SCIENCE, UNSETTLED: By removing common biases, study debunks U-shaped happiness curve with age.

MY BROTHER HAS ONE AND IT’S FUN. GOOD THING IT’S NOT NEXT YEAR’S MODEL, I GUESS: We Didn’t Ask the Toyota GR Corolla to Get Less Fun, But Here We Are: A lesson in how to make a super-fun car less so.

CHANGE IS IN THE AIR: Bari Weiss Demands ‘How Do You Spend Your Day?’ Memos From All CBS News Staffers by Tuesday.

And of course:

This is one of the most unintentionally hilarious things I’ve seen in a long time.

New boss: Can everyone share what you do here?

Reporters: How dare you?

Reporter Guild: Nobody respond. We’ll get to the bottom of this. https://t.co/mHOGh5tM61

— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) October 11, 2025

UPDATE (From Ed): Laid Off Coal Miners Trained To Write Computer Codes, A Ticket To Top Wages.

—CBS News, February 20th, 2017.

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? One Chicago Leftist Wants to Emulate the Black Panthers as a Response to ICE Agents in the Windy City.

ROBOPHOBIA: Ohio legislature introduces law to ban people from marrying AI.

WHY NOT BOTH? AI Inference Boom or AI Ponzi Bubble.

FASTER, PLEASE: Blood cancer: Scientists reprogram cancer cell death to trigger immune system.

LOTS OF MEDS HAVE BEEN SOLD: Prediabetes diagnosis may not curb Type 2 diabetes, experts say.

LOVE TRUMPS HATE: I’m a Democrat. My Turning Point USA chapter welcomed me with open arms.

COMPETENCE IS NOT REQUIRED: Yale appoints Miguel Cardona despite declining U.S. education outcomes during his tenure as Education Secretary.

THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT “JOURNALIST” IS SOME KIND OF TITLE OF NOBILITY:

ANTIFA: WGN video editor & producer Debbie Brockman was off duty (no video equipment) in Lincoln Square today throwing objects at federal officers. When she was arrested she demanded to be released because she is a ‘journalist’. https://t.co/gLP7fqS7s8

— @amuse (@amuse) October 10, 2025

HOWIE CARR: From Styx to Osama, Boston Common hippie rioters crying in their keffiyehs. “Look at these photographs — why do so many of the female hippie rioters have crewcuts and the guys have ponytails? You can learn so much about the latest fashion trends among the non-working classes from studying these latest filthy, trust-funded, Nazi-sympathizing hippies who got lugged downtown while, like, expressing solidarity with, you know, uh, somebody, dude.”

IF YOU SET OUT TO TAKE VIENNA, TAKE VIENNA: The Trump Effect: How To Win A War: President Trump understands the Middle East better than all the so-called experts.

J.D. IS RIGHT:

It is weird to me that these people don't see the irony of honoring "marginalized communities" by making a beautiful historical building really ugly. https://t.co/j7GEtCFsMY

— JD Vance (@JDVance) October 10, 2025

Related: “It’s hard to imagine any religion but Christianity inviting and celebrating this kind of humiliation.” Well, mainline Establishment Christianity has substituted humiliation for faith, since they lack the latter.

UPDATE: But of course.

This is Alex Vellis.
The Canterbury Cathedral 'Artist'. https://t.co/AoE8Se6mox pic.twitter.com/LpOe6N6bOk

— Basil the Great (@Basil_TGMD) October 11, 2025

COLLUSION: CCP Member One of Largest Donors to Mikie Sherill’s New Jersey Gubernatorial Campaign: As a CCP member, Pin Ni is barred from holding foreign citizenship. At the same time, US law prohibits foreign nationals from contributing to campaigns.

OUR “RELIGIOUS LEADERS” INCLUDE A LARGE NUMBER OF MORONS: After Church Shooting, Hundreds of Minneapolis Religious Leaders Push to Make it Harder to Protect Houses of Worship.

HAHA:

I just launched The York New Times — a newspaper that automatically rewrites every biased article on @nytimes with @grok to get rid of pro-terrorism sympathies and wokeness. Share for a free subscription. pic.twitter.com/bbkDIgAzjN

— David Keyes (@DavidMKeyes) October 10, 2025

THEY’VE TRIED TO BRING HIM BACK AS AN ELDER STATESMAN, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS A PUTZ.

This is the same Dan Rather that had to step down in disgrace and publicly apologize for running a bogus report to try to affect a Presidential election?

The internal CBS report determined he disregarded "fundamental journalistic principles"

Are those preferable "credentials"? https://t.co/Y2bqOrjNka

— AG (@AGHamilton29) October 10, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THE “FAILURE” IS JUST THAT HE WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME: How one scientist’s wide-eyed dream of giant space cities was crushed by reality.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: The Insurrrection Act: A short guide to President Trump’s options.

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WELL, GOOD: Surprise Hair Loss Breakthrough: A Sugar Gel Sparks Robust Regrowth.

THE POPE DOESN’T CARE ENOUGH TO PUT MONEY INTO IT: Blackwater founder calls Pope Leo’s bluff, asks him to fund militia to defend Christians in Nigeria.

20th CENTURY: SAVE POOR COUNTRIES FROM STARVING!

21st Century: Bill Gates, PAHO consider ways to bring weight-loss drugs to lower-income countries.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: SCOTUS Will Hear Hawaii Carry Ban Case.