THE NEW SPACE RACE: FAA grounds SpaceX’s Starship V3 megarocket after Flight 12 ‘mishap.’

This sort of thing is routine but it’s also funny: Any “mishap” that the FAA notices, SpaceX notices, and would be working to fix it anyway.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China shakes up its space programs to land astronauts on the moon by 2030: ‘We will spare no effort.’

CHANGE: New Blood Test Added to Colorectal Cancer Screening Recommendations as Disease Spikes in Young People.

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Why Are Women Taking Allergy Drugs to Treat Perimenopause?

WEIRD, THIS KEEPS HAPPENING:

BREAKING: Sylvia Sims Bolton, a Democrat Councilwoman for Waukegan, IL, was just arrested for allegedly illegally casting a mail-in ballot in her dead mother's name.

The thing Democrats say never happens, happened again! pic.twitter.com/vBTeLktWHV

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 27, 2026

CHANGE: Growing numbers of legal scholars support Trump’s order on birthright citizenship.

“EQUITABLE” ALWAYS MEANS ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION: University of Illinois medical school pushes ‘equitable assessments’ for professors.

IT’S ALMOST AS IF THE CIA IS DEEPLY CORRUPT, POLITICALLY COMPROMISED, AND NOT VERY GOOD AT WHAT IT DOES: Former CIA official arrested after feds find $40M worth of gold bars stashed at his home.

This guy was caught in a routine audit. I think we need DOGE-level audits of this agency ASAP.

I’M OKAY WITH THAT, IF THE REST OF US — INCLUDING PRESIDENT TRUMP — ARE FREE TO DISREGARD LOWER COURT ORDERS WE DON’T LIKE: KBJ Says It’s ‘A Legitimate Question’ Whether Judges Should Defy Emergency SCOTUS Orders.

HIGHER EDUCATION AS MONEY LAUNDRY FOR THE LEFT: Harvard Gives $90,000-a-Year Fellowships to Four Anti-Israel Activists.

WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SO FULL OF EXCLUSIONARY BIGOTRY? DOJ: By Its Own Admission, Yale Med School Illegally Discriminates.

WHENEVER THEY TRY TO BE NORMAL, THEY FAIL.

Reporter: "What do you say to President Trump saying he's a lifelong Knicks fan?"

Hochul: “I’d ask him to name the starting lineup of the 1993 Championship team and see how he does."

The last time the Knicks won a championship was 1973.pic.twitter.com/9kDmA2Iziq

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 27, 2026

IN MANY FIELDS, THEY WERE DRIVEN OFF BY HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENTS: Honey, Where Did All the Male Workers Go? As so often, it’s a bit complicated. But for sure we need more men in healthcare.

I think the advice for men to go into healthcare jobs is going to turn out like ‘learn to code’ — justified by current numbers but bound for destruction by technological change. Though the job loss will probably start at the top and work down, until we get robots that can handle bedpans. And it’s well known — and reinforced by interviews in the InstaWife-s book — that men in, say, nursing are treated badly because of their sex.

Related: Doctors, This Is Why Our Patients Are Using ChatGPT.

Several months ago, I got the results back from some routine blood tests, and let’s just say several numbers were a tad too high. My doctor advised “continued diet and exercise” and signed off on the results.

For the past couple of years, though, my numbers had been inching up, and I was frustrated that I couldn’t seem to do much about them. I requested a phone call from my doctor — surely, she had better advice than what she wrote — but she messaged back that if I wanted to discuss my results, I had to set up another appointment.

So, I did what everyone does in this day and age: I turned to artificial intelligence. With low expectations, I typed my lab results into ChatGPT.

As both a physician and a patient, I found the experience startling. Not because ChatGPT dazzled me with its scientific knowledge, but because it behaved the way I wish modern medicine, and its practitioners, still would. . . .

The chatbot didn’t just spit back generic advice. It asked questions about my daily life and figured out what I could realistically change. It suggested a short walk immediately after eating, something I’d never taken seriously. When I inquired about doing a longer activity, it told me that would likely offer only marginal benefit. Its recommendations were manageable and easy to follow.

When I sheepishly asked a silly question — if eating my vitamin gummies after my post-meal walks would raise my blood sugar — it asked me to upload the link to the specific product, and it did a close analysis of its ingredients. (No, it would not.)

I felt comfortable telling it that there was no way I was taking some of its suggestions — consuming Metamucil drinks or another psyllium husk powder concoction, no thank you — and it responded with understanding and offered me alternatives. (No offense taken.)

Of course, as a doctor, I know when to question the chatbot and when to ignore it. Many other patients don’t. . . .

As a doctor, I was a little embarrassed to be using ChatGPT. But every interaction with, say, OpenEvidence, a professional medical A.I. tool, felt cold and sterile. It referred to me as if I were a case report, not a person with preferences and habits. I realized what was winning me over about ChatGPT wasn’t its ability to sift through the latest studies, or diagnose my ailments; but its unwavering messages of empathy and encouragement, and its endless willingness to listen and its patience. It’s not human, but it can model some traits we value most in human interaction.

I followed ChatGPT’s advice, and when my blood work improved, ChatGPT affirmed my progress and urged me to keep going. I doubt I would have made those changes — much less stuck with them — without that sustained back-and-forth. I certainly hadn’t before.

Yes, that kind of think can be seductive.

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Artemis moon base will cover ‘hundreds of square miles’ with hopping drones and new lunar rovers, NASA says.

SCIENCE: We Were Wrong About Fasting, Massive Study Finds.

21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: Physicists Have Measured “Negative Time” in Bizarre Quantum Experiment.

TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE (CONT’D): Married teacher from quiet SoCal suburb accused of several lewd acts with student.

VITAMIN D UPDATE: Vitamin D analog shuts down pancreatic cancer’s shield in a clinical trial.

CARS: Driven: 2026 Porsche Cayenne Coupe Electric Makes Easy Sacrifices for Style.

A HAPPY ENDING: Tennessee Woman Repeatedly Perforates Midnight Home Invader Perp.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Analyst on China’s spent rocket stages: “Things only continue to get worse.”

FRED HOYLE SMILES: Scientist Suggests That 3I/ATLAS May Have Seeded Life as It Careened Through Our Solar System.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Nasa unveils next steps to build permanent Moon base.

SADLY SHE STILL LOOKS LIKE ROSIE O’DONNELL: Rosie O’Donnell got a facelift after losing 50 pounds on Mounjaro. How GLP-1s are fueling a rise in plastic surgery.