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.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: 2 private spacecraft zoom within 650 feet of each other to showcase ‘advanced capabilities’ in orbit (photos).

YES. NEXT QUESTION? Are Too Many Americans Taking Antidepressants?

MICROBIOME NEWS: Mulberry Shows Surprising Effects on Gut Bacteria and Metabolism.