THE NEW SPACE RACE: Space warfare: US officials warn of hijacked satellites, orbiting space weapons.

BEING FAT IS BECOMING A CHOICE: A new understanding of amylin receptors could pave way for next generation of weight loss drugs.

SOUNDS LIKE A PATH TO SUPERPOWERS: Walmart shrimp may have been exposed to radioactive material, FDA says.

HMM: Scientists sequence avian flu genome found in Antarctica.

DEMOCRATS OPPOSED OTC BIRTH CONTROL PILLS BECAUSE THEY CUT INTO PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S REVENUE BASE: Study shows rising popularity of over-the-counter birth control pill.

SEDUCTIVE AI, 21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS VERSION: These Women Are Marrying AI Boyfriends?

“FOLLOW THE SCIENCE:”

Lol, what the hell is going on at Nature?

"Dominant science (sometimes referred to as Western science) is rooted in colonization, racism and white supremacy: it has been an active participant in the assimilation, marginalization and genocide of Indigenous people." pic.twitter.com/CjaZMaSlIo

— @gen0m1cs 🧬📊 (@gen0m1cs) August 19, 2025

Related: The Suicide of Expertise.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE NAVY? We’re Burning Another Amphib …this time the USS New Orleans (LPD 18).

GOOD ‘TIL THE LAST DROP: ‘Death Cycle’: Dem Bleedout Is Real — And Spectacular.

MASSIVE RESISTANCE: The University of Kentucky just can’t give up DEI.

HIGHER EDUCATION IS A MONEY LAUNDRY FOR THE LEFT: Public universities give $2 million to anti-Trump news site: analysis.

THESE ARE THE CRAZY YEARS: Man sues Westcliff University after losing women’s volleyball scholarship.

THE FACES OF CHANGE:

Compare that to this… 😳 pic.twitter.com/jEluFP3Gt4

— TravelMore (@AnotherOne311) August 19, 2025

POLICING FRAUD: DOJ Probing Whether DC Crime Stats Were Manipulated.

DON SURBER: When people who live in rich, low-crime white communities come into DC to protest policing, that’s true white privilege. “White pampered liberals don’t care because the victims are not old white people like them. They don’t see a homicide rate of 88 murders per 100,000 people as an emergency because it ain’t 88 for them.”

TOXIC EMPATHY IS DEFINITELY A THING:

Toxic empathy is the unintegrated feminine spirit. It means you fall for every sob story. Like acting like druggies or Somalis are helpless victims rather than predators and fraudsters. Masculine energy means drawing boundaries and holding people accountable. https://t.co/A5Pj1mKzVt

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) August 19, 2025

NOBODY WHO SIGNED THAT LETTER SHOULD HAVE A SECURITY CLEARANCE.

How many of these names were on the Hunter Biden laptop letter? https://t.co/z7re52NWQM

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) August 19, 2025

WELL, YES.

If raising your own country's flag is seen as an act of rebellion, then maybe your country is under foreign occupation. pic.twitter.com/Wj75fbj75C

— Alex James (@actualAlexJames) August 19, 2025

TIME TO RETHINK TAILGUNNER JOE?

It's "McCarthyism" to expect immigrants to actually admire our country if they wish to immigrate here https://t.co/cVAJNZketh

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) August 19, 2025

A WIN FOR ELON, AND FOR AMERICA: Fifth Circuit Upholds Injunction Against NLRB Proceedings, Distinguishing Humphrey’s Executor. “Today, in Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. NLRB, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit concluded that the structure of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is unconstitutional in (at least) two ways. First, the NLRB’s administrative law judges are insulated by a double-for-cause removal protection of the sort invalidated in Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB (and which the Fifth Circuit had previously declared unconstitutional in Jarkesy). Second, the court concluded that for-cause removal protection for NLRB Board members is also unconstitutional because the NLRB exercises significant executive power and is not sufficiently like the Federal Trade Commission to be protected by Humphrey’s Executor. Judge Willett wrote for the court, joined by Judge Duncan.”

I’m a big fan of Willett, and have been since before he was on the Fifth Circuit.

THE LEFTIES ALWAYS WANT A WORKING-CLASS REVOLT, UNTIL THEY GET ONE:

Patriotism is surging across Britain like never before.

Crowds grow larger, voices get louder.

A Revolution is inevitable. pic.twitter.com/YAdjfHhksf

— The British Patriot (@TheBritLad) August 19, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Make it special.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX completes investigation into recent Starship failures, clears the way for Flight 10.

THAT’S A LONG TIME: Croatian Freediver Shatters Record For Longest-Held Breath. “On June 14 of this year, Vitomir Maričić took one last gulp of pure oxygen and lay down in a pool. There he remained, cool as a sea cucumber, for 29 minutes and 3 seconds.”

SMART DIPLOMACY:

When you understand this, you can grasp the magnitude of what Trump did today.

The European Union, NATO, these institutions were founded to limit the power of the USA and to direct its capital into the will of Europe.

The US president rounded up their figureheads like children… https://t.co/mDiwbNSsws

— Derek. (@SuitablePolitic) August 19, 2025

UPDATE (From Ed):

Institutionally, Europe has fallen between two stools. It has lost the vigor and creativity that a continent of decentralized, genuinely sovereign states displayed, yet without acquiring the unity and force of a government with a single leader. One sees only a sort of feeble… https://t.co/qZl4UIEuA2

— Adrian Vermeule (@Vermeullarmine) August 19, 2025