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

OPEN THREAD: You know what to do.

EH. IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE MOON, I THINK SPACEX IS HIRING. NASA workers plan ‘Moon Day’ protest on July 20 to oppose mass layoffs, budget cuts. ‘This year has been an utter nightmare that has not stopped.’

NASA has been a bureaucratic black hole for a half a century.

PARTLY THROUGH U.S. NEGLIGENCE: How China Became the World’s Biggest Shipbuilder.

NO. HE’S LYING BECAUSE HE THINKS YOU’RE STUPID. Has Gavin Newsom Undergone a Miraculous Road to Damascus Gun Rights Conversion?

WELL, SHE CAN’T ADMIT OTHERWISE:

Do you think Sweden became the rape capital of Europe because of Swedish men? https://t.co/hieD92fNPx

— 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) July 18, 2025

Related:

Women when an 18yo sleeps with a 16yo:
“Absolutely disgusting pedophile”

Women when a 14 yo gets brutally gang raped by migrants:
“Err she doesn’t look 14. Can we get an age check?” https://t.co/ENfxJDRzCi

— Prometheus (@CaribbeanRythms) July 18, 2025

WAGES OF LOST TRUST: Few babies getting RSV antibody shot, study says.

MAKE THEM PAY: Censoring ‘All Men Are Created Equal’ cost U. Oregon $724K — will other universities learn?

STUCK IN 2021: DePaul hosts ‘anti-racism’ summer program for liberal arts freshmen.

NOW OUT FROM KURT SCHLICHTER: AMERICAN APOCALYPSE : The Second American Civil War.

In the same oral history style as his The Attack.

DON SURBER: Trump will sue you, Rupert. The counterfeit letter on Epstein may end the Wall Street Journal.

TIP OF THE ICEBERG: To Celebrate NPR Losing Federal Funds, Here Are Seven Of Its Worst Stories.

EXACTLY WHAT YOU’D EXPECT: Meet the Liberal Hack From CBS Who Just Became President of the White House Correspondents’ Association.

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH: Are Media Folks Literally Insane?

Flashback: Journalists drink too much, are bad at managing emotions, and operate at a lower level than average, according to a new study.

Journalists’ brains show a lower-than-average level of executive functioning, according to a new study, which means they have a below-average ability to regulate their emotions, suppress biases, solve complex problems, switch between tasks, and show creative and flexible thinking.

The study, led by Tara Swart, a neuroscientist and leadership coach, analysed 40 journalists from newspapers, magazines, broadcast, and online platforms over seven months. The participants took part in tests related to their lifestyle, health, and behaviour. . . .

Each subject completed a blood test, wore a heart-rate monitor for three days, kept a food and drink diary for a week, and completed a brain profile questionnaire.

The results showed that journalists’ brains were operating at a lower level than the average population, particularly because of dehydration and the tendency of journalists to self-medicate with alcohol, caffeine, and high-sugar foods.

Forty-one percent of the subjects said they drank 18 or more units of alcohol a week, which is four units above the recommended weekly allowance. Less than 5% drank the recommended amount of water.

However, in interviews conducted in conjunction with the brain profile results, the participants indicated they felt their jobs had a lot of meaning and purpose.

But of course.

FRANK TIPLER ON THE QUALITY OF HARVARD’S “HARD SCIENCE” RESEARCH: “Sadly, the evidence shows Harvard has also wrecked the hard sciences.”

OPEN THREAD: Do that comment voodoo that you do so well.

WOEING: ‘Doghouse’ days of summer — Boeing’s Starliner won’t fly again until 2026, and without astronauts aboard.

ALIENS: Unexplained Gases on Venus: Could They Be the Sign of Alien Life?

I THOUGHT THE TRADITIONAL PRICE WAS SEVENTEEN MILLION: Largest piece of Mars on Earth sells for $5.3M in Sotheby’s auction.

GOOD: FDA to end dozens of ‘obsolete’ rules for U.S. food items. “The Food and Drug Administration now contends that additional consumer protections mixed with advances in food science, production and agricultural practices have made it unnecessary to keep many of the older ‘recipe standards.'”

OUT TODAY FROM KURT SCHLICHTER: AMERICAN APOCALYPSE : The Second American Civil War.

In the same oral history style as his The Attack.

CDR SALAMANDER: I Have Our Next Cruiser, if You’re Smart Enough to Take it.

FOLLOW THE “SCIENCE.” With Trump Back in the White House, JAMA Has Stepped Up Its Anti-Gun Fiction Campaign.

MICROBIOME NEWS: Isolated gut microbe drives stronger responses to cancer therapy.

MARGOT CLEVELAND: EXCLUSIVE: Memo Reveals D.C. Judges Are Predisposed Against Trump Administration.

And on record as saying so.