INCENTIVES MATTER:

America spent decades teaching decent men to fear the consequences of defending others while teaching bullies and predators they could get away with damn near anything.

A young punk reportedly slaps a pregnant woman. A bystander steps in and delivers consequences. People cheer.…

— Flopping Aces (@FloppingAces) October 23, 2026

THE ENEMY WITHIN: U. Michigan project aims to ‘resist’ Trump’s patriotic portrayal of U.S. history.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: The Coming Insurrection: And What To Do About It.

WELL, GOOD: The Pentagon just put the ‘war’ back in our service academies.

AS THEY SAY IN TEXAS, SOMETHIN’ ABOUT THAT BOY JUST AIN’T RIGHT: Gender Fluidity Fuels James Transarico.

STANDING UP AGAINST SEGREGATION AND BIGOTRY: Portland-Area County To Eliminate All Race-Based Housing Programs as Part of Agreement With Trump Administration.

“FAT FREDDY” MERZ CAN’T HANDLE MOCKERY: In Germany, the police will start a manhunt for a person who calls a politician “fat.” Friedrich Merz, the German Chancellor, has filed somewhere between “hundreds” and thousands of complaints, with attached criminal penalties possible, over people insulting him online.

Or should it be “Fat Fritz” Merz?

SHE’S JUST THE ANDREW TATE OF THE FEMOSPHERE:

Wait a minute… So she knowingly had sex with this guy without disclosing that she had an STD? A famous man would be criminally charged if he did this. Why do any women listen to this garbage? https://t.co/eve8qKpnpr

— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) October 23, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA lays out plan for Artemis 3 moon-lander test flight — but when will it launch?

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Europe’s Space Rider vehicle comes crashing down during drop test. “The incident occurred during an Oct. 6 drop test of the full-scale Space Rider model, from the European Space Agency (ESA). The robotic vehicle’s initial drogue parachute deployed successfully, but its main parafoil detached during deployment, leaving the prototype unable to slow its descent before crashing into the ground, according to ESA officials. The cause of the failure remains under investigation.”

Still a few bugs in the system.

ANNALS OF AUTOPHAGY: Researchers Discover a Surprising Twist in How Our Cells Age.

ICYMI:

We've gone from cans having over a year wait & fingerprint requirements

to

getting a silencer free with an optics purchase

And y'all are talking about staying home in November. We've never been so back. pic.twitter.com/W2NjvqZJj5

— Louis vil LeGun (@LouisvilleGun) October 20, 2026

HAHAHA:

>"International Law" is just how we explain the United States Navy to children and invalids,

absolute banger; chisel this in marble https://t.co/u8w07kGRoT

— ⓘSome Dogs have thumbs (@MorlockP) October 23, 2026

IT’S NOT THAT THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT’S IN THE VIDEOS, IT’S THAT THEY HOPE YOU DON’T KNOW.

Did you happen to catch the part of the plot where Democrat governors will declare the Constitutionally-elected Presidency invalid and seize control of American governance?

That's literally in the videos, idiot, and I am not exaggerating.

Go watch the videos and report back and…

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) October 23, 2026

JAY BHATTACHARYA: Launching a Second Scientific Revolution.

WELL, THAT’S NOT GOOD: Porsche Warns Hundreds of Owners Not to Drive as Wheels Could Detach.

ANNALS OF CRAZY LEFTIST WOMEN: A Florida Attorney Walks Into a Mississippi Gun Store . . .

White identified herself to an employee as a protester and activist who wanted to buy a gun to kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, according to the criminal complaint. White told employees she wanted a firearm for protection at a protest because she believed “ICE agents are becoming crazy and wild,” according to the complaint. She also told employees she was an activist and protester.

During her interactions with employees, White gestured toward her torso and asked whether the firearms for sale would penetrate an agent’s body armor, the complaint says. If they could not, she told an employee she would need to “hit them in the head, shoulder, arm or leg.”

“It probably won’t surprise you to hear that, not only did the dealer not sell her a firearm, but the store contacted ATF.”

EVERY TIME I SEE BILLIE EILISH, SHE’S EITHER LECTURING ME ABOUT CAPITALISM OR TRYING TO SELL ME SOMETHING.

Anti-capitalist socialist Billie Eilish just dropped a jewelry line selling silver chains for over $2,000 pic.twitter.com/fQCUn5CunZ

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 23, 2026

LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING THIS WEEK:

HUGE: The en banc Fifth Circuit just held, 11-6, that illegal aliens caught in the interior can be detained without bond for the duration of their removal proceedings.

Judge James Ho in a concurring opinion: "A nation ceases to be a nation if it can't protect its borders." pic.twitter.com/nvnnmaeW8d

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) October 23, 2026

WELL, WHO WAS GOING TO TELL HIM NOT TO: Horse-Sized Saber-Tooth Lived Millions of Years Past Its Deadline.

SPACE JUNK: BETTER PUT UP MY UMBRELLA. Rocket Debris Landed on Two Continents Within Days. Cumulative Risk Is Growing.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Cooked Tomatoes Boost Lycopene and May Lower Prostate Cancer Risk.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Is It Safe to Eat Unwashed Produce? Here’s What Experts Say.

GOOD NEWS ABOUNDS:

Two facts to brighten your morning:

Murder rates in the US are at record lows.

Civilian firearms ownership is at a record high.

Gun owners know why this is. If you have trouble understanding it, some of your premises need a rethink.

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) October 23, 2026