Rocket Lab is buying Iridium’s satellite network for $8 billion
to take on SpaceX
Rocket Lab
-- the space company best known for its small satellite launcher Electron,
-- has announced plans to acquire Iridium Communications for $8 billion.
The deal will combine Rocket Lab’s launch services and spacecraft manufacturing
with Iridium’s satellite-based communications network,
putting it in a better position to challenge SpaceX.
Iridium offers comm…
Source: Elastic has agreed to acquire the AI site reliability engineering startup Deductive AI for up to $85M; CRV led Deductive AI's $7.5M seed round in 2025 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/source-elastic-…
A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections,
part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote.
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper in Boston effectively converts a preliminary injunction she issued a year ago,
in which she temporarily blocked many of Trump’s efforts to overhaul elections, into a permanent ban…
"Palestine is a canary in the coal mine for an electoral approach that prioritizes popularity and political careerism over anti-imperialism and party-building."
I wish AOC were better and DSA could proudly endorse her, but as it stands, I unfortunately agree with Red Star's critiques and conclusion here.
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In some Latin American and Caribbean countries, such as Suriname, it is up to 12 times cheaper to drive an electric vehicle than a petrol car (when looking purely at fuel costs)
https://www.agora-verkehrswende.org/publications/fuel-cost-map…
I am here in California where the D party is trying mightily to assure that no D candidate ends up on the general election ballot in November.
For months on end we have been bombarded on all media types with ads from wealthy Tom Steyer (D).
His recent mailers and ads have become nothing but disgraceful attack pieces against fellow D's, thus increasing the chance that there will be only R candidates on the November ballot.
These ads are rubbish, the kind that would come …
Poll: Republicans and Democrats agree on one big election issue (Anna Wiederkehr/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/09/poll-americans-say-too-much-money-in-politics-00912455
http://www.memeorandum.com/260510/p3#a260510p3
And the voters of Makerfield appear to agree with the assessment.
It was 55% Labour, 35% Reform. Even Restore and Reform put together couldn't beat him.
Not even a question of the Restore Vote splitting the right to let Andy in.
Just Burnham winning with 20% of the vote as his margin.
Wonder how long till the Leadership election. This could be the quickest an MP becomes leader ever 🤣
I agree with SF Chronicle columnist Allison Arieff that we should follow in Paris' footsteps by electing socialist mayors. Ok, she doesn't mention what party they belong to, but Allison does praise Anne Hidalgo and Emmanuel Grégoire.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opini…