THE REALITY-BASED COMMUNITY: Poll: Most expect third assassination attempt and blame Harris and Bide.

DON SURBER: Trump Is Not Alone.

REINING IN: En Banc Fifth Circuit Tells Judge Ezra to RTFM. “Again, for all the outrage about rogue judges in Amarillo and Fort Worth, the eyes of Texas should be upon Judge Ezra.”

QUESTION: WOULD HE BE MAKING NICE TO REPUBLICANS IF HE EXPECTED KAMALA TO WIN?

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg hires Republican strategist to fix his PR with conservatives after years of censorship.

Zuckerberg reportedly now identifies as “libertarian.”

Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/fZUMck71GM

— AF Post (@AFpost) September 25, 2024

LEGAL EDUCATION UPDATE: ABA Standard 208, Law Schools, and the First Amendment. “New guidance makes explicit what should have been clear already: Standard 208 obligates law schools to embrace First Amendment principles.”

LOL:

‘Trump Will Start World War III,’ Says Party Autographing Bombs To Be Launched At Russia https://t.co/yIfvEMFmG0 pic.twitter.com/I0SnDifiwJ

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) September 25, 2024

DIVERSITY PROBLEM:

With professors like these, who needs political hacks. https://t.co/V5qfNFonSg pic.twitter.com/aY49IgjOE2

— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) September 25, 2024

OPEN THREAD: Hump day.

AS PROMISED, AT LONG LAST: My latest Substack essay on criminalizing science fraud.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Jielong-3 sea launch sends 8 satellites into orbit.

INSURRECTION! Tim Walz Appointee Calls For Overthrow of US Government.

WAIT, IT’S NOT THE BLUE HADES? Deep Ocean Sound Confused Scientists For Years. We Finally Know What Makes It.

COMMIES ON PARADE: How Radical Is Tim Walz? His School Curriculum Advisor Wants to ‘Overthrow’ America.

EAT MORE MEAT: Ultra-Processed Foods Linked to Type 2 Diabetes: Study Reveals How To Cut Your Risk.

HMM: Psilocybin may curb mental illness linked to eating disorders.

STANDARDS BEING SET: Kia EVs to Start Getting Tesla Supercharger Adapters in January.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Minnesota Update: Eighth Circuit Court Strikes Down Minnesota’s Firearm Carry Age Restrictions.

BULLET, DODGED: In the room where it happened: When NASA nearly gave Boeing all the crew funding.

SEPSIS UPDATE: Freely available tools improve accuracy of pediatric sepsis diagnosis.

PUT COMRADE BERNIE IN CHARGE AND SOON EVERYONE WILL BE SKINNY, NO DRUGS REQUIRED: Sanders tells Ozempic drugmaker’s CEO to stop ‘ripping off’ Americans.

TRUTH: “It’s fascinating to think that decades ago, visionaries like Vernor Vinge, Ray Kurzweil, and DeepMind co-founder Shane Legg predicted AGI could emerge by the late 2020s. At the time, many dismissed it as highly improbable. Yet now, as we approach that era, the possibility feels increasingly plausible.”

MARK JUDGE: “At different points in my life, I have both worked for Amazon and been a regular writer for The Washington Post. Jeff Bezos owns both companies and both places have major issues. . . . Having experience at both companies, I feel confident in suggesting that both could be fixed with one simple trick: Jeff Bezos needs to treat Amazon employees the way he does Post employees, and Post employees the way Amazon workers are treated.”

READER BOOK PLUG: Don’t Give Up the Ship: Woke Politics Are Endangering Our Military and Our Nation.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Art instructor who threatened journalist with machete chants about ‘slitting the master’s throat.’

STANDING UP AGAINST HATRED AND BIGOTRY: NY state senator pressures Democrats to take action against campus anti-Semitism.