REVIEW: First Shots: Springfield Armory Hellcat OSP .380.

THE FINAL FRONTIER: If you want to satiate AI’s hunger for power, Google suggests going to space.

PROFESSOR CARRINGTON: CALL YOUR OFFICE. NOAA monitoring disruptive geomagnetic storms, solar flares.

SPACE JUNK — BETTER PUT UP MY UMBRELLA: Possible space debris hit delays return of China’s astronauts.

HMM: Study links long-term melatonin use to heart problems.

CHANGE: Yale law school hangs Justice Thomas portrait ‘after 6 years of neglect.’

Yale Law’s treatment of Thomas has been a consistent disgrace.

CHANGE: University of South Carolina removes gender and pronoun menus from application after contact by US representative.

IT IS, IT’S JUST SHAMELESS NOW: ‘Socialism Is Not a Dirty Word Anymore’: Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Emboldens the Far Left.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. John Roberts And Congress Need To Immediately Stop Gross Ethical Violations By Federal Judges.

JEFFREY CARTER: The Elite Class And Shirking Responsibility: It Started With Vietnam.

HE’S RIGHT. REIN IN THE AWFLS.

Western Civilization is doomed, unless the core weakness of suicidal empathy is recognized and actions are taken that are hard, but necessary for survival https://t.co/aIVbe1fRKS

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 5, 2025

COMMIES ON THE LOOSE:

This is what happens when communists win. https://t.co/nDM20pCE0k

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 5, 2025

NOTICE THIS:

🚨 BREAKING: Jacob Frey has officially defeated Omar Fateh in the race for Mayor of Minneapolis.

Minnesota of all places last night rejected socialism. There is still hope for the future. pic.twitter.com/9CLEeD4bNk

— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) November 5, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China conducts ground tests on inflatable, reconfigurable space manufacturing module: China aims to merge inflatable-structure engineering with orbital manufacturing.

BOTTOM LINE:

As bad as Jay Jones is, knowing that my neighbors genuinely support him as AG while wishing death on Republicans and their children is far worse.

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 5, 2025

HOW’S THAT SPACE PROGRAM COMING ALONG? Strange Glass in Australia Reveals a Massive Impact We Never Knew About.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN ARIANE DOMINATED THE WORLD’S LAUNCH MARKET: Europe launches weather satellite with Ariane 6 rocket.

I DUNNO, IF I’M GONNA GET A DEATH NOTICE I’D RATHER IT BE WRONG: MaineHealth apologizes for sending death notices to 500+ living people.

MICROBIOME NEWS YOU CAN USE: Gut microbiome tests are everywhere. Should you get one? I don’t think the state of knowledge has evolved to where these are likely to reliably deliver useful results.

THEY’RE NOT RELIABLE: The Wall Street Journal Thinks It’s Far Too Easy for Americans to Defend Themselves.

YEP, THEY’VE GONE WAY OVERBOARD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION: How nursing home residents got caught in the opioid backlash. “Since the height of the opioid epidemic, doctors have been prescribing fewer of these medications. A new study from UC San Francisco shows that this trend extends to nursing home residents who may need opioids to manage chronic pain.”

Helen had dental surgery a couple of weeks ago, and the pain meds they gave her were woefully inadequate.

A BLOW AGAINST RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: Legal Challenge Overturns Scholarship Limited to Black Students in California.

WELL, GOOD: Study finds low-dose aspirin beneficial for type 2 diabetes patients.

JAMES PETHOKOUKIS: The trillion-dollar space race: My chat (+transcript) with journalist Christian Davenport.