A lot of people reacted poorly to a Washington Post story implying that the Trump administration banned the Center for Disease Control from using certain words in their documents. According to National Review and the New York Times, this misrepresents the actual, more complicated situation.
Speaking of healthcare, HIV/AIDS is looking to get a lot nastier in the near future. It's not really clear what we can do about it, beyond more of the same.
Something to do once I'm out of school: print my blog. Matt Shapiro argues that we really can't depend on platforms to continue providing hosting, forever, and having off-site backups is increasingly necessary if you want your works to survive.
In 1849, a Virginia slave named Henry Brown mailed himself to freedom in a wooden box. His escape was enabled by northern abolitionists, but also by confidential parcel services. To me, this underscores the importance of allowing free, private competitors to government agencies wherever and whenever possible.
Speaking of federal services: the origin of NORAD's Santa tracker.
AIAA reports of the progress of advanced spacecraft propulsion in 2017.
Elon Musk tweets photos of the assembled Falcon Heavy first stage.
