IF IT’S FREE OF HANTAVIRUS AND NOROVIRUS, IT’S STILL IN PLAY: Passengers Agree This Cruise Ship Has The Worst Buffets.

EVEN LOVE: New GLP-1 drugs could suppress desire for more than just food, study suggests.

FIX OR REPAIR DAILY: Ford May Break Its Own Recall Record Again in 2026.

THE NARRATIVE REQUIRES THAT MEN BE OFFENDERS AND WOMEN BE VICTIMS:

Why is sex education involving consent being targeted only to boys and men, when 1 in 9 men are forced to penetrate, approximately 80% by a woman?

The reality is there will be numerous boys and men forced to sit through these classes who are survivors of rape and sexual assault… https://t.co/4bIul1IM7R

— Femme (@FemCondition) May 7, 2026

FIVE YEARS BEHIND THE TIMES: Penn State law school plans to focus on ‘antiracism’ over next 5 years.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ‘Weird, totally unnecessary, and absurd’: UVA students raise concerns over tampon dispensers in men’s restrooms.

AT MY SUBSTACK: Talking to Old People: My mother and dementia.

MEANWHILE THE DEMS HAD CONFEDERATE FLAGS. LITERALLY. This Tennessee Republican Had the Best Reaction to the New Congressional Map…and It Drove Dems Crazy. “State Rep. Todd Warner did a victory lap, wearing a MAGA flag like a cape and strolling around the Capitol.”

You don’t really have to drive them crazy. Even the best ones are already close enough to walk.

UPDATE:

As Democrats whine about the loss of a so-called “black congressional district” we should remind everyone that Steve Cohen (D-TN), who represents District 9, is white, and that Democrats have spent millions to prevent Charlotte Bergmann, a black Republican, from winning the seat. pic.twitter.com/hG4c7Lygmr

— David Burke 🇺🇸 (@ConservativeTht) May 8, 2026

Flashback:

Amazing how numb we became to language like this. https://t.co/v2ECRxhSB2

— JD Vance (@JDVance) December 19, 2025

Well, Steve Cohen just was.

UPDATE:

Lydia Moynihan shuts down the CNN panel over Tennessee's redistricting:

"It's a little ironic that the woman now who is likely going to win the 9th district in Tennessee is a black Republican woman… But that's racist?"pic.twitter.com/dCbExyr731

— MRC NewsBusters (@newsbusters) May 8, 2026

DON SURBER: Trump saved Indiana in 2016. “The message from voters to Republicans was clear—you have a supermajority, use it. Maybe Rove and WSJ think redistricting was trivial but Republican voters wanted it bigly. They want Congress to be flooded with Republicans. 9 is more than 7. The RINOs voted for 7. Ten years ago, the message was the same—you have a supermajority, use it.”

DEMOCRATS CAN’T HELP BUT CHANNEL THE CONFEDERACY: Lawmaker calls for Memphis to secede from Tennessee following redistricting.

IMPOTENT LEFTIST OUTRAGE: Brutal Blow For Democrats In Red State Sparks Leftist Outrage.

LEARNED NOTHING AND FORGOTTEN NOTHING;

Remember Starmer’s response to this is going to be a speech next week where he rolls pitch for dynamic alignment on EU rules and teases rejoin! Only Starmer could wake up to this and think the correction he needs is to rejoin the EU

— Ross Kempsell (@RossKempsell) May 8, 2026

The bond market likes Starmer’s — and Labour’s? — pending defenestration:

long gilt futures flattening today and outperforming US and German bonds pic.twitter.com/svIu1UDo8Q

— Ross Kempsell (@RossKempsell) May 8, 2026

Still in denial:

Starmer Insists He Won’t Resign as Labour Losses Roll In https://t.co/oUU3IgyIMR pic.twitter.com/u4X9CrAgAY

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) May 8, 2026

THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR RELYING ON THE BULWARK AND THE DISPATCH:

IN spooked them. They thought they had Trump and MAGA contained. They thought they could ignore Trump. They thought that MAGA was weakened, split, and easily put back in the corner. They believed the fake polls. They figured their podcast bros caused more than enough…

— unseen1 (@unseen1_unseen) May 7, 2026

HEH: Democratic Fundraiser Threatens Free Beacon for Noticing Veterans Day Tribute to Grandfather Who Fought for Hitler: Letter from Kelly Neumann’s attorney, aka the ‘First Lady of Law,’ riddled with factual errors.

THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR: Are we just 18 months away from everything changing? The evidence for recursive AI self-improvement is real. So are the bottlenecks.

ANNIHILATION: British voters have spoken in local elections seen as a verdict on Keir Starmer’s leadership.

Reform are basically wiping Labour out in the North. It's not a defeat. It's not even a rout. Labour are simply ceasing to exist.

— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) May 7, 2026

Tonight’s results are calamitous for Labour. Not just for Keir Starmer’s leadership, but for the very future of the party

— Nick Lowles (@lowles_nick) May 8, 2026

6 out of 6 in Runcorn for Reform, too. All gained from Labour.

— Leanne (@LeanneSpurs) May 7, 2026

If The Times briefing about Miliband telling Starmer to quit is true then the PM has to sack him – which will precipitate open warfare in government and it's game on

If the PM doesn't sack him, there is an open rebellion against him and it's game on

Either way it's game on

— Ross Kempsell (@RossKempsell) May 7, 2026

Britain needs literal annihilation of the people who waged war on it from within, but electoral annihilation would be a good start.

OPEN THREAD: Just do it.

SATELLITE INTERCEPTORS IN DEVELOPMENT: ‘Whatever Russia is testing, it’s sophisticated’: 2 Russian satellites get within 10 feet of each other in orbit.. “This wasn’t a coincidental pass — COSMOS 2583 performed several fine maneuvers to maintain this tight configuration.”

I believe the US was doing this with Agenas in the 1960s. What’s funny is, Putin was threatening Starlink, but Elon can launch those faster thn he could intercept them.

ONE OF MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATES HAD THIS AND IT WAS AWFUL: The ‘100-Day Cough’ Often Missed in Adults Is Highly Contagious.

WHAT CORRUPTION LOOKS LIKE:

the evolution of the Bulwark summarized:

>we're the real conservatives
>we don't like trump
>he is a threat to democracy
>trump is a nazi
>all republicans are nazi sympathizers
>support democrats
>endorse nazi tattoo democrat for senate
>nazi tattoo guy should be the president https://t.co/VgpaUuaHn9

— Nathan Brand (@nathanbrand) May 7, 2026

AT MY SUBSTACK: Talking to Old People: My mother and dementia.

HMM: New research reveals that midlife in the U.S. is becoming more stressful and less secure.

NEWS FROM MY NECK OF THE WOODS: Gov. Bill Lee signs new redistricting map into law, hours after lawmakers pass it. “The new map reshapes Tennessee’s only Democratic-held congressional seat, District 9, into a Republican-leaning district. Shelby County, which forms the core of the current district, would be divided among three districts. Memphis would be placed in District 5, which would stretch east to include parts of Williamson and Maury counties.”

This is hilarious: “The Tennessee Democratic Party said the new maps, set to take effect for the August 2026 primary, ‘dilutes the voice of Black Memphians and harms their ability to elect a representative from their community.'” The district has been represented forever by Steve Cohen, who is utterly white, not withstanding his propensity for eating fried chicken during hearings.

Plus: Governor signs bill to expand school voucher program.

UPDATE:

Gentle reminder that when a troon terrorist murdered six people at a Christian school in Nashville these same people stormed the capitol to celebrate the dead shooter https://t.co/Xl3vjkEnOB

— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) May 7, 2026

ALL THE BEST PEOPLE ASSURED ME THAT THERE WERE NO RISKS: Large study finds a strong link between depression and cannabis use.

ACURA HASN’T LIVED UP TO MY HOPES: Lexus models consistently outperform Acura in reliability scores across SUVs and sedans.