Leon's big rocket just went boom boom

Successful launch and the booster was caught by the chopsticks, but the starship itself lost engines and is presumed destroyed.

On edit:

Launch at 35:30
Chopstick grab at 42:10
Starship starts gyrating wildly at 43:40

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1897438948458189156

This is gross, but I had to laugh.

LAT owner wants opposing views on opinion pieces critical of Trump

Owner of the Los Angeles Times, Patrick Soon-Shiong "has instituted a new policy that prohibits editorials containing criticism of the president-elect unless they are presented side-by-side with another opinion piece representing the 'opposing view.’" https://www.status.news/p/patrick-soon-shiong-los-angeles-times-donald-trump-fcad (paywall likely)

https://bsky.app/profile/jayrosen.bsky.social/post/3ldiz37n2oc2l

The next time someone posts an opinion piece of Trump’s sexual assault on E Jean Carroll, I cannot wait to hear the opposing view.

Trump is making a lot of DEI picks for his cabinet.

Dodgers win World Series

I’m very pleased about that because at one point they showed a shot of Rudy Giuliani at Yankee Stadium.

Rick Steves at the Reichstag

WTF???

These people are insane.

Literally.

https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1848764747875074210

Fork it over, Rudy 🤣

Tina Peters bonus: Video of her arrest Feb 2022.

Posted earlier about her nine year sentence so I thought I’d throw this in.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219530041

https://twitter.com/WUTangKids/status/1841909301385875913

Election denier Tina Peters sentenced to nine years.

Judge called her a charlatan and a liar and said she would do it all over again without hesitation.

Fuck yeah!

https://twitter.com/KyleClark/status/1841906680520704400