Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

DON SURBER: “Heading into the final two weeks, the campaign is separating the boys from the girls. I think Walz needs to try wearing feather boas now because the American dad routine failed like Hamas’s FAFO War with Israel.

WHEN FREE SPEECH IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO YOUR PLANS FOR TOTAL CONTROL: Election Exclusive: British Advisors to Kamala Harris Hope to “Kill Musk’s Twitter.” “England, not Russia, is the culprit in a real foreign election interference story, as the leaked Stateside plans of an advisory group with close ties to Prime Minister Keir Starmer show. . . . In an explosive leak with ramifications for the upcoming U.S. presidential election, internal documents from the Center for Countering Digital Hate—whose founder is British political operative Morgan McSweeney, now advising the Kamala Harris campaign—show the group plans in writing to ‘kill Musk’s Twitter’ while strengthening ties with the Biden/Harris administration and Democrats like Senator Amy Klobuchar, who has introduced multiple bills to regulate online ‘misinformation.’ Klobuchar’s office declined repeated requests for comment.”

YEAH, IT CAN’T BE BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THAT SHE’S AWFUL:

MAKES SENSE, IT’S THE MULTIRACIAL WORKING-CLASS PARTY NOW: Tulsi Gabbard announces she’s joining the GOP while at NC campaign stop with Trump.

After walking out to loud cheers from supporters of the former president, Gabbard said she was joining “the party of the people, the party of equality, the party that was founded to fight against and end slavery in this country, and is the party of of common sense, and the party that is led by a president who has the courage and strength to fight for peace.”

I wonder if Manchin or Sinema will switch now. A switch from them is worth more now than it will be after election day, if the GOP takes the Senate, as many expect.

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

#JOURNALISM:

“I’M NOT DEAD YET! I THINK I’LL GO FOR A WALK!” “SHUT UP, YOU’RE NOT FOOLING ANYONE.” Man Declared Brain Dead Wakes Up as Organs About to Be Removed. “That’s everybody’s worst nightmare, right? Being alive during surgery and knowing that someone is going to cut you open and take your body parts out?”

BETRAYALS:

SOMETHING’S HAPPENING HERE: Los Angeles Times won’t endorse for president. “The paper’s editorial board, which has endorsed Democratic candidates in every presidential race since it first endorsed then-Sen. Barack Obama in 2008, was preparing to do so once again this election. But according to two people familiar with the situation, executive editor Terry Tang told editorial board staff earlier this month that the paper would not be endorsing a candidate in the presidential election this cycle, a decision that came from the paper’s owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a doctor who made his fortune in the healthcare industry.”

HMM: Hidden Vitamin B1 Deficiencies: How Common Drugs May Be Starving Your Brain. “Brain-specific deficiencies are especially dangerous because they can occur even when our blood levels of B1 are normal, making them undetectable by standard blood tests. This hidden deficiency can quietly lead to serious, potentially fatal brain dysfunction.”

OPENAI: The Mask Comes Off: At What Price? “The Information reports that OpenAI is close to finalizing its transformation to an ordinary Public Benefit B-Corporation. OpenAI has tossed its cap over the wall on this, giving its investors the right to demand refunds with interest if they don’t finish the transition in two years. . . . The $37.5 billion question is, what stake will the non-profit get in the new OpenAI? For various reasons that I will explore here, I think they should fight to get quite a lot.”