ALL OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE CORRUPTED:  The American “Academy” of Pediatrics has published its own recommendations for a childhood vax schedule.

THE WHAT?   FDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart.

UH:  Loudoun County students suspended amid boys’ locker room Title IX probe.

FROM HOLLY CHISM:  The Passing of the Age.

Once, gods and Titans went to war because humanity existed and the Titans…didn’t like that. Will, the blacksmith’s apprentice, was born long after the war’s bitter, destructive, last gasp. It left the land scarred, leaving behind the Wastes, a massive pit in the landscape, dug by poisoned magic. The old world was lost in the ashes, and survivors were left with so little that any who didn’t pull their weight (or had something someone powerful wanted) were exiled to starve in the Wastes.

Just. Like. Will.

Cast out to the Wastes because his father remarried and his stepmother had wanted her children to inherit, he turned to his master, the smith. The smith, who had held Will back to keep using his labor for free, refused to go against the rest of the village, angry though he was to lose Will’s labor. In lieu of the honestly-earned status of journeyman that would have protected Will from exile, his master gave him a bag of grave goods: a hammer (but not a good one), tongs (that were rusting to pieces), and a file (more than half worn out). And two small coins to pay the ferryman when he reached the river dividing life from death.

Will entered the wastes with the clothes on his back, inadequate grave goods, and determination to live through it, in spite of his village. And a mission given him by the Land, and by the god of the wild places, to take the knife he made with his grave goods to the very center of the Wastes. There, he will find his destiny.

THE PUNS, PUNS*:  Rodeo and Investigator. A PI In A Lonely Place.

But also fun!

*Said like “The horror, the horror.”

YAY:   Oh by the way, the FAA has approved the August 24th launch of Starship/Superheavy.

NO. BUT WHAT AMAZING STORY FODDER:  Do you lie awake wondering whether Earth or ship time should apply to wages for interstellar employees?

BECAUSE THEY DESPISE THE PEOPLE IN GENERAL:  Why is Labour Paving Over Britain’s Arable Heartlands Without Consulting Local People?

ONLY BECAUSE THEY’RE INCOMPATIBLE WITH CIVILIZATION:  Some New York Dems Starting To Realize Climate Targets Are Too Extreme.

THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS WITH SKATES ON:  Make citizenship mean something again.

YOU DON’T HATE THE PRESS ENOUGH:   6 Days After Calling DC Crime Crisis ‘Nonexistent,’ NYT’s Peter Baker Complains Trump Isn’t Fixing Crime.

ME TOO. THE QUESTION IS HOW TO DO IT WITHOUT DOING SEVERE DAMAGE TO STATE RIGHTS:  Trump Wants Mail-In Ballots Eliminated And I’m In Total Agreement .

ONLY IN FRANCE:   Swarm of Jellyfish Forces Shutdown of French Nuclear Power Plant.

WELL DONE:  State Dept. Revokes 6,000 Student Visas Over Terrorism Support, Assault.

We have enough native-born felonious chowderheads already.   We don’t need to import them.

THE AFRICAN UNION WILL BE LISTENED TO WHEN THEIR COUNTRIES AREN’T BASKET CASES!  African Union Wants End to Mercator Projection Map Use Over “Disinformation”.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED, BEHOLD MY OH SO SHOCKED FACE:  Texas ICE shooting suspects tied to secretive far-left anarchist group formed during violent 2020 BLM protests.

SOME OF US WERE THE VOICES CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, BECAUSE WE’D READ UP ON THIS PARTICULAR BRANCH OF BIO RESEARCH:  The Story of an Industrial Flop.

ON SUNDAY I HOLD A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE WRITERS:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

And the vignette challenge has already inspired some great entries.

PROOF THAT NOT ALL JEWS ARE SMART:  Nationwide strike erupts across Israel demanding hostage deal, end to Gaza war.

WHAT HE SAID:  People who have never fought. Should not define what a fight is.

And by the way, because he said it’s a mystery to him how it works for women: because we’re weaker and smaller and more likely to get hurt in a fight? For us the fight starts as soon as the other person signals they might possibly be considering stepping into our space. Also by “fight” I mean all out kicking, screaming, biting and gouging eyes. None of this “fight between gentlemen.” We’re weaker and more likely to lose. We have to fight as if we can’t afford to leave the other guy able to come after us again. And then, as soon as he’s done, our best weapon is running. But be prepared to do what you have to till you can run. This is the reality of the world and violence. And no, none of you are going to sweet talk someone violent into not hurting you. And no, none of you ladies is going to toss a 300lb attacker around like a teddy bear. The movies lie. They lie hard. And their lies are dangerous. Your best bet is low cunning, no holds barred and then fleet feet. And it’s not a great bet at that.

THEY’LL BRING HER BACK IN, QUIETLY:  ‘They/Them’ SC Elementary School Teacher Placed on Leave Over Graphic Social Media and Classroom Art.

Again, I say to thee: If at all possible, homeschool.

NEWS YOU HOPEFULLY DON’T NEED TO USE:  Hundreds may have been exposed to rabies at bat-infested cabins at Grand Teton National Park.

SO HE SAYS HE IS WILLING TO TRADE LAND FOR PEACE:  Ukraine won’t give up land that Russia doesn’t already occupy, Zelensky says after Putin’s demand.

AS ADMIRAL HEINLEIN SAID*, NOTHING IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A SECOND-RATE MILITARY: Watch out, Russia! British Army could come out with all (14) guns blazing.

*In another time line.

NEWS YOU WON’T SEE IN THE LEGACY MEDIA:  More Palestinians are calling for Hamas to leave power — and the terror group is responding with horrific violence.