EVERYTHING IS BAD FOR YOU: Weight Loss Isn’t Always Healthy? Study Finds It Can Be Deadly for Some Patients.

NOT MY CUP OF TEA, BUT DONE RIGHT IT CAN BE STRENUOUS, AND IT’S EASY ON THE JOINTS: Lose weight and get fit with water aerobics.

UM, WE REACH THE STARS? What happens when DEI becomes DOA in the aerospace industry?

I LOVE THIS APP:

This week's big hits 🧵
1. Introducing myself to Cenk pic.twitter.com/1xFGEpuyay

— Retard Finder (@IfindRetards) March 13, 2025

This account is going to turn out to be Elon’s isn’t it?

THIS NEEDS TO BE SET TO THE BENNY HILL MUSIC:

3000 years of history condensed into 6 seconds pic.twitter.com/lfr9ci4OGx

— Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) March 14, 2025

CHANGE: The Center of Gravity in the Fight for Second Amendment Rights Shifts to the States.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Space Force wants six kinds of space weapons—including anti-satellite lasers.

IT CERTAINLY IMPROVES IT: Does exercise really extend life? Twin study offers new insights.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: My partner works at JP Morgan and is being forced back into the office. I’m terrified of what this means for our relationship.

YOU WILL EAT RAW FOOD AND YOU WILL LIKE IT: NOAA study says cooking contributes substantially to ozone pollution in L.A. area.

JOSH HAMMER: Mahmoud Khalil and the Red-Green Assault on American Sovereignty.

WELL, YES: It’s time to dissolve the Department of Education.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:

(In fact, what was really common at Harvard in the 1930s was genteel social prejudice against Jews, we have lost the linguistic distinction between "mere" prejudice and various forms of hateful racism, including antisemitism. Prejudices can be harmful, too, but they are of a…

— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) March 14, 2025

Worth reiterating. pic.twitter.com/qSyEJSUYRp

— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) March 14, 2025

PROGRESS: ‘DEI IS DONE’: Virginia Gov. Youngkin praises University of Virginia’s abolishing of DEI office.

FILL THOSE SLOTS: “At the start of Trump-47, on January 20, 2025, there were 45 federal judicial vacancies—all were Article III vacancies. There are now 55 federal judicial vacancies, including, 54 Article III positions, one Article I position. . . . To date, Trump-47 has sent ZERO nominations to fill vacant federal judicial positions to the U.S. Senate.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: “You pay all this money to these high-priced schools that are supposed to be of great esteem, and you can’t even go to class. You’re afraid to go to class because these lunatics are running around with covers on their face, screaming terrifying things.”

THE ENEMY WITHIN: How A New ‘Ethnic Studies’ Curriculum Promotes Anti-Semitism In California.

TIME FOR LETTERS OF MARQUE TO COME BACK: Trump Admin Slaps Fresh Sanctions on Iran’s Oil Minister and ‘Shadow Fleet’ Ferrying Illicit Iranian Crude.

WELL, CHUCK TODD:

The price of consumables are down, and inflation is down.

You've been almost uniformly wrong in your various opinions about economics for a decade.

You might want to sit this one out — or just retire altogether. https://t.co/Kw7ajDcEvr

— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) March 13, 2025

THIS IS MY CONGRESSMAN, TIM BURCHETT: TN congressman pushing to allow property owners to shoot down drones.

MAYBE, BUT COLOR ME SKEPTICAL UNTIL I SEE MORE: Vinay Prasad: Is seed oil better than butter? A new paper says YES, but is the paper any good?

OPEN THREAD: Make me proud.

PRETTY MUCH WHAT I EXPECT FROM THE UN AND COLUMBIA THESE DAYS, TO BE HONEST: UN Judge, Onetime Columbia University Human Rights Fellow, Found Guilty of Slavery.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China’s expanding footprint in geostationary orbit raises security concerns.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: The Rout Continues, But Be Ready for the Counterattacks. Plus, is Elon bringing machine intelligence to the fight?