MOCK THEM MERCILESSLY: AWFL Videos Herself Giving Local Cop the ICE Treatment, and It Goes Hilariously Sideways. Much more at the link.

HISTORY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH: My Nigerian Grandfather Sold Slaves. “Nwaubani Ogogo lived in a time when the fittest survived and the bravest excelled. The concept of ‘all men are created equal’ was completely alien to traditional religion and law in his society. It would be unfair to judge a 19th Century man by 21st Century principles. Assessing the people of Africa’s past by today’s standards would compel us to cast the majority of our heroes as villains, denying us the right to fully celebrate anyone who was not influenced by Western ideology.”

There’s a mythology that white slave traders ran around the bush kidnapping Africans, but that’s bunk, of course — they’d pretty much all have died. They bought African slaves from Africans. My brother talked to people in Ghana about that some years ago, and they reflected little guilt: Back then if you lost a war, you either died or were enslaved. That’s just how it worked.

One of the reasons Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon couldn’t get published when she wrote it was that the black literary community didn’t like that it portrayed the extent of African complicity in slavery. But history is history, despite efforts to rewrite it.

ELON’S IMPACT:

Katherine Boyle just identified Elon Musk’s most important contribution to America, and it has nothing to do with the products he shipped.

Boyle, General Partner at a16z: “I think Elon’s most important contribution to this country is training two generations of engineers to work… pic.twitter.com/1I60ik4b0e

— Dustin (@r0ck3t23) February 14, 2026

He’s de-Dilbertized an entire profession. “That’s not just a business achievement. That’s a civilization remembering how to make things that matter in the physical world again. And it might be the only thing that saves American technological leadership when the competition is just building faster because they never forgot.”

IT’S FRAUD ALL THE WAY DOWN:

I find it fascinating that 75% of Democrat voters want Voter ID laws, but 100% of Democrat elites are against it.

The elites know the entire system is rigged, but Democrat voters actually think they’re winning these elections.

Going to be a rude awakening when they realize…

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) February 14, 2026

21ST CENTURY MEDICINE: Sorry, the Doctor Is Busy Filling Out Paperwork. And May Quit.

CLEANUP TIME:

If you are an H-1B landlord in Maricopa County, you should pack your bags and look at one-way flights to go home.

I have read every single classified ad on https://t.co/W9C1Mbw3Lq to find a deportable individual who listed a rental property.

I found over 50 landlords and over… https://t.co/aJY879RKrV

— juicystar1908 (@juicystar1908) February 14, 2026

RIGHT?

I don't think they realize that "blowing up the world order as we knew it" is precisely why we elected Trump. https://t.co/n5FpPSkhU7

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) February 15, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Because I love you and want to be happy.

SPACE DOCKING ON VALENTINE’S DAY: How Freudian.

SHAKE IT UP:

It looks like my 4th Gen nukes posts here on X shook out data from US three letter agencies. Who belatedly realized that classifying physics was both self-defeating & stupid.

The bad news is the FYEO web site is now reporting a _NINTH_ 4th Gen. nuclear tech approach by China… https://t.co/EOuXeMMty1 pic.twitter.com/Ok9bBvrABc

— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) February 15, 2026

IS THAT WHAT WE NEED TODAY? One Dietary Supplement Was Found to Reduce Aggression by Up to 28%.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Cuba’s a Mess, but What Happens When it is Libre at last?

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HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY, FROM INSTAPUNDIT AND SPILLER AND SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR:

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: The Least Laid Generation in History: Gen Z Is Ghosting Sex — and the Implications Are Huge.

THE E.V. BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Honda’s EV Bet Is Costing the Company Billions. “The costly mistake of investing too much, too soon in EVs is not a phenomenon felt only by North American automakers. Japanese companies may have been more reserved in their foray into electric vehicles, but that did not make them immune as every carmaker invested in EV development and tooled up plants to make them.”

SO DON’T DO THAT AGAIN: Virginia is What Happens When Gun Owners Lose Elections.

HMM: Outdated mortality benchmarks risk missing early signs of famine and delay recognizing mass starvation.

FRED HOYLE HAS ENTERED THE CHAT: Scientists Think Asteroids May Have Provided the Ingredients for Life on Earth.

I GET SCOPED EVERY FIVE YEARS: Your colonoscopy could save your life—here’s how to make it easier.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: 7 mistakes you’re probably making in the shower, according to doctors.

IF YOU ASK ME, THIS CALLS FOR A DAMAGED SCREW EXTRACTOR,ON THE OFFCHANCE YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE: BMW Patent Reveals Branded Screw Design That Limits Access to Vehicle Repairs.

I REMEMBER WHEN HIGHER EDUCATION WAS DEFENDED AS ENCOURAGING CIVIL DEBATE: Ohio State University professor on leave after tackling independent documentarian.

STANDING UP AGAINST RACISM AND BIGOTRY: White student sues after Albany Law School protects professor who allegedly went on racist rant. “Rowland Rupp, a student at Albany Law School, has filed a lawsuit after he says Anthony Farley, a black professor, shut off the classroom’s recording equipment and went on a tirade in class aimed at whites and conservatives. The lawsuit alleges that the school did not investigate Rupp’s complaint, but rather aggressively pursued a retaliatory complaint filed by the professor.”

LIKE CLAVICULAR, NEWSOM IS HANDSOME, BUT IN A RATHER OVER-EFFORTFUL, EFFEMINATE WAY: “… Clavicular said he would vote for Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a Democrat, over Vice President JD Vance because he preferred Mr. Newsom’s looks to Mr. Vance’s. “

I’d rather hear who the ASU frat president who framemogged Clavicular likes. My guess is it’s someone with shoulders and a non-pencil neck.

#JOURNALISM: Media Actively Cover Up Obama Lawyer’s Chummy Ties to Epstein. “Democrats Sure Got It Good…Need I even point out what these headlines would look like if Epstein’s gal-pal spent five years in Donald Trump’s White House, or if she had been Trump’s legal counsel, or even if her association with Trump were something as fleeting as she was once his Uber driver?”