PROVOCATION: Heinz to put ketchup dispenser stations outside Chicago hot dog restaurants.

I ALWAYS KIND OF WANTED ONE OF THESE: Farewell to the Audi R8, the Supercar That Pretended to Be a Sports Car. Not enough to, you know, buy one. Helen doesn’t like to ride in low-slung sports cars, and there’s not much point in having one if you’re not going to have a hot chick riding with you at least some of the time.

HMM: Universal brain-computer interface lets people play games with just their thoughts.

ARE WE IN AN AI BUBBLE?

AND NOBODY CARES: Prostate cancer is the second-leading cancer among men.

SPACE: SpaceX sends Eutelsat telecom satellite into orbit.

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Massachusetts teachers union offers anti-Israel webinar.

DANA LOESCH: Happy “Jesus Visibility Day!”

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: In which I go under the knife. Well, sort of.

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IT’S NOT LIKE BEING A REPUBLICAN: Columbia University groups host event with Israeli-designated terror org: ‘There is nothing wrong with being a member of Hamas.’

SUNDAY MORNING OPEN THREAD: I mean, why not?

WELL, THEN, NO WORRIES: John Bolton suggests Trump ‘hasn’t got the brains’ to be a dictator.

JIGGERY-POKERY: Biden Admin Coordinates With UNRWA After Congress Banned Taxpayer Dollars, State Department Says: Cotton: ‘Biden administration is trying to flout Congress’s ban on UNRWA funding.’

“MIGRANT INFLUENCER” Arrested. “When we last checked in on illegal ‘migrant influencer’ and scam artist Leonel Moreno, he was on the run from authorities after his despicable story went viral. Of course, we’re using the phrase ‘on the run’ rather loosely because Moreno didn’t seem to making much of an effort to hide. He continued putting out “influencer” videos on Instagram after his TicToc account was suspended and he posted on other social media platforms. He posed for selfies in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, including one where he was standing in front of a police car. But if Moreno thought he was untouchable, his assumption turned out to be incorrect. ICE officers arrested him yesterday and took him into custody. He was still in Columbus and apparently had made no effort to flee. His immediate fate is unclear at this point.”

OPEN THREAD: It’s almost Saturday night.

SCIENCE: ‘Them space drugs cooked real good:’ Varda Space just made an HIV medicine in Earth orbit. Here’s why it’s a big deal.

THE GLOBAL BABY BUST: Birth Rates Are Plummeting in Most Nations, And The World Isn’t Prepared.

WELL, THEY’RE BOTH DRIVEN MOSTLY BY CHINA: Global Warming and Plastic Pollution Are Inextricably Trapped in a “Vicious Circle.”

EVERYTHING IS FINE:

There are 3 overlapping crises happening right now. A cold US civil war, a breakdown of the international order into a 3, perhaps 4 front global conflict and the revollt against 20th century materialist ideology. Everything is shifting and there is a scramble to come out on top.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) March 29, 2024

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Human beings assign a low subjective probability to events outside their normal experience, even if historic data assigns it a higher probability. "It can't happen to me". War is one of those things. It is something that happens only in the movies.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) March 30, 2024

HEH:

I asked Jesus why the footprints in the sand were so erratic. He said, “when you walk without rhythm, it won’t attract the worm”.

— Gerry McBride (@GerryMcBride) March 20, 2024

OFF-ROAD: 2024 Lexus GX550 Overtrail+ First Test: Mall-Crawler Turns Dirt Brawler.

AI: XAI and X Will Release Grok 2 Next Week and It is Claimed to Surpass GPT4 and Claude 3.

GOOD: Enhanced melanoma vaccine offers improved survival for men.

HARVARD: Harvard removes human skin binding from library book.

LOL, HARVARD: Harvard Law School Passes Resolution Accusing Israel of Genocide, Calling for Divestment.

UPDATE: Just to be clear, it’s the HLS student government, not the administration.