OPEN THREAD: I can’t cry anymore, while you post around.

CRITICS, CHINESE FRONTS, WHATEVER: The US wants to build offshore rocket launch sites. Critics say ‘our coasts deserve better.’

OH, GREAT, ANOTHER JURASSIC PARK SEQUEL: For The First Time, Ancient Human DNA Has Been Found Preserved on Cave Walls.

WELL, GOOD: Researchers Finally Solve a Decades-Old Mystery About Cellular Aging.

AMONG OTHER THINGS, LESS WORK FOR DOCTORS: The pitfalls of using social media and AI for health decisions, according to a doctor.

EVERYONE’S SUV SHOULD HAVE A SLUSHIE MACHINE.

THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE, THE ISSUE IS ALWAYS THE REVOLUTION: Omnicause Mission Creep: Giffords Moves from Gun Control to Defending Illegals Attacking ICE Agents.

STATING THE OBVIOUS WILL GET YOU BURNED AT THE STAKE IN THE UK NOW: Oxford don under fire for saying Britain needs air-con. He’s right that opposition to air conditioning is basically a “tribal issue.”

VITAMIN D UPDATE: 5 New Things Scientists Have Learned About Vitamin D In 2026.

SO MY FRIEND’S SISTER WHO SAT ON THE WASHING MACHINE A LOT WAS AHEAD OF A TREND? Vibration plates are trendy. But do they actually work?

MAKE THEM PAY: Seven years later, a campus cancel culture incident heads to trial.

HIGHER EDUCATION WAS SUPPOSED TO ENCOURAGE CIVILITY AND CRITICAL THINKING: College campuses are ground zero for ‘the gospel of envy.’

RULE OF LAW: The Anti-Gun Left’s Solution to Consistent SCOTUS Losses: Pack the Court.

SEDITION:

Because we've developed this really bad habit of waving this kind of thing off as 'crazy college kids' just doing the campus radical thing for a few years before becoming adults.

It's a very typical boomer attitude because so many boomers experienced it themselves. They marched…

— Hon. Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) July 9, 2026

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Newsom Lawyers Up as Missing Tax Returns Fuel More Questions About Federal Probe.

#WAR:

Anthropic is giving left wing NGO’s free access to its tools to target conservatives and MAGA. This company is completely out of control and is now waging war against every Trump voter. pic.twitter.com/NzRnvMV5Sg

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) July 9, 2026

“ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW” HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST DRAG ON TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS FOR THE PAST HALF-CENTURY: ‘Reckless’ space-based data centers lack environmental review, drawing criticism.

OPEN THREAD: Zombie see, and zombie do.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Staffing the moon base: How many astronauts should live in NASA’s lunar outpost?

WHAT’S NEW IS THAT THIS IS A COMMERCIAL ENDEAVOR: A US Underwater Human Habitat Is Now Operational. Take a Look Inside. “Vanguard is a pilot for their much more ambitious project, Sentinel, which the company claims will enable ‘both short-term and semi-permanent deployments anywhere on the continental shelf’ by 2027.”

PROGRESS: Hip Replacements Are Lasting Far Longer Than Doctors Once Thought.

WELL, GOOD: Glycoprotein G unlocks genital herpes spread to nerves, revealing vaccine target.

I LIKE LUXURY. 2026 Lincoln Aviator Tested: Old-School Luxury.

WHAT WUSSES: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented engraved revolvers – with bullets – to his guests in Ankara, causing security concerns. “The question asked over and over again: why such a gift? While it is very common for heads of state to exchange various gifts during meetings or summits, such exchanges rarely require these kinds of precautions.”

Plus: “An unnamed NATO official told Agence France-Presse the gift triggered “insane” responses behind the scenes from some of the delegations’ security teams.”

Gifts of firearms were a traditional thing between leaders until the feminization of the West. You can bet Teddy Roosevelt wouldn’t have panicked. Or LBJ. Or even GWB.

PREHISTORIC MISCEGENATION: Prehistoric cave discoveries hint at shared culture between Neanderthals and modern humans.