OPEN THREAD: Party on, dudes and dudettes.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: 2 private spacecraft zoom within 650 feet of each other to showcase ‘advanced capabilities’ in orbit (photos).

YES. NEXT QUESTION? Are Too Many Americans Taking Antidepressants?

MICROBIOME NEWS: Mulberry Shows Surprising Effects on Gut Bacteria and Metabolism.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: Covid 19: They’ve Learned Nothing — Because That Would Expose Too Much. “Worse, they may not want to learn. The Inquiry’s structure, its analytical frame, even its carefully curated narrative all point in the same direction: away from the possibility that Britain’s pandemic response was fundamentally misguided, and toward the politically safer claim that ministers simply ‘acted too late.'”

HISTORY:

Poland and the Winged Hussars saved Vienna on this day in 1683 from the Ottoman siege.

It was the largest recorded cavalry charge in history with 20,000 horseman thundering down to save the city! pic.twitter.com/CAhDySlztG

— Today in History (@TodayinHistory) September 12, 2026

BRR. Map Shows When Your State Gets Its First Frost as Cold Arrives Next Week.

IT’S ALWAYS HILARIOUS WHEN LEFTISTS START INVOKING GOD: Beto Talarico Was Outraged That Texas ‘Ignored God’s Messengers’ and Refused to Limit Gun Rights.

LEFTISM IS AN IDEOLOGY DESIGNED TO LET BAD PEOPLE AND LOSERS FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES:

Older Conservatives have no idea that this is what every single Right-wing Millennial and Zoomer experience when they interact with anyone of a similar age to them on the Left.

We don’t see Leftists as union members, college professors, or Hollywood directors. We see them in the… https://t.co/QBnkJlJZkM pic.twitter.com/ojEpd2Pmme

— Christian Heiens 🏛 (@ChristianHeiens) January 6, 2026

MICROBIOME NEWS: Brain aging may be detected decades before symptoms appear, with links to gut health.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Backyard treasure hunt: homeowner digging a patio unearths 1,000-year-old Viking Treasure.

EXERCISE: Walking briskly may lower risk of death in some adults, new study says.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Dentists say these 9 common brushing mistakes could be damaging your teeth.

LEGAL EDUCATION UPDATE: Seattle law professor says ‘accountability circles work better’ than prison for rapists.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: UT Austin, Texas A&M cut hundreds of courses from core curricula.

JOURNALISM’S SELF-DESTRUCTION:

The so-called McClatchy Massacre affected 13 of the most-respected newsrooms in the nation, from Miami to Sacramento.https://t.co/qJ1zJ4Hqv7

— Miami New Times (@miaminewtimes) September 11, 2026

NEW: Huge layoffs across McClatchy newspapers today, with some newsrooms gutted by a third. An internal email from management says consumer revenue has dipped 41% and "we cannot continue investing where subscriber interest does not support the investment" pic.twitter.com/Uhne0z7TSj

— Katie Robertson (@katie_robertson) September 10, 2026

ACADEMIA’S SELF DESTRUCTION.

Every US academic who lived through Woke 1 knows that discrimination against white males was pervasive. They divide only on whether they considered it justified by a higher purpose or recognized it as intrinsically unfair and harmful. https://t.co/FZZB2GJlik

— Timur Kuran (@timurkuran) September 11, 2026

YES: Why Farmer Boy Still Makes Sense: The satisfaction of work in the physical, analog world.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Canadians Feel Real Pain in Stage Four of Trade War.

WHY THEY HATE US: The Sources of Terrorist Conduct: It’s not us, it’s them.

HMM: Enraging: AOC and Mamdani Laugh It Up at 9/11 Memorial As Names of the Victims Read.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST:

AOC at 9/11 memorial vs ICE facility pic.twitter.com/UUzY0XlzEs

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 11, 2026

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: “A Chinese national who worked as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisor in Calais was arrested after FBI agents said he altered computers at three Maine border facilities.”

COURAGE:

Hero

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) September 11, 2026

UPDATE: