JOHN ONDRASIK IS A GREAT AMERICAN:

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Date the world will be destroyed and universe ends calculated by scientists.

The team predicts the Big Crunch will occur in approximately 33.3 billion years.

Given that the universe is currently 13.8 billion years old, Earth and all other planets have roughly 20 billion years before complete annihilation, according to the findings.

So cashing out the kids’ college fund and taking off for Vegas seems premature.

PROGRESSIVISM HAS ALWAYS BEEN RACIST, STARTING WITH EUGENICS OVER A CENTURY AGO:

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WELL, THIS IS THE 21st CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Gatwick Airport unveils robotic car parking – but there’s a catch.

Gatwick has become the first UK airport to unveil robotic valet parking, allowing passengers to park their car and collect it without any human interaction.

At a press demonstration this week, a passenger drove up to a garage close to the South Terminal and scanned a QR code. After parking in their dedicated “parking suite”, the driver turned off the engine, removed their luggage and left the unit.

Moments later, a robotic vehicle emerged, lifted the car and took it away to an outdoor parking space. Watching on, you can’t help but wonder whether this is an example of “robots stealing jobs” that humans have feared for so long.

It’s not exactly Johnny Cab from Total Recall, but it looks quite efficient:

SPACE: SpaceX Says Next Starship Flight Will Be Its First Revenue-Generating Mission. “Previous Starship test flights have focused primarily on demonstrating launch, reentry, recovery and deployment capabilities. Carrying operational Starlink spacecraft would mark a significant shift toward commercial utilization of the system.”

Not bad for a rocket still under development.