OF COURSE IT IS: That UChicago professor arrested for alleged battery on a cop? It’s Abdul El-Sayed’s sister.

STANDING UP AGAINST RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION: Trump DOJ intensifies push to stop tuition discounts for illegal aliens, keep Harvard accountable for campus anti-Semitism.

NASHVILLE ISN’T DOING WELL:

🚨WHAT ON EARTH?!!

The TEACHER OF THE YEAR in Nashville TM just walked away from her career B says the district ORDERED HER TO FABRICATE GRADES.

She refused. So they went into the system and CHANGED IT THEMSELVES.

According to the teacher, a student didn’t finish a project.… pic.twitter.com/OSFF0FzYpj

— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) August 16, 2026

NO, HE WASN’T: No, Jason Arday Was Not Hounded to Death.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: New record! SpaceX launches 2 Falcon 9 rockets just 38 minutes apart.

CHANGE:

Things that are now rightwing:

Investigative journalism
Academic rigour
Scientific dissent
Nature
Facts
Biology
Politeness
Punctuality
Normality
Free speech
Individual rights
Rationality
Objectivity
Self-reliance
Emotional restraint
Delayed gratification

— Alice Smith (@TheAliceSmith) August 15, 2026

WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT TO AGONY ASAP: The Ecstasy of the Young Communists.

RIGHT?

if academia is silly and standards don't matter there's no rationale for why the public should be funding such trivialities

do you ppl bother to think beyond the latest controversy before your face? https://t.co/ouc9Vf6MSq

— Razib Khan 🧬 ✍️ (@razibkhan) August 15, 2026

COMMIES ARE EVIL. AND STUPID.

This is astonishingly blunt. https://t.co/q7uE4la7xO

— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) August 15, 2026

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Training on a Budget: Low Round Count Drills to Keep Your Skills Current.

OPEN THREAD: Party on.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Virgin Galactic delays next commercial spaceflight to 2027.

HMM: 1,000 AI Agents Started Agreeing Without Anyone Telling Them To.

I WANT REACTIONLESS THRUSTERS: Empty Space May Not Be Empty After All: Magnetar Reveals a Bizarre Quantum Effect.

PROGRESS: New gas-switching approach could one day make deep-sea decompression safer and faster.

I’VE ALWAYS WANTED A V-12: Aston Martin’s 838-HP Valen Is Its Most Powerful Front-Engined V12 Ever.. But I don’t think there’s one of these in my future.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Thinking About Buying a Silencer, SBR, SBS or AOW Now? This is What You Need to Know.

HMM: We smell different as we age. Here’s why. An odor-producing molecule 2-nonenal is only part of the story.

I DON’T REALLY TRUST THEM: NOAA predicts potentially historic El Nino, with major influence on weather.

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Brain Scans Reveal Dogs Can Tell When Humans Are Angry, Sad or Afraid.

SADLY, THEY’RE NOT ENDORSING CAPTAIN CRUNCH: Dietitians say these are the 5 healthiest cereals to start your day with.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: How Often Should You Change Your Toothbrush? It’s Probably Sooner Than You Think.

SHE’S THE HEROINE WE WANT, AND THE HEROINE WE NEED:

Only Sophie Cunningham could go from playing a Fever game to randomly showing up at a bar and singing “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” with the fans. 🥰🇺🇸

She’s truly the freaking best. ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/FSvsnUOjPZ

— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) August 15, 2026

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Second Amendment could include owning cannons, heavily armed ships: UPenn law professor.

Endorsed.

START FILING RICO CHARGES: Trump DOJ intensifies push to stop tuition discounts for illegal aliens, keep Harvard accountable for campus anti-Semitism.