TELL ME AGAIN ABOUT HOW NURTURING AND COMPASSIONATE INSTITUTIONS WOULD BE IF THEY WERE ALL FEMALE:  Students recall ‘heinous s–t’ they experienced at elite private schools on viral TikTok.

I love fairy tales….

WHY NOT, EVERYTHING ELSE IS: It’s not your imagination: College students are getting worse.

DEAL OF THE DAY: Insignia 32-inch Class F20 Series Smart HD 720p Fire TV. #CommissionEarned

I THINK THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY IS SPENT:  Will Libertarian Candidates Again Deny GOP the U.S. Senate?

AND SCIENCE. AND MERE REALITY:  Biden Administration’s Manipulated Energy Policy Demonstrates Ignorance of History.

GREAT BRITAIN IMITATES MONTY PYTHON:  Britain Celebrates Climate Assistance and Gender Studies for Mexican Coffee Growers.

OUR ASSETS ARE ALSO NOT THE GOVERNMENT’S, EITHER FEDERAL OR ANY STATE:  Institute for Justice report cites abuses of civil asset forfeiture.

FOR REASONS OF STRANGE PSYCHOLOGY, THE PHRASE OF MY CHILDHOOD “WHEN YOU SEE A NIGHT ILLUMINATED BY A STRANGE LIGHT, YOU’LL KNOW THE END IS NEAR” WENT THROUGH MY MIND:  Quick takes: a strange atmosphere of unreality in Russia-Ukraine, USA, Israel.

PEOPLE OF HONOR SAY WHEN IT’S UNBEARABLE:  Jonathan Haidt set to resign from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

TO BE EXPECTED WHEN THEY SENSE WEAKNESS:  Thanks Biden! OPEC+ To Make Major Cut In Oil Production.

TO CONSERVATIVES IN CALIFORNIA: IT’S TIME TO LEAVE:  Average National Gas Prices Up 11.1 Cents Thanks to the West Coast as California Hits New Records.

Let it sink.

LET’S GO BRANDON!  Happy One Year Anniversary to the Anti-Biden Let’s Go Brandon Chant.

THE NATION’S MONEY IS NOT BIDEN’S:  “The President’s Wallet”.

OH, WE DO, WHICH IS WHY WE NO LONGER TRUST ANY EXPERTS:  UN Official Says Quiet Part Out Loud: ‘We Own the Science and We Think That the World Should Know It’.

Also the only science the UN owns is the science of child sexual exploitation and theft.

ONLY IT WAS PUERTO RICO ON MARS:  Biden: ‘I was Sort of Raised in the Puerto Rican Community at Home Politically’.

ABOUT TIME SOMEONE DID:  ‘Russian Lackey, Racist, Hitler’: Trump Sues CNN for Defamation, Seeks $475 Million in Damages.

WE NOW LIVE IN A COMIC BOOK:  Train victim’s mom slams ‘complete animals’ in bizarre neon leotards who assaulted, robbed NYC teens.

FUNNY ONLY ONCE:  At Least 42 People Presumed Dead in Lee County as Media Rushes to “Katrina” Ron DeSantis.

UKRAINE: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 3. “Ukrainian forces have made substantial gains around Lyman and in northern Kherson Oblast over the last 24 hours. The Russian units defeated on these fronts were previously considered to be among Russia’s premier conventional fighting forces.”

Much more at the link.

OPEN THREAD: Be here now.

SPACE: Firefly’s Alpha rocket reaches orbit on second launch.

ONE YEAR? IT FEELS MUCH LONGER: Happy Anniversary to ‘Let’s Go Brandon!’

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Weight Lifting in Old Age Does More Than Just Keep Your Muscles Strong.

TO BE FAIR, JOE CAN’T EVEN FIND THE RAILS ANYMORE: Things Go Way off the Rails During Joe Biden’s Trip to Puerto Rico. “Then there was this red-flag moment where the president tried to pronounce a word in Spanish. Things did not go well.”

Plus: “I won’t belabor the point. The man is completely out of it and he expresses that reality every single time he gets up to speak in public. Meanwhile, his overly ambitious wife continues to shove him along even though you can read on her face that she knows exactly what’s going on. It’s just a weird scene and one that shouldn’t be lost on any American.”

THIS IS AN UNSURPRISING RESULT: Study shows higher rate of fractures in people with intellectual disability.