#JOURNALISM:

Editors need to stop assigning political reporters to do finance and economic stories.

The WSJ now employs a bunch of former Politico and Huffington Post bloggers who don’t understand basic finance issues. https://t.co/c5ygtN4aO4

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) October 9, 2026

The Wall Street Journal is having a bad decade.

BOB GRABOYES: “Occasionally, I discover that I’ve never heard of someone whose work I’ve known in depth and loved dearly for most of my life.”

WHEN THE WITCH HUNT IS CONDUCTED BY WITCHES:

"Never give up": A sex investigation found a male professor innocent, so the college just kept redoing it with new investigators as activists fished for a different result. A different result never came, but the college paid the accusers $10M anyway.https://t.co/ToRnle3p2O

— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) October 9, 2026

RISE OF THE MACHINES: Grok Wrote Me An Essay. And it’s pretty damn good. “The idea and thesis is mine, the writing is Grok’s. It is about 80% something I would have written myself. Compare it to things I wrote 10 years ago, it sounds quite similar.”

The machines get better all the time. Human capabilities stay about the same.

I GET IT:

I'm opposed to the death penalty, because I want to allow governments as few pretexts for murdering people as possible. Criminals should be executed by their intended victims at the time of the intended crime.

On the other hand, I'm hearing so much butthurt screaming about the…

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) October 10, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

CRUNCH ALL YOU WANT, WE’LL MAKE MORE: ELON CAN LITERALLY LAUNCH THEM FASTER THAN PUTIN CAN SHOOT THEM DOWN:

SpaceX satellites to "drop like flies" should they interfere with Russia says Medvedev.https://t.co/STfWIlvrgy

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) October 9, 2026

IS THAT THE ONE WHERE THE NAZIS AND ALIENS HAVE THEIR SECRET BASE? NASA’s hunting for a secret underground cave on the moon.

THE 21ST CENTURY ISN’T TURNING OUT AS I HAD HOPED: Sexually Transmitted Diarrhea Is Exploding in The US. And It’s Growing Resistant to Medicine.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: A Giant Diplodocus Just Turned Up Where Scientists Never Expected.

JOHN HENRY FROWNS: California Athletic Officials Issue Letter Terminating Man Versus Robot Matches.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: 7 Stroke Warning Signs People Often Mistake for Something Else.

IT LOOKS GOOD: 2027 Jaguar Type 01 First Look: 1,016 HP, 400 Miles of Range, and Still Shocking.

AMERICA’S NEWS SOURCE OF RECORD:

Democrat Strategists Remove James Talarico From Campaign Trail To Hide The Fact That He's James Talarico https://t.co/7AmHsxISij

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) October 9, 2026

KURT SCHLICHTER: This is How the Execution of Nidal Hasan Should Be Carried Out.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: ATF Extends Jensen Ruling on Suppressors, SBRs, SBSs and AOWs Nationwide.

TRY NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THIS. A Lot of Women Who Think They Have Anxiety Really Have This Instead. Here’s How to Spot the Difference.

VITAMIN D UPDATE: Easy-to-miss signs of vitamin D deficiency, according to health experts.

THE 21ST CENTURY IS NOT TURNING OUT AS I HAD HOPED: Sexually transmitted diarrhea is on the rise — and it’s morphing into a drug-resistant superbug.

You have to read down a ways to see that it mostly infects gay and bisexual men.

YES. NEXT QUESTION. Can You Still Gain Muscle While Drinking? The Science of Post-Workout Alcohol.

RICHARD FERNANDEZ: The Steward and the Admiral.

21st CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: “My Fiancé won’t touch me, should I still marry him?” No. No you should not.

MARK SIMON: What Are the Consequences of China’s Demographic Collapse? My Five Concerns About China’s Shrinking Population and What It Means for the United States.

HIGHER EDUCATION IS A CESSPIT OF HATE: VIDEO: Protesters outside U. Oregon Hillel praise Oct. 7 terrorists, demand ban on Jewish student group.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Pro-Palestine students destroy October 7 memorial, allegedly set conservative’s clothing on fire.