What difference does it make? Derps are derps. You never know what they're going to do, and there doesn't have to be rhyme or reason behind any of it.

They definitely are, and they're definitely irrational.

I recall a conversation here not long ago where some derp was making a big shit over what is, at the end of the day, a trivial amount of carbon with the incredibly stupid argument of "more carbon is more carbon". IIRC my response was something to the effect of "you know, if you off yourself, that would reduce carbon output too. Less carbon is less carbon." And that's to say nothing of rsilvergun, drinkypoop, et al who literally want to see bad outcomes for the neuralink patients simply because it's somehow connected to Elon. Pretty fucked up to want to deny any hope at all for patients with tetraplegia or locked-in syndrome for any reason at all, let alone an irrational hatred for just one guy who isn't even those patients, but I've come to expect that shit out of them since long before then.

Besides, the likely reason for this is the fact that most of these launches were for starlink. The current iteration of starlink isn't intended to be around for much longer, and what replaces it physically can't be sent to orbit with Falcon 9 or even Falcon Heavy.

Fanning the flames that have already started when people looked at their electric bills.

Even more so since half these data centers will end up bankrupt, abandoned, and stick the county taxpayers with demolition and cleanup costs.

Talking to your steaming cup again I see. Though if it has maggots in it, that means you're reheating it. Why would you do that? If anything, heating kills off the parasites you have such a soft spot for. And why wait for the maggots at all, especially considering they usually eat those same parasites?

Barak's nickname is "Raving Ravid" because he's considered a complete moron who constantly gets caught making shit up to push an anti/strong-Israel agenda.

What are the odds that if we checked your history it would be full of posts saying the exact opposite about russia?

If you're screaming about "water guzzling data centers" but saying nothing about california's alfalfa and almond growers you're a useful idiot.

Uh, what?

Are you trying to determine a percentage?

24,000 different callers out of 8,546,038 New Yorkers means that 0.280832% of the population calls 911 in a given day...

I don't see 1,700 "missed calls," I see about 400:

That quote indicates that only 400 calls were "missed" if we define "missed" as "never got through."

A quick fact check:

a) Kennedy center: "Following the hearing, the Justice Department informed the judge that no physical changes or name additions will happen before October 8, 2026, leaving the issue in a temporary holding pattern while the legal battle continues."

b) Google: "As of August 2026, the administration is not currently held in active criminal or civil contempt of court in these specific cases, though it has come incredibly close."

(Of Note: The New Jersey item was a threat, not a finding of contempt.)

While google may "work" as you suggest, a random article in "The New Jersey Monitor" from half a year ago is not evidence.

There's a lot of FUD surrounding this claim, but when you drill down to facts, the US does not ignore court orders.

Post verified evidence if you disagree.

I tell you what I think and why I think it. I post on slashdot for fun.

Academics playacting as public intellectuals earn their salaries directly or indirectly from selling themselves as people qualified to tell you how or what to think, and they know it.

See the difference?

So your thesis is that injunctions against the government are simply ignored?

That's a strong position, I think I would have heard about it. Can you cite some examples, Mr. Anonymous Coward?

(Overturn on appeal or vacated after final decision doesn't count.)

Yeah man. Just like back when mike pence rounded up the gays and put them on cattle cars. Dark times.

Probably not.

As you may have noticed, there are 3 levels of criminal in this country.

If the government is doing something illegal, they just stop.
If a company is doing something illegal, they stop and pay a fee without admitting guilt.
If a person is doing something illegal, they go to jail.

This is the "government doing something illegal" category, which means they simply stop doing it. Justice is served, the system works, yadda yadda.

These top scholars worked at institutions with literally multi-billion dollar endowments, yet they let Canadian Universities "poach" their top talent? Harvard couldn't counter-offer? Yale lacked a compelling argument to keep their scholars?

Oh that's right, endowments are not for funding research or making education affordable...