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Alright, let's get this straight. Everyone's creaming their jeans over Blue Origin sticking a landing on some barge. Cool. Reusable rockets, future of space travel, blah blah blah. [Rocket Report: Blue Origin’s stunning success; vive le Baguette One!] I get it. But forgive me if I'm not exactly popping champagne corks while the planet's still on fire, both literally and figuratively.
Rockets and Reality Checks
So, Bezos got his toy to work. Big deal. Meanwhile, back on Earth, we've got this delightful little headline: "Israel to deport sick patients back to Gaza." [Israel to deport sick patients back to Gaza] Eighty-nine people, many of whom were evacuated before the latest round of hellfire started raining down, are now being told to go back to… what, exactly? A pile of rubble? Makes you wonder what kind of world we live in, where we celebrate billionaires launching rockets while people are literally being sent back to die.
And the WHO is "facilitating" this? What the hell kind of "facilitation" is that? Are they holding the doors open for the deportation buses?
It's all just so tone-deaf. Like throwing a lavish party while your neighbor's house is burning down.
Speaking of tone-deaf, let's not forget that X, formerly known as Twitter, still can't figure out how to keep JavaScript enabled. [X] I mean, come on! You'd think a platform supposedly dedicated to "free speech" could at least manage basic website functionality. But no, instead, we get endless algorithm changes and people screaming into the void.
Cookie Crumbs and Empty Promises
And then there's this never-ending nightmare of cookie notices. Seriously, who actually reads these things? It's like a legal black hole designed to suck you in and spit you out, none the wiser. "We and our third-party vendors use these Cookies to perform analytics, so we can improve the content and user experience…" Oh, really? Because my user experience mostly consists of being bombarded with ads for things I already bought or have zero interest in. Give me a break.
I'm not saying space exploration is inherently bad, offcourse. But maybe, just maybe, we should focus on fixing the problems here before we start colonizing Mars.
And while Blue Origin is patting itself on the back, Galactic Energy in China is dealing with a failed launch. [Rocket Report: Blue Origin’s stunning success; vive le Baguette One!] "We offer our sincerest apologies to the mission’s customer…" That's gotta sting. But hey, at least they're being sincere, unlike some other folks who are busy selling us a shiny future while ignoring the dumpster fire in their backyard.
Then again, maybe I'm the crazy one here. Maybe I'm just a bitter old cynic who can't appreciate the wonders of technological progress. But something tells me I'm not alone in feeling like this whole thing is just a massive distraction from what really matters.