EVERY INSTITUTION HAS BEEN CORRUPTED: NBC vs. the Holdout Juror: Desperate for ratings, an NBC-owned TV station crusades against a hero.

CLIMATE CHANGE:

JUST IN: For the first time since satellite records began in 1966, no Atlantic hurricane has formed by Sept. 12.

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) September 13, 2026

HMM: The ‘Anti-AI’ Panic Is Led by…AI Companies. “What we are seeing is a massive, pretty obviously coordinated campaign by AI researchers, companies, NGOs, and politicians to strangle competition in an industry and, as I will show, save the financial bacon of the top AI companies that are vastly overextended financially because they have made contractual commitments that they simply have no prospect of paying for.”

That sounds right.

TRUE:

This woman was, in reality, amazingly coddled and spoiled. She was an RN with an even higher-earning husband, who got her a nanny (!) and was down to run family errands. Quack doctor friends wrote her costly prescriptions for everything imaginable, including some pretty hard and… https://t.co/xwbaqiuWlU

— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) September 13, 2026

DEROY MURDOCK: Trump, GOP Victories Give Republicans Plenty to Lure Voters. “As the midterm elections rapidly approach, the White House on Tuesday released a compendium of “Historic Results for the American People.” GOP candidates should campaign on this impressive (albeit non-exhaustive) list of public policy victories secured by President Donald Trump and his Republican allies.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:

Brilliant post by Prof. @timurkuran. Yes, the bigger problem CMU needs to face is how this woman got hired in the first place. If I were president of CMU, I'd do an in-depth look at the Dept. of Modern Languages.

— Tim Groseclose (@Tim_Groseclose) September 13, 2026

JOSH HAMMER: America Has Not Learned the Right Lessons From Charlie Kirk’s Murder. “The assassination of Charlie Kirk — like the attempts on President Donald Trump’s life and the cold-blooded killing of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson — was welcomed with glee by many on the far Left. It was a grisly reminder of the leftist violent streak that goes back as far as the guillotine of revolutionary France.”

Related:

nothing to see here, just the @ACLU celebrating Charlie Kirk's death at a fundraiser. pic.twitter.com/92IV4QyIKx

— Sensurround (@ShamashAran) September 12, 2026

WARNING BEFORE THE LINK: ONCE AGAIN, THE PEOPLE WHO STRIP DOWN ARE NEVER THE ONES YOU WANT TO SEE NAKED. Spirit passenger strips down, flashes breasts in front of fellow fliers during airport meltdown.

Also, Spirit Airlines? Natch.

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX launches 3 telecom satellites to orbit on 700th Falcon mission of all time.

PERSONALLY I HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN ROCKET LAB BASED ON PAST PERFORMANCE: Rocket Lab protests NASA’s decision to award Blue Origin $700 million Mars orbiter contract.

HMM: Experiment Tested Out-of-Body Experiences. Two Reported Seeing Things Scientists Can’t Explain.

UGH: A Hidden Form of Heart Failure Is Leaving Millions Breathless.

AVOID STREET TACOS: 5 Tips for Better Gut Health While Traveling, Recommended by a Gastroenterologist.

Also, when traveling to Mexico, et al., I take a Pepto capsule in the morning and at night, and keep antibiotics on hand.

CHANGE: The 2027 Honda Passport TrailSport Gets More Ground Clearance and Off-Road Cred.

LOL, EVERYTOWN: Everytown Says DOJ Overestates the Number of ‘Assault Weapons’ But Offers No Data of Their Own.

HMM: AI-Designed Drug Makes Patients’ Blood Look Biologically Younger, Study Shows.

FASTER, PLEASE: The human heart tries to regenerate after a heart attack — scientists are learning why the repair falls short.

NEWS I CAN’T USE: A complete guide to high latitude sailing (and avoiding icebergs).

HMM: Laird Hamilton, 62, Changed His Mind About a Popular Longevity Habit.

HMM: Amodei, Altman, and Musk Agree on Slowing AI Development.

CULTURE OF HATE: Conservative students’ 9/11 memorial defaced with pro-Palestinian, pro-Antifa vandalism.

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Only 32 percent of American adults say they are ‘completely’ or ‘somewhat’ satisfied with the quality of K-12 education, the lowest figure in Gallup’s 27-year trend, according to a Sept. 7 poll.

MARK JUDGE: Thank You for Supporting the Anti-Communist Film Festival.

SHOCKER:

White liberals remain the only segment of society that prefers other races to their own https://t.co/VNppxSzxcC

— Eric Kaufmann (@epkaufm) September 13, 2026