HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: UW-Madison gives $1.1 million in student fees to club promoting ‘ethical porn,’ pole dancing class.

HARBORING: University of Oklahoma boasts ‘safe place’ for illegal alien students.

BEST TAKE YET:

the coldplay incident confirms what most of us already knew: you can never trust HR

— sophie (@netcapgirl) July 17, 2025

THIS ACTUALLY FEEDS INTO MY THOUGHTS ON “SEDUCTIVE AI.” What’s With Girls and Penguins?! – The Biology and Theology of Cuteness.

CHRISTIANS NEED TO STAND WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE: Why Christians Must Stand With Armenia.

But, basically, with themselves.

MAKE THEM PAY: Israeli Student Assaulted at Infamous ‘Die-In’ Protest Sues Harvard for Protecting Perpetrators.

DAN MARKEL UPDATE: 11 Years After FSU Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder: Luis, Sigfredo, Katie, And Charlie Are In Jail, Donna’s Trial Begins August 19. What About Wendi? What, indeed?

MATT TAIBBI: Barack Obama Now Squarely in Russiagate Crosshairs: New disclosures from a Tulsi Gabbard-led working group point directly to the top, as the legacy of “Hope and Change” begins a plunge to the ocean floor.

ROBIN HANSON: Morally Full Of Ourselves: What happens to cultures when selection pressures weaken while pressures to change remain due to cultural activism and environmental changes? “One simple possibility is a faster random walk into maladaption.”

OPEN THREAD: It’s Saturday night.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China conducts structural tests for Long March 10 human spaceflight rocket.

PROFESSOR CARRINGTON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Humans Felt The Effects of Weird Space Weather 41,000 Years Ago.

GUTFELD: Tim Walz is the Best Example of Why Kamala Harris has the Worst Political Instincts in the Democratic Party.

CHANGE: DOJ, Now Under New Management, Throws in the Towel on ATF’s Pistol Brace Ban Rule.

HMM: Weight-Loss Drug Tirzepatide Significantly Slows Breast Cancer Growth.Semaglutide and Tirzepatide May Lower Dementia, Stroke, and Death Risk in Diabetic Patients with Obesity: Study.

GOOD. State Dept. Layoffs Led By Team of Outsiders Willing to ‘Break Stuff.'”

I mean, it’s already broken.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Machine learning uncovers 10 times more earthquakes in Yellowstone caldera.

GOOD LUCK, GUYS: Boeing looks for Starliner fixes despite costs, ISS age.

GIVEN W.H.O.’s RECORD, THAT CAN ONLY BE A PLUS: U.S. officially withdraws from enhanced WHO pandemic response.

MAKE THEM PAY: College grad can sue over forced dues to liberal student group, court rules.

THEY’RE GOING TO CONJURE AN ACTUAL WHITE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT IF THEY KEEP THIS UP: Kentucky professor links pro-life movement to ‘white nationalism’ in upcoming book.

QUOD ERAT DEMONSTRANDUM:

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— Rothmus 🏴 (@Rothmus) July 18, 2025

ANALYSIS: TRUE. If Britain Is Our Bellwether, Things Do Not Bode Well.

WHICH ONE IS LOT’S WIFE? Dead Sea’s salt giants reveal how massive salt deposits form over time.

DON SURBER: Highlights of the week. “Oh no. That means there will be no Sesame Street in Iraq or transgender opera in Colombia.”