INFRASTRUCTURE DOESN’T MAINTAIN ITSELF, NOR DOES NATIONALIZING IT AND TURNING IT INTO A STATE MONOPOLY CHANGE THAT SAD FACT:  Thames Water, the canary singing about more state power grabs.

REFUSAL TO PROVIDE THE DATA SHOULD BE DEMED ADMISSION OF GUILT (HOW ABOUT TREATING IT THE SAME WAY THE IRS TREATS FAILURE TO FILE A TAX RETURN?):  DOJ Sues Four States That Refused to Hand Over SNAP Data.

ASK NOT FOR WHOM THE TUMBRELS COME, THEY COME FOR YOU (THE LEFT, BEING MATERIALISTIC AND UTILITARIAN, DOES NOT KNOW THE MEANING OF ‘GRATITUDE’):  San Francisco Trans March Turns on One of California’s Most Radical Progressive Democrat.

CAITLIN CLARK IS DOING NOTHING BUT MAKE WNBA COACHES TEACH THEIR PLAYERS TO DEFEND – IT’S THEIR DELUSIONS THAT ARE PROMPTING IDIOCY ON SOCIAL MEDIA:  Caitlin Clark Is Making Other WNBA Coaches Post Delusional Nonsense on Social Media.

NY IS ‘BLESSED’ WITH AMAZINGLY TONE DEAF POLITICIANS FOR WHOM PERFORMATIVE PHONINESS IS THE NORM:  It Was Clear Kathy Hochul Was Not Welcome Here.

THE MASKS ARE COMING OFF: The ‘Moderate’ Left’s Campaign to Distance Themselves From Their Socialist Wing Isn’t Going Well.

WHEN IDEOLOGY TRUMPS HUMANITY:  The Heat Is On!

FASCINATING:  Astronomers: We might be experiencing a shower of comets from the distant Oort cloud due to a close pass of another star 2.5 million years ago.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED:  Asked to Cite a Single Obama Accomplishment, Visitors to His Presidential Center Come Up Empty.

ABOUT TIME:  From ‘Luxury’ to Lifeline: Europe Reconsiders Air Conditioning.

NOT WRONG:  Ideas Matter, But So Does Context.

AND ABOUT TIME:  Supremes’ memo to lower courts: presidential power trumps leftist lawfare.

MORE OF THIS FOR THE 250TH!  How to Think About the American Revolution.

THIS IS THE FUTURE WE WERE PROMISED, AND IT OFFERS MUCH INSIGHT INTO THE PAST:  The Herculaneum scrolls are speaking again.  Breaking news from Naples reveals two new ancient books not seen in 2,000 years.

AYE, AND THE CLANKERS AND ALL: The week in Sarah And The Clankers!

AT LIBERTY CON, BUT DID THE MEME POST:  Memes At Liberty.

FROM JEFF DUNTEMANN:  Souls in Silicon: Tales of AI Confronting the Infinite.

Veteran computer tech writer Jeff Duntemann turns his talents to the challenges that “strong” artificial intelligence may face in this, his latest collection of SF tales. Stories include the novelette “Borovsky’s Hollow Woman” (written with Hugo and Nebula Award winner Nancy Kress), “Guardian,” (nominated for the Hugo Award), “The Steel Sonnets,” “Marlowe,” “Silicon Psalm,” “Bathtub Mary,” “STORMY vs. the Tornadoes,” and “Sympathy on the Loss of One of Your Legs,” plus excerpts from his novels of strong AI, The Cunning Blood and Ten Gentle Opportunities.

MORE POSTS LIKE THIS NEED TO BE EVERYWHERE (YES, YES, MY PLACE TOO):  From the 13 Colonies’ Insurrection to Independence: The Birth of the Young American Republic.

CONFERENCE OF CLIMATE ACTIVISTS PREDICTS THE WORLD WILL WARM UNLESS WE SACRIFICE TO THEIR DEITIES:  Phew, what a predictable forecast!

THEIR DEDICATION TO BA’AL PRECLUDES SUCH NICETIES AS HUMAN DECENCY OR RESPECT FOR PRIVACY:  Rep. Cammack Fires Back Over the Left’s Shameful Use of Her Ectopic Pregnancy Story.

I DON’T GET THE IMPRESSION HE FEARS A PRIMARY CHALLENGE:  John Fetterman Is the Only Democrat Calling Out the Commies Who Swept New York’s Congressional Races.

OPTIMISTS, OR JUST DUMB?  Schumer And Jeffries Think The Socialist Zombies Won’t Eat Them.

SURE, BUT THAT WAS BY DESIGN AND OVER DECADES. WE’VE JUST STARTED TO FIGHT BACK:  Parallel Thinking.

DID I MENTION NOT HAPPY?  “A Total Defeat,” a “Capitulation,” a “Catastrophe”, Warns a French Trump Supporter Regarding the Iran-USA Treaty. 

NOT HAPPY WITH ANY OF THIS. I HOPE THERE’S SOMETHING I’M MISSING:  IRGC Attacks Cargo Ship as Iran Asserts Control Over Hormuz Strait.