JUST REMEMBER, AI GETS BETTER EVERY YEAR, WHILE PEOPLE STAY BASICALLY THE SAME: AI isn’t ready to replace human coders for debugging, researchers say. Even when given access to tools, AI agents can’t reliably debug software.

WELL, GOOD: Forecast for showers: Plenty of meteors to fill night skies for rest of 2025.

WELL, SURE: CBD could calm autistic children, teens, researchers report.

A CLASSIC MOVIE: All 5 Stars of The Breakfast Club Reunite for First Time in 40 Years: ‘Very Emotional and Moved to Have Us All Together.’

TARIFFS ARE GOING TO BE A REAL PROBLEM FOR THEM:

This is from @BrookingsInst – Not MAGA or @POTUS
CCP is flooding world markets with subsidized goods. This is how Xi fights for survival.
—@YatesComms @DominoTheoryPod @YatesComms @seanmdav @MariaBartiromo @andrewrsorkin @nedryun @DonaldJTrumpJr @instapundit @ImKingGinger… https://t.co/t5yhe8p95n

— Mark Simon (@MarkSimonHK) April 14, 2025

CAN CONFIRM: Tenure-Track Faculty Raises Continue To Lag All Other Higher Ed Workers; Inflation-Adjusted Salaries Are 10% Lower Than In 2017.

Note how “staff” and “administrators” are way ahead of faculty.

SPACE: Katy Perry, 4 other women, return safely from spaceflight. “But it was all over quickly: The New Shepard crew capsule touched down under parachutes about 10.5 minutes after launch today, sending a cloud of dust billowing into the West Texas sky.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Professor: Trump’s demands of universities ‘echo’ Hitler’s and Stalin’s. Heh. Sure they do, champ.

SENTIMENT: Most Americans support Trump crackdown on anti-Semitism on campus, new poll shows.

CLEANUP TIME: The Pentagon Must Go on the Offensive to Defeat Politicized Officers.

WHEN YOU MAKE UNIVERSITIES AN ARM OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY BECOME AN ARM OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: How Obama and Biden Paved the Way for Trump’s Attacks on Universities: “Universities were bending over for federal funds long before Trump,” writes Laura Kipnis. Democrats just assumed that they would always control the federal government, even when it was nominally in Republican hands. Wrong!

WELL, GOOD: Stephen Moore: Big, Beautiful Tax Cuts Should Offset Any Tariff Increases.

SCHEDULED FOR 9:30 AM ET TODAY: How to watch Blue Origin launch Katy Perry and crew to space on a historic all-female spaceflight today.

OF COURSE: Taylor Lorenz’s Horrible Take On Suspected Murderer Luigi Mangione Just Got Ten Times Worse.

“FIX THE DAMN RUST:” The SECNAV Received His Direction & Guidance.

JOHN LUCAS: “Our hearts were touched with fire.” The best toast you’ll ever read.

WAGES OF NASTINESS: Harvard, Columbia Plunge in Law School Rankings Amid Anti-Semitism Backlash.

ASSASSINATION CULTURE: Another Day, Another Alleged Would-Be Trump Assassin Charged. “Shawn Monper, 32, of Butler — the same Pennsylvania community where Trump came within a fraction of an inch of being assassinated last July — faces federal charges of making threats to assault and murder Trump, DOGE advisor and Tesla founder Elon Musk, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and others, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.”

IT’S ONLY BAD WHEN TRUMP DOES IT:

“Starting in 2028, ships face fees up to $380 per ton”

Everyone losing their minds over Trump’s 10% tariffs is dead silent about the UN’s “green” tariff hitting every import & export on Earth. If you’re outraged by Trump but not this, you’re not anti-tariff, you’re a hypocrite. https://t.co/W7htxBf0V3

— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) April 13, 2025

WORTH MORE ATTENTION THAN IT’S GETTING:

There are reasons why high ranking US military officers say profoundly unserious & delusional things in public about the military reality of Chinese shipping container drones.

Upton Sinclair put it thusly⬇️ https://t.co/RcBfm3iuCZ pic.twitter.com/q0Ot4aD5Zw

— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) January 24, 2025

THAT WAS FAST: Suspect arrested in arson attack on Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence as family slept inside. “Investigators believe the attack was ‘targeted,’ but haven’t determined a specific motive.”

Well, that’s helpful. I mean, arson of a home is generally “targeted.”

UPDATE:

If you wondered about the raw emotion from @GovernorShapiro in that press conference these photos speak as to why— this was a fast moving fire and it was meant to inflict harm. He’s not just a governor. He’s a father and a husband and his family was there. pic.twitter.com/7JlEDaL8Hm

— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) April 13, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

WHY GEN Z MEN ARE MOVING RIGHT:

My friends and I grew up facing this sort of discrimination in just about every American institution we came into contact with.

The boomer mind cannot comprehend. https://t.co/PdH39n1cD3

— Nathan Halberstadt (@NatHalberstadt) April 12, 2025

NASA NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED LESS ON SCIENCE, MORE ON SETTLING THE MOON AND MARS: White House proposal would slash NASA science budget and cancel major missions. But I wouldn’t get too excited about these claims. There’s a lot of back and forth in the budgetary process.

WELL, THAT AN DEMOCRATS’ POST-ELECTION TEARS: This Fungus Contains The Most Bitter Substance Known to Humankind.