TRUNALIMUNUMAPRZURE! Confused Old Man Pretending to Be President Announces ‘Major Press Conference’ When There Isn’t One.

WHITE PRIVILEGE: “While vehicles couldn’t pass, activists also blocked people from directly entering on foot, forcing them to go around. Police generally did not intervene in these interactions.”

HERE WE GO: Report: DeSantis will skip exploratory committee and launch full campaign next month.

FREDDIE DE BOER: The Demographic Dating Market Doom Loop. “It will, I’m sure, shock you to learn that research done with dating app data (which has the advantage of being more honest than mere self-described preference) shows that women place dramatically more stock in a man’s education and income level than men do when searching for a woman partner. . . . Reeves cites data that suggests that something like 30% to 40% of the decline in marriage rates is driven by the inability of women to find mates that they see as stable, smart, good earners, or otherwise up to their standards. We can certainly lament the degree to which dating markets still reflect the notion that men have to provide while women don’t – it’s a kind of regressive attitude far fewer people still explicitly hold than they once did – but that expectation remains a reality. And anecdotally, there certainly seems to be a lot of men who want only to play video games and watch porn, even if they are employed. So career women are faced with a growing structural disadvantage of insufficient suitable partners, which is exacerbated as they age because of men’s continuing preference for younger women. (Another reality we may lament but can’t really deny.) My guess is that this dynamic falls heaviest on Black women, perversely, because they’ve been doing so well lately.”

MY FRIEND LAURA MONTGOMERY IS IN THIS ANTHOLOGY. SO IS A STORY COWRITTEN BY MY YOUNGER SON AND MY HUSBAND:  The Ross 248 Project.

HUMANITY’S HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE AT A NEW STAR

A bold journey into a future where humanity and its children travel to a new star where they must overcome the unexpected challenges on the exoplanets that await them—or die trying.

Traveling to the stars will be difficult, but not, perhaps, the most difficult part. What about when we get to another star? What then? Will the planets be immediately habitable? Not likely. Will those who undertook the journey be able to easily turn around and come home if they don’t find “Earth 2.0?” Almost certainly not. Therein the lies the challenge: Finding worlds that are potentially habitable and then taking the time, perhaps centuries, to make them compatible with Earth life. They will encounter mysteries and unexpected challenges, but the human spirit will endure. Join this diverse group of science fiction writers and scientists as they take up the challenge of The Ross 248 Project.

OH, FOR SURE. THAT’S WHY IT WILL DIE!  Bud Light ‘will be extinct in a few years’ for disavowing Dylan Mulvaney, activist says.

THIS IS YOUR WARNING:  Sen. Rand Paul Warns RESTRICT Act Would Allow Feds to Nullify First Amendment.

CLEAN THE ROLLS REGISTER EVERYONE ANEW. NO SAME DAY REGISTRATION AND VOTING:  Republicans need a serious counter-offensive if they want to stand a chance.

UNLESS WE CLEAN UP THE ELECTIONS, WHO WINS IS UP TO THE COUNTERS:  Savor Trump’s Electoral Landslide — Until the Phantoms Vote.

One vote, one day. in person. paper ballots, purple fingers.

Give America back to the Americans.

AH. LYING AND CHEATING:  The modern corrupt legislative way of doing business: Know nothing, fund everything!

And a bonus of stealing from us.

AMERICA!  Restaurant that sang anthem not changing a thing.

DEMOCRATS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. SAME AS IT EVER WAS:  New England Journal of Medicine Article Suggests Segregating Medical Students by Race.

BECAUSE TOP DOWN PRODUCTION IS ALWAYS WHAT NO ONE WANTS:  Ford’s Electric Vehicle Unit Lost $722 million in Q1 2023.

BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE OF SHOCK:  Revisions in Jobs Report Show a Slower Jobs Market Than Portrayed by White House.

I’D EXPECT NOTHING ELSE:  Tucker Gets Standing Ovation At First Public Appearance Since Removal.

OH, WE’RE SURE SHOCKED:   Hunter Laptop Letter Was Planted As Debate Cover For Joe.

ARE THE RATS GETTING A LITTLE ANXIOUS?  Progressive St. Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner Resigns.

IT’S BEEN OVER A LOOONG TIME:   Walensky Announces Resignation From CDC Because COVID Is Over.

I hope she realizes this only makes it more likely she’ll have to stand before the tribunal accused of crimes against humanity. “I was only there for the oppression” is not a defense.

ANOTHER INTERPRETATION IS THAT PEOPLE INTEND THE LIKELY AND FORESEEABLE RESULTS OF THEIR ACTIONS:

One interpretation of education trends in the Great Awokening era is that left-liberals became frustrated with the modest, incremental gains from education reform and threw it over in favor of … well, this:https://t.co/rYtvcSbpQK

— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) May 5, 2023

OPEN THREAD: Still not endorsed by Dylan Mulvaney.

PLANETARY SCIENCE: Debate rages about future of New Horizons.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Doctors Conduct Brain Surgery on Fetus in Womb in World First.

ROBERT SPENCER: Confused Old Man Pretending to Be President Announces ‘Major Press Conference’ When There Isn’t One.

SEA TRIALS: Jeff Bezos’ 127 meter yacht Koru. Retirement is treating him better than it’s treating Amazon’s fortunes. Or Blue Origin’s.

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY: He Won the Women’s Poker Tournament. This week we have the man who won the women’s poker tourney, Karen would like to speak to the manager of the naked gay beach club, and the most exciting Tchaikovsky performance in a very long time.