OPEN THREAD: Party on, and be excellent to one another.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China’s Chang’e 7 moon probe will launch this weekend on the most ambitious lunar mission in history.

I THINK THE WNBA IS A PSYOP DESIGNED TO CONVINCE NORMALS THAT BLACK WOMEN AND LESBIANS HATE AMERICA:

Sophie Cunningham is once again the only player on the court to put her hand above her heart for the singing of the US national anthem pic.twitter.com/c6grxtZMzm

— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) August 22, 2026

EVERYTHING IS A PROBLEM: We’re Not Taking Harmful Cat Behaviors on The Internet Seriously Enough, Researchers Warn.

ACETAMINOPHEN: Scientists Warn of a Nearly 400% Increase in Toxic Liver Injuries – One Common Drug Leads the List.

MICROBIOME NEWS: These Foods May Be Better for Your Gut Than You Realize, New Study Says.

DO THEY HAVE A .357 MAGNUM? Mercedes-AMG Doesn’t Care If You Hate Its EVs.

WITH A .357 MAGNUM YOU DON’T HAVE TO CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK: I Put a Red Dot on My Colt Grizzly And I Don’t Care What You Think.

LONGEVITY UPDATE: Which Anti-Aging Ideas Actually Work? XPrize Healthspan Is Testing The Best Longevity Innovations.

INVASIVE SPECIES: ‘Very Aggressive’ Carp Are Creeping Closer to the Great Lakes, Potentially Disrupting the $7 Billion Fishing Industry.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: 8 Subtle Signs of Heart Attacks in Women Cardiologists Want You to Know.

I WAS TOLD THIS WOULD NEVER BE A PROBLEM: Cannabis Use Disorder Is Rising—Public Health Needs To Catch Up.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Know Your Enemy: How to Kill a Robot Dog.

WE’RE UNDERGOING A POPULATION IMPLOSION. WE SHOULD BE MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET TOGETHER, NOT HARDER.

GOOD: Judge dismisses pro-Hamas professor’s discrimination lawsuit against Columbia.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: UCLA funds research on ‘feminized’ robots, transgender stigma.

IT’S GOING TO GET WORSE: Russia Is Out of Gasoline, but Complaining Is Not an Option.

THESE PEOPLE NEED TO BE SLAPPED ACROSS THE FACE WITH A HADDOCK: ‘Frankly, He Has Been Killed’: Angry Scholars From UK’s Top Academics’ Union Blame Jason Arday’s Death on Racist Mob, as ‘Race Realist’ Who Ignited the Firestorm Is Suspended.

CULTURAL CHANGE IS HAPPENING:

Women who spent years saying they wouldn’t date conservative men are now being held accountable for their dangerous opinions on Lindsay Clancy.

I love it. https://t.co/iYbjO076jT

— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) August 21, 2026

TRUE:

It’s very much an out-group phenomenon. Over the last decade, Big Tech has managed, in different ways, to deeply alienate both the political right & political left, and most of the American public to boot.

Much of it returns to the same enduring problem: techies are tragically… https://t.co/2oeCkjR7yF

— Zarathustra (@zarathustra5150) August 21, 2026

Flashback: Silicon Valley has gone from liberating to creepy. Next stop, government regulation.

ICYMI: CONSCIOUSNESS OF GUILT:

EXCLUSIVE: Fauci Text Implicates Biden Task Force

“I’m sending this via text messaging to avoid any FOIA issues.” -Michael Osterholm COVID-19 Advisory Board

Obtained by @ChuckGrassley via @HHS:

– Apparent admission Osterholm @mtosterholm is creating a federal record
-… pic.twitter.com/5E46HZ9YR9

— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) August 19, 2026

REMINDER:

It’s not hypocrisy, it’s hierarchy. Spoiled rich kids become socialists because they hate themselves for not being as successful and worthy as their parents, so they seize the power they couldn’t obtain. It’s all just self-loathing being projected onto society. Scammers. https://t.co/yerbnboh6s

— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) August 21, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

WE’VE KNOWN THIS FOR DECADES: Microbes from Earth may survive on the moon, scientists find.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Scientists Discover a New Organ Hiding in The Skull.