OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

ROCKET SCIENCE PROCEEDS, EXPLOSION BY EXPLOSION: Chinese rocket explodes less than 90 seconds after liftoff (photos).

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: ‘Hiding in The Shadows’: Discovery of 3 New Assyrian Kings Reveals a More Brutal History Than Records Suggest.

I mean, what about “Assyrian kings” suggests non-brutality?

SWITCH IT BACK ON: Cancer Cells Exploit a Hidden Immune “Off Switch.”

KIDS, DON’T COUNT ON THIS WORKING FOR YOU: Anne Hathaway’s ‘buzzer beater’ pregnancy feels so relatable—I’m expecting my first baby at 44.

REVIEW: Tested: 2026 Lexus LX700h Overtrail Arrives Locked and Loaded.

SO SIMPLE: One Weird Trick For Reducing Crime on Your Violence-Plagued Urban Transit System.

WELL, GOOD: A Common Cholesterol Treatment May Also Remove PFAS And Microplastics From Blood.

WHITE PRIVILEGE. SHOT: Fresh jalapeños linked to Salmonella outbreak in 27 states, and a recall is underway.

CHASER:

Report: White People Completely Unaffected By Jalapeño Recall https://t.co/SwcKeQXJuD

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 10, 2026

(Although the notion that white people don’t like hot food is basically BS. Come to the south and walk through the Ace Hardware grilling isle with spice rubs labeled “Ass Prolapse” and “Esophagus Roaster” and the like. Now moving to New England there was a distinct lack of spice, it’s true.)

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Researchers discover your dog can tell if you’re sad or afraid.

I HAD MISSED THIS LAST WEEK: HHS Decertifies Kentucky Organ Procurement Organization to Protect Patients, Restore Trust. Among the problems: “That some potential donors may not have been deceased at the time organ procurement was initiated — raising serious questions.”

This is a problem I wrote about a year ago.

IT’S A GOOD COMBINATION: Walking is one of the best exercises for heart health — but experts say strength training matters too.

THIS IS A PHENOMENON I’VE BEEN WRITING ABOUT FOR GOING ON TWO DECADES:

This is a story about a college lost down the rabbit hole of performative progressivism. But at its heart, it’s about labor exploitation, the hell we put contingent profs through, and how the collapse of the tenure-system paved the way for cowardice and pseudo-radical groupthink. https://t.co/CmAd0zJrRe pic.twitter.com/nhniuUNFyu

— Tyler Austin Harper (@Tyler_A_Harper) August 10, 2026

I linked it earlier, but if you missed it here’s the underlying article in The Atlantic, which is excellent.

IT’S ALL A PSYOP, ISN’T IT?

“Grandpa, I just don’t understand. How was it that given how powerful the United States was, China was able to overtake us and dominate the world?”

“Well.. it all started when they examined the whiteness of physics" https://t.co/VAOBb7cGvq

— Melissa Chen (@MsMelChen) August 11, 2026

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Gen Z discovers a shocking new dating approach: “SABSing is as simple as going out in public and presenting yourself as open and approachable.”

I know, crazy, right? But to be fair, it’s harder for a generation that dresses like they’ve never worn clothes before.

AND YET:

It's kind of a domestic Death to America theme. https://t.co/WAnCMjZoU6

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) August 11, 2026

WHEN I SAY “DON’T GET COCKY,” I MEAN IT:

OF COURSE HE DID: As undergrad, Abdul El-Sayed protested conservative students’ event condemning radical Islamic terrorism.

THE LEFT IS ALL HATE: Carnegie Mellon cracks down on Fence vandalism following anti-Israel messages.

KAROL MARKOWICZ: Lefties like AOC need to answer some questions before we move on from ‘Woke 1.’

Related: Far-left wants you to forget their ‘hot takes’ burned cities to the ground.

ME OVER AT LAW & LIBERTY: Sullivan Revisited: The outcome of the famous libel case rests on fabricated legal foundations.

TAKE A LESSON:

Remember this when someone says voting doesn’t matter. https://t.co/EHcx485l2h

— Owen Gregorian (@OwenGregorian) August 10, 2026

Flashback: Too-close Tennessee election warns GOP: Damning the left isn’t enough.

FLASHBACK:

THE COMEDY CONTINUES:

You’re going to have to explain the difference between a man saying he’s a woman and a man saying he’s a woman. https://t.co/UINQf27BEV

— Lola (@thefempire50) August 9, 2026

This is where the entire trans cult falls apart. We are told three of these men are women, we must accept, welcome and treat them as women without exception, including giving them full access to women's sport.

The forth man is apparently only pretending pic.twitter.com/nEaTgbRRPK

— RS Archer (@archer_rs) August 9, 2026

YET. AI Cannot Give Writers Something to Say.