IS THERE ANYTHING CHEESE CAN’T DO? Could cheese protect your brain health? Study links high-fat cheese and cream to lower dementia risk.

BAMBI MEETS GODZILLA: World’s largest dinosaur footprint site identified in Bolivia.

THAT’S BAD: FDA warns retailers that failed to pull recalled baby formula.

AT MONTANA STATE, FAKE THREATS TO BOLSTER A FAKE RACISM CLAIM: 18-Month Sentence for Anti-Asian/Anti-Gay Threats Sent by Montana State Univ. Chinese Culture Club President. “Lin cynically exploited these fabricated threats as campaign material for her student senate race. Together, she and Defendant Wu orchestrated campuswide propaganda condemning MSU’s alleged indifference to ‘students of color’—all built on their manufactured crisis.”

At this point, i pretty much assume that anything like this is fake until proven otherwise.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Anti-Turning Point USA professor used class time to plot disruption: report.

THE ROT GOES WIDE AND DEEP: BDS-supporting Brown prof was previously head of school that supported ‘right of Palestinians to self-defense’ after Oct. 7.

IT’S SCHEDULED FOR 11 AM ET TODAY: Watch Blue Origin launch 1st wheelchair user to space today.

ILYA SHAPIRO: The End of the Beginning. “I’m not tired of winning in the courts.”

ROGER KIMBALL: Trump reels off 2025 achievements in White House address: He has accomplished more in 11 months than most presidents have achieved in eight years. “Really, what was Trump elected to do? Well, to seal the southern border. He has done that. To remove illegal immigrants from our country. He is well on the way to doing that, too. Trump was elected also to take on the whole DEI establishment. He certainly has done that. Then there are all the economic issues: energy, including the “green energy scam.” All of that is quickly becoming a vague memory scene in Al Gore’s rearview mirror. Above all, Trump was elected to restore confidence in and enthusiasm about the United States of America. That current of cultural self-confidence is absolutely central fulfilling the imperative of ‘Make America Great Again.'”

JAMES PETHOKOUKIS: Two cheers for the ‘San Francisco Consensus’ on AI: The case for hoping AI breaks history, while planning as if it won’t.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Hoo Boy: Fani Willis Has an Epic Meltdown When Grilled by GA Senate Committee About Trump Case.

“RULE OF LAW.” Jack Smith Pummeled by Questions, Runs From Reporters When Arriving on Capitol Hill.

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Experiments on a private space station: Vast asks scientists for research proposals.

MEH, THE LINK IS WEAK: The Roots of Dementia Trace Back All The Way to Childhood, Experts Find.

HMM: “Bones Almost on Top of Each Other” – Extraordinary Dinosaur Fossil Site Discovered in the Hațeg Basin.

THAT WAS RATHER LONG AGO FOR ME: Long-term study reveals physical ability peaks at age 35.

REVIEW: I Drove the 2026 Subaru Crosstrek Sport Hybrid for a Week. Here’s How it Went.

LIFE IN 2025 NEW YORK: Jewish Man Stabbed in Crown Heights NYC, Perp Wished For Another Holocaust: FOOTAGE.

IF GUN CONTROL WERE SUCH A GOOD IDEA, WOULD ITS PROPONENTS HAVE TO ALWAYS LIE? CNN Cites Discredited Source in Brown U Shooting Stories to Inflate Number of Mass Shootings.

I DO LIKE CHEESE: Andrew Jackson’s White House once hosted a cheese feeding frenzy: The seventh president’s farewell party featured 1,400 pounds of cheddar. Things got messy.

UPDATE: Link was bad before. Fixed now. Sorry!

SMART: AI model helps diagnose often undetected heart disease from simple EKG.

REDEFINING “WINTER.” SOUNDS LIKE SCIENCE. NOAA’s Arctic report outlines how its winter’s being ‘redefined.’

IT’S INTENDED TO BE THAT: Trump’s order designates illicit fentanyl as ‘weapon of mass destruction.’

HIGHER EDUCATION IN AMERICA: SUNY Plattsburgh approves furry club, joining campuses across nation.