WE NEED NEW ANTIBIOTICS: Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Becoming Resistant to Antibiotics, Warns Study. “In spite of having plagued humans for millennia, typhoid fever is rarely considered in developed countries today. But this ancient threat is still very much a danger in our modern world. According to research published in 2022, the bacterium that causes typhoid fever is evolving extensive drug resistance, and is rapidly replacing strains that aren’t resistant.”

TIRZEPATIDE AND HRT: This Drug Combo Is a Fat-Burning Game-Changer for Women Over 50.

WAGES OF ZYN: Health officials see nicotine poisoning spike in young kids.

AN ALTERNATE HISTORY THAT HARRY TURTLEDOVE OR S.M. STIRLING WON’T BE WRITING: Alternative History: What if AMC Had Survived the ’80s?

WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING? Narrative Alert: States With Strictest Gun Control Have More Adolescent Firearm Fatalities Than ‘Permissive’ States.

LIVING THE DREAM: Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP.

HMM: Higher anticholinergic use linked to faster decline in mobility and strength. Not clear whether the drugs are causative, or a marker for faster underlying decline.

IT’S STILL A PLANET, DAMMIT: Pluto photos from NASA’s New Horizons still captivating scientists decade later.

SEDUCTIVE AI: Stanford study on AI therapy chatbots warns of risks, bias.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS: Harvard ethics professor fired for dishonesty maintains her innocence.

CHANGE: Wright State closes DEI office, five identity centers amid new Ohio law.

SETH BARRETT TILLMAN: Must Article III Courts Issue Explanations for their Orders?

HE’S NOT WRONG:

You are unworthy of self governance https://t.co/y6AuESL9la

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) July 14, 2025

A TRUE CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS LOOKS LIKE THIS:

For all the talk of a “constitutional crisis” or threats to “our democracy” having the executive branch systematically run by unknown subordinates of a mentally incompetent president is the biggest constitutional scandal in US history—it’s called into question the legality of… https://t.co/VZtQWHq4tQ

— Randy Barnett (@RandyEBarnett) July 14, 2025

INCONCEIVABLE: Oh Man — Imagine If Universities Were Politically Biased In Their Hiring: ‘I’m shocked — shocked! — to find that [bias] is going on in here!’

SAY LESS, DO MORE: Julie Kelly: How the Epstein Debacle Has Overshadowed Historic Success at the DOJ. The hollowing out of the 100,000+ workforce of the Department of Justice is drowned out by a cacophony of discord, demands, and empty promises over the “Epstein files.”

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China enters race for LEO broadband dominance.

“I’D CURE IT SOON — ABOLISH MONDAY MORNINGS, AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.” Mondayitis Could Have a Deadly Effect On Your Body.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: The Milky Way May Be Surrounded by 100 Hidden Galaxies.

HMM: ‘Old’ brains increase risk of death, Alzheimer’s, study says.

Probably more of a marker for being in bad shape.

LOL, “EVANGELICALS FOR HARRIS.” Evangelicals for Harris Apologizes for Using Billy Graham Sermons to Attack Trump.

WELL, IT’S THE ATF: Adamiak: ATF’s machine gun charges are complete fiction.

ATF needs to be abolished.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: It’s hunting season in orbit as Russia’s killer satellites mystify skywatchers.

Elon laughs, as he’s got more satellites than Russians can kill, and can launch new ones faster than they can kill the old ones.

DIFFERENTLY: New research reveals how male and female brains process regret and change decisions.