MALARIA: First DNA study of ancient Eastern Arabians reveals malaria adaptation.

WELL, GOOD: Drug-resistant tuberculosis responds rapidly to bedaquiline-based second-line therapy.

SCIENCE: Living near fast-food outlets, bars may increase risk of heart failure. I think they have the causation arrow backward. I think fat people and drunks prefer to live near bars and fast food.

DAN MITCHELL: The Practical Case Against Higher Taxes. Our problem isn’t taxes, it’s spending. With our own version of President Millei we could be in surplus.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Some Parts of America Still Work.

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THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ABUSE OF PROCESS TYPE REMEDY FOR THIS SORT OF THING: GMU economist reported to DEI office for criticizing plan to mandate DEI courses.

DEI education is totalitarian training. DEI offices should be abolished.

LOL, HIGHER EDUCATION: ‘You absolutely can’ identify as a cat: Soda-wielding Alabama student goes on insane rant about transgenderism.

IT’S COME TO THIS: Biden’s Worrisome Michigan Opponent: ‘Uncommitted.’

MAKING YOUR LIFE WORSE ISN’T A SIDE EFFECT, IT’S THE GOAL: Pentagon is panicking over Biden’s proposal that would increase water costs by $10,000 per household.

ADHERING TO OUR ENEMIES: Biden Admin Exempted Itself From Anti-Terrorism Laws To Send Aid to Gaza. But: “Senate Republicans Want To Strip That Authority.”

DIRTY TRICKS ARE THE NORM IN THIS ELECTION: BOMBSHELL: The Biden Admin Planted an Operative in Fani Willis’ Office to Target Trump, Say Sources.

NATE SILVER: Google abandoned “don’t be evil” — and Gemini is the result: AI labs need to treat accuracy, honesty and unbiasedness as core values.

EVERYTHING’S GOING SWIMMINGLY: Harvard Plans $1.65 Billion Debt Financing Amid Donor Turmoil.

YEAH, IT’S A MYSTERY: Why are the Legacy Media Still Shielding Laken Riley’s Killer?

Compare and contrast: They Just Can’t Get Over Kyle Rittenhouse.

SO SHE’D BE A BETTER CANDIDATE IF SHE COULD WIN SOME PRIMARIES: Donald Trump wins Michigan GOP primary, defeating Nikki Haley. So far, she’s the Kamala of the GOP — lots of press fawning but no wins.

WELL: In win for Paxton, court declares $1.7 trillion federal omnibus was passed unconstitutionally. From the Texas Public Policy Foundation: “The Court correctly concluded that the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 violated the Quorum Clause of the U.S. Constitution because a majority of House members was not physically present when the $1.7 trillion spending bill was passed. Proxy voting is unconstitutional.”

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Intuitive Machines’ historic moon landing builds momentum for Artemis, astronaut Tracy C. Dyson says.

WELL, GOOD: Breakthrough: FDA Approves First Drug For Dangerous Food Allergies.

SPACE: Odysseus transmits first pictures after lunar landing.

EXTRATERRESTRIAL DEEP SEVENS: New Research Sheds Light on Moon’s Mysterious Seismic Activity.

MARK JUDGE: Dune: Part Two: The film conservatives have been waiting for?

MICROBIOME NEWS: Blindness from some inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria.

GREAT PERFORMANCE, BAD VISIBILITY: 2024 Tesla Cybertruck Dual Motor First Drive: Hype Machine or the Real Deal? “All in all, it’s obvious that Tesla did its pickup-truck homework. The owner of our test truck is not an EV or Tesla enthusiast. His other cars are a heavy-duty Ram pickup and a Jeep Wrangler, and he bought a Cybertruck because it struck him as a proper pickup. Early in his ownership, he has not been disappointed.”

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