THE NYT SAYS DON’T DO THE RFK/HEGSETH FITNESS CHALLENGE: “Most people can’t even perform five strict push-ups with proper form, or a single pull-up, without compensating.”

Well, yes, and those people aren’t going to be able to do 50 pullups and 100 pushups. But they’re not the target audience. And most of those people could improve their — really sad — performance, perhaps even enough to reach this goal if they tried.

UPDATE: Pete and Bobby are pointing and laughing:

Exercise is “dangerous”? A new low for Trump derangement syndrome at @nytimes https://t.co/0PiTphFl4j

— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) September 5, 2025

ACTUAL RATES ARE STILL LOW: Prolonged use of injectable contraceptive tied to brain tumor diagnoses. “Analyses showed that depot medroxyprogesterone acetate users had a 143% higher risk of meningioma diagnosis than matched controls, with incidence 7.39 per 100,000 patient-years in the injection cohort and 3.05 in controls.”

Interestingly, I noticed this at the end: “Written for you by our author Justin Jackson, edited by Sadie Harley, and fact-checked and reviewed by Robert Egan—this article is the result of careful human work.”

We’ve reached the point at which journalism is bragging about not being done by AI.

THE CIRCLE OF TIME:

Sept. 4th, 1957: Democrat Gov of Arkansas sends in National Guard to stop nine black students from entering Little Rock High School.

Sept. 4th, 2025: Democrat Gov of Illinois fights against President Trump sending in National Guard to stop black people from getting shot.

— NotKennyRogers (@NotKennyRogers) September 4, 2025

21ST CENTURY CAR-REVIEW COMPLAINTS: “This year there was nothing new to cut down, which is great because our electric chainsaw—which plugged right into our Ford F-150 Lightning—is too powerful for the 400-watt, 110-volt plug in the back of our Ram.”

REMEMBER, ONLY TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CAN BE TRUSTED WITH GUNS: Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Miami Officer Sthephany Canizares. “It seems Officer Sthephany (sic) Canizares got into an argument with her significant other after she found some ‘inappropriate messages’ on his phone.”

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Why we slip on ice: Physicists challenge centuries-old assumptions.

THE LONELY LIVES OF GHOST SHARKS: ‘Ghost sharks’ grow forehead teeth to help them have sex, study suggests.

SOMEBODY SHOULD: U.S. firm Leidos expanding Royal Navy’s autonomous fleet.

WELL, PLAUSIBLE: Study suggests saliva protects kids’ teeth from fruit juice.

CHANGE: Ed Dept cuts child care grants to dozen universities over ‘racial justice’ curriculum.

CHANGE: University of Michigan halts transgender treatments for minors after federal subpoena.

DAN MARKEL UPDATE: Donna Adelson guilty as charged in murder for hire plot: Adelson faces a mandatory life sentence for Markel murder. Give the Florida justice system credit: It took a long time, but they’ve convicted these people one by one. Is Wendi next?

YES, THEY’VE BEEN TOO OBVIOUSLY STUPID AND EVIL FOR TOO LONG: Is the Left Losing Its Cultural Power?

SETH BARRETT TILLMAN REPORTS FROM IRELAND: “It appears that more than a few of the best people now believe that the wrong sort of Irish people are putting up Irish flags in Ireland, and that this is being done as anti-migrant ‘hate speech’ directed against fragile foreigners.”

THE PREFERENCE HAS CASCADED: Unspoken Truths On Trans Can Now Be Said.

SHINE THE LIGHTS, WATCH THE ROACHES SCURRY: ActBlue Lawyers Subpoenaed As House GOP Investigation Into Donor Fraud Intensifies.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Farewell, Michael Schill, As Another University President Bites the Dust.

HELEN SAYS A LOT OF DOCTORS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS ARE USING IT TO WRITE THEIR REPORTS: AI is Destroying Education at Every Level.

BYRON YORK: Those Who Wish Trump Dead.

THIS IS A DUMB IDEA, THOUGH IT WILL BE AMUSING TO SEE TRUMP TROLL DEMOCRATS INTO SUPPORTING GUN OWNERSHIP AS AN INALIENABLE RIGHT: Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say.

OPEN THREAD: Ready, steady, go.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Senate hearing raises doubts about NASA’s ability to get astronauts to the moon before China.

DOUBTS ABOUT beta blockers after heart attacks.

SEIZING THE MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT:

Did anyone really believe that Joe Biden personally pardoned 4,250 people?

Seriously.

Joe Biden couldn’t READ the names of 4,000 people let alone know their cases enough to warrant him giving them a pardon.

This is major fraud.

— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) September 4, 2025

HMM: $1 Billion Saved Each Year? Scientists Question Adult Booster Shots.