内容摘要：CURTIS: I’m a bit puzzled by it. I can’t but sort of think it’s almost a lucky break. I remember once bumping into Chris Rock, who I had never met, and he said to me, “I like your films because they’ve got man jokes in them.” I think he was saying that the sentiment is repeatedly either undercut or reinforced by jokes that you don’t quite expect. There must be something in that combination that makes feel people feel comfortable with the heart of it.

CURTIS: I’m a bit puzzled by it. I can’t but sort of think it’s almost a lucky break. I remember once bumping into Chris Rock, who I had never met, and he said to me, “I like your films because they’ve got man jokes in them.” I think he was saying that the sentiment is repeatedly either undercut or reinforced by jokes that you don’t quite expect. There must be something in that combination that makes feel people feel comfortable with the heart of it.

“The Verizon system is not working and so is putting air travelers at serious risk,” Musk on Monday, the social media site he has owned since 2022.

The emergence of Starlink as a potential replacement for the Verizon-led effort underscores the extraordinary conflicts of interest inherent in Musk’s position as both a senior White House adviser to President Donald Trump and a business mogul in charge of a sprawling array of companies. It is not clear what role Musk might be playing in helping Starlink parent company“There’s very limited transparency,” said Jessica Tillipman, a contracting law expert at George Washington University. Referring to Musk, she said: “Without that transparency, we have no idea how much non-public information he has access to or what role he’s playing in what contracts are being awarded.”Former FAA officials also told The Associated Press that they were alarmed at the prospect of Starlink being used as a critical part of the nation’s aviation system without adequate testing, review and debate about its benefits and drawbacks.

SpaceX is angling to use its constellation of satellites to replace an aging ground-based communications system that facilitates the FAA’s text and voice communication, the sources said. The Verizon contract, awarded in 2023, was to update part of that system to a more modern standard relying on fiber optic cables.Contracting records show that nearly $200 million in work has already been done on Verizon’s 15-year modernization effort to update the FAA’s communications system. A Verizon representative said the company is unaware that the contract is being amended or terminated.

The FAA announced on

that the agency is testing a Starlink terminal at its facility in Atlantic City and two terminals at “non-safety critical sites” in Alaska. Terminals are ground-based receivers that connect devices or computers to orbiting satellites.Forest Service, Fort Collins, Colo. (43,599 square feet)

Mine Safety Health Administration, Frackville, Pa. (5,125 square feet)Social Security Administration, Gadsden, Ala. (1,450 square feet)

Natural Resources Conservation Service, Gallatin, Tenn. (6,017 square feet)Mine Safety Health Administration, Geneva, N.Y. (4,046 square feet)