OPEN THREAD: Be here now.

PROF. CARRINGTON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Sun erupts with 3 colossal solar flares in less than 24 hours, boosting chances for northern lights.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Scott Pelley Is Out. So What? The demise of the news anchor as someone who matters.

“CRAZY CAT LADIES,” EXPLAINED: Cat Ownership Linked to Increased Risk of Schizophrenia, Study Suggests.

InstaPundit has been on this story for quite a while.

PROGRESS: NASA’s X-59 Sonic Boom Killer Is Ready for Its Biggest Test Yet.

SEDUCTIVE AI: 1 in 5 teens turn to AI chatbots for mental health advice, but a majority of them keep it secret.

OOF: Inside The Mercedes Biturbo V8 That Needed An $80,000 Fix Before 37,000 Miles.

IF THE POLICE DO A BETTER JOB, THERE WILL BE FEWER OF THESE: Des Moines Police Don’t Really Seem Comfortable With the Number of Defensive Gun Uses They’re Seeing.

NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Injectable nanorobots may help heal spinal injuries.

THE CRAFT BEER BUBBLE IS DEFLATING: Another beloved beer brand files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

THESE CLAIMS WOULD LOOK MORE RIDICULOUS IF MICROBIOLOGISTS HADN’T BEEN PROPOSING DOING THIS FOR YEARS: Viral claim says pilots are dropping ticks from planes, but experts point to far more obvious explanation.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Microdosing GLP-1s? Here’s what doctors say about the weight loss trend.

ICYMI: OVER ON SUBSTACK, ERIC OF SECURITY & CIGARS (WHICH I’VE LINKED A NUMBER OF TIMES) HAS BEEN WRITING A SERIAL NOVEL, BOUGIE APOCALYPSE. “”Bougie Apocalypse” is a serial style post-apocalyptic pulp story. Retired Sergeant Major Jack Harlan and his wife Raych are doing their best to keep civilization alive (real coffee, quality beans instead of MRE’s, refusing to become savages) while the Cough turns people into Zombies. It’s a mix of World War Z realism, Zombieland humor, and Mad Max road survival in the face of collapse. Competent protagonists, zombies, gas station raids, and killing zombies with frying pans!”

I’m in the book, maybe alive, maybe not. Schrodinger’s law professor!

MASSIVE RESISTANCE: DEI ban ‘doesn’t do anything’: Undercover video raises legal questions about UT Austin.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Low enrollment rocks U. Oregon as it works to slash $65 million, shutters dorms. Hmm… Well.

OF COURSE: NJ spends $8.2M to defend illegals from deportation, including through university law clinics.

YURI BEZMENOV: Never Forget the Tiananmen Square Massacre of June 4, 1989. “The MSM no longer mentions Tiananmen Square, so we must amplify it here. Please share far and wide.”

ROGER SIMON: Marilyn Monroe Lived in My House: A hundredth birthday reminiscence.

MAYBE, BUT I THINK THE PART WHERE SHE LIED TO INVESTIGATORS IS WORSE: If Judge Eleanor Ross’s “Improper Sexual Activity” “Greatly Damage[s] [Her] Credibility as a Judge,” Does That Satisfy the Standard for Impeachment?

HOW “ANTI-RACISM” WORKS IN PRACTICE:

You want to know why UK police mocked, arrested, and left to die an innocent student while they treated his murderer’s false claims of “racism” as the highest priority?

Because this is the system setup for policing in the UK. pic.twitter.com/HHwheyOFvH

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) June 4, 2026

The purpose of a system is what it does.

I WONDER WHY? Karmelo Anthony Trial to Proceed with No Black Jurors. “One juror repeatedly said they wouldn’t feel right putting a ‘brother’ in prison.” We’ve seen an increasing reluctance of black jurors to convict black defendants who target white people. That means that there’s cause to dismiss them if they feel that way, or if prosecutors think they do and use a peremptory challenge.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: BREAKING: Virginia Judge Delivers Win for Gun Owners, Smacks Down AG and Governor on Background Checks.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ‘It’s Just Been Agony’: Facing a Big Deficit, the New School Begins Layoffs. “One of New York’s most prominent universities has handed layoff notices to about 15 percent of its employees, marking the latest in a series of cost-cutting measures it’s taken to rectify a budget deficit last reported at $48 million. The New School, a private institution known for its progressive history, is also consolidating its four colleges to two beginning this fall.”

If only there had been some sort of warning.

HMM: Conservatives Are Winning War Against LGBT Ideology, Major Poll Shows.

“DIVINITY:” Harvard Divinity School Launches Journal Devoted to ‘Queerness,’ ‘Palestinian Liberation:’ ‘We are not scholars,’ the editors write in volume one, with ‘support’ from dean’s office.

No argument there.