THE CHINA/PAKISTAN AXIS: Pakistani astronaut set to become 1st international visitor to China’s Tiangong space station this month.

MARCO KEEPS CRUSHING IT:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio just delivered the most brutal indictment of Third World Mass Immigration and Open Borders I've ever heard.

“They tell us that we are compelled by a sacred legal obligation to give up our power, to surrender our sovereignty, to submit to the whims… pic.twitter.com/p8ZrgAjefs

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 13, 2026

THE LEFTIST NARRATIVE FAILS:

The last major ground stop was in 2023 when Pete was the transportation secretary 😂😂😂

— Spence (@CurryAlert) November 13, 2026

CURIOUS HAPPENINGS:

If we assume that some of the unusual events of the last few days are related:

1. China naval drill off Taiwan;
2. Iranian spy roundup in the UK;
3. Uptick in hacking of European targets, esp France;
4. Sinking of Russian warship in the Gulf of Finland;
5. Evacuation of US bases…

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) November 13, 2026

IT’S ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Scientists Find Evidence of Primordial Water Hidden at The Edge of The Solar System.

WAIT, THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN? Scientists Discover a Hidden Immune System Difference That Could Explain Why Obesity Affects Men and Women Differently.

STARSHIP FLIGHT 42 GOING WELL SO FAR:

Booster splashdown. pic.twitter.com/oW7IkbdPcY

— FullStackLifter (@FullStackLifter) November 13, 2026

Views of Starship in space as @Starlink deploy continues pic.twitter.com/pd6FYvDo0D

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 13, 2026

UPDATE: SpaceX launches Starship on ambitious 22-hour Flight 15 test, but aborts booster ‘chopsticks’ catch.

We will catch no rocket before its time.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTION: Should a 70+year old take a statin? Two recent randomized trials.

MORE THOUGHTS FROM ESR ON THE MICROSOFT OUTAGE:

I'm about to propose a term for a dangerous failure mode that every software engineer should be thinking about today. And another for its consequences.

Hot-state dependency: A condition in which a system's ability to function depends on organizational relationships, accumulated…

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) November 13, 2026

CONGRATULATIONS TO DATA REPUBLICAN:

The People’s choice award for Citizen Journalist of the Year goes to @DataRepublican! pic.twitter.com/0InQlTuirt

— O’Keefe Media Group (@OKeefeMedia) November 13, 2026

HARLEY EARL WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME: Porsche Explores Airplane-Style Fins to Make Its Cars Corner Faster.

UM: FAA Grounds All Flights Nationwide Due to ‘Communication Issue.’

The @FAAnews issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers. FAA technicians are investigating the issue. We will provide immediate updates as we have them.

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) November 13, 2026

UPDATE: Culprit located.

pic.twitter.com/iRTPWkHhXy

— Chris (@flyrogo) November 13, 2026

THE PURPOSE HAS NEVER BEEN TO FIGHT CRIME: Same As It Ever Was: Serial Recidivists Keep Offending While Pols Preach More Gun Control.

MY OUTLOOK IS WORKING, KUDOS TO THE UT IT DEPARTMENT. But here’s the latest:

It has now been more than 26 hours since the beginning of the Microsoft cloud services outage.

While a few people have reported on X that they have service again, Microsoft's cloud status page at https://t.co/4krxfyDQM6 is unchanged, still reporting O365 service degradation and…

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) November 13, 2026

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Robotic slugs with claws can fuse together to create one massive machine.

GO NUCLEAR: The Climate Summit Wants Electrification. The AI Boom Wants Every Electron It Can Get.

WELL, THEY GET A LOAD TAKEN OFF: What happens to your feet when you lose weight fast on Ozempic, according to podiatrists.

CHANGE: Want to ditch fluoride? Dentists explain who might benefit from hydroxyapatite toothpaste.

HMM: Major reversal in prostate cancer screening guidelines.

TRY TO STEAL MY AISLE SEAT AND PUT ME IN YOUR MIDDLE SEAT AND I’LL SEND YOU ON A FLIGHT OF YOUR OWN: Viral plane-etiquette debate erupts after man grabs passenger’s aisle seat to sit with wife.

Of course I don’t fly Frontier.

GOOD: Pennsylvania college scraps plan for gender-neutral mascot, will keep Ben Franklin after all.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Idaho Election Officials Find 2,675 Ballots Left Out of Results. “The ballots, representing a portion of early voting, had been tabulated by election machines but were not included in the county’s publicly reported results. The discrepancy was discovered during the county’s review ahead of its official canvas.”

This should never happen.

PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD: Sen. Slotkin’s ‘deterrence message’ backfires as UChicago student demands Senate ethics investigation. “A University of Chicago student who exposed remarks by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., about deterring young conservatives from working in the administration of President Donald Trump told Campus Reform in an interview that her warning has only motivated students to stand up for their political beliefs. Michael Bicksel, a second-year student and senior editor of The Chicago Thinker, has since filed a formal Senate ethics complaint against the Michigan Democrat for threatening political persecution against young Americans interested in serving in a Republican administration.”

I THINK HE’S RIGHT: Marc Thiessen: The midterms won’t define Trump’s legacy. Iran will. Reagan lost the Senate and won the Cold War. The president can follow his lead.

NO WORRIES, I HAVE MY TOWEL: SpaceX’s S42 Launch Is Named “Don’t Panic.”