IMPRESSIVE:

Full duration 33-engine static fire for the Super Heavy booster preparing for Flight 15 pic.twitter.com/7eqbC4h0Fh

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 25, 2026

November 8 is currently the “no earlier than” date for the next launch.

BANANA REPUBLICS ARE GONNA BANANA REPUBLIC: Lula wins fourth term as Brazil president in huge upset.

Lula’s re-election puts the brakes on a wave of Right-wing victories across Latin America, including in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru – whose leaders have been backed by Donald Trump.

His victory deprives the US president of a major addition to a growing bloc of Right-wing Latin American governments that have embraced Washington’s agenda on security and migration.

“People went to vote because we managed to convince them that voting was very important for ensuring democracy in the country,” Lula said in his first comments after the win.

However, Mr Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, refused to concede early on Monday, declaring he would seek to annul the result over an extension of voting hours.

Voting was extended by two hours on Sunday following a last-minute Supreme Court ruling at the request of Lula, who said buses had been taken out of service in several cities, preventing voters from reaching polling stations.

Mr Bolsonaro also sought an extension in some parts of the country because of heavy rain, but described the decision as “unacceptable” and a “dirty trick”.

“It is impossible to recognise the results. I am going to request the annulment of these elections,” he said during a brief speech.

Or to put it another way:

There is a coup happening in Brazil.

They're not even hiding it this time.

They're doing it live in front of the world.

— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) October 25, 2026

A Newsroom Lawyer’s Pet Peeve: The word “allegedly” is not only not the fig leaf people think it is, but it is often used incorrectly. There is no such charge as “Alleged Murder.”

The murder (apparently) happened, and this person was charged. The correct way to understand this is to remember that in the story’s recitation of facts, that is where “allegedly” goes.

For example, “Jones was charged with bank robbery […] he allegedly told the bank teller ‘give me the money.'”

ICYMI: The Coming Insurrection: And What To Do About It.

STANDING UP AGAINST RACISM AND FASCISM:

I did it today. I went and voted. I voted against fascism. I voted against racism. I voted to protect my rights and all rights for all, the Constitution, and for democracy.

That’s why I voted to a straight Wisconsin Republican ticket 🔴+1

‘If fascism ever comes to America, it… pic.twitter.com/UUIcPgRJMg

— Jordan Briskey🇺🇸 (@JordanBriskeyWI) October 21, 2026

BEGUN, THE AI REVOLUTION HAS:

Software Ragnarok is HERE! With the latest release of @Grok and @Bot, @ElonMusk has completely reset the software business model.

The video below was edited in software written by @Bot to MY specifications. I no longer need Adobe. I'm free! https://t.co/GE04Gp30ox

— FilmLadd (@FilmLadd) October 25, 2026

They were all trying to be that. They can't anymore. All the legacy software companies have to go back to working for their customers again.

— FilmLadd (@FilmLadd) October 25, 2026

HADN’T HEARD THIS QUOTE BEFORE, BUT IT TRACKS:

"When the left loses an election, it tries to destroy the country; when it wins, it succeeds."

— Friedrich Hayek pic.twitter.com/KwaIceRRFI

— Nancy Pearcey (@NancyRPearcey) October 25, 2026

TIM O’BRIEN: The Lindsay Clancy Effect and How the Democrats Are Courting the Psycho Vote.

NOT OUR KIND, DEAR:

“The hard fact is that Nixon lacks taste”–Arthur Schlesinger Jr., 1960. (That was designed to win over skeptical Adlai voters, I believe. But class snobbery is still one theme of Dem politics and policy–eg. screw those hillbillies if they won't learn to code when migrants do…

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 25, 2026

ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE AUTHORS:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

Read books from people who don’t hate you! There’s also a fun vignette challenge.

PROVING I’M NOT ALONE IN MY THOUGHT PROCESSES, ONE OF THE COMMENTS SAYS IT MUST BE GODZILLA:  Dinosaur footprint fossil found in Fukushima among Japan’s largest.

THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY:  A Week in Review – Jupiter Consumed by Saturn’s Children. France in flames, Britain on edge: civil unrest, cultural decline and the battle for tradition.

IMAGINE ALL THE TIES WE CAN’T (YET) DOCUMENT!  Here Are All the Documented Ties Between Abdul El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood.

FORMER PRESIDENT DUNNING-KRUGERS GOES WHERE WISE MEN FEAR TO TREAD:  Obama Really Went There at the Dem Rally in Michigan, Huh?

FOR THE PEOPLE:  This delights me so very much. People using AI to take back control of devices that they bought, but were covertly designed to spy on them and harvest their data. I’m usually reluctant to brandish my fame, but I’m gonna do it for this worthy cause. OG hacker says you’re doing good! This kind of liberation is what it’s all about.

I’M SORRY, WHAT? THEY WANT THE MUMMY’S CONSENT? THE REAL HORROR IS THE LEFTIST MIND:  This Halloween’s Mummy Problem: Museums Frightened by Their Own Exhibits.

HEROES ARE STILL OUT THERE:  The Most Righteous of the Right Stuff.

THE LEFT’S ENERGY POLICIES ARE ANTI-WEST AND ANTI-HUMAN:  Fueling the Next Riot. How Europe’s energy policies set up a hot winter.

Before you laugh too hard at Europe, remember our leftists are exactly the same.

GOOD. CHILDREN ARE NOT THINGS:  Judge denies bail reduction for Chinese couple accused of abusing their 21 children. According to a recent lawsuit, 66-year-old Guojun Xuan had “an obsession with impregnating women and amassing an extraordinary number of children.”

THEY WON’T COST DEMOCRATS THE ELECTION. BE REAL. OBAMA AND BIDEN BOTH GOT MASSIVE FOREIGN DONATIONS:  An Abdul El-Sayed Operative Was Caught on Camera Saying Three Words That May Cost Democrats the Election.

No? Then why did they disable the verification on their websites. Pfui.

AGAIN, CHILDREN, IQ IS NOT THE SAME AS HUMAN WORTH:  QotD: Was Hitler stupid?

Or even really a measure of stupidity. You can have nose-bleed IQ and be a dumbass whose ideas would objectively destroy everything.

AND THIS IS WHY ALL OVER THE WORLD PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH:  Vileness Over The Bath London Road Lidl. Assailed by fuckwits we are.

TURNS OUT THE WATERMELONS AREN’T ANY BETTER AT ECONOMICS THAN WHEN THEY WERE (OPENLY) RED:  The classic communist mistake: measuring quantity instead of value.

WELL THEN, THEY’D BETTER WORK TO DENY HER THE CHANCE: CIA Spook Slotkin Doubles Down On Threat To Destroy Young Conservative Staffers.

I MEAN, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTED:

Waiting to see if Bolsonaro arranged for a counter coup. https://t.co/Lxdlcospgt

— @instapundit (@instapundit) October 26, 2026

Related:

Brazilian journalist Malu Gaspar says all Superior Electoral Court ministers were against the idea of extending the voting in Brazil by 2 hours.

Zanin, Lula’s former personal lawyer, appointed by Lula to Supreme Court Justice made that decision anyway pic.twitter.com/TZlWti5ZCl

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 26, 2026