HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:

Brilliant post by Prof. @timurkuran. Yes, the bigger problem CMU needs to face is how this woman got hired in the first place. If I were president of CMU, I'd do an in-depth look at the Dept. of Modern Languages.

— Tim Groseclose (@Tim_Groseclose) September 13, 2026

JOSH HAMMER: America Has Not Learned the Right Lessons From Charlie Kirk’s Murder. “The assassination of Charlie Kirk — like the attempts on President Donald Trump’s life and the cold-blooded killing of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson — was welcomed with glee by many on the far Left. It was a grisly reminder of the leftist violent streak that goes back as far as the guillotine of revolutionary France.”

Related:

nothing to see here, just the @ACLU celebrating Charlie Kirk's death at a fundraiser. pic.twitter.com/92IV4QyIKx

— Sensurround (@ShamashAran) September 12, 2026

WARNING BEFORE THE LINK: ONCE AGAIN, THE PEOPLE WHO STRIP DOWN ARE NEVER THE ONES YOU WANT TO SEE NAKED. Spirit passenger strips down, flashes breasts in front of fellow fliers during airport meltdown.

Also, Spirit Airlines? Natch.

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX launches 3 telecom satellites to orbit on 700th Falcon mission of all time.

PERSONALLY I HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN ROCKET LAB BASED ON PAST PERFORMANCE: Rocket Lab protests NASA’s decision to award Blue Origin $700 million Mars orbiter contract.

HMM: Experiment Tested Out-of-Body Experiences. Two Reported Seeing Things Scientists Can’t Explain.

UGH: A Hidden Form of Heart Failure Is Leaving Millions Breathless.

AVOID STREET TACOS: 5 Tips for Better Gut Health While Traveling, Recommended by a Gastroenterologist.

Also, when traveling to Mexico, et al., I take a Pepto capsule in the morning and at night, and keep antibiotics on hand.

CHANGE: The 2027 Honda Passport TrailSport Gets More Ground Clearance and Off-Road Cred.

LOL, EVERYTOWN: Everytown Says DOJ Overestates the Number of ‘Assault Weapons’ But Offers No Data of Their Own.

HMM: AI-Designed Drug Makes Patients’ Blood Look Biologically Younger, Study Shows.

FASTER, PLEASE: The human heart tries to regenerate after a heart attack — scientists are learning why the repair falls short.

NEWS I CAN’T USE: A complete guide to high latitude sailing (and avoiding icebergs).

HMM: Laird Hamilton, 62, Changed His Mind About a Popular Longevity Habit.

HMM: Amodei, Altman, and Musk Agree on Slowing AI Development.

CULTURE OF HATE: Conservative students’ 9/11 memorial defaced with pro-Palestinian, pro-Antifa vandalism.

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Only 32 percent of American adults say they are ‘completely’ or ‘somewhat’ satisfied with the quality of K-12 education, the lowest figure in Gallup’s 27-year trend, according to a Sept. 7 poll.

MARK JUDGE: Thank You for Supporting the Anti-Communist Film Festival.

SHOCKER:

White liberals remain the only segment of society that prefers other races to their own https://t.co/VNppxSzxcC

— Eric Kaufmann (@epkaufm) September 13, 2026

SELF-INTEREST: ‘ANTI-DEMOCRATIC’: Nonprofits That Received Tax Dollars Unite to Oppose Rules Cracking Down on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.

IT’S NOT US, IT’S THEM: Why They Hate Us: The Sources of Terrorist Conduct.

AMERICAN DUNKIRK: The 9/11 Boatlift.

Flashback: “Day Four, when federal authorities took over.” There’s a lesson in that phrase, isn’t there?

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:

TikTokker Furious As No One Has Ogled Her At Gym All Morning https://t.co/S7eqr2sRJM

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) September 12, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Party on, dudes and dudettes.