TAMARA KEEL: Not-so-Heavy Metal: The Evolution of Lightweight Guns.

I’VE BEEN TO TURKS AND CAICOS BEFORE AND ENJOYED IT, BUT IT’S OFF MY VACATION LIST NOW: Pennsylvania Dad Set for Release After Turks and Caicos Sentencing, Four Other Americans Still Detained.

WE’VE KNOWN THIS FOR YEARS: Research finds connection between risk factors for periodontitis and general health.

DO NOT TRUST CONTENT FROM GOOGLE: Google’s “AI Overview” can give false, misleading, and dangerous answers: From glue-on-pizza recipes to recommending “blinker fluid,” Google’s AI sourcing needs work.

FASTER, PLEASE:

Flight 4 in about 10 days https://t.co/1Fb0ProHjG

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 24, 2024

HEADLINES I’VE SEEN MY ENTIRE LIFE: New research moves closer to male birth control pill.

OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE INCREASINGLY RACIST AND CORRUPT: ‘Black affinity housing’ is not ‘segregation,’ U. Washington says.

GET TO KNOW THEM: Meet the University of South Florida students arrested at Hamas-endorsed protest.

GANGSTER GOVERNMENT: “ATF agents cut off the electricity to Bryan Malinowski’s Little Rock home before executing their search warrant March 19. None of the agents wore body cameras, and they covered Malinowski’s doorbell camera with tape to hide their actions. Fifty-seven seconds after kicking down the front door, Malinowski was fatally shot in the head.”

This sounds more like a mob hit than a law enforcement raid.

AN ILLICIT EFFORT TO CONTROL THE JUDICIARY: Democratic Senate leaders call for meeting with chief justice on Alito recusal after flag controversy.

Flashback: Conservative Supreme Court justice hit pieces: We are being lectured on ethics by scoundrels.

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LEFTISTS ARE FACING CONSEQUENCES AND IT’S SHOCKING: FAFO: Kansas City Fires Butker Doxxer.

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OPEN THREAD: Make it march.

HISTORY: Oldest Known Human Viruses Found in 50,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones.

THE DEMOCRATS’ CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Ex-prosecutor Marilyn Mosby sentenced in scheme using COVID funds to buy Florida condo. “The ex-prosecutor was found guilty of multiple felony charges in two separate trials, one that took place this year and one last fall.”

As a black Democratic woman, she received no prison time. Privilege.

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SUNKEN SUBMARINE USS HARDER FOUND IN SOUTH CHINA SEA:

The final resting place of an iconic U.S. Navy submarine that was sunk 80 years ago during World War II was located 3,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, the Naval History and Heritage Command said Thursday. . . .

The USS Harder, led by famed Cmdr. Samuel D. Dealey, earned a legendary reputation during its fifth patrol when it sunk three destroyers and heavily damaged two others in just four days, forcing a Japanese fleet to leave the area ahead of schedule, the command said. That early departure forced the Japanese commander to delay his carrier force in the Philippine Sea, which ultimately led to Japan being defeated in the ensuing battle.

But Harder’s fortunes changed in late August 1944. Early on Aug. 22, Harder and USS Haddo destroyed three escort ships off the coast of Bataan. Joined by USS Hake later that night, the three vessels headed for Caiman Point, Luzon, before Haddo left to replenish its torpedo stockpile. Before dawn on Aug. 24, Hake sighted an enemy escort ship and patrol boat and plunged deep into the ocean to escape.

Japanese records later revealed Harder fired three times at the Japanese escort ship, but it evaded the torpedoes and began a series of depth charge attacks, sinking Harder and killing all 79 crewmembers.

Submarines were highly effective in the Pacific, but submarine duty was very dangerous.

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