OF COURSE NOT, IT’S BAD FOR DEMOCRATS: Aren’t Gun Rights a Valid Presidential Debate Topic?

CARRY A GUN, PROBLEM SOLVED: Fears of attack and no phone signal deter women trail runners, finds study.

WE MAY BE DOWN WITH POOP BALLS, BUT SOME OF US ARE LOOKING AT THE STARS: When steering balls of poop, dung beetles use the stars to navigate.

WELL, THAT’S A RELIEF: NASA orders more tests on Starliner, but says crew isn’t stranded in space.

WELL, GOOD: Simple paper-strip test might spot flu, identify strain.

ONLY 12? There were 12 campus hate hoaxes this school year.

LAUNDERING TAXPAYER MONEY TO LEFTIST ACTIVISTS AND PERFORMERS IS A MAJOR ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: UCSF features ‘drag-laureate’ that was awarded more than $50k in taxpayer money.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Biden and Democrats lose edge on abortion as 2024 chances dim.

THE “CABAL” AT WORK: The Gaslighting of the American Public. “What the evening exposed was not Biden’s infirmity, though it did that too, but the years-long effort on the part of various White House communications aides, Democratic lawmakers, and mainstream media organs to gaslight the American public. It is they who were left exposed last night, and the panic that has fallen over the Washington establishment is over their own public humiliation.”

CHANGE: Biden Isn’t Stepping Aside (Plus Trump Takes the High Road).

HONESTLY, WE NEED HEARINGS ON HOW PEOPLE FAKED THINGS UP TO PUT AN INCOMPETENT MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE: Johnson says Biden’s Cabinet should discuss invoking 25th Amendment.

MATT TAIBBI: The Coming Democratic Party Coup.

SOME PARTS OF AMERICA STILL WORK:

Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/nwIuI4bwdG

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 29, 2024

Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 29, 2024

Ad Astra, per ardua.

Hint: They’re not in the government or academic worlds.

HARSH, BUT FAIR:

Not trying to be mean or rude. But Elie is sooooooo dumb https://t.co/mdlXeaIWlQ

— Josh__Seattle (@Josh__Seattle) June 29, 2024

IT’S NOT LIKE YOU SHOULD BE TAKING THIS CLOWN SHOW SERIOUSLY: Real Clear Politics just blasted Not the Bee for our “flippancy” that’s “destroying public discourse.” Here is my reply.

I mean, David French? Also, as I’ve noted before, being “nice” isn’t a Christian tenet. Nice people don’t drive the moneychangers out of the temple, or the Moors out of Spain. Niceness-as-Christianity is mostly a cowardly copout by people who are afraid of confrontation.

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China gears up for deep space missions after collecting 1,935 grams of lunar far side samples.

I WAS EXPECTING A MARS-SHATTERING KABOOM: Quakes on Mars Reveal Red Planet Is Constantly Bombarded by Meteorites.

BACK WHEN I WAS ON THE PLANETARY PROTECTION SUBCOMMITTEE, WE DIDN’T GET TO DO ANYTHING THIS COOL: NASA picks scientists to join Hera asteroid defense mission. Of course, that was over a decade ago, pre-SpaceX when we didn’t have much in the way of capabilities yet.

NEWS FROM 1800: British group says levels of E. coli in River Thames ‘alarmingly high.’

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT MY GRANDFATHER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THESE: The Most Luxurious Full-Size Pickup Trucks on the Market.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE? MORE LIES: Citing fake data, U.S. Surgeon General Declares Gun Violence a “Public Health” Crisis.

THE REAL VICTIMS:

The ones I feel sorry for are my administrative law colleagues who built their courses and careers around the intricacies of Chevron deference.

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) June 28, 2024

I’m teaching Admin Law in the fall, but I think I’ll bear up under the strain of revising my syllabus. I’d been telling students Chevron was on life support for years.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX Launched 1000 Starlink Satellites in First Half of 2024 and Direct to Cell Starting in the Fall.

HMM: Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims.