DIVERSITY PROBLEM: Yale dies by committee: I took 36 courses during my four years at Yale and came across just a single conservative professor.

YES, IT’S HARD TO STRIKE SUCCESSFULLY WHEN YOU PRODUCE NOTHING OF VALUE:

I think what all these “strikes” are missing is that none of these people produce or contribute anything. We are not talking useful people like steelworkers or coal miners.

Like if these types just walk off forever, or the institutions were shuttered, we’d just be better off. https://t.co/C40VelpFrb

— Kevin DeAnna (@VDAREJamesK) January 29, 2026

THEY SHOULD TEACH THIS IN SCHOOLS, BUT IT DOESN’T FIT THE NARRATIVE:

The uncomfortable truth they don't teach:

Britain abolished slavery in 1833. The Ottoman Empire didn't officially end it until 1924 – 91 years later.

The Arab slave trade ran for 1,300 years. Barbary pirates enslaved 1.25 million Europeans into the 19th century.

Britain didn't… pic.twitter.com/OVY3FU554U

— Amelia (@AmeliajakSolana) January 29, 2026

EVERYTHING THEY DO IS PERFORMATIVE: The Left’s Performative Outrage: They’re always looking for their chance to do a Selma bridge moment.

CULTURE OF HATE: Palestinian Authority Promised Terrorists More Than $200 Million in ‘Pay-To-Slay’ Payments After it ‘Scrapped’ Program, State Department Tells Congress.

ICYMI:

If you are surprised to see such a large volume of professional class leftists acting in psychotic fashion in response to routine immigration enforcement, remember the conduct of this same group during covid: masking babies, terrifying children, boycotting family, shuttering…

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) January 18, 2026

THINGS THAT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE, BUT AREN’T: Whoopi Goldberg Just Keeps Getting Dumber.

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

THE B-57 IS A 75 YEAR OLD JET: NASA research jet makes fiery ‘wheels-up landing’ after experiencing mechanical issue.

I DON’T NEED TO READ ANY FURTHER: Study finds meat eaters are more likely to live to 100.

HMM: Doctors May Be Missing an Early Heart Warning Window for Men. “Past research has consistently shown that men tend to develop heart disease earlier than women. In recent decades, however, common risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, and diabetes have become more similar between men and women. Because of that, researchers expected the gap to shrink. Instead, the difference has remained.”

VITAMIN D UPDATE: Vitamin D can help protect you from flu, study reveals.

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Why New Cars Look So Huge: We’ve always had big cars. So why do new ones look so gargantuan?

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Know Your Gun: When you trust your life to a tool, you must know it inside and out.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Did Edison accidentally make graphene in 1879?

21ST CENTURY NAVAL ARCHITECTURE: Unsinkable metal tubes could lead to resilient ships, floating platforms and renewable energy innovations.

LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: I let ChatGPT analyze a decade of my Apple Watch data. Then I called my doctor.

A DUMB, OUTDATED SCAM:

This is truly the stupidest concept in the world. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the clock stayed at seven minutes to midnight . . . and moved back at the next review to twelve minutes. https://t.co/LAZKNDSd4K

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) January 28, 2026

Related: The Clock Ticks. “‘How scared of the future are left-leaning establishment type people?’ and ‘How much publicity does the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists need?’ The upward creep of the minute hand, even as the world has gotten objectively safer, suggests that the latter plays a big role: Bad news always sells better than good news.”

LONGTIME BLOGGER (POINTSANDFIGURES) AND INSTAPUNDIT READER JEFF CARTER IS Running for Nevada State Treasurer.

Follow the above link for information, follow this one to donate or volunteer.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Haley Baylee begs judge to toss ex-husband Matt Kalil’s lawsuit over her comments about his penis size. “The model compared Kalil’s penis size to ‘two Coke cans stacked on top of each other, maybe even a third.'”

CHANGE: Kansas State University eliminates DEI initiatives to comply with state law.

IT’S ALWAYS MICHIGAN STATE: MSU ‘Peace Warriors’ protest on behalf of woman who struck ICE agent with vehicle.

DEI’S TRAGIC FRUIT: NTSB Chair Says D.C. Plane Crash That Killed 67 Was ‘100% Preventable.’

AND I WANT TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST WITHOUT OXYGEN, USING ONLY YOGIC BREATH CONTROL: Tim Walz Wants to Beat the S*!T Out of JD Vance. “Tim Walz can’t decide whether he wants to play the peacemaker or the tough guy. Frankly, he does neither of them well, and he is not smart enough to know how to shut the hell up. Which explains why Minnesota has been such a mess under his ‘leadership.'”

YEP. AMNESTY IS OFF THE TABLE, PERIOD.

An amnesty deal now seems further away than ever because it’s now 100% clear Dems will never keep their half of the bargain if it involves any significant restrictions on future migration. They’ll pocket the amnesty & reopen the border Biden-style as soon as they get the chance. https://t.co/OugFBIJ1S2

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 27, 2026

And give Mickey credit, he’s been hammering on the immigration issue since the ’90s.