BECAUSE MODERN EDUCATION IS LARGELY TOXIC: Richard Vedder: Why Are People Fleeing Highly Educated States?

CHANGE: A win for equality: States end race and sex quotas in public service.

YES.

End home rule and re-federalize D.C. immediately. It is long overdue, as D.C. is clearly incapable of governing itself. The days of D.C. holding the government and the country hostage need to be over. https://t.co/549EsUoebF

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) August 5, 2025

Related thoughts here.

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN IS UP: The dam is breaking on Britain’s illegal immigration crisis — and the results could be ugly.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA writes off Lunar Trailblazer mission.

I’VE BEEN CALLING FOR THIS FOR A WHILE: NEW: Elon Musk backs Trump over federalization of Washington, DC after DOGE staffer brutally beaten.

WELL, GOOD: Short, Brisk Walks Could Help You Live Longer Than Long, Slow Strolls.

THEY LEAD TO THE UNDERGROUND ALIEN BASE, DON’T THEY? 332 Hidden Canyons Discovered Under Antarctica – And They Could Be Accelerating Climate Change.

AI: NOT READY TO REPLACE HUMANS JUST YET.

You’ll never guess why we were surprised by the case law and quotes—they simply doesn’t exist. It’s exactly the sort of stuff AI hallucinates. Yes, for the second time in nine months, another opposing counsel submitted hallucinated authority to a court in one of our cases. /3 https://t.co/IFe6AW0rbO pic.twitter.com/OpjfxS1D7N

— tedfrank (@tedfrank) August 4, 2025

EARLY WARNING: Multiple sclerosis could affect health years before classic symptoms. Since there are now treatments that can more or less stop MS in its tracks, early discovery is important.

THE FISKER DESIGNS ARE BEAUTIFUL. BUT . . . . Fast, Gorgeous, Flawed: What We Learned Testing the 2025 Karma Revero: This extended-range plug-in hybrid is far from perfect, but it’s also one of the most beautiful cars available today.

IT’S ALL THEY HAVE: Matt Vespa: Democrats’ Sudden Freakout Over Gerrymandering Is Starting to Make Sense. “The problem for Democrats is that there aren’t enough states to gerrymander. They’re tapped out, with deportations increasing, and blue states poised to lose electoral votes due to declining populations, the lifeblood of the Democratic Party is being drained, and they don’t know what to do. It’s what happens when you think demography is destiny. It’s not. The five new districts the GOP would supposedly claim with Texas’ new map are majority Hispanic.”

THREAD:

Trump Made a Series of Stunning Announcements

At a White House press briefing, Trump & Pam Bondi revealed major announcements and hinted at what’s coming next to American.

And trust me… it only gets crazier as you read on.

Here’s everything you should know:

A thread 🧵 pic.twitter.com/Qlac6gJXbU

— Nas (@Nas_tech_AI) August 5, 2025

GUNS NEED A REPUTATION FOR SAFETY AND RELIABILITY. It Probably Doesn’t Matter Any More If the SIG P320 Is Safe or Not.

SMART:

I suppose if I had to hide behind a governor, Gov. Pritzker would be my top choice too.

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) August 5, 2025

Kinda like this:

SO BIG THEY HAD TO BE PIXELATED: These tarantulas’ genitals are so long, it required a new genus.

BUBBLE? At $250 million, top AI salaries dwarf those of the Manhattan Project and the Space Race: A 24 year-old AI researcher will earn 327x what Oppenheimer made while developing the atomic bomb.

POOR NASA: NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission ends without mapping moon.

EVERYTHING IS DANGEROUS: Thermal camera reveals how dangerously hot playgrounds get.

WELL, GOOD: Millions of women get UTIs each year. An antibiotic 30 years in the making is finally offering hope.

HOW ABOUT THAT?

It turns out, illegal migrants were taking American jobs. And now Americans are getting those jobs back, thanks to Donald Trump. https://t.co/QL2jW14uLQ

— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) August 5, 2025

SCAM: ‘I wasn’t supposed to vote’: UMich illegal voting scandal reveals fraud risks in same-day registration.

MASSIVE RESISTANCE: University of Iowa official secretly filmed admitting DEI survives law, board directives.

HAHA:

Whoever writes the headlines at the @nypost is a genius. https://t.co/RvNkDQGWUG

— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) August 5, 2025