WELL, YES:

THIS is why many Republicans are blasé about the J6 pardons. https://t.co/4u6EeAWpvU

— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) January 22, 2025

A LOOK AT Trump’s Executive Order Banning Affirmative Action and DEI Preferences.

More here.

SLOW DOWN, YOU MOVE TOO FAST, WE GOTTA MAKE THIS COSMOS LAST: Scientists Confirm The Universe Is Expanding Too Fast.

HEH:

Common JoJo L 😏 pic.twitter.com/OiToNssaEV

— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) January 22, 2025

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUTTING STUFF UP THEIR NOSE FOR DEPRESSION FOR YEARS: FDA approves Spravato, first monotherapy nasal spray to treat depression. I guess that stuff wasn’t FDA approved, though.

MY SECRETARY WAS IN A CAR THAT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. IT WAS EVEN CAUGHT ON TRAFFIC CAMERA. Here’s What Happens When Lightning Strikes a Car. In her case the car froze, the cabin filled with smoke, and the door locks wouldn’t open. Her boyfriend kicked out a window and dragged her out, which made him a hero.

MY CONGRESSMAN, AND I’M PROUD OF HIM: Must-See: Rep. Tim Burchett Absolutely Bodies Smug Jim Acosta Live On-Air, and Then Does It Again.

NAILED IT!

Liberals Briefly Pause Chanting ‘Death To Israel’ To Call Elon Musk A Nazi https://t.co/dygN01xQ7T pic.twitter.com/lck5gCHbn5

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 22, 2025

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: FPC Challenges Federal Ban on Interstate Gun Sales. “This is a federal ban that stands in the way of doing business directly with lawful individuals from other states who are legally able to purchase a firearm. . . . The DOJ, now under new management, can theoretically choose not to defend the law. It will be more than interesting to see what the feds do here.”

The filing is here.

DON’T TEACH THEM TO OUTRUN US: Human vs: humanoid: Half-marathon pits robots against 12,000 joggers.

WEIRDLY, I DON’T TRUST IT: Cutting-edge Chinese “reasoning” model rivals OpenAI o1—and it’s free to download.

FASTER, PLEASE: Plastic supercapacitors could solve energy storage problems.

MICROBIOME NEWS: Drawing a line from the gut microbiome to inflammation and depression.

IT DOESN’T SOUND LIKE THIS GUY DID ANYTHING ACTUALLY WRONG: LSU Law Prof Removed From Classes Amid Investigation Into Political Comments.

I went through to the original article and it didn’t have any more detail on what exactly he’s supposed to have said, besides being critical of the governor.

I do like this:

“We cannot live and exist in a country where people are punished because of their opinions, their thoughts and their words,” Craft said. “This is particularly true in the area of academic freedom. If we take that away, it takes away the cornerstone of this democracy. And then we don’t have one anymore.”

Well, I mean, yeah, but tell it to Amy Wax and a host of other conservative professors.

CHANGE IS COMING:

Same outlet. Less than 8 years apart.

The seismic, ongoing ideological shift among young men is going to be one of the single most important political trends of the next decade—and has the potential to fundamentally remake American politics. pic.twitter.com/UdE1gvjptu

— Nate Hochman (@njhochman) January 21, 2025

Young men don’t like being ruled over by neurotic — and sometimes psychotic — women. Go figure.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ‘Let Resistance ring’: Professor writes anti-Trump inaugural anthem.

THIS SORT OF LOOK-AT-ME DRAMA IS JUST EMBARRASSING: ‘F**K YOU DONALD TRUMP’: South Carolina prof goes on unhinged social media rant during inauguration.

DON SURBER: The Trump we wanted: He’s finally saying, “You’re fired.”

LIZ IS NOTHING IF NOT FLEXIBLE:

Three days ago, Warren was arguing the President can change the Constitution by tweet. https://t.co/87Gp44NJoK

— Legal Phil (@Legal_Fil) January 21, 2025

SETH BARRETT TILLMAN: Professor Shugerman (et al) vs. Professor Prakash (et al).

LAY DOWN THE LAW: Trump plays referee in White House meeting with Hill leaders. “President Donald Trump spent his first full day in the White House attempting to diffuse a weekslong dispute over how to pass his agenda through Congress, hosting Republican leaders in two separate meetings in the Oval Office. Trump met privately with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and his Senate counterpart, Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), on Tuesday afternoon, followed by a separate huddle with their entire leadership teams. The meetings were billed as a strategy session, with the two chambers at odds over whether to sweep Trump’s entire agenda into “one big, beautiful bill,” as he prefers, or break it into two parts. In the latter scenario, Congress would consider border and defense legislation first and then renew Trump’s 2017 tax cuts later in the year. Republicans arrived at the White House hopeful that they could come closer to resolving the dispute.”

BOTH OF HIS AUDIENCE MEMBERS WILL JOIN HIS BOYCOTT: MSNBC’s Al Sharpton Uses Network To Launch Boycott of Companies That Cut DEI Programs.

Seriously, Sharpton had enough clout to get Imus off the air once, but nowadays does anyone care what he says or does?

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH: Winters Without Snow: Climate Change; Winters With Too Much Snow: Climate Change.

KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE:

There is something approaching full-scale panic in the American scientific bureaucracy at what the Trump administration may reveal in the coming months about what went on in Wuhan with the support of American grants and American expertise. pic.twitter.com/ExcOWHrZKs

— Matt Ridley (@mattwridley) January 21, 2025

SO DO I, BUT MINE’S MEANER: John Thune Has a Message for Democrats Upset at J6 Pardons.