ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: What’s Glowing at the Center of Our Galaxy? New Study Points to Dark Matter.

ZZZZ: New research uncovers how the brain’s activity, energy use, and blood flow change as people fall asleep.

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Just How Annoying Is Driving the 2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV Without Apple CarPlay?

PROGRESS: New Hampshire Bill Strengthening Second Amendment Rights on Public Property Advances.

LAWMAKERS AND KARENS: You’re actually not allowed to keep bird feathers you find on hikes—and it’s all thanks to two women who got really mad about hats.

HISTORY: DNA from Napoleon’s 1812 army identifies pathogens likely responsible for the army’s demise during retreat from Russia.

HMM: Psoriasis in kids linked to parents’ divorce, separation.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Duke U. professors not happy about overwhelmingly popular ‘Iryna’s Law.’

Out of touch as usual.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Harvard to host ‘BDSM and Kinks’ workshop as part of 13th annual ‘Sex Week,’ offers free sex toys.

TERRORISTS: Journalists Uncover Antifa ‘Hit List’ on the Streets of Portland.

MAKE THEM PAY: The Left Has Never Been Held Accountable For Political Violence — And That Must Change.

HAHA: Rachel Maddow is at a loss for words. When she sees her employer on the donor list for the Trump ballroom.

WAGES OF LEFTIST GOVERNMENT:

Germany blew up the cooling towers of another nuclear power plant today. There was no reason to shut them down, just leftist ideology.

Now electricity prices are 3x higher than the USA and manufacturers are closing.

Lousy policy has consequences.

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— Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) October 25, 2025

SALENA ZITO: The Unconscionable Loss of Conscience for Virginia Democrats. “Virginia Democrats come across looking as though murder and gaming the system are not issues that deserve consequences. They aren’t going to stick their necks out to make Jones leave the race.”

Now do Maine.

OPEN THREAD: Happy Saturday.

THANKS, JUPITER! Without Jupiter, Earth may have spiraled into the sun long ago.

AMAZING:

As is pointed out below, the SpaceX Falcon rocket will do more launches and carry more payload to orbit this year than the Space Shuttle did in its entire history https://t.co/a0GzXBMRcL

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 24, 2025

MICROBIOME NEWS: New research from the University of Auckland’s Liggins Institute suggests that a capsule containing healthy gut bacteria could potentially change the future of obesity treatment.

GAMBLING IS TO SPORTS MEDIA AS PHARMA ADS ARE TO NEWS MEDIA:

I for one am shocked that NBA employees are gambling. How did they get sucked into that kind of activity?

I really hope they address this on the FanDuel Pregame show sponsored by bet365, right before the big game at DraftKings arena

— Joey- Cade Smith enjoyer (@GuardsJoey) October 23, 2025

R.I.P.: June Lockhart, beloved mother figure from ‘Lassie’ and ‘Lost In Space,’ dies at 100.

I PREFER TUMORS TO BE ON A CHIP THAN IN ME: Living tumor-on-a-chip exposes how cancers block immune attacks.

CHANGE: Ford To Add 1,000 Workers To Truck Production.

SO EVEN DUMBER: I Took Everytown’s Training Class and It’s Everything You’d Expect it to Be.

IT’S NOT THE SCIENTISTS WHO NEED TO BE PREPARING: Scientists prepare for the next Carrington Event: ‘Should such an event occur, there are no good solutions.’

FLOURISHING AFTER THE ASTEROID IS THE HARD PART: Dinosaurs may have flourished right up to when the asteroid hit.