IT’S A NEW ECOSYSTEM NOW. IF WE GET RID OF IT, WE’LL BE GUILTY OF “HABITAT DESTRUCTION.” The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is So Big, Invasive Species Are Now Thriving On It.

JOE MANCHIN: Call Your Office. “Don’t just listen to the words of a politician. Watch what they do. Their actions speak volumes. Take, for example, Senator Joe Manchin’s sole campaign staffer. It turns out that he has posted several social media posts that are violent against former President Trump. Allegedly, he has been fired.”

CHANGE: Netflix announces end to DVD mailing service.

Netflix announced Tuesday that it would be sending its last red envelope on Sept. 29, 2023, ending its DVD mailing service after 25 years.

“Our goal has always been to provide the best service for our members but as the business continues to shrink that’s going to become increasingly difficult,” the company said in part of a statement shared with ABC News.

The now-ubiquitous streaming company began sending rented DVDs by mail in April 1998. Nearly a decade after its first disc was shipped out in a red envelope (that movie was “Beetlejuice”, by the way), the company introduced its online streaming and video service in 2007.

It’s been a long time coming. But compare the yawns that accompanied today’s announcement to the massive customer complaints in 2011 when the company briefly flirted with spinning off the DVD service into Qwikster.

FLASHBACK: MALE PRIVILEGE. Neolithic culture may have kept most men from mating: Y chromosome diversity suggests male reproductive bottleneck 8,000 years ago. “A recent paper in Genome Research suggests that, for every 17 female humans who reproduced at this time, only one male human managed to pass along his DNA. What’s lacking is an obvious explanation for this pattern.”

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, CALL YOUR OFFICE. Striking Discovery: Unique Image Reveals How Lightning Rods Work.

LARRY CORREIA: A LETTER TO EPIC FANTASY READERS: I KNOW ROTHFUSS AND MARTIN HURT YOU, BUT IT’S TIME TO GET OVER IT AND MOVE ON.

Listen, epic fantasy readers, real talk time. I know you had a good thing going with George. At the beginning of your relationship there seemed like there was so much potential there, like he really cared, and he’d provide a satisfactory end to your relationship. Only George is fat and lazy, and once he got that sweet sweet HBO money, he didn’t need you anymore. So then you turned to Pat, only he was even sleazier, gas lighting you, promising you a new chapter if you paid his rent, stringing you along for a decade.

So now you’re bitter because you’ve been burned by these two bums. No more abusive relationships for you! All men… er, I mean, epic fantasy authors, are untrustworthy scum, who’ll never seal the deal, and you’re never gonna date/read again! You’re only gonna read epic fantasy series once they’re complete! I ain’t reading nothing unless they put a ring on it! That’s right, epic fantasy authors, don’t come sniffing around here unless your epic 5 or 7 book series is already done!

You sit there with the salty tears leaving mascara trails down your cheeks, drinking your box wine, bitterly posting about how all fantasy authors are trash and you’ll never try their books, because you’ve been burned before! And then you act surprised when no new epic fantasy writers show up to court you…

Alright, enough of that tortured analogy crap. Let’s get down to business. . . .

Bragging about not trying new authors unless their series are finished has become stylish. It’s a fucking meme. The issue is if nobody buys book 1, then I can absolutely fucking guarantee that the series isn’t gonna get done, because no author is stupid enough to waste a decade of his life not making any money, in the off chance you fickle bastards *might* give it a shot when he’s done.

Yeah, I get the frustration — and I enjoy his slap at David Gerrold — but he’s 100% right.

EVERYTHING IN WAR IS EITHER AWFUL, ABSURD, OR BOTH: [Video] Russian Armored Recovery Vehicle Gets Stuck Recovering Stuck Armored Vehicle.

OF COURSE THEY SETTLED: Apparently Fox (and their insurance company) settled the Dominion case. Duh. While people will freak out about how sad they are that Fox “got out of it” trust me, this is not my first rodeo, and settling before trial is very very common among all of them.

2024 PREVIEW: Newt Gingrich Discusses Potential Challenges in 2024 Presidential Election. “When you’re a very weak President, who doesn’t understand that we have real enemies, and doesn’t understand the requirements of real stakes, the world begins to realize that the United States is very unreliable.”

I’M ALREADY ON BOARD, YOU DON’T HAVE TO SELL IT TO ME: Smith: The NRA Has Won and America Is Stuck in a ‘Doom Loop’ of Gun Buying.

THAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE REASONS: Jon Tester Said It’s ‘Not Right’ for Senators To Hire Lobbyists as Staff. He Just Hired a Lobbyist To Run His Campaign.

READER FAVORITE: Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation). #CommissionEarned

KEVIN DOWNEY JR: Globalists Finally Say It Out Loud: Sex With Minors Is OK — and the UN Is Onboard.

OH: Google CEO admits he doesn’t ‘fully understand’ how AI chat bot works after it cites fake books, learns new language unprompted.

GUM INFLAMMATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL SORTS OF CHRONIC AND ACUTE PROBLEMS: Taking Care of Your Teeth Could Help Prevent Chronic Joint Pain.

BEN BARTEE: When Science Fiction Becomes Reality: Brave New World.

READER FAVORITE: Haggar Men’s Premium No Iron Khaki Classic Fit. #CommissionEarned

FASTER, PLEASE: Leaps in artificial blood research aim to improve product safety, efficacy.

THE ROT AT ANHEUSER-BUSCH RUNS A LOT DEEPER THAN JUST ONE WOKE BUD LIGHT MARKETING EXEC:

Growing up in St. Louis in the ’70s and ’80s, the Anheuser-Busch marketing machine was a thing to behold — but no longer. All they had to do was let the fuss over a single label, long in decline, blow over. Instead they’ve turned it into a corporation-wide rake-stepping contest.

SEGREGATION NOW, SEGREGATION TOMORROW, SEGREGATION FOREVER! UC San Diego hosts ‘Black Graduation,’ ‘Xicanx/Latinx Graduation.’

The University of California San Diego (UCSD) will host identity-specific graduation ceremonies in June 2023.

Students can participate in a “Black Graduation” with the Black Resource Center (BRC) or the Raza Resource Centro’s (RRC) “Xicanx/Latinx Graduation” before UCSD’s “All Campus Commencement.”

BRC describes its ceremony as “a pre-commencement celebration to honor Black students who have successfully completed an undergraduate or graduate/professional degree.”

“The ceremony reinforces the bonds of scholarship and extends the sense of community and belonging,” the description continues. “The intimate ceremony is representative of African and African-American culture and culminates with a Kente Stole presentation.”

I’m pretty sure Michael Graham wrote Redneck Nation as a warning, not a how-to guide.

MICROBIOME NEWS: An early study of fecal transplant to help slow early-stage motor neuron disease progression.

VDH: The Biden 10-Step Plan for Global Chaos.

Why is French President Emmanuel Macron cozying up to China while trashing his oldest ally, the United States?

Why is there suddenly talk of discarding the dollar as the global currency?

Why are Japan and India shrugging that they cannot follow the United States’ lead in boycotting Russian oil?

Why is the president of Brazil traveling to China to pursue what he calls a “beautiful relationship”?

Why is Israel suddenly facing attacks from its enemies in all directions?

What happened to Turkey? Why is it threatening fellow NATO member Greece? Is it still a NATO ally, a mere neutral, or a de facto enemy?

Why are there suddenly nonstop Chinese threats toward Taiwan?

Flashback: The ‘cabal’ that bragged of foisting Joe Biden on us must answer for his failed presidency.

A WELCOME CHANGE: Republicans on Judiciary Committee Playing Hardball Over Replacing Feinstein.