July 29, 2026

GOOD NAME: U.S. military tests Hammer of the Gods in new sea trial. “Hammer of the Gods is not a weapon in the traditional sense of something that fires a projectile. It is an emitter, a piece of hardware that broadcasts electromagnetic signals, built to deliver an expanded suite of command-and-control capabilities alongside a wider set of electronic warfare functions from a highly deployable, low-signature platform. Electronic warfare covers the broad category of military operations that use the electromagnetic spectrum, the invisible range of radio waves, radar, and satellite signals that modern militaries depend on, either to disrupt an adversary’s systems or to protect friendly ones from being disrupted in turn. Because Hammer of the Gods keeps a low electromagnetic signature, meaning it does not broadcast in a way that makes it easy for an enemy to detect and target, it can push forward into contested areas and deliver what the Army describes as multi-domain effects at the forward edge of operations, essentially projecting electronic warfare capability into the thick of a fight rather than staying safely in the rear.”

Posted at 4:52 pm by Stephen Green

FAUCI MADE FAUCI MORE MOCKABLE THAN EVER:

I’ll have much more on Fauci’s mockability in tomorrow’s Thursday Essay.

Posted at 4:36 pm by Stephen Green

HEH:

Alternate headline: Leftism as a Cult, Exhibit #1,000,006.

Posted at 4:05 pm by Stephen Green

SPACE: NASA’s new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch. Here’s why it’s so cool.

After more than a decade in development, the Roman Space Telescope will launch at 7:20 a.m. on Aug. 30 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida — eight months ahead of schedule. Its mission? To study how the universe began, what it’s made of and how it has evolved over time — while (hopefully) helping scientists solve some of modern astronomy’s biggest mysteries in the process.

NASA will preview that mission at a virtual news conference today at 2 p.m. ET.

“We’re going to find one-in-a-million things over and over and over again,” Jeremy Perkins, a Roman Telescope scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, recently predicted.

What kinds of things? Habitable planets in our own galaxy, perhaps. And dark energy. And primordial black holes.

Bring ’em on.

Posted at 3:50 pm by Stephen Green

JUST THINK OF IT AS A SPECIES OF REPARATIONS:

Posted at 3:03 pm by Stephen Green

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE “NEVER AGAIN” MOMENTS:

Posted at 2:33 pm by Stephen Green

CAN SCIENCE DO THAT?

As always, America’s Newspaper of Record™ nails it.

And something a little more serious on the subject from John Nolte:

I suppose nobody understands the risks to Fauci better than Fauci, and he decided accordingly.

Posted at 2:01 pm by Stephen Green

LOL, CHRIS CILLIZZA:

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): To be fair, that’s what they pay him for.

UPDATE (FROM STEVE VIA GLENN):

And he’s been a willing (and well-paid) servant for a long time.

Posted at 1:57 pm by Stephen Green

SOCIALISM IN ONE SENTENCE: Austin’s Secret Amazon Land Grab. “All Austin City Council members are lefty Democrats these days, and nothing says ‘service to the downtrodden’ like bulldozing some peon’s house to satisfy an international megacorporation.”

Posted at 1:46 pm by Stephen Green

SORRY, BUT “INFAMOUS” IS THE BEST WE CAN DO:

Posted at 1:29 pm by Stephen Green

YES, BUT…: China’s reported chip breakthrough comes with some big caveats.

“Any machine built by an unknown state-backed company are starting from a much worse spot. Reliability takes years of iteration in the field, which ASML has [and] China still has yet to achieve,” Patience added.

Another challenge for China is scaling these machines. The Information reported that the Chinese firm developing the DUV tool is aiming to produce five units this year and around 20 in 2027.

In comparison, ASML said it plans for a capacity of around 130 DUV immersion machines in 2026, and is planning to add 30% in 2027.

“Tool performance, scaling production of the machine itself, fleet performance, surrounding ecosystem and poor economics against fully depreciated ASML machines all stack up against China DUV,” a team of analysts at SemiAnalysis told CNBC.

“Scaling production of the machine itself [is] the most underestimated part.”

Yes, but if there’s one thing China does well, it’s scale up.

Posted at 12:44 pm by Stephen Green