OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

THANK YOU, SPACEX: Four New Astronauts Arrive at ISS, Restoring a Full Crew For Research.

THE LONELY LIVES OF SCIENTISTS: Scientists Are ‘Sniffing’ Ancient Egyptian Mummies. Here’s Why.

THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW AS IT HAS EXISTED FOR MANY YEARS: TSA officials will now be required to refer to non-US citizens as “aliens” under a change made on Friday.

“Aliens” is the statutory term, as is “illegal aliens.”

WHAT ARE THE DEEP SEVENS UP TO NOW? Stanford Researchers Chart Mysterious Earthquakes in Earth’s Mantle.

LEFTIST VICTIMHOOD NARRATIVES SELDOM ARE:

It's completely insane that basically none of this "grave" shite was true. https://t.co/l3P9ckwGgM

— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) February 16, 2026

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In my opinion, this is deserved.

They've done a lot to demonstrate that they're not worthy of being trusted. This particularly applies to the newsmedia, academia, and politicians.

— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) February 16, 2026

A SCREWFLY SOLUTION: Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes can lower dengue risk by 70%, citywide experiment finds.

EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE, EVERY STEP YOU MAKE: Toyota’s Driving Data Lawsuit Just Took a Major Turn.

LOL, JAKE TAPPER:

2/16/26 – On Dogs And Those Who Hate Them

Some of us have lived in Muslim countries and understand how they treat dogs, @jaketapper. During one of my deployments, we had to inform the locals, in no uncertain terms, that no, they would not conduct their annual dog cull. In other… https://t.co/eVWowrKwkH

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) February 16, 2026

WELL, GOOD: I Love the Smell of Schadenfreude in the Morning: Gun Hater Stephen Colbert’s Ratings Have Collapsed.

SOME PEOPLE CERTAINLY SURVIVE WITHOUT THEM: Humans really don’t need chins: Homo sapiens are the only primates that have them, but they don’t make us special.

Also without spines.

I’D LIKE A WHOLE NEW SET OF TEETH ABOUT NOW: Humans Have a Third Set of Teeth. New Medicine May Help Them Grow. They could be ready by 2030.

NEWS I HOPE YOU CAN’T USE: Caught the stomach bug? Here’s how to tell if it’s norovirus.

HEALTH: At what age should you get a colonoscopy? What doctors say after James van der Beek’s death.

SAVAGE. AND FAIR.

You, of all outlets, need to SHUT UP. You were the first outlet to dox me. You ran a deranged piece painting me as some CFPB mastermind only because you couldn’t dig up dirt. You tried to cancel me. You don’t get to whine about cancel culture.

Here’s the rule: if you don’t want…

— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) September 12, 2025

If you don’t like tit-for-tat, don’t start things.

TEACH WOMEN NOT TO STAB! Minnesota Woman Allegedly Kills Boyfriend After He Denied Her Sex.

No means no, ladies.

THINK OF HIGHER EDUCATION AS A MONEY LAUNDRY FOR THE LEFT AND YOU WON’T BE FAR WRONG: EXPOSED: Taxpayers paying for Democrat activists’ grad school tuition.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Harvard ‘ecofascism’ professor also taught course on ‘aquatic, atmospheric life of Blackness.’

THE 21ST CENTURY ISN’T TURNING OUT AS I HAD HOPED: Jeffrey Epstein was obsessed with blue eyes and worked with scientific contacts to prove his hypothesis that blue eyes were a signifier of high intelligence while he was funding and visiting Harvard’s Program for Evolutionary Dynamics.

ANOTHER AD FOR HOMESCHOOLING: California middle school assistant principal nabbed in child sex sting. He looks like he should be selling weed behind the school, not an assistant principal.

CRIME: Follow the science!

Criminality is not random

Only 0.2% of people ever commit murder, yet 67% of **all murders**are committed by people with prior arrests

People inclined to commit crime will continue to, unless stopped.

When those people are stopped, the crime stops. https://t.co/fDdyO5V3o3 pic.twitter.com/Uijz5E6v1S

— Arthur MacWaters (@ArthurMacwaters) February 15, 2026

EVERY INSTITUTION HAS BEEN CORRUPTED — EVEN CURLING. The ‘cheating’ scandals, F-bombs and secret filming claims that rocked curling.

I love how the Canadians pretend to be squeaky clean — but a nation that will cheat at curling will cheat at anything.

CDR SALAMANDER: The Seven Sons of China are Stealing our Stuff …and the academic establishment is fine with it.

Of course it is.

MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE: Joel Kotkin: Why China wants Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom to be US president.

#WINNING:

Over 330,000 Federal employees have been fired, resigned, or retired last year and were not replaced.

The Federal workforce is now at its lowest level since 1966. pic.twitter.com/cRu6x8XAS4

— Christian Heiens 🏛 (@ChristianHeiens) February 15, 2026