Tim Fernholz
@timfernholz.com
journalist, author, internet participant
writing and reporting on space, technology, and finance
timfernholz.substack.com
www.timfernholz.com
Oakland, CA
writing and reporting on space, technology, and finance
timfernholz.substack.com
www.timfernholz.com
Oakland, CA
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🤨"'The names of the contractors are currently not releasable as they are protected by enhanced security measures,' the spokesperson added, explaining that due to the nature of the contracts they do not need to be publicly recorded."
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Golden Dome: Space Force awards first space-based interceptor prototype contracts - Breaking Defense
The Space Force did not identify the winners, saying their names are "protected by enhanced security measures."
breakingdefense.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
🤨"'The names of the contractors are currently not releasable as they are protected by enhanced security measures,' the spokesperson added, explaining that due to the nature of the contracts they do not need to be publicly recorded."
breakingdefense.com/2025/11/gold...
breakingdefense.com/2025/11/gold...
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The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
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surely the vocally Catholic vice president will have something to say about this!
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Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
surely the vocally Catholic vice president will have something to say about this!
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I'm so curious about the actual FBI agents who will do these interviews. They're presumably law enforcement professionals with the legal training to know this is a huge waste of time, so it must be incredibly frustrating or seen as an opportunity to gain favor with the hyper-partisan upper ranks
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm so curious about the actual FBI agents who will do these interviews. They're presumably law enforcement professionals with the legal training to know this is a huge waste of time, so it must be incredibly frustrating or seen as an opportunity to gain favor with the hyper-partisan upper ranks
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A whole light day is wild
Voyager 1 Is About to Reach One Light-day from Earth
After nearly 50 years in space, NASA’s Voyager 1 is about to hit a historic milestone. By November 15, 2026, it will be 16.1 billion miles (25.9 billion km)
scienceclock.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A whole light day is wild
the brining has begun
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
the brining has begun
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Oakland, unlike peer cities in the region, does not appear to have a written procurement conflict of interest policy. That makes it much harder for the City Admin and City Attorney to police influence peddling and corruption for public works when firms inappropriately lobby staff and Councilmembers.
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Oakland, unlike peer cities in the region, does not appear to have a written procurement conflict of interest policy. That makes it much harder for the City Admin and City Attorney to police influence peddling and corruption for public works when firms inappropriately lobby staff and Councilmembers.
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New from CSPS! A deep dive into what the #space community needs to know about #AI and how it is being used now and can be used in the future to help solve critical space challenges and enable future capabilities! csps.aerospace.org/papers/artif...
Artificial Intelligence and the Space Enterprise: Taxonomy and Emerging Opportunities | Aerospace Center for Space Policy and Strategy
Although AI has long been used in space systems, its evolving integration across more mission phases and new applications raises the question of whether its growing influence will have the greatest im...
csps.aerospace.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New from CSPS! A deep dive into what the #space community needs to know about #AI and how it is being used now and can be used in the future to help solve critical space challenges and enable future capabilities! csps.aerospace.org/papers/artif...
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The Nepalese EV transition.
In simple terms, brown on this graph is India's share and blue is China's share.
The trigger? India effectively halted all imports of petroleum into Nepal in 2015, an "undeclared blockade", which was "masked as constitutional concern".
robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/
In simple terms, brown on this graph is India's share and blue is China's share.
The trigger? India effectively halted all imports of petroleum into Nepal in 2015, an "undeclared blockade", which was "masked as constitutional concern".
robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The Nepalese EV transition.
In simple terms, brown on this graph is India's share and blue is China's share.
The trigger? India effectively halted all imports of petroleum into Nepal in 2015, an "undeclared blockade", which was "masked as constitutional concern".
robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/
In simple terms, brown on this graph is India's share and blue is China's share.
The trigger? India effectively halted all imports of petroleum into Nepal in 2015, an "undeclared blockade", which was "masked as constitutional concern".
robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/
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Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
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one thing about Mamdani's youth numbers—it would not surprise me if a lot of young folks have, like a lot of older folks, convinced themselves that Mamdani is trying to go Full Socialism, and are eventually disappointed by what actually happens in office
June 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
one thing about Mamdani's youth numbers—it would not surprise me if a lot of young folks have, like a lot of older folks, convinced themselves that Mamdani is trying to go Full Socialism, and are eventually disappointed by what actually happens in office
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When Tony Blair came to power in 1997, the UK economy was bigger than China and India combined.
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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NASA and Boeing have modified the Starliner contract to 4 flights (instead of 6), the first of which will carry only cargo. Targeted for April 2026. Other two in the original contract will be options.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
NASA and Boeing have modified the Starliner contract to 4 flights (instead of 6), the first of which will carry only cargo. Targeted for April 2026. Other two in the original contract will be options.
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Every person I know who is roughly my age is dealing with something like this right now www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Every person I know who is roughly my age is dealing with something like this right now www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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The Exploration Company opens a new facility in France, calling it “a new permanent home for building Europe’s cargo return capability.”
europeanspaceflight.com/the-explorat...
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The Exploration Company Inaugurates New Facility in France - European Spaceflight
The Exploration Company opens a new facility in France, calling it “a new permanent home for building Europe’s cargo return capability.”
europeanspaceflight.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Exploration Company opens a new facility in France, calling it “a new permanent home for building Europe’s cargo return capability.”
europeanspaceflight.com/the-explorat...
europeanspaceflight.com/the-explorat...
one lesson of the "twitter influencers are just scammers in emerging markets" discourse is that trying to follow real, verified people is good social media hygiene.
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
one lesson of the "twitter influencers are just scammers in emerging markets" discourse is that trying to follow real, verified people is good social media hygiene.
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The idea that we get *less* migration from a destabilized Venezuela is madness.
Cracks me up how you could just replace Venezuela and Venezuelans with Iraq and Iraqis and it’d be indistinguishable from something written in 2002
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The idea that we get *less* migration from a destabilized Venezuela is madness.
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one of the few people i want to read on this subject www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | The Real Epstein Cover-Up
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
one of the few people i want to read on this subject www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
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The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
the gen x guys are fighting about whether they used to like the beatles but we know its just lead poisoning scrambling their memories
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
the gen x guys are fighting about whether they used to like the beatles but we know its just lead poisoning scrambling their memories
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“Salaries are lower in Europe”
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
“Salaries are lower in Europe”
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What started as a wink-wink tradition among dedicated pot smokers to make Thanksgiving more bearable has mushroomed into a full-blown holiday. Behold the “Cousin Walk.” 🔗 on.wsj.com/4oVRf9y
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Whoa. CA DMV expanded Waymo's approved operating area to cover a lot of territory. Yesterday it was just the darker area.
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Whoa. CA DMV expanded Waymo's approved operating area to cover a lot of territory. Yesterday it was just the darker area.