jpdoherty

I'm not sure which studies have you so convinced that one overly simplistic thing can "solve" homelessness. This paper from 1991 does a great job of laying out the dozens of different factors which make homelessness such a complex and challenging issue to address: https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=...

A lack of affordable housing compounds the challenge, but to say housing is the only solution when it isn't even a good partial solution misses the entire problem.

Build more of that good ol' free housing that capitalism loves to provide?

Those things do not provide any physical security though, which is a very real concern for homeless people. In fact, the sort of lightweight, high-quality equipment that most backpackers choose, would likely just invite theft and/or violence.

You're right that homelessness is a complex problem. However, taking steps to protect lives (or even just improve comfort) isn't papering over the problem. I think taking tiny steps toward a solution, even limited in scope, is still a very helpful thing to do.

dreyfusaffair.onion

The biggest change is that the Space Race era was, at least by perception, happening in the public sphere. In the US, NASA and the fairly new Air Force were the face of it and the whole thing seemed like a scientific pursuit which would benefit all of mankind.

Now, it's about the self-indulgence of one very wealthy guy with a lot of federal tax breaks. The luster has worn off.

Read 18 USC, then you'll understand the relevance.

It applies to US citizens who are wanted in the US for crimes.

Since she's one half of the divorce in question, wouldn't it be a little sociopathic if it were unbiased?

Absolute poetry. I hope I face life with that kind of love, dignity, and open embrace when I'm in my final years.