OPEN THREAD: It’s all you.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX stacks massive Starship rocket ahead of 1st orbital launch attempt (video).

BEWARE OF CAT: The ‘Mind Control’ Cat Parasite Manipulating You May Have a Simple Explanation.

MAYBE THE REAL MATHEMATICS IS THE FRIENDS WE MADE ALONG THE WAY: “This month, 27 Fields medalists — winners of mathematics’ highest honor — have signed a joint declaration stating that solving famous open problems is not, in itself, the goal.”

HMM: Ozempic’s Active Ingredient Shows Surprising Anti-Aging Effects.

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Decades of aerobic exercise may help older adults age with more resilience.

GUN NATION: What Really Matters in Terms of Self-Defense…By the Numbers.

“IT’S MAKING THE FROGS GAY.” Eh, close enough: A Wastewater Hormone Turns Male Fish Into Worse Fathers.

THE PREDICTIONS FAILED BUT THE GRIFT GOES ON: Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight: ‘We are going to win this.’

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Do Shampoos for Hair Loss Work? What They Can and Can’t Do.

HACKERS: FBI investigates hackers’ claim to have stolen sensitive employee data, compromised jobs website.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: U. Idaho graduate certificate has students ‘decolonizing’ research.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: A Tale of Two Centuries.

ZAP! The US military has been deploying lasers in the Strait of Hormuz to knock out regime hardware, taking out “drones and incoming cruise missiles at a much lower cost than using more expensive kinetic weapons like missiles,” the Department of War recently confirmed. “Somewhat surprisingly, the laser weapons are operated by soldiers using reconfigured Xbox game console controllers.”

THE ENEMY WITHIN: Hasan Piker, who said America ‘deserved 9/11,’ to speak at sold-out Cornell event: The Sept. 24 event is organized by Cornell chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and the Young Democratic Socialists of America.

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH THIS:

This is why you vote Republican.

Not because they are so amazing they deserve your vote.

Because the other side is insane and they will torch this country and smile while doing it. https://t.co/xcvBIWtavd

— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) September 23, 2026

THE ENEMY WITHIN: Abdul El-Sayed Called on Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood To ‘Purge the Media and Police’ Shortly Before Islamic Government Arrested Reporters for ‘Insulting Islam.’

WELL, HE’S RIGHT.

Argentine President Javier Milei:

"The United Nations has become a useless organization whose entire function is to feed a caste of arrogant parasites masquerading as well-intentioned officials.

Those who claim to defend human rights have backed bloodthirsty dictatorships and…

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) September 23, 2026

THAT’S BECAUSE IT ISN’T: Berlin May Get Its First Muslim Mayor and Germans Are Warning the Jews It’s ‘Not Safe.’

JOSH BLACKMAN: Privatize the Smithsonian.

EVERYTHING FROM THE LEFT IS FAKE:

🚨 HOLY SMOKES! 🤯

The New York Times reports that a Democratic-aligned group, Project Bullhorn, paid more than 100 creators through SideShift to flood social media with “affordability” content ahead of the 2026 midterms.

$25–$30 PER VIDEO.

Many didn’t disclose they were being… pic.twitter.com/IJb8fWE35t

— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) September 23, 2026

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OMG

"Independent" candidate for U.S. Senate in Nebraska Dan Osborn, was just caught on undercover video admitting to TRICKING voters about his views

"I can go and I can be the voice for LGBTQ and immigration… Then I lose the election… At the end of the day, I’m gonna win…

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

WHY ARE LEFTISTS ALWAYS FAKING THEIR BIOS? ‘Palestinian Rachel Dolezal’ outed as white woman of ‘significant privilege and wealth.’

Hey, she’s trans-Palestinian and you’re a bigot if you don’t believe her. Plus: “In one video from December 2025, the activist teacher wears a keffiyeh and has a ‘blaccent,’ which she did not use in her apology post this week.”

I think we’ve had enough of “activist teachers.”

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: A Tale of Two Centuries.

THIS IS THE FUNNIEST TIMELINE:

That would make the world that much freer https://t.co/16kqO7Wnaq

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) September 23, 2026