ANALYSIS: TRUE. The Problem Is Not Just DEI or Academic Fraud; Academic Standards Are Gone.

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: ‘I Hope You End Up Kirked’: North Carolina Lawmaker Gets Death Threats After She Complains About Transgender Music Teacher at Elementary School: The ‘equity leader’ principal and the school board have doubled down on supporting the teacher, but concerned parents are mobilizing.

INCREASINGLY TRUE: The Highly Credentialed Are All Jason Ardays.

WELL, YES, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU’RE A STUPID TWAT:

If you're wondering about the mood at Cambridge, here's one professors verdict after the Arday affair: "It's disastrous for Cambridge, and it's disastrous for higher education." pic.twitter.com/9C4n606nXl

— John Sailer (@JohnDSailer) August 5, 2026

HAHA, TRUE.

Senate Joins Rest Of Nation In Holding Fauci In Contempt https://t.co/YbJVMnJrVa

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 6, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Be here now.

THE FUTURE IS COMING: SpaceX launches 3 giant BlueBird direct-to-cell satellites on Falcon 9 rocket.

ME. IT’S ME. There’s One Predator That Terrifies Bears And Mountain Lions Alike.

CALL AN EXTERMINATOR: Tick Found in Austin Apartment Linked to Rare Relapsing Fever.

A FRIEND WRITES:

There has never been a time where the asymmetries of risk so favor living for the moment. Either AI will bring a Golden Age, in which case all your planning, preparing for and worrying about the future will be pointless. Or it will bring doom, in which case all your planning, preparing for and worrying about the future will be pointless.

There’s very, very little chance of something in between. There’s very, very little chance that all your planning, preparing and worrying about the future will make a difference. Live for now for once, without guilt for doing so. Work less. Save less. Plan less. Enjoy family and friends and nature more. Focus on relationships. Focus on shadow work. Focus on love.

I kinda like this, but I’m not convinced the future — at least the next two or three decades — is as binary as all that. People almost always overestimate the short term impact of technological revolutions and underestimate the long-term impact. The crowd that thinks that jobs will disappear by 2030 or 2035 is, I think, in the former category.

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Can Fish Oil Really Help You Recover Faster?

REVIEW: 2027 Ferrari Amalfi Spider First Drive: The Starter Ferrari Keeps Getting Better.

ALIVE: Mitch McConnell released from rehabilitation center after June fall.

WHY HOLD THEM BACK? Mamdani Booed Off Stage As Cops Hold Back Furious Crowd. Let him experience a “no police” world.

WELL, IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL: US District Court in Texas Rules That With $200 Tax Gone, NFA Registration is Unconstitutional.

KILLER: Florida Python Challenge winner slayed 96 snakes: Veteran hunter Tom Rahill has battled the invasive species for over 10 years.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: What can scientists learn from a stray SpaceX rocket hitting the Moon?

Related: A SpaceX rocket just crashed into the moon. Now, the race is on to get a look at the impact site.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Dietitians Warn Against the Cabbage Soup Diet: Here’s Why It’s Not Healthy.

“FOLLOW THE SCIENCE.” SF museum to bring back COVID-era rule despite lack of scientific support.

FIRST IT WAS PENIS ENLARGEMENT FOR SKI JUMPERS, now there’s this: Padded bra row erupts with Tour de France Femmes riders to face extra clothing checks.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Declining enrollment forces PSU to slash two departments, lay off staffers amid $35M budget crunch.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Largest faculty union abandons 110 years of neutrality, backs winning socialist.

THEY TOLD US HIGHER EDUCATION WOULD IMPROVE OUR DEMOCRACY:

Abdul El Sayed won ZERO of the 15 counties with the lowest share of college degrees in his Michigan primary. ZERO. pic.twitter.com/F3YIepbBOV

— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) August 6, 2026

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Possibly the funniest sentence I've read in a while though I'm not sure I've fully grokked the depths of it yet https://t.co/fWtvpp7ZXP

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) August 6, 2026

DON SURBER: Groomers lose in Florida court.

TIME TO GLOBALIZE THE RECONQUISTA: Abdul El-Sayed Socializes the Intifada: Hamas-adjacent Left marches on as Democratic establishment fails in Michigan.