I LOVE IT WHEN ALL THE RIGHT HEADS EXPLODE: Heads Exploded When Vox Published This Global Warming Report.
Author Archive: Stephen Green
May 26, 2026
21ST CENTURY DATING: The terrifying rise of schoolboys making AI girlfriends.
New research has revealed that one in five boys aged 12-16 is either in or knows of a boy their age who is in a romantic relationship with an AI companion. A report carried out by men’s organisation Male Allies UK and published last month spoke with more than 1,000 boys aged 12-16 in focus groups in 37 schools – public and state, grammar and comprehensive, and across a range of Ofsted ratings – up and down the country. Peer-to-peer focus groups were set up where boys could speak freely, with the aim of diving into their behaviour and attitudes, and it was the boys who wanted to talk about AI technologies. The findings make stark reading: eight in 10 boys (85 per cent) have had a conversation with a chatbot, with 43 per cent saying they talk to bots so they can ask questions without feeling embarrassed. More than a quarter (26 per cent) say they like the attention and connection over real-life equivalents, and (36 per cent) admitted that they prefer speaking to AI chatbots rather than to their family and friends at times.
The most popular apps for creating these AI “companions” are Character.AI (which has 50 million downloads), Replika (30 million downloads), Candy AI (tagline: “Your smart and emotionally aware AI companion”, with 50 million registered users) and OurDream AI (“Create your dream AI girl”; 36 million monthly visits).
This stuff isn’t for kids.
DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES:
How badly do you have to hate America, our people, and our culture to put a terrorist sympathizer in charge of a school? https://t.co/RqTUvgxi3w
— Bo French (@bofrench) May 26, 2026
CHRISTIAN JOSI: Put Your Clothes On: A Misogynist’s Tale. “Ultimately, this column is about respect. Respect for hotel workers. Respect for waiters. Respect for the person next to you when you are in an airport or a hotel — not blasting their mobile conversations for everyone to hear (there are things called earbuds, you morons). Respect for law enforcement. Respect for those who have served and, as I am writing this on Memorial Day, for those who have sacrificed.”
GETTING THE SAUDIS ON BOARD WOLD BE YUGE: Trump says more countries should normalize ties with Israel in any Iran deal.
While restoring commercial traffic through the strait has been a top priority for U.S. allies, Trump on Monday added an apparent demand that any peace deal should require more countries to extend full diplomatic recognition to the state of Israel.
“[I]t should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords,” Trump wrote on social media.
The Abraham Accords, first signed in 2020 during Trump’s first term, normalized relations between Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Kazakhstan, Morocco, and Sudan are also signatories.
Trump now says Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia should agree to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel.
Egypt is officially at peace with Israel, and has been since 1979 — but it was never a very warm peace.
WHEN YOU’RE TOO UNELECTABLY INSANE FOR ACTBLUE:
Democratic Party fundraising platform ActBlue has ended the facilitation of donations for TX-35 Democratic primary candidate Maureen Galindo.
You may remember Galindo for campaigning on castrating Jews and sending us to camps, prompting condemnation from many Democrats.
Nobody… pic.twitter.com/poqLMAGPHz
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) May 25, 2026
To be fair, ActBlue doesn’t give a damn that Galindo is insane, just that she’s unelectable
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Let’s Dispel the Lie That President Trump Is ‘Polarizing.’ “It’s amazing that such a ‘polarizing’ president could bring a Democrat into the fold like that, isn’t it? President Trump is first and foremost a patriot whose love for this country and our military is always on display. The Democrats don’t have a place in their party for people like that.”
CHANGE? Congress Moves to Limit Investor Home Buys.
Bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate, according to Politico, have backed legislation that would block large investors from purchasing more single-family houses.
Housing analysts say the measure may have only a limited effect on affordability nationwide.
“We want homes for people, not for corporations,” President Donald Trump said in his State of the Union address in February while endorsing the proposal.
Large institutional investors own less than 1% of single-family houses and about 2% of single-family rental properties nationally, according to figures cited in the debate.
What we need even more is deregulation at the state and local level.
OH, CANADA:
BREAKING: Masked Islamists in Montreal paraded a Jew being hanged through the streets.
Get every single one of these terrorists out of the West.
Enough of this. pic.twitter.com/GYDKPoJCZJ
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) May 25, 2026
WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY…:
By 1900, the United States had achieved a 90% literacy rate largely by using McGuffey Readers in one-room schoolhouses. But, yeah, NYC’s problem is it’s not spending enough money. pic.twitter.com/hrgJcxILk1
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) May 25, 2026
THAT WE KNOW OF: US government overpaid welfare and Medicare recipients by $186 billion last year — after a shocking surge.
The federal government overpaid welfare and social services recipients by a stunning $186 billion in fiscal year 2025, a startling surge of $24 billion from the previous year’s total.
According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), 15 federal agencies made up the massive improper payments overage spanning 64 programs, with approximately 82% of the overages the result of overpayments.
And these are just the mistakes that the government caught — usually not outright fraud, like the billions alleged in Minnesota.
More controls against fraud and mistakes would be good. Getting Washington out of the wealth-distribution business would be better.
There’s just no way you collect multitrillions in one place without attracting thieves.
DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES:
Summary: For over two years, a man lingered naked in the women’s locker room at the Stonestown YMCA for hours at a time, up to six days a week, in front of women and young children. When women asked him to cover up, he became belligerent.
Women tried everything: multiple… https://t.co/oMoA3qbqCf
— WomenAreReal (@WomenAreReals) May 25, 2026
Exit quote: “Women complained about a naked man in their locker room. The YMCA responded by policing women.”
SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE WAS OUT ON THE DECK, GRILLING BURGERS: Democrat Hijacks Memorial Day to Pay Tribute to … George Floyd?
May 25, 2026
THIS HAS GOT TO STOP: Some of Texas’s oldest barbecue joints close as meat prices skyrocket.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Four Russian satellites are now within striking distance of an ICEYE radarsat. “That may sound insignificant, but such ‘plane change’ maneuvers use up a lot of fuel. The delta-v, or velocity change, required for a plane change maneuver of this magnitude is equivalent to the impulse needed to raise altitude by more than 100 miles.”
MEMORIAL DAY: Honoring William Gordon Windrich. “With his place of death recorded as Yudam-ni and the December 1, 1950 date, this would place Sgt. Windrich heroic actions as occurring during The Battle of Chosin Reservoir, one of the most bitter battles for UN/American forces of the entire war, occurring after Communist Chinese forces crossed the Yalu river.”
FROM KEVIN DOWNEY JR, ICYMI: Soldiers Lost, Stories Untold: Remembering the Forgotten on Memorial Day.
UM…: Crews investigating if OC chemical tank pressure has been relieved after crack discovered. “In a Sunday afternoon update, Orange County Fire Authority Interim Chief TJ McGovern said firefighters did ‘a recon mission on the tank’ late Saturday night, during which they discovered a crack, which could be relieving some of the pressure.”
THE FOOD WAS NICE, THE GROOMING GANGS NOT SO MUCH:
The old, romantic view of multiculturalism was food, festivals and colourful clothes.
The new, realistic view of multiculturalism is grooming gangs, cousin marriage, polygamy, child rape, self-imposed segregation, tribal feuds, honour killings, and filth.
— Alice Smith (@TheAliceSmith) May 25, 2026
RABBI MICHAEL BARCLAY: ‘The Great Escape’ and Islam.
SPENCER PRATT: L.A. ‘Doesn’t Have A Homeless Problem, We Have A Drug Problem.’
Pratt’s plan calls for ending taxpayer-funded distribution of drug paraphernalia, enforcing drug laws without exception, and making use of California’s new expanded civil commitment/conservatorship framework (SB 43) to move homeless addicts into mandatory rehab facilities.
He’s also calling for an end to the pipeline of state and federal resources going to “manage” the homeless population, and ring them in from other states, which he calls “profiteering on the misery of these drug addicts.”
In addition to that, he calls for a crackdown on crime and drug cartels. “Bring in the DEA,” he said. “There’s a new sheriff in town.”
“Some of these folks do need to go to prison,” Pratt said. “The violent offenders, animal abusers, and sex offenders will do time, but many of them simply need to be given a chance to recover. But they only have a chance if we confront their addiction, not just dump them in an apartment and give them a box of needles.”
Yes.
UPDATE (From Ed):
The same people who support endless regulations and strict enforcement for legal businesses somehow have no problem with a tent restaurant opening on a public sidewalk regulation free.
Here’s a short list of why that’s a problem.
1. Health Inspections. When you have a business… pic.twitter.com/fTDvYfa2NX
— Lee Kuan Yimby 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇸🇬 (@billiceberg) May 25, 2026
As Adam Carolla noted last year, “San Francisco’s done this and LA’s done this; once you essentially look the other way for homeless or junkies or illegals or criminals or whatever that is, and you shine a spotlight on taxpayers with over-regulation and over-permitting, trying to manage every grain of your life versus illegals go do whatever you want or homeless, go shoot up wherever you want, or sleep wherever you want then you’ve lost it. LA’s there, San Francisco’s there. Look if you’re not a taxpayer, and you don’t have a checking account, whatever city you’re in they’re not going to be nearly as interested in you, as they are in the people who have a checking account and pay can be compliant. The people who are compliant are paying them. So, it’s like, okay, who do you make money on?”
IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA…:
That Hasan’s first thought when Ashley mentioned Providence was of a Michelin restaurant in L.A. and not Rhode Island tells me everything I need to know about his “socialism.”
— Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) May 25, 2026
…but it’s vital to ask how an apologist for Islamic terrorism like Hasan Piker got to be part of the American nomenklatura.
GEORGIA PRIMARIES: Georgia Voters Deserve Answers. Derek Dooley Keeps Giving Them Silence.