I REMEMBER MY ANTHRO PROFESSOR SAYING “DON’T EAT STRANGE STREET FOOD.” Man eats dubious street food—ends up blowing apart his GI tract.

HMM: Detailed atlas reveals how pesticides affect gut bacteria and hints at probiotic interventions.

WASN’T THERE AN EPISODE OF THE SOPRANOS ALONG THESE LINES?

The Italians don't mess when it comes to Christopher Columbus. During the summer of love, when protesters tried to take down one of those statues, truckload of Italians showed up with bats and started cracking kneecapshttps://t.co/ugCTVSAH7S

— Theron Alvord (@TheronAlvord) June 27, 2025

R.I.P. FRED SMITH: The man who created the modern economy has died. You’ve probably never heard of him. I don’t think he’s all that obscure, but I hadn’t heard that he died.

THE WAR CONTINUES, AND HARVARD IS LOSING. Harvard announces more layoffs as fight with Trump admin continues.

Related: UVA president resigns after Trump administration pressure.

Also related: Trump Has ‘Outsmarted All of Us’ Admits Backpedaling Economist.

UNIVERSITIES ARE A MONEY-AND-RESUMÉ LAUNDRY FOR LEFTIES: USC hires Kamala Harris’ husband as law professor despite past controversies.

HAHA AGAIN:

I think the liberal justices convinced them https://t.co/hI6xhMJd7l

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) June 28, 2025

HAHA:

Ok, pack it up. Found the tweet of the day. pic.twitter.com/MIlF8Vn6Qk

— Kimberly Ross (@SouthernKeeks) June 27, 2025

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW:

Jose was the individual who took delivery today of the Model Y that fully and autonomously drove itself with literally no one in the car and no remote operators in control at any point from the factory directly to him.

Historic delivery! https://t.co/FsFRWdFgWT pic.twitter.com/pkOrvxaLbe

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) June 27, 2025

POOR PETE. HE WAS PROMOTED BEYOND HIS LEVEL.

All that hard work fighting racist highway overpasses and this is the thanks he gets. Sad! https://t.co/G7Vedh6HLU

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) June 27, 2025

SALENA ZITO: “In the past 12 days, some of the most consequential decisions in American history, those that will affect generations and leave a substantial impact on our culture, economy, and political alignment, have been made either by President Donald Trump or because of him. But they have been largely either downplayed or not fully analyzed in terms of how they all connect.”

DESPERATE FOR MASCULINITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT THE ICKY MANLY KIND: “But the NYT dream of somebody on their side to counteract the ‘manosphere’? It’s just sad to continually display the neediness for someone to help you defeat Joe Rogan… a man who was on your side and is still trying to be on your side.”

KNOX COUNTY AUTHORITIES NOT ACTING LIKE L.A. OR NYC: Grand jury indicts Yassin Terou, 11 others more than a year after UT protests calling for Gaza ceasefire. “Yassin Terou, who owns Yassin’s Falafel House in Knoxville, and nine others are facing criminal trespassing charges for participating in the ‘Nakba Day Vigil’ on May 15, 2024, at UT’s campus. UT police cuffed Terou and others outside the law school after a group participating in the vigil was warned they were in an unauthorized area and told to leave. Terou said he tried to speak with police and asked if they could quickly use the area to mourn Palestinians killed and communities uprooted during the Nakba. According to the arrest report, the group had been assigned a space for the event immediately across the street on Cumberland Avenue outside the Student Union Plaza, which had been reserved until 10 p.m. UTPD said the group did not leave the unreserved space outside the law school and were given two warnings to leave before they took them into custody.”

Misdemeanor charges like this are often dismissed for costs, but the DA wasn’t having any of that here.

NO CHARITY FOR RACIST BIGOTS:

Don’t care. Bitch wants to raise taxes on people because they’re white so he can kind of go screw himself. https://t.co/pyBTK7P3SJ

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) June 27, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

GOOD THING I’M NOT TYPE A: Your Blood Type Affects Your Risk of an Early Stroke, Study Finds.

AND THE ISI IS LIKELY BEHIND THE PAKISTANI RAPE GANGS: Iran Was a Main Driver of Scottish Independence Social Media Campaign. “It’s almost as if Iran were interested in sowing division and social strife in a country to which tens of thousands of Muslim immigrants were streaming.”

CHANGE: UVA president resigns after Trump administration pressure.

Well, bye.

He’s also been under a lot of pressure from alumni, like the Jefferson Council.

PRESS RELEASE: On the Resignation of Jim Ryan pic.twitter.com/jy4zDRtH4s

— The Jefferson Council (@TheJeffersonC) June 27, 2025

MORE ON RAPAMYCIN: This Anti-Aging Drug Rivals Calorie Cutting for Longer Life, Study Finds. “A newly published study presents strong evidence that Rapamycin, a compound first developed to suppress the immune system, provides similar life-extending effects in eight different vertebrate species, excluding humans.”

UM: Hoarders say they feel stigmatized, face ‘everyday discrimination.’

MATT TAIBBI: A Pause to Chuckle at the Democrats’ Tortured Mamdani Wigout.

AN IDEA SO CRAZY IT JUST MIGHT WORK: Brake Lights on the Front of Your Car? They’re Being Studied—and Could Prevent More Crashes.

WELL: Gun Rights Orgs Ask Attorney General Bondi to Scrap Her Plan to Merge ATF and DEA.

YES, I’VE EXPERIENCED THIS PERSONALLY, WITH AN ABSURDLY LARGE DROP IN AD REVENUES FOR THIS SITE.

Holy shit the advertiser collusion emails in this report are insane. Explicit plot to stop online advertising dollars to pro-Trump content online https://t.co/G4bJLPhRDP

— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) June 27, 2025

WILL THIS IMPROVE IT? Reddit CEO pledges site will remain “written by humans and voted on by humans.”