Tuesday Links - 14 April

William Teach at Pirate's Cove is up first with Tiny Fossil Fuels Reliant Nation Of Vanautu Pushes For End Of Fossil Fuels

Yeah, well, we’ll see if the rich, 1st world governments do so, probably over the objections of their citizens. The US will shut it down. Even if China votes for it they’ll ignore it. If Vanuatu votes for it they’ll have to revert to living like it’s 1499

MaddMedic at Freedom Is Just Another Word… - Canada Moves Toward Criminalizing Bible …

Canada, the UK, Australia…all on hell bound train.

American Thinker - Democrats Are Killing the Country with Racism

As Root repeatedly points out, Democrat-run states are destroying themselves. By electing “evil, communist madmen like LA Mayor Karen Bass, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani,” Democrats have ensured that their cities “will soon collapse and drown in a sea of crime and debt.”

The Silicon Graybeard - Hard to think of a better conclusion to Artemis II than that

For the last hour before splashdown and the first 20 minutes or so after it, I was watching the NASA feed as it happened. It seemed that Every Single Milestone they called out was good.

Alice Jones Webb at Take It Outside - Camo Is Not a Costume

So when I hear someone say camo is having a moment, I don’t know what to do with that. Because I’ve seen it stiff with cold. Torn on barbed wire. Soaked in blood. Dragged through mud. Laid across a tailgate while somebody catches their breath. Cut off a barely-breathing body.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 10 April 2026: Peterbyte Edition

Anthropic has lost an appeal in its attempt to stop the Pentagon from blacklisting it for being a bunch of - and I quote, or something like that - "treacherous idiot commie weasels who smell bad". (CNBC)

I'm not sure what Anthropic expects to achieve here.

The Other McCain - The Big Yellow Button Is Back Again!

We are now less than three months away from the 250th anniversary of American independence, which means that the “Early Bird Special” at my favorite fireworks wholesaler will soon be ending.

The Silicon Graybeard - Now that that's over with

All that to say, NASA has visibly improved since Jared Isaacman took over. I suspect (without good, direct evidence) that it's because of his experience with the modern space industry (Space 2.0 as we tend to call it), flying in SpaceX Crew Dragon capsules a couple of times, when we called him Rook Isaacman.

Again from The Other McCain - Stop the Gerrymander, Virginia!

If the election of Abigail Spanberger as governor of Virginia has proven anything, it’s that there are no more “moderate” Democrats. Since taking office in January, Spanberger has been ramming through a left-wing agenda that might be more suitable to Berkeley, California, than to the Old Dominion, and the very worst of it is the proposal to redistrict Virginia’s congressional map by an outrageous partisan gerrymander.

Once again from The Other McCain - Memo From the National Desk: Tales of Fear and Loathing in the Commonwealth

There’s a reason I don’t believe in quitting, because I have seen miracles with my own eyes. If you believe you can win, confidence is contagious, and a real grassroots effort can overcome even the most formidable odds. Such are the odds facing Republicans in this Virginia referendum battle, where the GOP has been outspent at least 3-to-1 by the big-money Democrats (including, of course, George Soros).