California wants to tax rocket launches. The article portrays this as something aerospace companies want, because it would clarify their tax status, but one is reminded of President Reagan's famous epigram.
Scott Alexander on the bail system.
Bloomberg: Americans Are Paying $38 to Collect $1 of Student Debt
A short game to illustrate the issues of gerrymandering and proportional representation.
Old blog post from Taymon Beal discussing the morality of benefiting from net-negative events.
Even older editorial from Ross Douthat arguing that we don't have enough cults these days. I wonder if he still feels that way.
The European Space Agency experiments with using Lunar materials for additive manufacturing.
Stratolaunch Systems, which I'd honestly forgotten about, rolled out its aircraft for test flights.
In typical fashion, it turns out regulations were the biggest hurdle in building a luxurious $20,000 house, though the designers aren't doing themselves any favors by insisting their methods create more jobs at a living wage.
Xenon gas concentrations measured by Rosetta provide further evidence than comets contributed to Earth's early atmosphere.
Noah Smith gives us a visceral rationality lesson in the Shouting Class.
Some arguments against fallacy-ology. I agree with the general position here (there might be a draft lurking around on the same topic) though think it could be stated better.
Science fiction glossary for your writing needs.
Sarah C on survival mindsets versus status mindsets.
A quasi-utilitarian argument for small government. By no means airtight, but worth a read.
