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2024 record coral cover for Great Barrier Reef

Based on official data for all 11 sectors of GBR,

Last three years, 2022-2024, have been unprecedented

Data: https://t.co/MQ0qkITsby pic.twitter.com/fJN15BjHMk

— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) July 2, 2024

PROGRESS: Tesla FSD 12.4.3 is Driving Like a Professional Chauffeur. You can laugh at the flaws in the AI stuff, but it gets better every year.

Humans, on the other hand, don’t. This is the most significant phenomenon of our time.

PHIL HAMBURGER: No Remedy for Censorship: The Perils of Murthy. “Last week, in Murthy v. Missouri, the Supreme Court hammered home the distressing conclusion that, under the court’s doctrines, the First Amendment is, for all practical purposes, unenforceable against large-scale government censorship. The decision is a strong contender to be the worst speech decision in the court’s history.”

THE ELECTION’S ONLY FOUR MONTHS AWAY: Colorado dairy farm worker infected with bird flu.

CHANGE:

Great thread. Soviets used to keep absolutely massive forces on the border with China. Starting from 2022, Russia has been moving everything west, stripping the Far East naked. So, the Russian-Chinese border is getting effectively demilitarised, for the first time in >50 years. https://t.co/QdnajBpoQ4

— Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) July 6, 2024

This will end well.

ALSO, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IS ILLEGAL EVEN WHEN THE IVY LEAGUE DOES IT: A civil rights reminder for Harvard on choosing a new college president.

NO DEALS WITH TERRORIST BACKERS: Pro-Israel organization StandWithUs sent a letter to the Northwestern University Board of Trustees asking them to nullify an agreement that administrators made with the anti-Israel encampment “agitators.”

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: White House Report Card: Biden’s excuses fuel push to exit 2024 race.

Related: Biden-Obama is ‘Plan C’ ticket.

REMEMBER THIS WHEN THE WAR COMES:

11 Ford Class carriers
83 Burke Class destroyers
167 frigates
35 Virginia Class submarines
The recapitalization of the ICBM force

That’s the level of security we passed up to buy 10 million votes from people who made poor education decisions. https://t.co/ruOLkOMyTe

— Jerry Hendrix (@JerryHendrixII) July 6, 2024

THAT WAS ALWAYS THE GOAL: Democrats Have Gone Full Soviet.

FINALLY: Alabama Grocery Stores Now Selling Ammo From Vending Machines.

SOCIALISM: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL LEAVE. The Blue-State Wealth Exodus Continues.

OPEN THREAD: Because I love you and want you to be happy.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX teases catching Super Heavy booster with ‘chopsticks’ on upcoming Starship test flight.

I ALWAYS FIGURED THEY WERE SAYING “COME HITHER, SLAVE.” The Heartwarming Reason Why Your Cat Meows at You Like That.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Matter/Antimatter Black Hole Jets Recreated in CERN’s Laboratory.

WE’RE CERTAINLY HEARING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ABOUT THESE DRUGS: Diabetes drugs like Ozempic lower cancer risks: Study.

SCIENCE: What You Need to Know About the Global Rise in Penis Cancer.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: West Virginia, Tennessee Strengthen Campus Self-Defense.

FLASHBACK: Who’s our real president? Joe Biden — or the staffers who keep walking back his comments?

OUT: COPPER. IN: IRON. Researchers aim to change contraceptive technology with new iron IUDs.

RANDY BARNETT: What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant.

MICROBIOME NEWS: MIT scientists develop way to toughen up ‘good’ bacteria, extend shelf life.

WELL, TO BE FAIR, THEY ARE MURDERERS: Jewish professor fully exonerated after removal for saying ‘Hamas are murderers.’

A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Bye!: UPenn suspends four students who participated in anti-Israel occupation.