21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Choosing to Skip Sex And Go Straight to I.V.F.

MAKE THEM PAY: Private Employee’s Claim That She Was Fired for Peacefully Attending Jan. 6 Events Can Go Forward: Uunder California statutes that protect private employees’ political activity; the plaintiff claimed that “[s]he listened to speeches being made and walked to the Capitol, and then she left,” and “did not participate in any rioting.”

WHO CAN YOU TRUST?

If you needed yet another reason not to trust VPN providers or proxy services…

Here Facebook partnered with a bunch of companies to have root certificates installed on people's phones so they could intercept other app's traffic.https://t.co/lwlU19JEYr pic.twitter.com/WPQufppH5T

— HaxRob (@haxrob) March 26, 2024

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ‘Cruel’: Franklin & Marshall faculty denounce ‘transphobic’ Lia Thomas teammate speech.

I REMEMBER WHEN HIGHER EDUCATION WAS DEFENDED AS PROMOTING CIVILIZATION: ‘I hope you die a slow and painful death’–Hawaii student triggered by Israeli flags on campus.

EXPEL THESE LOONS: Vanderbilt student calls 911 to report denial of ‘right to change tampon’ during occupation of chancellor’s office: WATCH.

Seriously, if a fraternity took over the chancellor’s office they’d be kicked off campus by lunchtime. These kids are wallowing in leftist privilege.

To be fair, Vanderbilt isn’t taking this lying down: Three arrested after officer pushed at Vanderbilt pro-Palestinian protest: University suspends 16 after sit-in demanding divestment from pro-Israel groups.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Birmingham-Southern College closing May 31 as loan bill fails to gain support: ‘This is a tragic day.’ This is sad, because my parents met there — my dad was a scholarship basketball player, my mom was just smart. But I’m the one who predicted a decade ago that small expensive liberal arts schools would be the first to go. And BSC is a victim both of Birmingham’s urban decay and of bad management for decades.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:

Harvard Law School is hosting a screening of “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” a movie whose website includes a “Take Action” page with a map of U.S. Pipelines. pic.twitter.com/yan9uHfKLH

— Kassy Akiva (@KassyDillon) March 21, 2024

Related: At Columbia, an Israeli-Designated Terror Group Teaches ‘Palestinian Resistance 101’—And Lauds Plane Hijackings.

SEEING A LOT OF WHITE PRIVILEGE IN THIS VIDEO:

OUR WHITE PROGRESSIVE SAVIORS HAVE SPOKEN!

BLACK MAN, WHY AREN'T YOU FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF YOUR TRUST FUND SAVIORS?!

PUT THE CHICKEN DOWN, GRAB A FRAPPUCCINO, AND LINK ARMS WITH THEM OR YOU AIN'T BLACK! https://t.co/shclBdNKFB

— Adam B. Coleman, Proud Father (@wrong_speak) March 27, 2024

THEY’RE DOING SURPRISINGLY WELL FOR A COUNTRY WITHOUT A NAVY: Ukraine Strikes Yet Another Ship in Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. “Ukraine has taken out another one of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet landing ships, according to Kyiv, after Ukrainian forces destroyed two large landing ships and a key Russian reconnaissance vessel.”

The Taiwanese should be watching this closely, and I imagine they are.

MAKE THEM PAY (CONT’D): Suspect charged with murder for fatal unprovoked East Harlem subway shove. “The suspect, a Bronx resident, was out on bail after he assaulted a man with a cane in Brooklyn on Halloween, cops and court papers say. . . . Mcpherson has been arrested multiple times and is believed to be emotionally disturbed. The NYPD responded to at least one prior incident in which he was acting erratic, according to police sources.”

Without catch-and-release, his victim might still be alive.

WELL, YES: Squatters’ Rights Laws Violate the Takings Clause.

JOEL KOTKIN: Electric cars will decide the outcome of the American election: If the President loses voters in key Midwestern swing states this election, he’ll have nobody to blame but himself. “If Joe Biden loses to Donald Trump this November, he can apportion blame towards his administration’s many unforced errors, from the botched Afghanistan bug-out to the mess at the southern border. But the biggest blunder of all has yet to fully reveal itself: the ill-conceived drive to push electric vehicles into making up over three-fifths of all car purchases by the 2030s. Just last week the administration issued a draconian mileage requirement, one of many ‘nudge’ policies attempting to usher in an all-electric future. Replacing a massive $3 trillion industry with a singular technology represents a severe economic threat under any circumstances, but ramming through changes just as EV sales are slowing is nothing less than madness.”

MAKE THEM PAY: More, Please: First Illegal Alien Charged with Assault on Texas National Guardsman.

ANDY KESSLER: The Lost Era of Reliability: We can no longer count on politicians, media or even the latest technology.

Photoshopping the then-missing princess of Wales. The press twisting Donald Trump’s “bloodbath” comment out of context. AT&T Wireless down for hours. And (gasp!) Instagram offline. Is anything reliable anymore?
Reliability is a lost art. Our electricity used to be so steady that plugged-in wall clocks rarely needed adjusting. That’s funny now because power outages are so commonplace. Heck, we now schedule rolling blackouts in California—forced failure.

Back then, the electric grid and phone system were designed for “five 9s” or 99.999% reliability—five minutes of unscheduled downtime a year. Last month, AT&T. ’s cellular network went down for around 11 hours. No TikTok? The horror. AT&T provided $5 credits to customers. Thanks for nothing. Today’s reality is that we’re preconditioned to accept failure.

When did things change? My guess is after the July 13-14, 1977, New York City blackout, which happened during a heat wave. The result was fires, looting and fear that the “Son of Sam” serial killer would kill again. After that, we became thankful for outages lasting only an hour.

Thanks, New York. But you don’t have to put up with it.

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

SPACE: SpaceX To Sell Starlink-Derived Laser Comms To Other Sat Providers.

I WAS EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: Scientists Ignited a Thermonuclear Explosion Inside a Supercomputer.

The headline over-promised a bit.

HMM: Vast Implications – Scientists Develop Novel Technique To Form Human Artificial Chromosomes.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Eli Lilly warns of shortage of insulin products.

“STRONG POLICING WORKS:” What New York can learn from Miami Beach’s spring-break breakup.

.300 KA-BOOM: Keep your ammo sorted.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AI companies eye fossil fuels to meet booming energy demand: Recent reports suggest renewable energy sources alone won’t be enough to meet data centers’ increasingly intensive power needs.

HMM: Baltimore Port: What impact will bridge collapse have on shipping? “It is one of the smallest container ports on the Northeastern seaboard, handling 265,000 containers in the fourth quarter of last year, according to container shipping expert Lars Jensen. The Port of New York and New Jersey handled around 2 million containers in that same period, and Norfolk Port in Virginia handled 850,000, so the flow of containers to Baltimore can likely be redistributed to bigger ports, Jensen said.”

Plus, here’s a thread on the impact:

A massive container ship crashed into the main bridge of Baltimore’s beltway this morning, causing total collapse to the bridge and cutting off the city’s container port from the global ocean. At least 6 people are missing. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/GkuxD7zS3r

— Ryan Petersen (@typesfast) March 26, 2024

WAR ON BOYS: Study finds boys’ mental health more impacted by COVID-19 pandemic than girls.’