DOES IT MAYBE WORK THE OTHER WAY? Frequent nightmares might increase risk of premature death. People at higher risk of premature death have more nightmares?

GREAT SENTENCE: “They huddle together on Bluesky like the fallen angels in Paradise Lost, echoing to themselves.”

THE RULING CLASS WANTED WHAT IT WANTED:

Way back in 1992, 65% of Americans wanted immigration decreased. That’s a higher percentage than even today. Yet it kept going up and up. Why? pic.twitter.com/4qhmAjBc5b

— Roman Helmet Guy (@romanhelmetguy) June 24, 2025

SHE DARED TO CHALLENGE THEM ON THE SACRED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY AND MUST BE PUNISHED.

Why is "getting" Wax so important to Penn that it's willing to undermine its position in antisemitism litigation and its ability to defend itself against Trump administration attacks? /end

— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) June 23, 2025

As an example to others, if nothing else.

I ACTUALLY ENJOY IT: Professors view teaching as ‘burden,’ spend less time in classroom, report finds.. Now the administrative work . . .

DRILL, BABY, DRILL: Joel Kotkin: Trump’s Iran ceasefire depends on American oil.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Trump’s Iran strike revealed a second surprise: a competent White House.

A KNOWLEDGEABLE FRIEND COMMENTS ON THE IRAN/ISRAEL SITUATION:

Noteworthy that the first overt cooperative military action against a Muslim nation by Israel and the United States has not resulted in any significant squawking. Hushed awe, if anything.

It’s almost like we’ve entered a new era in the Middle East. And the world. Mark the date.

Ironically, the Arab states by and large couldn’t be happier. Both with the Israeli/US action in Iran, and Israeli action in Gaza.

Brave new world.
Greatest action for peace in decades.

Obama got the Noble Peace Prize just for showing up.

Will Trump and Netanyahu get a nod? Unlikely.

I mean srsly, they’re Hitler, right?

Whatever follows, this could well go down in the annals as one of the most masterful, effective and efficient air campaigns ever. IDF and USAF in concert. Just doing what they do, at the direction of two widely reviled but entirely elected leaders.

Who’d’ve fkkn thought. Gobsmacked.

The latter two being the part without which this doesn’t happen.

Imagine if millions of people in the Middle East from Lebanon to Gaza to Syria to Iraq and beyond just get to rebuild their lives and their nations and get on with life as a result of this.

Yeah, probably not gonna happen. But think of the possibilities…

Israel and the United States cooperate on a highly effective air campaign, destroying Iran’s nuclear program with minimal casualties, and no squawking from the Arab street or Arab governments

Between that and all that COVID BS plus who was president the last four years, we’re living in alt history.

I think we have to assume at this point we’re the other alternative universe for wherever the real humans are.

Things are turning around. But, you know, God looks after fools, drunkards, and the United States of America. He seems to have a soft spot for Israel, too.

CHANGE: Oil Prices Fall As Iran’s ‘Weak’ Retaliation Gives Way To Ceasefire: ‘They’ve gotten it all out of their system,’ President Donald Trump said.

THERE’S A SHOCKER: Mahmoud Khalil returns to activism after release from ICE custody, gets greeted by AOC.

AND I’M THERE FOR IT.

Eli Lilly just showed that you can lose tons of fat while barely losing any muscle using their activin type-II receptor inhibitor, bimagrumab.

We are approaching a golden era of weight loss, where everyone can easily be muscular and skinny.

Prepare for hordes of hot Americans. pic.twitter.com/DWjifYqoL6

— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) June 24, 2025

DON SURBER: Trump Always Confuses Opponents: The TACO that helped him end Iran’s nuke program.

Mmm. Tacos.

FREE IRAN: After Trump Talks of ‘Regime Change,’ Israel Carries Out Strikes Targeting Iranian Tools of Repression: One attack blew the doors off a penitentiary Iran uses to house political dissidents.

JEFFREY CARTER ON WEATHER HYSTERIA:

I see the weather service in Chicago issued a “heat warning”. It’s 90 degrees with humidity. When I was a kid, it just meant I could get loose faster shooting baskets on the blacktop.

Now, because weather is politicized it makes frightened Karen moms look up from their phones, take a sip of chardonnay (or maybe rosé this time of year), and tell the children to come to the air conditioned inside and watch television.

People want excitement in their lives, even if it’s made-up excitement.

Plus:

I was told by my betters and elites that tariffs were inflationary. I blogged that they were wrong. Tariffs are not inflationary. They act like a tax, so things slow down. There isn’t a one-for-one, dollar-for-dollar price effect when a tariff is enacted. I don’t particularly care for tariffs and would prefer they didn’t exist, but the elites were wrong again. Inflation is going down. Countries are coming to the bargaining table and hammering out deals.

People tell us a lot of things.

AN IDEA SO CRAZY IT JUST MIGHT WORK: HIRE AMERICANS WITH BETTER PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS.

When someone tells you there are jobs Americans won't do, your job is to add "…for those wages." It's godless to build an economy on jobs so poorly paid and unsafe that only desperate foreigners will do them. Mass deportations are the answer to an economic and moral emergency. https://t.co/7HFoTUuRIE

— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) June 23, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Increase in Ariane 6 launch cadence could take several years.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Trump’s Iran strike revealed a second surprise: a competent White House.

CHANGE:

🚨 BREAKING: RFK Jr. Announces Program to END Insurance Pre-Authorization!

“85% of Americans say that they have had delays in health care because of prior authorization. The doctors hate it. It costs them 12 to 15 hours a week filling out forms.”

This is a MASSIVE win for… pic.twitter.com/hGEmWdPrZ5

— Lauren Lee (@sheislaurenlee) June 23, 2025

SADLY BELIEVABLE:

Breaking: a district judge has just order the Trump Administration to reverse the ceasefire and declare war on Iran.

— Skscartoon (@skscartoon) June 23, 2025

RAPAMYCIN UPDATE: Scientists Confirm Anti-Aging Drug Appears to Prolong Life in Animals.

CHANGE: BREAKING: SCOTUS Allows Trump Deportations to Continue to 3d Party Countries for Now.

CHANGE:

Iran effectively gives up. World waits on developments. pic.twitter.com/7nTxYWajZ5

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) June 23, 2025

UPDATE: Or is it same?

Stocks are up.
The market is healthy.
Oil is down.
WW3 crybabies exposed.

Trump is still winning 🇺🇸

— Kimberly Klacik (@kimKBaltimore) June 23, 2025

Trump was wrong about one thing, though. Even after all this winning, I am not tired of it.

— Karol Markowicz (@karol) June 23, 2025

MORE: Trump announces Israel and Iran have agreed to cease-fire ending ‘12 Day War.’

SEEMS RATHER HEAVY-BROWED: Mysterious “Dragon Man” Skull Identified As Denisovan.

BRIAN WANG: TESLA Singularity 2026.