OH, PUHLEEZ: Capitalism fuels ‘racism,’ is ‘difficult to survive’: Iowa State U. lecture: Lecturer advocates for ‘anti-capitalist’ budgeting approach.

Get a real job.

WELL, BYE: Trump administration revokes visas from 37 Johns Hopkins students for pro-Hamas activism.

ELON WINS HIS FIRST ELECTION:

It was a freaking LANDSLIDE! The people voted 173-4! pic.twitter.com/sapp7HtHDD

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 4, 2025

METAPHOR ALERT:

Sovereignty just beat Journalism to win the Kentucky Derby.

Welcome to America in 2025 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/g0iIlqzHLh

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 3, 2025

WELL, THEY PROVIDED LOTS OF REASONS TO DISTRUST THE AUTHORITIES AND THE MEDIA: Alex Berenson: Did Covid lockdowns and school closures swing young people sharply right? Two new polls offer powerful evidence the answer is yes.

“Childhood is achingly brief, and they stole time from these kids, and they stole experiences.”

They — the Donald Trump-hating Democratic blob that includes the public health establishment, teachers’ unions, academia, and the media — sure did.

And for evil, self-interested reasons that have become very obvious.

ROGER KIMBALL: The Politicized Mind: How the University Lost Its Way: Academia’s collapse stems not from too much politics, but from the absence of anything but politics—-and the virtues needed to resist it are in dangerously short supply.

RAZIB KHAN: Homo with a side of sapiens: the brainy silent partner we co-opted 300,000 years ago. “A plain reading of this result is that modern humans are a synthetic population, and our functions and features are a melange. Most of our biological processes derive from the same lineage that gave rise to Neanderthals and Denisovans. But, a minority of our heritage is a holdover from some very different and alien population that was notably distinct from the Eurasian hominins likely demographically dominant within Africa (population A). That exotic population, labeled B here, seems to have bequeathed our lineage much more of its cognitive function, and perhaps crucially earned us our self-chosen sobriquet Homo sapiens.”

IT’S DESCRIPTIVE:

I’m coining a new term:

“the Marxist-industrial complex.”

It’s the latticework of NGO’s, academic make-work institutes, nonprofits and consulting companies that absorb “advisory” and “consulting“ contracts from middle tier government bureaucrats around the world. https://t.co/ROaHAcz4Um

— joshua steinman (🇺🇸,🇺🇸) (@JoshuaSteinman) May 2, 2025

DEMOCRATS SEE “HISPANICS” AS A UNIFORM WHOLE MOTIVATED ENTIRELY BY RACIAL GRIEVANCE:

Hispanics see what’s happening. They want the trash removed too.

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) May 3, 2025

MONEY LAUNDERING AND INFLUENCE PEDDLING: Qatar and China Are Pouring Billions Into Elite American Universities. American universities should be encouraged to be actual universities, by banning foreign funds and limiting the number of foreign students.

OPEN THREAD: Party on.

SPACE JUNK: Expanding the human presence in orbit faces growing risk from space debris.

OH NO! ANYWAY . . .

Mystery drone strikes activist supply ship bound for Gaza; was due to pick up Greta Thunberg in Malta en route.https://t.co/S4Z7EDL04m

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) May 3, 2025

FASTER, PLEASE: “Unprecedented Recovery” – Gene Therapy Reverses Heart Failure in Breakthrough Study. “Importantly, the treatment didn’t just prevent heart failure from worsening. Some key measures of heart function actually improved, suggesting the damaged heart was repairing itself.”

YES, THERE’S A REASON WHY PEOPLE HATE THEM: Dear Bicyclists: The Roads Were Built for Cars. I’m convinced that so many people hate cyclists because they’re perceived as cheaters, demanding the rights of cars when it suits them, then running traffic lights or u-turning in traffic without a thought.

WELL, GOOD: Our Long-Term Toyota Grand Highlander Crisscrosses the Country: We’re 30,000 miles in and have had no significant issues with this family-friendly workhorse.

EVERYTHING IS PROCEEDING AS TRUMP HAS FORESEEN: China Erupts: Furious Workers Riot As Factories Collapse Under Trump’s Tariffs. “Workers throughout China are flooding the streets in revolt as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs slam the fragile Chinese export economy. From the cramped streets of Sichuan in the southwest to the cold outskirts of Inner Mongolia in the northeast, furious workers are demanding back pay and protesting mass layoffs as factories shutter under pressure from Trump’s tariffs.”

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Injunction Paves Way For Non-Residents To Apply For A California Carry Permit. “During the case, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department admitted it sometimes takes a year to a year and a half to process a CCW application, a fact that the judge did not find appropriate.”

PRIORITIES: White House budget seeks to end SLS, Orion, and Lunar Gateway programs: “SLS alone costs $4 billion per launch and is 140 percent over budget.”

HMM: Genetic analysis of all-women extreme divers finds changes linked to blood pressure and cold tolerance.

SPACE JUNK: BETTER PUT UP MY UMBRELLA. Spacecraft launched by Soviet Union in 1972 is falling back to Earth.

METFORMIN NEWS: Study links diabetes drug to reduced arthritis pain in knees. It’s interesting to me that all sorts of diabetes drugs are turning out to have other important benefits.

FUNNY MONEY: NIH investigates Biden last-minute $89 billion grant to ‘seemingly dormant’ University of California nonprofit: Nonprofit founded in 2022, never raised nor spent a dime.

Clearly, I’ve been in the wrong business.

RULE OF LAW: Kentucky universities cancel LGBTQ, black grad ceremonies to comply with anti-DEI law: Kentucky’s Legislature passed House Bill 4 last month, which prohibits public universities from ‘expending any resources’ on DEI.

HEY, THE LEFT HAS BEEN CALLING FOR CIVIC DISTURBANCE: Reaping What You Sow: AOC Townhall Descends Into Chaos As Protester Shrieks, ‘You’re a Liar!’