"Perijoves and Microswimmers"
What are "things that sound different than they mean", Alex? All this and more in this week's edition of Net Assessment - Several DoD and Space things tangentially related, straight to your inbox.
It might not be the microswimmer we want, but it’s the microswimmer we deserve.
Elon is now officially the Schrödinger's cat of COVID.
Sure, right now it’s about data standards and protocols, but just wait - pretty soon the USMC and the Air Force are going to be bickering over Oxford commas and two spaces after a period.
20 years! All right. I’ll say what we’re all thinking. The place must smell terrible.
So these hypersonic missiles are gonna be a thing, huh? Well fine then - I’m just going to take my aircraft carriers and go home and then no one gets to play. Are you happy now?
I, for one, welcome our new Turkish naval overloads.
Joking aside, there is a special place in hell for people that ransomware attack hospitals in the middle of a global pandemic. I’m talking Yermo, CA levels of hell.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/28/us-healthcare-system-cyber-attacks-fbi
I don’t know about you, but the term “perijove” conjures up images of leather-panted Lotharios. Turns out is just the coolest set of Jupiter images this side of the orbital plane. Also, a really amazing compilation video with perhaps the most unfortunate organ soundtrack I have ever encountered. No, not that organ. Goodness, y’all are troubled.
Podcastin’ - We really enjoy the podcasts coming out of the Modern War Institute - https://mwi.usma.edu/category/podcasts/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/modern-war-institute/id1079958510
They have a variety of sub-branded podcasts which are all great too.
We like to bring some attention to the great non-profits we run across during our day-to-day. Take a look and give some love to good people doing good things.
Veteran’s Education Project - As Veterans serving Veterans, the VEP amplifies the voices of all Servicemembers. Their team is committed to nonpartisan research, engagement, and policy implementation in an efforts to support all institutions that meet the needs of Student Veterans. The VEP’s mission is to highlight innovation across the spectrum of higher education.
https://veteranseducationproject.org
‘Till next week or so.
- JQP
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