OPEN THREAD: Party on.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: What time is SpaceX’s Starship Flight 9 launch on May 27?

SLEEP HYGIENE MATTERS: Your Heart Begins to Suffer After Just 3 Nights of Bad Sleep.

BEST TAKE YET:

Opinion: A.I. Could Put Artists, Actors, and Writers Out of Jobs, But It Could Do Bad Things As Well https://t.co/W3Y6toawK3 pic.twitter.com/s2zgmvOJ75

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) May 23, 2025

HAHA:

I want to know more https://t.co/8SHpWhi02H

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) May 23, 2025

WELL, GOOD: Weight-loss drugs may lower cancer risk in people with diabetes, a study suggests.

FINALLY: Wienie Watch! See All Six Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles Race at the Indy 500.

SUCH A CRAZY IDEA: New Federal Legislation Would Protect Second Amendment, Target Criminals.

JUST GOOD OLD ENGLISH VIOLENCE: The Roman massacre that never happened according to a new study of an iconic archaeological site. “A re-analysis of the burials, including a new program of radiocarbon dating, has revealed that, rather than dying in a single, catastrophic event, individuals fell over periods of lethal violence spanning multiple generations, spread across the late first century BC to the early first century AD. This is suggestive of episodic periods of bloodshed, possibly the result of localized turmoil, executions or dynastic infighting during the decades leading up to the Roman Conquest of Britain.”

DON’T TRUST META: Meta hypes AI friends as social media’s future, but users want real connections.

Related: Meet your new, lovable AI Buddy.

NO THANK YOU: FDA issues norovirus warning on frozen oysters from South Korea.

I MEAN HE’S NOT WRONG:

An Arab man from Saudi Arabia in a message to Palestinians:

"Who are you trying to fool? You have no land and no case. This land belongs to Israel for the people of Israel. You Palestinians are evil in any country you set foot on!"

This must be shared every single week. pic.twitter.com/PJMPUay60t

— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) May 23, 2025

CHANGE: MIT allows event criticizing gender transitioning to proceed despite large protest.

COMPARE HOW FAST THESE PREDATORS GOT JUDICIAL REVIEW COMPARED TO THE J6 PROTESTERS: Josh Hammer: The Supreme Court is putting Venezuelan child killers ahead of the law.

MAKE THEM PAY: Trump admin axes an additional $60M to Harvard over anti-Semitism concerns.

ELIMINATE HOME RULE FOR DC: Well, Huh: Police Ordered ‘Not To Enforce D.C. Law Against Anti-Israel Protesters,’ Rabbi Alleges.

FLASHBACK: Abolishing the Income Tax: Something that might actually happen? And the implications go beyond lower taxes.

I APPEAR ON A PANEL OF WILLIAM JACOBSON’S LEGAL INSURRECTION PODCAST: Constitutional Crisis? Article II vs. Article III.

THESE “NETWORKS” NEED TO BE CLOSELY INVESTIGATED, AND PROSECUTED FOR ANY ILLEGALITIES: Shadowy Left-Wing Network Funded Elias Rodriguez’s Trip to ‘Resistance’ Convention.

TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY: Did You Oppose COVID Mandates? Biden Administration Designated You ‘Domestic Violent Extremists.’

DEMOCRATS NEVER IMAGINED THAT THEY’D LOSE POWER, EVEN IF THEY LOST AN ELECTION:

Every one of those cards was dealt to the presidency by liberals. https://t.co/B75mFT26e8

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) May 23, 2025

IMMIGRATION THOUGHTS FROM A FRIEND: “There’s a big difference between wanting to be in America and wanting to be an American.”

WELL, HE’S NOT WRONG: Harvard Researcher: the University Is “Totally Corrupted.”

YOU WON’T BE WRONG IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE ENTIRE POST WWII POLITICAL ORDERING AS A BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THE VOTERS DON’T GET WHAT THEY WANT:

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.