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SpaceX announces a second private flight to the Moon aboard Starship.

Start saving those pennies.

Hook ‘em

With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer:

Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Norman—for the Sooners got shut out.

Brilliant

I don’t make a habit of reading legal briefs, but this one is brilliant: BRIEF OF THE ONION AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER. The story is that a man, Anthony Novak, made a Facebook page parodying his local police department and they arrested him. The case was thrown out, but he sued them for trying to violate his First Amendment rights. The original court and the Sixth Circuit court ruled that he had no cause to sue because he didn’t label the site as a parody, so now he’s appealing to the Supreme Court. The Onion clearly has reason for concern, and filled this brief urging the Supreme Court to hear the case. (An amicus curiae brief—the Latin means ‘friend of the court”—is one submitted by a third party in a legal proceeding that has some interest in the outcome.) This brief not only presents a serious argument, but does it in full Onion style, and much of it is quite hilarious. If I were on the Supreme Court I would vote to hear the case and probably rule in Novak’s favor.

General Conference

One of the things that stuck out to me while watching General Conference this past weekend is how often John 16:33 was quoted:

In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

I don’t know if this is a reflection of the past months or more, or if it’s a warning about the upcoming months.