close down Carousel of Progress. It's going to be renovated with a new storyline that wipes out the original. I went to say goodbye. More at this link: www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/...

#Space #NASA From Spaceflight Now: Administrator Jared Isaacman wants #BlueOrigin to move #BlueMoon Mark I to a different booster rather than waiting for #NewGlenn to return to flight. (Presumably a #SpaceX #FalconHeavy, in my opinion.) spaceflightnow.com/2026/06/04/n...

#Space #NASA From Tech Briefs: Eight Emerging Space Startups. www.nxtbook.com/smg/techbrie...

The House has passed a resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran, a significant rebuke to Trump and his handling of the conflict. https://cnn.it/49DSGUz

#Politics #Trump Breaking from @nbcnews.com: Four House Republicans join all Democrats in passing resolution directing Trump to withdraw troops from #Iran conflict unless Congress declares war. House also passes resolution releasing aid for #Ukraine. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

#Space #Finance From Yahoo Finance: Morningstar says #SpaceX IPO is "significantly overvalued" and recommends investors wait until the price drops. finance.yahoo.com/markets/arti...

#Politics #Florida In the latest act of Republican fiscal irresponsibility, the Florida legislature just passed a bill to place an initiative on the November ballot that would radically cut the property taxes cities and counties rely on to fund public services. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...

A new "Coyote v. Acme" trailer is out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXmA...

#Space #NASA This NASASpaceflight video is a compilation of the #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn kaboom as seen from multiple angles. In one video you can see debris flew as far as the lighthouse. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7yN...

new week, new toon www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

#Space #NASA #Politics #Trump My latest #Substack looks at how the #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn explosion cost Trump any chance for his moon monument before the end of his term. Read "Apocalypse Blue" for free at the link. Please consider a free subscription. www.thespacepundit.com/p/apocalypse...

#Space #NASA #BlueOrigin #NewGlenn Launch Complex 36, before and after the kaboom. Source: SpaceFromSpace.com, a very cool website.

Ossoff: He’s trying to put his face on the money. He's building a monument to himself . But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone… because he's a failed president and a national disgrace.