Tuesday, July 28, 2026

The Roman Space Telescope Is Now Fully Fueled — Launching Late August ‘26.

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We will see history, now in just about a month's time (right before we go off-grid for a month in France and Italy): the first space te...
Monday, July 27, 2026

The KATALYST/Link/BOOST Mission Continues To Pass Its Commissioning Benchmarks -- Toward Raising Orbit Of Swift 'Scope -- Soon.

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After solving a gyro-wheel issue which was causing erratic rotational commands, the team has now settled into steady communications, and pl...

There Is Now An East Bay Sanctuary V. This Federal FOIA Suit Seeks To Compel US Customs & Immigration To Disclose Status Of DACA Authorizations/Renewals

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Donald Trump has had to settle, by consent decrees, the last four federal suits the erstwhile public advocacy group East Bay Sanctuary bro...

[U: Trading @ $110 Monday Morning!] SpaceX Will Post Vast GAAP Losses Per Share, On August 4. Then Two Days Later, Many Insiders Will Be Free To Sell.

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This may well turn into the perfect storm for Elon, if the poor quarterly results at Tesla -- coupled to the below -- end up meaning that t...
Sunday, July 26, 2026

[U] Measles Are Once Again A Scourge In The US. Thanks, RFK Jr -- And Tangerine 2.0.

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I have now updated last year's graphic -- but the news is actually worse, in this second summer, of Tangerine 2.0. Who are these peopl...
Saturday, July 25, 2026

SpaceX Update: Starship 13 Did Make It Off The Pad; But Lower Stage Suffered A "Hard Splashdown" -- As Not All Engines Re-Lit, On Re-Entry... More Work Ahead, For Elon.

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It now looks as though that first stage -- which is designed to land softly, and thus be entirely re-usable after re-fueling. . . is damage...

Much More -- On The Chilling FBI/DoJ Approach, To The Reporting On The Flying Bribery Palace... From EW. Do read it all.

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/> Welp. The ironies here. . . never cease. I'll let EW tell the story, without additional fanfare. Here's the latest -- from Ir...
Friday, July 24, 2026

Small Updates Dept.: In Global Health Council v. Trump (Case No. 25-cv-402, USDC DC Dist.), The Able USDC Judge Has Grown Tired Of Tangerine 2.0's Foot Dragging...

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This is another of those wrongful DOGE / Trump "freeze / termination" of Congressionally mandated funding cases -- from last year...

14 Symptom-Free US Citizens Were Held At Ft. Drum, NY -- For Trying To Enter US By Land, From Canada -- After Visiting DRC: Claim Is... Ebola Risk. Sheesh.

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Most of all, here -- I want to highlight how utterly unserious Tangerine 2.0 and RFK, Jr. are -- about epidemic abatement bio-science. For...

Merck Will Grant Royalty Free Licenses -- To Its Monthly HIV Pill Candidate, In Various Still Emerging Economies, Globally. Excellent!

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From the go, alimatravir will be available as an " authorized generic " (mostly to be manufactured in India -- by Cipla, and by A...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

Likely The Last Word -- From Abrego Garcia's Lawyers -- On Voluntarily Heading To Costa Rica (Until 2028)...

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This cannot be waved away, as incompetence and inattention, alone. Mr. Lyons knows his boss is Mr. Mullin. But Lyons and Miller. . . don...

New And Valuable Data, On The Solar System's Most Extreme "Fire And Ice" Moon -- Way Out, At Io -- Courtesy Juno's Extended Mission Fly-Bys...

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This all is due to the fact that the Biden administration authorized spending at NASA on an extended mission, for Juno. The speedy, twisty,...

Tangent: Oracle Laid Off 21,000 Workers Last Year; Dropped To Near Junk Status -- Now Faces A ~$7 Billion "Bond Posting" Bill -- In Port Washington, Wisconsin...

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From time to time, we may offer updates on Mr. Ellison's company here -- just as we do for Mr. Bezos' and Mr. Musk's. It is h...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Arizona Has Seen Its First "International Travel" Related Case Of Mpox Clade 1b... Do Think About The Vax...

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This is what the US has signed up for, ever since Donald Trump ended USAID in Africa, over a year ago. That outreach provided immense amoun...

A Rocky Exoplanet, Larger Than Earth, 49 Light Years Away, Tidally Locked -- But With Liquid Water, And A Helium Rich Atmosphere... In The Habitable Zone.

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Where there is one. . . the universe-bound canons of physical laws say. . . there are many more. Billions upon billions more -- now that we...

The Able USDC Judge Cummings Is [Still] Doin' The Right Thing (In A 2018 Era Class Action Settlement Case) -- "Good Trouble" Edition In Chicago.

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The Tangerine 2.0 ICE agents and their lawyers are refusing to provide complete documentation, on all the people in the Chicagoland area be...

The All-Oral Combo Of Gilead & Merck Pills Is Showing Nice HIV Efficacy In Once A Week Dosings, As Well...

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We had previously mentioned the encouraging twice a week dosings, back in June. Additional clinical trials are now testing once-a-week d...
Tuesday, July 21, 2026

EW Has The "Blabbermouth In Chief" Dead To Rights, This Morning... Flawless!

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Without any more ado, I offer you the writings from the Emerald Isle. . . of EmptyWheel . Trust every word she writes -- and her graphics ...

This Morning, Evanston's Counsel Powerfully Explains Why US Atty Boutros Is... All Wet. Grin.

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This is excellent . Spare. Elegant. It avoids all the name-calling and simply bounces the MAGA US Atty Boutros -- on the well-settled, bla...

Thanks To Anon., We Learn That Again Trump Has Paid Cronies Billions -- To Utterly Fail, In A Contract With The Federal Government.

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If these floaters ultimately are NOT outfitted with razor wire. . . maybe that is a small improvement. Everyone here knows the back story ...