@zgryphon @sundogplanets

The radio astronomer Nikolai Kardashev developed a scale describing hypothetical aliens by the amount of energy they used as a guide for what SETI searches could and could not find.

A "Kardashev II" level would involve using the entire energy output of the Sun by dismantling planets and turning them into solar panels.

Which has no resemblance to this particular bit of vaporware.

@Kiloku @sundogplanets

SpaceX's hype has never been constrained by facts.

@heidilifeldman

My most recent information is that ICE has been blocked from building a prison camp in Shakopee; after local, state, and federal electeds rightly objected and the public pressured the real estate developers involved into backing out: https://bsky.app/profile/dbrauer.net/post/3md6hhv5x422s

@inthehands @draNgNon

I assume that the staffers handling voice mail for McCollum, Klobuchar, and Smith go "this guy again" at my messages.

But they do log the calls.

@dsmdexter @inthehands

The House starts impeachments. The Senate finishes them.