GOOD: In free speech win, UNC retracts statement announcing investigation into student satire.

LET’S SEE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY FOR VIOLENCE AND HATE: UW–Stevens Point athlete identified, arrested after assaulting TPUSA reporter with parents: The athlete’s parents, who have histories of engaging in leftist activism, also appear to have participated in the assault.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: How education’s decline is corroding a pillar of the left’s power.

DON SURBER: Obama is tired of Trump winning: We’re not.

THE NORMAL PLAY WHEN THAT HAPPENS IS COERCION: Mamdani Can’t Make Socialism Happen. So How Does He Respond? Also lying. Lots and lots of lying.

INDISPUTABLE: Antisemitism Is a Core Democratic Party Belief Now.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: Astonishingly Prolific Anti-Israel Medical Researcher Used AI to Churn Out Journal Articles, Screening Software Shows: Harvard distances Itself from Bilal Irfan, saying ‘none of the work was done as part of’ Harvard master’s program.

NEW YORK CITY AND CALIFORNIA ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO CRUSH AMERICA’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: California Regulators Kill Charity Fireworks for America’s 250th.

SAY ANYTHING: Dem Candidate Makes Anti-Trump Union Claim. Gets Called Out Almost Instantly.

NGOS ARE JUST A MONEY AND INFLUENCE LAUNDRY FOR THE LEFT:

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Trump Interior Sec. Doug Burgum just revealed he found NGOs where up to 100% PERCENT of their revenue was the federal government…

…and their CEO would make $650K a YEAR, and pay lobbyists $400K.

He exposes it: "We found organizations that were receiving grants… pic.twitter.com/zRKa8WQWzv

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 20, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

PRETTY SURE IT WILL BE SPACEX, BUT ROCKET LAB IS UNDERAPPRECIATED: SpaceX vs. Rocket Lab: Which one will dominate the next decade?

I HAVE SYNESTHESIA. I FOUND IT VERY USEFUL AS A SOUND ENGINEER/MIXER: Up to 4% of People Can Hear Colors or Taste Words. Here’s Why. I think it helps by harnessing neurological processing power normally used for other senses.

LIBEL: FBI Director Kash Patel Sues Atlantic Over Friday’s Article. Eugene Volokh has highlights from the complaint.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS ABOUT THE THYMUS SINCE I WAS A KID: Scientists Say This Overlooked Organ Could Hold the Key to Longer Life.

MAY HAVE:

New Release: FBI Agent Deeply Involved In Get-Trump Lawfare May Have Crossed Criminal Line https://t.co/dXuAxn7bTq

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) April 20, 2026

SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Teen cannabis use rose after California legalization, reversing years of decline.

IT’S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA: What’s Going on at Ford? A Shakeup That Could Change Everything.

THEY’RE EVIL: Google Is Quietly Censoring Pro-Gun Websites — And It’s Working.

THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY I WAS PROMISED: I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers—here’s what a shot day looks like. Okay, this part isn’t quite what I expected: “On a typical shot day, the target might be a piece of metal foil thinner than a human hair, a jet of gas or a tiny plastic pellet.”

I DUNNO, IT’S HARD TO TRUST ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF CHINA: China Is Starting to Pull Ahead of US in AI Race.

HMM: Does Closing Your Eyes Help You Hear? A Surprising Study Has The Answer..

MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO TIE A THREAD AROUND THEM: Why You Should Never Try to Remove a Skin Tag at Home.

FROM JONATHAN LEAF, a review of Roger Simon’s excellent new Middle East novel, EMET. I read the book and blurbed it; you can see my blurb at the link.

“TRUST THE EXPERTS,” THEY SAID:

Philip Tetlock's results in the early 2000s were the most important in the history of political science: on average, subject-matter experts didn't beat random guessing—and did worse than simple heuristics.
If this isn't part of your worldview, you're ngmi pic.twitter.com/KGCA7PVriO

— Werner Zagrebbi🇦🇿 (@zagrebbi) April 16, 2026