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July 26, 2025
I LOVE THE PRESUMPTION THAT NSF WASN’T POLITICAL BEFORE: Amid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent: In a public letter, employees of the National Science Foundation accused the administration of politicizing the agency and impeding scientific innovation.
21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: A pregnant surrogate for a defunct California company doesn’t know what will happen to the baby she’s carrying.
DROPPED LIFELESS FROM THE STATUTE BOOKS: “We commit federal felonies by the day, by the hundreds if not the thousands. But there’s no real ability for the federal government to shut it down. So the cat’s out of the bag.”
The country just decided that pot was legal now, even where it isn’t. And it isn’t legal anywhere under federal law.
HMM: Actually, pro-natalist policies do help. “There is simply no need to be pessimistic about fertility policy, and yet, pessimism is the norm. I believe there’s no good reason for that. The reasons are variations on a theme of poor inference and poor grappling with the evidence. But with a clear mind and given all the evidence, the conclusion is clear: If we try, we can easily succeed.”
Related: Forget “climate change” worries — go ahead and have kids.
OF RACISM AND COVERUPS: Minnesota State U. hides DEI statements it demanded from football coach applicants. “Coach Mitchell Collicott, who the university hired under its latest job posting, also would not share how specifically he applies an ‘equity lens’ and ‘anti-racism’ to coaching.”
GOALPOSTS, MOVED: College Board shortens SAT as student performance declines. “The College Board defended the shortened passages, now approximately the length of a social media post, citing that the ability to read longer passages is ‘not an essential prerequisite for college.'”
Uh huh.
THEY BROKE THE LAW, MAKE THEM PAY: WSJ: Trump to Use Columbia Settlement to Get Big Fines from Academia.
SHE’S RIGHT, YOU KNOW:
This is, in fact, quite believable if you know about the UN. The UN also has repeatedly employed people who force refugees to have sex with them for food and then doesn’t punish or fire them and instead covered it up for years. It’s a bad organization that does bad things. https://t.co/KMbrVcfKMJ
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) July 26, 2025
THEY ACTUALLY APPROVE OF DEMOCRATS’ THUGGISHNESS:
“Threatening television networks” lol. I seem to remember the IRS coming to my house and House Democrats threatening me with jail and not a peep of protest from the supposed civil liberties party https://t.co/VimAl3Sxsg
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 26, 2025
Related:
This is finally solving the Scooby Doo mystery of how so many left-wing outlets can push a Woke, anti-American agenda without any concern for how crazy and destructive it sounds.
I hope they all go financially bankrupt. They were morally bankrupt a long time ago https://t.co/LLp7BaxiVx
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 25, 2025
I’M ON A DIET, BUT NOT A “SKIP THE BEER AND ONION RINGS” DIET:
Gaza Said To Be Starving But Not 'Release The Hostages' Starving https://t.co/O20MbiPrgm pic.twitter.com/5isfp6TL56
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 25, 2025
THIS WOULD BE A CRISIS IF THE DISPROPORTION INVOLVED GIRLS: More male teachers is not just about grades: It’s about role models, mentors, coaches, representation…
CHANGE:
"The number of Americans filing for jobless aid fell for the sixth straight week, hitting the lowest level since mid-April." As illegal migrant labor dries up, demand for legal labor increases. Seems almost obvious. But the press talks only about tariffs. https://t.co/hR0hQF2CsS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 25, 2025
THIS IS INTERESTING:
This is what I mean when I say divorce is a boomer phenomenon. Everyone in my generation grew up under the shadow of this polygamous spectacle of a parent or friend’s parent with two or more living ex-wives/husbands. Having to celebrate their “happiness” over and over again. The… https://t.co/Iy6ltUidrx
— Payton Alexander (@AlexanderPayton) July 25, 2025
July 25, 2025
OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Senegal signs the Artemis Accords. “Senegal became the 56th signatory of the Artemis Accords at NASA HQ today. . . . The United States and seven other countries established the Artemis Accords in 2020 to serve as a set of practical principles to guide responsible space exploration. Senegal joins the United States and 54 other nations – Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, the Republic of Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay – in affirming the Accords’ principles for sustainable civil space activity.”
The Artemis Accords are very important because they underscore the legality of exploitation of space resources.
SCIENCE, UNSETTLED: Sweat Doesn’t Actually Form The Way We Thought, Study Finds.
THEY CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH:
UNREAL.
Britain is now CENSORING videos of the protests against open borders.
This is what a dictatorship looks like. https://t.co/T87vPCcANS
— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) July 25, 2025
And they don’t want you to know it. But this is mostly a tell that they’re afraid now.
UPDATE: Afraid with reason:
Once people know protests work, they spread. The government doesn't have enough police officers to crack down everywhere, which is why it practices two tier policing to crush gatherings before they catch on. https://t.co/VCccugrtW5
— Sam Ashworth-Hayes (@SAshworthHayes) July 25, 2025
THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA seeks moon and Mars communications, navigation proposals.
A RARE DISAPPOINTMENT FROM THESE GUYS ON THIS ISSUE: Trump Admin’s Defense of Interstate Handgun Sales Ban is Rooted in Bureaucracy, Not Freedom.
THE CURRENT STATE OF JOURNALISM:
Scandal: WSJ Reports Trump’s Name Appears In Their Article About The Epstein Files https://t.co/33oHOulSOq pic.twitter.com/aqsR34Bjbg
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 25, 2025
THEY COULD DISH IT OUT, BUT . . . Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis: Scrambling to pay legal fees, Media Matters has dialed back its criticism, trimmed its staff and contemplated closing entirely.
Weird how all these lefty outfits started shutting down as soon as the USAID money spigot was turned off.