OPEN THREAD: It’s here for me and you.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX just launched the 1st-ever nuclear-powered commercial satellite.

I’M THE APEX PREDATOR AROUND HERE, AND DON’T YOU FORGET IT. One Super Predator in Africa Instills More Fear Than Lions.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: To Combat Academic Fraud, Scholars Confront Hallowed Tradition.

WHY IS THIS A SURPRISE, EXACTLY? Can the 2026 Honda Civic Hatchback Hybrid Handle Family Duty? Surprisingly, Yes.

TO BE FAIR, THE NYT WAS TRAUMATIZED BY THE FOURTH OF JULY: NYT Sounds The Alarm on the ‘Drastic Retrenchment’ Going On at ATF.

HE SHOULD RETIRE, BUT WON’T. McConnell’s health emergency sparks questions on whether he will return to Senate. Honestly, not sure he has the mental capacity to do so.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: NASA just found a planet ‘hiding’ in TESS spacecraft data, all thanks to Einstein.

SPACEBALLS: Australia reveals likely origin of mysterious ‘space balls’ found on beaches.

BROWNWASHING:

Is the DSA running every single minority member they have for office?

DSA is 89% white; their candidates look like the United Colors of Benneton. https://t.co/1D9u1a6UmY

— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) July 6, 2026

I PREFER TO UNBUNDLE THINGS USUALLY: I am torn on the PolyPill concept: Trials comparing the polypill to standard care need to be rigorous. The POLY-HF trial is not. But I am still not sure the polypill is a bad idea. “Many conditions in cardiology require multiple medications, for instance, high blood pressure, diabetes, and congestive heart failure. . . . Enter the polypill: what if you could take one tablet that had multiple drugs in it? This reduces the work of being a patient and it may even increase adherence to beneficial drugs.”

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Richard Dreyfuss’ ex-wife demands futuristic sex toy after running out of men in Idaho. “Emily said all her mom wants is to fulfill her longtime dream of owning a ‘sex robot,’ the San Francisco Standard reported.”

WHERE THE K-12 IMPLOSION MEETS THE HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE: College students’ academic readiness falls as universities expand support programs. “Universities nationwide are reporting concerns about declining academic proficiency among incoming students, as institutions expand tutoring, remediation, and academic support programs to address gaps in reading, writing, and mathematics skills.”

Universities just shouldn’t admit unready students, but they need the warm bodies, and the diversity points.

SCIENCE MARCHES ON: Professor gets NIH grant to study ‘rural gender diverse youth.’

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Socialists prey on Americans’ apathy — even in places you’d never expect.

21st CENTURY HEALTHCARE: I was making sexy content when my co-star felt a lump in my breast — OnlyFans saved my life. A doctor friend once told me that breast lumps tend to be discovered sooner in the left breast, because most husbands are right-handed.

APPEASEMENT NEVER WORKS: Scared Hakeem Jeffries rolls out the red carpet for DSA extremists — while they prep to feast on his carcass.

The Democrats are in a sad state when Hakeem Jeffries is the moderate one.

GOOD: GOP Primary Voters Remain Deeply Supportive of Israel, Poll Finds.

SEEMINGLY ALL TECH STUFF IS ABOUT MANIPULATION: How Much Is AI Manipulating Us?

THE ELITE CAPTURE OF THE INSTITUTIONS WAS NOT THE PUBLIC’S CHOICE:

My one complaint here is your formulation of "we" did this. Since when did *I* (or any other normie American) have any influence in academia? Higher education has been a top-down regime run by an elitist cabal since before I was born (cf., Buckley, "God and Man at Yale," 1951), https://t.co/fRzgaxaBP8

— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) July 5, 2026

Flashback: Our campuses are corrupt — and higher education is due for its comeuppance.

OPEN THREAD: Worldly wise, I realize that everybody’s crazy.

NEAR MISS: ‘Once-in-a-millennium’ asteroid flyby will be visible to much of the world in 2029.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Erectile Dysfunction Can Be a Warning Sign of a Serious Heart Issue, Experts Warn. And more. Don’t just get Viagra, get a full cardio and hormonal workup.

PROGRESS: Scientists Found a Surprisingly Simple Way To Improve Online Matchmaking.

The thing is, dating platforms want you to stay engaged on the platform, and you don’t do that if you find a good match.

STILL JUST AS UGLY ON THE INSIDE: Rosie O’Donnell got a facelift after losing 50 pounds on Mounjaro. How GLP-1s are fueling a rise in plastic surgery.