R.I.P. RICHARD POSNER.

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

HISTORY: Were there ‘lost cosmonauts’ in the early Soviet space program?

SEE THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE STUDENT SPACE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION TEST FIRE ITS “BIG LIQUID” ROCKET ENGINE:

LONGEVITY: 5 Different Anti-Aging Treatments Have One Surprising Thing in Common.

ALIENS: Scientists Discover a Strange Form of Iron on the Moon That Shouldn’t Be There.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: 7 habits proven to make you more likeable, according to science.

TESTED: 2027 Nissan Rogue Hybrid Is More Electric Than Gas.

WHEN SECONDS COUNT, THE POLICE ARE ONLY HOURS AWAY: Chicago PD: Four-Hour Response To Multiple Home Invasion & Sexual Assault 911 Calls.

COLOR ME SKEPTICAL: John Kerry says China now leads on green energy: ‘The rest of the world is stumbling along.

SCIENCE: After 40 years, CERN finds evidence of an extraordinarily rare particle decay.

MUSCLE MEMORY: Why Regaining Lost Muscle Is Easier Than Building It Initially.

CHANGE: FDA Approves New Pill to Prevent Repeat Strokes.

WHY IS NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SUCH A CESSPIT OF HATE AND ANTISEMITISM: Northwestern group cancels food fest rather than allow Israeli group to attend.

STANDING UP AGAINST RACISM: Feds investigate UC Berkeley over alleged racial discrimination in campus programs.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: Revealed: Chris Rabb Has Longtime Relationship With Organizers of Antisemitic Boycott He Won’t Condemn, Joined Them in Effort To Free Cop-Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal: Rabb, the far-left congressman-elect in Philadelphia, is refusing to comment on an ugly boycott of Jewish businesses in his district on the anniversary of Kristallnacht.

THEY MAKE THEIR LIVING MANAGING PROBLEMS. ACTUALLY SOLVING THEM DESTROYS THE GRIFT.

These motherfuckers are terrified that Bukele will actually solve the problem. That his solution to violence and corruption is and has always been the only real solution. 75 years of nation-building aid strategies accomplished nothing worldwide; Bukele helped Haiti in a week. https://t.co/hi9580AJWH

— Town Moron (@townmoron) November 9, 2026

IT’S VETERANS’ DAY. A reminder from a commenter on my Substack:

A reminder for burger cultists:

In N Out gives a free any-burger-fries-soda meal to any vet on Veterans Day.

And a cool flag sticker- collectible!

Nov 11 Wednesday.

Vets take note.

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA unveils $10 billion in moon base contracts, new lunar missions and the ‘PROMISE’ of a nuclear-powered rover.

PROCRASTINATION. I BELIEVE IT. The Biggest Academic Problem For College Students Isn’t Stress or Anxiety, Study Finds.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: The Solar System May Have a 6th Dwarf Planet – and It’s Been Hiding in Plain Sight.

HEADLINES FROM 1898: Could this experimental electric comb be a cure for baldness?

I ALWAYS KINDA WANTED AN R8: We Drove the 2028 Audi Nuvolari Hard, and the 987-HP Supercar Redefines Audi’s Future. This is basically a souped up, fancier R8. At $700K a pop, I shan’t be buying one.

ELECTING COMMIES IS NEVER THE ANSWER: ‘Went to Bed Red, Woke Up Blue’: Enough Already. . . It’s Time to Deal With What’s Next.