STUCK IN 2021: DePaul hosts ‘anti-racism’ summer program for liberal arts freshmen.

NOW OUT FROM KURT SCHLICHTER: AMERICAN APOCALYPSE : The Second American Civil War.

In the same oral history style as his The Attack.

DON SURBER: Trump will sue you, Rupert. The counterfeit letter on Epstein may end the Wall Street Journal.

TIP OF THE ICEBERG: To Celebrate NPR Losing Federal Funds, Here Are Seven Of Its Worst Stories.

EXACTLY WHAT YOU’D EXPECT: Meet the Liberal Hack From CBS Who Just Became President of the White House Correspondents’ Association.

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH: Are Media Folks Literally Insane?

Flashback: Journalists drink too much, are bad at managing emotions, and operate at a lower level than average, according to a new study.

Journalists’ brains show a lower-than-average level of executive functioning, according to a new study, which means they have a below-average ability to regulate their emotions, suppress biases, solve complex problems, switch between tasks, and show creative and flexible thinking.

The study, led by Tara Swart, a neuroscientist and leadership coach, analysed 40 journalists from newspapers, magazines, broadcast, and online platforms over seven months. The participants took part in tests related to their lifestyle, health, and behaviour. . . .

Each subject completed a blood test, wore a heart-rate monitor for three days, kept a food and drink diary for a week, and completed a brain profile questionnaire.

The results showed that journalists’ brains were operating at a lower level than the average population, particularly because of dehydration and the tendency of journalists to self-medicate with alcohol, caffeine, and high-sugar foods.

Forty-one percent of the subjects said they drank 18 or more units of alcohol a week, which is four units above the recommended weekly allowance. Less than 5% drank the recommended amount of water.

However, in interviews conducted in conjunction with the brain profile results, the participants indicated they felt their jobs had a lot of meaning and purpose.

But of course.

FRANK TIPLER ON THE QUALITY OF HARVARD’S “HARD SCIENCE” RESEARCH: “Sadly, the evidence shows Harvard has also wrecked the hard sciences.”

OPEN THREAD: Do that comment voodoo that you do so well.

WOEING: ‘Doghouse’ days of summer — Boeing’s Starliner won’t fly again until 2026, and without astronauts aboard.

ALIENS: Unexplained Gases on Venus: Could They Be the Sign of Alien Life?

I THOUGHT THE TRADITIONAL PRICE WAS SEVENTEEN MILLION: Largest piece of Mars on Earth sells for $5.3M in Sotheby’s auction.

GOOD: FDA to end dozens of ‘obsolete’ rules for U.S. food items. “The Food and Drug Administration now contends that additional consumer protections mixed with advances in food science, production and agricultural practices have made it unnecessary to keep many of the older ‘recipe standards.'”

OUT TODAY FROM KURT SCHLICHTER: AMERICAN APOCALYPSE : The Second American Civil War.

In the same oral history style as his The Attack.

CDR SALAMANDER: I Have Our Next Cruiser, if You’re Smart Enough to Take it.

FOLLOW THE “SCIENCE.” With Trump Back in the White House, JAMA Has Stepped Up Its Anti-Gun Fiction Campaign.

MICROBIOME NEWS: Isolated gut microbe drives stronger responses to cancer therapy.

MARGOT CLEVELAND: EXCLUSIVE: Memo Reveals D.C. Judges Are Predisposed Against Trump Administration.

And on record as saying so.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX launch adds dozens of satellites to Amazon’s broadband network.

HEY, WHERE DO YOU THINK THE CRUNCH COMES FROM? YoCrunch yogurt recalled after plastic pieces in packaging found. “In packaging found?” Who wrote this, Yoda?

HE DID SAY TO SELL YOUR CLOAK AND BUY A SWORD: ‘Did Jesus pack heat?’: Progressive professor who censored Christian student faces backlash.

CHANGE: NSF cancels $1.1B in grants, most tied to DEI programs.

MAYBE IT ALWAYS WAS A PARTISAN MACHINE: GOP Bill Will Strip Largest Teachers Union Of Fed Charter: ‘It Has Spiraled Into A Partisan Machine.’ “The NEA has morphed into a mouthpiece for left wing extremism.”

Maybe it always was a mouthpiece for left wing extremism.

WTF IS WRONG WITH GEORGE MASON? George Mason Faculty Members Asked Their President To Denounce Anti-Semitism Like He Did Islamophobia. He Declined, Emails Show.

LOSING ELECTIONS? BAN YOUR OPPOSITION. German Social Democrat Party Scrambling to Get AfD Banned.

Germany needs a bloody popular revolution. And will get one, if this keeps up.

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.