I WOULD NOT HAVE GUESSED THAT: Buzz: iPhone users want Trump, Androids pick Biden.

PISS DOWN OUR LEG AND TELL US IT’S RAINING: Columbia College Dean Says Disparaging Texts, Vomit Emojis Sent During Panel on Jewish Life Don’t Reflect the ‘Views’ of Administrators. “Josef Sorett’s email message to Columbia University’s Board of Visitors omits mention of his own role in the scandal and calls photographs an ‘invasion of privacy.'”

READING BETWEEN THE LIES AT THE NYT: Are Biden supporters in such deep delusion that they would take comfort from this “secret weapon”? This inane filler says: Time to panic!

SCIENCE MARCHES ON:

Lesbian dating app uses facial recognition to exclude trans womenhttps://t.co/56kTVkYb0u

— Interesting Engineering (@IntEngineering) June 9, 2024

WHEN RIGHT-LEANING PARTIES IDENTIFY WITH THE GENTRY CLASS: Tory Identity Crisis: The Conservative Party’s failure to address British populists’ concerns offers a warning to center-Right parties elsewhere—including Republicans in the United States.

I MEAN, IT’S TRUE, ISN’T IT?

Reminder …

The useless Republican Party hasn’t subpoenaed one of these proven lying traitors. 👇 pic.twitter.com/l7de2F0OR2

— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) June 8, 2024

These guys ought to be afraid to show their faces in public after this betrayal of the people.

OPEN THREAD: For you and me, we understood.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China’s secretive spaceplane conducts proximity operations with small spacecraft.

WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS, JOE BIDEN? Maduro’s Effort to Win the Election Relies on Abuse of Power.

COMMIES NEVER GIVE UP: Universal Basic Income Could Double World’s GDP And Slash Emissions.

WELL, THIS DOESN’T INSPIRE CONFIDENCE: Spy Chief to Join OpenAI Board. “OpenAI on Thursday announced its newest board member: Paul M. Nakasone, a retired U.S. Army general and former director of the National Security Agency. Nakasone was the longest-serving leader of the U.S. Cyber Command and chief of the Central Security Service.”

OUT: “LIGHT THIS CANDLE.” IN: NASA cancels ISS spacewalk after ‘spacesuit discomfort.’

HOW CAN YOU GET THE SERUM TO NOME IF THE DOGS HAVE IT TOO? Experts warn of diphtheria-like illness that may spread between people, pets.

IS IT? The 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid Is Definitely the One You Want.

LIST: The Best Hybrid SUVs for 2024: Ample Space, Admirable Efficiency.

WELL, BEING A REPUBLICAN AND WINNING AN ELECTION, BUT YOU CAN’T SAY THAT OUT LOUD: Democrat Left Speechless When Asked to Name Trump’s Crimes. “Democrat Debbie Dingell had absolutely no answer for Maria Bartiromo during a live interview in which the Fox Business Host asked fairly simple questions.”

UPDATE: Related:

Tucker and Bongino got booted from Fox

Alex Jones owes $1 billion and expects InfoWars to be raided by Feds

Rudy Giuliani owes $100 million for saying a rigged election was rigged

Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro are being imprisoned

Trump has 34 felonies and was banned off all…

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) June 7, 2024

IT’S A BIG DEAL FOR ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AS WELL AS FOR GUN RIGHTS: What Today’s Ruling in Cargill Means for the 2A and Other Gun-Related Cases. “In an opinion by the ever-reliable Justice Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court drop-kicked the ATF’s reinterpretation of the National Firearms Act, tossing it on the ash heap of history.”

More: In NCLA’s Bump-Stock Ban Case, U.S. Supreme Court Rules ATF Cannot Alter a Statute’s Meaning. “Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the New Civil Liberties Alliance case of Garland v. Cargill that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ unilateral bump-stock ban conflicts with the federal statute defining ‘machineguns.’ ATF’s regulatory ban, which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit shot down early last year, reversed the agency’s own long-standing recognition that bump-stock-equipped firearms are not machine guns. NCLA commends the high court for permanently setting ATF’s ban aside, safeguarding the rights of our client Michael Cargill and hundreds of thousands of other Americans to be free from laws written by executive branch bureaucrats instead of elected members of Congress.”

Reminder/disclosure: I’m on the NCLA’s Board of Advisors.

I BELIEVE THIS: Why writing by hand is better for remembering things: Keyboards still have a place, but if you want to retain information, grab a pen. I tell students this, and I notice more are handwriting their notes.

I GUESS THOSE “UNDETECTABLE” MOUSE-MOVERS I SEE ADVERTISED AREN’T: “Simulation of keyboard activity” leads to firing of Wells Fargo employees. “Wells Fargo holds employees to the highest standards and does not tolerate unethical behavior.”

Do tell. Integrity Flashback: Wells Fargo Settles With Feds, Will Pay $3B in Fake-Accounts Scandal.

IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? Climate change linked to increased risk of heart disease worldwide.

WHAT DOES THIS SAY? Flag Day 2024: “If you fly the American flag, everyone seems to know who you’re voting for.”

Plus: “San Francisco City Hall waved the Pine Tree Flag proudly for 60 years, until lefties went after Justice Alito for waving one. San Francisco quickly pulled theirs down. Even the New York Times barfed on that move.”

BUT THEY DIDN’T WANT TO: Hamas Could Have let those Hostages Just Drive Away, Saving 200+ Civilians: The rescue of four Israeli hostages on Saturday was going well, with few casualties. Until Hamas attacked and tried to kill the escaping hostages.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Minnesota university ends 30% of degrees, cuts staff.

LEFT EATS LEFT: Anti-Israel group at FIU hosts speaker from ‘Abandon Biden Campaign.’

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY “WORK:” The Left Knows Leftism Doesn’t Work. It doesn’t deliver on its promises. But it produces a delightful environment rewarding crooks, suckups, brutes, and petty tyrants.