The Inner Monologue

Why Radio Astronomy Needs More Than Just Science to Thrive

Radio astronomy has unlocked some of the universe’s greatest mysteries—from discovering pulsars to mapping the cosmic microwave background. But its future doesn’t just depend on scientific or technological progress. If we want to protect radio astronomy and ensure its continued growth, we need something else: policy and regulation changes. Beyond Economics and Engineering Sure, economic…
“Why Getting Offended by My Blog Makes You an Idiot (And Other Facts That Aren’t Facts)”

Welcome, delicate reader, to my little corner of the internet—a place where words are toys, truths are flexible, and your outrage is entirely your problem. If you’ve stumbled here expecting hard facts, moral clarity, or anything resembling accountability, you’ve made a grave miscalculation. This blog is a work of fiction, much like your belief that…
“Fossil Fuels Are Dying—And No Amount of Regulatory Rollbacks Will Save Them”

Let’s be real for a second: fossil fuels are the Blockbuster Video of the energy sector—clinging to relevance while the world happily streams its future from cheaper, better alternatives. And yet, some folks still think that if we just deregulate the hell out of coal, oil, and gas, they’ll magically become profitable again. Spoiler alert:…
What if there was a way to implement Universal Healthcare in the United States and “Save” taxpayers money by doing what Americans do best, borrowing the best ideas from every other country and mashing it into the best of the best? It shouldn’t matter which party proposes it, but we all know that isn’t how it works.

Proposal for a Universal Hybrid Healthcare System in the U.S. Modeled After High-Performance Global Systems 1. System Overview This proposal outlines a fiscally sustainable universal healthcare system combining the most effective elements of top-performing systems worldwide [1][3][10]: 2. Current U.S. Healthcare Spending (2023 Baseline) 3. Projected Costs Under Proposed System Category Current System Proposed System…
Why I’m Not on YouTube (Because I’m a Lazy Genius)

Let’s cut to the chase: YouTube is way too much work, and I am way too lazy. Think about it. To make a single video, you have to: Or—and hear me out—I could just write my thoughts in five minutes and let your brain do the work of imagining my voice, my weird hand gestures,…
“The Co-Op” a new streaming series

Pitch: “The Co-Op* is Parks and Recreation with assassins—where the real enemy is the printer.”* Genre: Workplace Comedy/Spy Thriller Logline: In a top-secret international co-op where intelligence agencies from every nation work together to police unsanctioned spycraft, a dysfunctional team of elite operatives must stop rogue amateurs—while navigating petty office drama, bureaucratic nonsense, and their…
Existential Dread: A Human Tradition (And Why It Won’t Kill Us Today)

Every civilization that has ever existed has stared into the abyss and trembled. The Romans feared barbarian hordes. The Mayans feared droughts. Medieval Europeans feared the wrath of God. The 20th century feared nuclear annihilation. And today? Pick your poison—climate change, AI, pandemics, political collapse, asteroid impacts. The menu of doom is extensive. Yet here’s…
From Flower Power to Fox News: How the Hell Did Boomers Pull That Off?

Ah, the Baby Boomers—the generation that once burned draft cards, dropped acid, and preached peace, love, and understanding. Fast-forward a few decades, and suddenly they’re clutching their pearls over kneeling football players, screaming about “socialism” if their Medicare gets questioned, and voting for a guy who probably couldn’t spell “Woodstock” if you spotted him the…
Why I Thought AI-Generated Thumbnails Were a Good Idea (Spoiler: They Were Not)

Ah, the eternal struggle of the blogger: How do I make my posts more engaging? Should I write better? No, that’s too hard. Should I edit my ramblings into something coherent? Absolutely not—that’s why I have AI do it for me. (You’re welcome, by the way. My raw thoughts are like a Jackson Pollock painting…
Why Your Startup Shouldn’t Copy Google (Or Any Other Mega-Corp)

Let’s play a game. Name a wildly successful company—Google, Apple, Amazon, Tesla, whatever. Now, think about why they’re successful. If you said, “Because they make brilliant decisions all the time!”—congratulations, you’ve fallen for the Survivorship Bias Fairy Tale. Here’s the truth: Most giant corporations are where they are because of one or two lucky breaks,…