WHAT ARE THE DEEP SEVENS UP TO NOW? Mysterious boost to Earth’s spin will make Aug. 5 one of the shortest days on record.

THE ETERNAL QUESTION: Why Are French Cars So Strange?

Update (From Ed): How weird can French cars get? This weird:

THAT SEEMS GOOD: The Mere Sight of a Sick Person Can Trigger Our Immune System.

THINGS YOU WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO WRITE ABOUT WHEN BIDEN WAS PRESIDENT: Dementia, Depression, and the Nuclear Button: The Shocking Reality of Mental Decline in Command.

WELL, GOOD: Brain might become target of new type 1 diabetes treatments.

HER IDEAS ARE TERRIBLE: If Kathy Hochul’s Plan for Doing Something About Crime Was Applied Nationwide . . .

THE TRUTH BREAKS THROUGH:

Funny thing is – if you were to ask Abdullah – the guy who stabbed a garda in a terrorist attack while screaming Allah Akbar – if he was Irish, he'd likely laugh in your face.

Lads – he's Pakistani.

I can't believe we even need to have this ridiculous conversation. https://t.co/7TcqEJZINt

— Rob Carry (@RobCarryBray) August 4, 2025

WHAT, NO SUPER POWERS? Radioactive wasp nest found at former nuclear weapons site.

AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: N6 (Hexanitrogen) Synthesized for the First Time – Twice As Energy Dense As TNT.

IT’S TRUE, EVEN THOUGH CNN IS SAYING IT: CNN: Let’s Face It, Trump Is the Most Influential President This Century — And More.

HMM: Season of birth shows slight association with depression in men but not women.

IT AWAKENS: Long dormant Russian volcano erupts, spews ash 4 miles high.

THEY’VE MADE THAT CLEAR: Housing Illegals Means More to the Starmer Govt Than Native Brits.

Throughout the West, the voters are overwhelmingly against massive immigration, and the leadership class is overwhelmingly for it and ignores the voters. Why, exactly?

THE LEGACY MEDIA BLACKOUT HASN’T KEPT PEOPLE FROM NOTICING:

FULL STORY: https://t.co/ZeYjyMLEku

— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) August 4, 2025

FREDDIE DE BOER RAINS ON THE AI PARADE: “I will not relent: this period of AI hype is built on twin pillars, one, a broad and deep contemporary dissatisfaction with modern life, and two, the natural human tendency to assume that we live in the most important time possible because we are in it. . . . Spare me. Every decade some pundit declares a synthetic apocalypse or utopia. Calling AI epoch‑making feels like marketing copy for venture capitalists crowing about ‘disruption.'”

MAKE THEM PAY: Florida ed. chief recommends sanctions against school board for expelling father from meeting.

AN IDEA SO CRAZY IT JUST MIGHT WORK: Declining test scores prompt red states to prioritize academic excellence.

ICYMI: My latest Substack Essay: When The Gods of the Copybook Headings Smile.

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MY CONGRESSMAN:

And this is:

United States Representative Tim Burchett drops a truth bomb.

Where did all of your tax dollars go?

“I guarantee you it goes from the American taxpayer’s back pocket to the back pocket of politicians in Washington DC.

And if it’s either party, I don't care they… pic.twitter.com/mK0z4VYIkF

— 🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 (@Real_RobN) August 4, 2025

NOT GOING ALONG WITH ANY STUNTS: Greg Abbott Drops Bombshell on TX Dems Who Fled State: Return Today or Be Removed, Face Felony Charges. “Abbott, in his statement, cites a 2021 Attorney General opinion (KP-0382) that could let him petition a court to declare their seats vacant. On top of that, he’s dangling the sword of felony charges, alleging their fundraising to cover $500-a-day fines might violate bribery laws. . . . His statement outlines the legal consequences that House Democrat members face for breaking quorum, including the potential loss of their seats and felony violations. Abbott further explains, as RedState’s Bonchie reported Sunday evening, that the Texas state constitution allows for such actions – including tracking down and arresting House members – to combat their politically motivated stunt.”

Pretty much every legislature has rules that allow absent members to be forcefully retrieved to make a quorum. In Tennessee, Democrats opposed to the ratification of the 14th Amendment were famously chased down across the state by the Sergeant At Arms and deputized Pinkertons, until a quorum was obtained.

THEY WANT YOU POOR AND WEAK:

And this is why Democrats do not want men eating meat and lifting weights

It makes challenge corrupt government https://t.co/hpuyw6hRsa

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) August 3, 2025

MIRANDA DEVINE: Russiagate lies are being exposed — and everybody is watching, even the Dems.

I HEARD THAT DEMO YEARS AGO, AND FRANKLY I’M NOT SURPRISED DECCA PASSED: Why Decca Didn’t Sign the Beatles (and Why That Was Really a Lucky Break). “For the most part, the band on the Decca audition tapes doesn’t even sound like The Beatles.” Or anyone good. It was truly awful.

WHEN RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IS YOUR TOP PRIORITY, OTHER PRIORITIES WILL SUFFER:

Seems like a real problem. What’s weird is why UCLA would rather this happen than to obey civil rights laws. https://t.co/N41p7vovIZ

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) August 3, 2025

There's been some griping here on X recently about Terrence Tao losing his research grant. And yes, I think this is a shame – I have enormous respect for the man.

But. If you stand idly by as an academic while your university engages in illegal and immoral racial…

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) August 3, 2025

#JOURNALISM: “I read it and now you don’t have to. I read it because I wanted to find an actual ‘pussy’ quote from Trump. Short answer: There isn’t one!”

To be fair, it’s the Daily Yeast.