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Young conservatives are having their first coming of age moment where they experience firsthand that the world is more complex than they initially thought. Coming detached from the social fabric and untethered from reality. The formation of mental illness on display.




Marilyn Gladu: "I oppose conversion therapy, I always did."












We're not going to travel beyond the solar system, according to Leonard Susskind. And neither are aliens, coming to visit us. We may not be alone, but we are stuck here for, essentially forever. 1. The nearest star is 4.24 light years away. The fastest spacecraft ever built would require 6,600 years to get there. 2. Surely we can just build faster spacecraft. The problem is to get to anywhere close to the speed of light, we need exponentially more energy. 3. Chemical rockets will just not work. Even fusion rockets won't work. Even 10% of the speed of light is not achievable. The Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation prevents it. 4. Interstellar dust becomes hand grenades when traveling anywhere close to the speed of light. Ships break. 5. Space radiation will kill us over the time need to travel interstellar distances. Impossible to protect without massive shields, which require massive energy to accelerate and de-accelerate.

The Hormuz shipping crisis gives Canada a chance to ease tensions with Trump and offer help bloomberg.com/news/newslette…















