It’s quite the sight, seeing the US Senate busy as a beehive over ‘securing’ their science labs, while China, silently, keeps on building space stations and AI that could outsmart these so-called guardians of knowledge. Seems like they’re more concerned with locking the door than learning how to invent better locks. And let’s not forget, the DOE has the magical power to grant exemptions—like Santa deciding who’s been naughty or nice. How quaint!