WEIRD, HUH?

And we still don’t know the name of the agent in charge of Butler. Unbelievable. https://t.co/RMa1UYxpV1

— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) June 28, 2025

SHOOTING DOWN ANOTHER STUPID LEFTIST IDEA:

Grocery store profit margins are *tiny*—usually 1-2 percent. (Liquor stores, by contrast, have margins around 20-30%.) It would be very hard for a shop run by the state—which isn't known for efficiency—to keep prices low while maintaining quality & selection. Defeats the purpose.

— Billy Binion (@billybinion) June 27, 2025

Of course, the big appeal of government grocery stores is that you can get bribes from developers for locating them nearby, and you can punish political enemies by moving them farther away. Plus the day-to-day skimming, no-show jobs, etc. Naturally leftists want this. And of course there’s their traditional desire to control people’s access to food in general.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: Flashback: The maddening saga of how an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure for decades.

OPEN THREAD: Have a wild Saturday night.

DON’T WORRY, ONLY SPACEX EXPLOSIONS ARE NEWSWORTHY: New SLS booster design suffers anomaly during test.

Rocket engines blow up a lot under testing. But at $4 billion per launch SLS is a horrible deal even if everything works perfectly.

THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THAR GADGETS: Scientists Figured Out How to Extract Gold From Old Phones And Laptops.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Ancient Blueprint For Human Bodies Discovered in Sea Anemones.

EVERYONE IN EVERY MILITARY BRANCH SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHOOT:

Most naval officers can’t shoot and would be useless if their ship was overrun in port, if they had to defend their family overseas, or fight their way back on base.

And yet, getting them usefully proficient would take a small fraction of the time they spend on useless HR… https://t.co/oxIMSzvIEb

— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) June 27, 2025

One of my students who went off to JAG — we send a lot of people to JAG — said that at the abbreviated basic-training that they get someone said don’t worry too much about this, the lawyers aren’t likely to have to shoot. I told him yeah, but if the lawyers do have to shoot, things have gone to hell and you need to be good at it.

And honestly, every American should be able to shoot. It’s part of our culture.

UPDATE: Reader John Steakley writes: “My local gun club offers free range time to senior citizens and another day to women every week. It’s a luxurious gun club, welcoming and inviting to all. These sort of special accommodations are crucial to incorporating reluctant segments of the populace into gun ownership. If your local gun club isn’t doing this, encourage them to do so.”

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Hertz Is Using AI to Scan Your Rental Car for Damage—and Fast-Tracking Repair Estimates.

AS LONG AS WE DON’T GET MUTANT 59: Scientists issue stark warning after harmful creatures breed to form ‘Frankenstein’ hybrid species: ‘They are very adaptable.’

WHO, OTHER THAN WILLIE BROWN, HAS GOTTEN PUMPED FOR HER? Kamala Harris Wants to Run for Governor But ‘No One is Pumped.’

CHANGE: Texas Bans Red-Flag Laws.

PRETTY SURE MY REPRODUCTIVE YEARS ARE OVER: Should I freeze my sperm? Men consider their ‘sixth vital sign.’

I REMEMBER MY ANTHRO PROFESSOR SAYING “DON’T EAT STRANGE STREET FOOD.” Man eats dubious street food—ends up blowing apart his GI tract.

HMM: Detailed atlas reveals how pesticides affect gut bacteria and hints at probiotic interventions.

WASN’T THERE AN EPISODE OF THE SOPRANOS ALONG THESE LINES?

The Italians don't mess when it comes to Christopher Columbus. During the summer of love, when protesters tried to take down one of those statues, truckload of Italians showed up with bats and started cracking kneecapshttps://t.co/ugCTVSAH7S

— Theron Alvord (@TheronAlvord) June 27, 2025

R.I.P. FRED SMITH: The man who created the modern economy has died. You’ve probably never heard of him. I don’t think he’s all that obscure, but I hadn’t heard that he died.

THE WAR CONTINUES, AND HARVARD IS LOSING. Harvard announces more layoffs as fight with Trump admin continues.

Related: UVA president resigns after Trump administration pressure.

Also related: Trump Has ‘Outsmarted All of Us’ Admits Backpedaling Economist.

UNIVERSITIES ARE A MONEY-AND-RESUMÉ LAUNDRY FOR LEFTIES: USC hires Kamala Harris’ husband as law professor despite past controversies.

HAHA AGAIN:

I think the liberal justices convinced them https://t.co/hI6xhMJd7l

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) June 28, 2025

HAHA:

Ok, pack it up. Found the tweet of the day. pic.twitter.com/MIlF8Vn6Qk

— Kimberly Ross (@SouthernKeeks) June 27, 2025

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW:

Jose was the individual who took delivery today of the Model Y that fully and autonomously drove itself with literally no one in the car and no remote operators in control at any point from the factory directly to him.

Historic delivery! https://t.co/FsFRWdFgWT pic.twitter.com/pkOrvxaLbe

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) June 27, 2025

POOR PETE. HE WAS PROMOTED BEYOND HIS LEVEL.

All that hard work fighting racist highway overpasses and this is the thanks he gets. Sad! https://t.co/G7Vedh6HLU

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) June 27, 2025

SALENA ZITO: “In the past 12 days, some of the most consequential decisions in American history, those that will affect generations and leave a substantial impact on our culture, economy, and political alignment, have been made either by President Donald Trump or because of him. But they have been largely either downplayed or not fully analyzed in terms of how they all connect.”

DESPERATE FOR MASCULINITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT THE ICKY MANLY KIND: “But the NYT dream of somebody on their side to counteract the ‘manosphere’? It’s just sad to continually display the neediness for someone to help you defeat Joe Rogan… a man who was on your side and is still trying to be on your side.”