# Latest **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md?page=1 [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [The Potpourri](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653)
**Author:** [@Cyrano](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Cyrano)\ **Replies:** 860\ **Last updated:** [19 September 2026 22:17 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-potpourri/4653 "2026-09-19T22:17:10Z")
I tend to snip and save charts, graphs, and tables and save them to my photo library. I created this topic to share a few of them here. No theme and, unfortunately, often little context or sourcing. No warranty expres… --- ## [The Competency Crisis](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-competency-crisis/4583)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [19 September 2026 21:42 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-competency-crisis/4583 "2026-09-19T21:42:39Z")
This will be an ongoing topic for posting observations of a noteworthy aspect of societal collapse. As a start, I offer this tidbit from yesterday. At 5:30 PM I went into Lowe’s to get a wafer lock key duplicated. Alth… --- ## [Weekly Space Report: Big Orbital Plans!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-big-orbital-plans/6459)
**Author:** [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [19 September 2026 15:23 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-big-orbital-plans/6459 "2026-09-19T15:23:38Z")
Highlights: Launch pushed back to Monday the 28th. Splashdown target zone off Easter Island. Numerous potential return paths and exclusion zones announced. Booster will make another water landing.… --- ## [What to do when the war is lost?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-to-do-when-the-war-is-lost/6458)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [19 September 2026 15:06 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/what-to-do-when-the-war-is-lost/6458 "2026-09-19T15:06:58Z")
As a Former Head of MI6 it’s Clear That Britain’s Climate Policy is Leaving Us Dangerously Exposed to Our Enemies – The Daily Sceptic “… Comparing energy flow data for 1974 and 2025, it shows industrial final consumptio… --- ## [Burning Car Carrier in the Atlantic (now lithium ion battery fire forum)](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/burning-car-carrier-in-the-atlantic-now-lithium-ion-battery-fire-forum/908)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [19 September 2026 02:17 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/burning-car-carrier-in-the-atlantic-now-lithium-ion-battery-fire-forum/908 "2026-09-19T02:17:04Z")
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a39137893/cargo-ship-fire-fueled-by-ev-batteries/ https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a39141216/porsche-on-felicity-ace-ship-fire/ --- ## [The Road To Panspermia Is Paved With Sexual Perversion](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-road-to-panspermia-is-paved-with-sexual-perversion/2334)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [18 September 2026 14:25 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-road-to-panspermia-is-paved-with-sexual-perversion/2334 "2026-09-18T14:25:56Z")
There is a lot of Big Think potential in the topic of panspermia but I don’t think anyone has thought through the implications from the standpoint of the consequences of evolutionary bottlenecking and the “good enough” t… --- ## [Childhood Instinct Affirmed](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/childhood-instinct-affirmed/6453)
**Author:** [@civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/civilwestman)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [17 September 2026 21:47 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/childhood-instinct-affirmed/6453 "2026-09-17T21:47:17Z")
As a child, way before I ever heard the word ‘manichean’, that was how I saw the world. I simply believed that was how it worked - good versus evil; my own inner dialogue, writ large. Then, my professors showed me the ma… --- ## [Divided Europe](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/divided-europe/6457)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [16 September 2026 14:04 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/divided-europe/6457 "2026-09-16T14:04:14Z")
On the one hand, von der Leyen (the German woman who in some mysterious process became the ruler of Europe) is pushing for European trade sanctions against China. On the other hand, Airbus (currently a European company … --- ## [Exponential Remediation of Civilization's Footprint](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/exponential-remediation-of-civilizations-footprint/3211)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [15 September 2026 15:48 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/exponential-remediation-of-civilizations-footprint/3211 "2026-09-15T15:48:24Z")
Since Elon Musk has recently come out against the economics of O’Neill’s space habitat approach to establishing space settlements, I thought it appropriate to replicate (hence backup against my quite plausible cancellati… --- ## [History of the "Jerry Can"](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/history-of-the-jerry-can/957)
**Author:** [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [15 September 2026 12:21 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/history-of-the-jerry-can/957 "2026-09-15T12:21:59Z")
History of the “Jerry Can”: --- ## [Data Centers are a Public Benefit, Let’em be Built on Public Land.](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/data-centers-are-a-public-benefit-let-em-be-built-on-public-land/6435)
**Author:** [@Hypatia](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Hypatia)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [14 September 2026 22:40 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/data-centers-are-a-public-benefit-let-em-be-built-on-public-land/6435 "2026-09-14T22:40:09Z")
I’m a rube who has been trying to explain wherever I can comment t that the local opposition to data centers does NOT (in my experience) come from people who are primarily worried about utility costs and water usage. No… --- ## [What's to be done - European edition?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/whats-to-be-done-european-edition/6455)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [14 September 2026 22:36 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/whats-to-be-done-european-edition/6455 "2026-09-14T22:36:51Z")
The days are getting shorter, and the northern hemisphere is getting colder. The Middle East is getting more complicated, with Saudi Arabia under attack from Houthis in the Yemen and Islamists in Iraq (presumably both u… --- ## [Iran War et. seq.](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/iran-war-et-seq/6291)
**Author:** [@civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/civilwestman)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [13 September 2026 20:45 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/iran-war-et-seq/6291 "2026-09-13T20:45:38Z")
This post comes under the Scanalyzer category of “Continuity” for a clear reason: modern Iran’s belligerency was reactivated shortly after the Ayatollah Khomeini took power in 1979. Iran has insinuated itself strategical… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - Long Gambit](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-long-gambit/6454)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [13 September 2026 12:13 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-long-gambit/6454 "2026-09-13T12:13:25Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [Foot in Mouth](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/foot-in-mouth/6451)
**Author:** [@Gerard](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gerard)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [13 September 2026 00:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/foot-in-mouth/6451 "2026-09-13T00:31:04Z")
Hoping that this can continue showing some of the silly, embarrassing, human moments that we can sometimes call “foot in mouth”. (This is long, but a background is necessary. Sorry. ) I had a complaint about a problem … --- ## [Weekly Space Report: Morning Launch for TF14](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-morning-launch-for-tf14/6452)
**Author:** [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [12 September 2026 14:49 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-morning-launch-for-tf14/6452 "2026-09-12T14:49:56Z")
Highlights: More tower 2 cladding Quick disconnects simultaneous testing New multi-level launch mount delivered FAA filing for launch ~7:15am September 18 or 19 Testing activity for TF15 comp… --- ## [The Foundation World Model That Might Have Been](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-foundation-world-model-that-might-have-been/4815)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [11 September 2026 14:32 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/the-foundation-world-model-that-might-have-been/4815 "2026-09-11T14:32:56Z")
Proposal for Foundation World Modeling To Expose, Hence Mitigate Power Concentration Dynamics Introduction We propose to provide a critical component of any effort to mitigate centralization of power: A Foundation World… --- ## [Check out the new countycurrency.org](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/check-out-the-new-countycurrency-org/6444)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [10 September 2026 18:16 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/check-out-the-new-countycurrency-org/6444 "2026-09-10T18:16:45Z")
The new countycurrency.org website resulted from my realization that I could accomplish what I wanted\* without putting pressure on either property owners or on the county governments to give up anything. The basic trick… --- ## [Dome of the Rock vs Sortocracy](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/dome-of-the-rock-vs-sortocracy/3840)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [9 September 2026 20:09 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/dome-of-the-rock-vs-sortocracy/3840 "2026-09-09T20:09:27Z")
The recent breakout of violence in Israel demonstrates the betrayal of Zionist Jews by the Israeli government is similar to (although on a much smaller scale than) the betrayal of The Nation of Settlers by the US governm… --- ## [arctic satellite launch](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/arctic-satellite-launch/6448)
**Author:** [@eggspurt](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/eggspurt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [9 September 2026 17:37 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/arctic-satellite-launch/6448 "2026-09-09T17:37:30Z")
what’s notable is that the spaceport is at 69.1087°N 15.5887°E --- ## [King of Dogs: Life is the training ground for death](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/king-of-dogs-life-is-the-training-ground-for-death/3063)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [9 September 2026 13:01 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/king-of-dogs-life-is-the-training-ground-for-death/3063 "2026-09-09T13:01:11Z")
“King of Dogs: Life is the training ground for death” by one of my hunting pack is now on Audible. …There were more heated voices from the alleys up there, but no eruption yet. After a quiet moment with his ear cocked… --- ## [Science Education](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/science-education/6450)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [9 September 2026 00:50 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/science-education/6450 "2026-09-09T00:50:55Z")
“PISA is an international assessment administered every three years by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to evaluate the knowledge and skills of 15-year-old students. The assessment measur… --- ## [How to stop all these Injunctions](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-to-stop-all-these-injunctions/5802)
**Author:** [@Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Citizen_bitcoin)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [8 September 2026 22:24 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-to-stop-all-these-injunctions/5802 "2026-09-08T22:24:14Z")
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=252811 Edit: the webpage appears to be broken, here is the archived version, https://archive.vn/F6xvR --- ## [Time to end mail-in voting?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/time-to-end-mail-in-voting/6449)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [8 September 2026 22:03 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/time-to-end-mail-in-voting/6449 "2026-09-08T22:03:44Z")
Here’s something about that German election I have not seen widely reported – you know, the election which gave the “wrong” result: The elitist political parties which have ruined Germany got about 40% of their votes… --- ## [Dirac's Way to Quantum Gravity (via "Numerology")](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/diracs-way-to-quantum-gravity-via-numerology/2524)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [8 September 2026 19:51 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/diracs-way-to-quantum-gravity-via-numerology/2524 "2026-09-08T19:51:02Z")
Speaking of Dirac’s “dangerous numerology” of dimensionless quantities, those of us interested in bits may want to consider this “dangerous numerology” (which I must credit to Frederick Parker-Rhodes’s Theo… --- ## [Please Sir, I want SMR!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/please-sir-i-want-smr/6394)
**Author:** [@Hypatia](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Hypatia)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [8 September 2026 16:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/please-sir-i-want-smr/6394 "2026-09-08T16:31:26Z")
An article by Marcois on American Greatness today says data centers can be powered by Small Modular Reactors (SMR) and they really ARE small and compact, and don’t need huge pools for cooling. So what are we waiting fo… --- ## [Anduril and Palmer Luckey](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/anduril-and-palmer-luckey/6161)
**Author:** [@Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Citizen_bitcoin)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [7 September 2026 21:28 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/anduril-and-palmer-luckey/6161 "2026-09-07T21:28:23Z")
8 minute clip Edit: summary from Gemini… “Trump Understands This–China Would Destroy Us” - This is Why We NEED to Manufacture in America from the Shawn Ryan Clips channel, discusses the critical need fo… --- ## [Top six weighted companies in the S & P 500 Index account for 31.5% of the portfolio](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/top-six-weighted-companies-in-the-s-p-500-index-account-for-31-5-of-the-portfolio/4697)
**Author:** [@ra\_montesano](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/ra_montesano)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [7 September 2026 10:59 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/top-six-weighted-companies-in-the-s-p-500-index-account-for-31-5-of-the-portfolio/4697 "2026-09-07T10:59:48Z")
Top six weighted companies in the S & P 500 Index account for 31.5% of the portfolio. I dub these companies “The PSYCHO 6”. To speculate on potential downdraft in market, on Friday I started a very small put option on th… --- ## [This Week’s Book Review - The Eagle and the Hart](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-the-eagle-and-the-hart/6446)
**Author:** [@Seawriter](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Seawriter)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [6 September 2026 12:51 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/this-week-s-book-review-the-eagle-and-the-hart/6446 "2026-09-06T12:51:11Z")
Looking for a good read? Here is a recommendation. I have an unusual approach to reviewing books. I review books I feel merit a review. Each review is an opportunity to recommend a book. If I do not think a book is wo… --- ## [Weekly Space Report: Roman On Its Way!](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-roman-on-its-way/6445)
**Author:** [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [6 September 2026 03:10 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-roman-on-its-way/6445 "2026-09-06T03:10:46Z")
Highlights: Post-test fire action with Booster 21 Both Ship and Booster presumably ready for TF14. FAA declaration on Ship re-entry options. Flight termination systems installs on B21 and S41 sp… [Previous page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) [Next page](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md?page=2)