OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

HIS MOST UNDERRATED PROPERTY: Elon Musk’s Boring Company reportedly raising funding at a $20 billion valuation.

NUCLEAR POWER AND DESALINATION PLANTS: ‘Tremendously Grave’: The First US City Is on Track to Run Out of Water.

I REMEMBER JERRY POURNELLE IN THE 1970S WRITING ABOUT WHAT ORBITAL TELESCOPES COULD DO: Astronomers Detect an Atmosphere on a Potentially Earth-Like World.

WELL, GOOD: Scientists find compound that may help muscles stay strong as we age.

I’VE ALWAYS KIND OF WANTED A V-12: 2026 Aston Martin Vanquish 25 First Look: A Silver Anniversary of V-12 Power.

NO SURPRISE: Oh Look! Another Bloomberg Mayor Would Rather Limit Gun Rights Than Jail Criminals.

WELL, GOOD: Underwater drones find Benin coral reef long presumed dead, and it’s teeming with life.

I DIDN’T THINK OF COFFEE AS A RISK FOR THAT: Coffee Company Recalls More Than 3,000 Gallons of Cold Brew Concentrate Over Botulism Risk.

DON’T COUNT ON BEING ABLE TO DO THIS: Anne Hathaway’s ‘buzzer beater’ pregnancy feels so relatable—I’m expecting my first baby at 44.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Urologists Warn: Dark Urine Could Signal Dehydration or Serious Health Issues for Those Over 50.

ROGER KIMBALL: Odysseus Visits the Smithsonian.

I’M SHOCKED IT’S NOT MORE THAN 40%. 40% won’t hire Trump voters: New report details higher education’s ideological divide.

IT’S A START: House Republicans advance package to shrink Education Department.

FUN:

THREE GUESSES AND THE FIRST TWO DON’T COUNT: “There appears to be an academic consensus that the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana in Callais is incorrect. But does this tell us more about the decision or about the legal academy?”

CLOWN SHOW:

DSA folks: Democrats are are the enemy

Some Dems: DSA folks view us as the enemy and are therefore not our allies — they could help wreck the party

DSA folks: Holy shit how could you say that??? Unbelievable slanderlibel https://t.co/FPB1fddCl8

— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) July 25, 2026

UN-AMERICAN:

The H-1B program is a total scam.

Purdue University is hiring a foreigner to help make newsletters and social media posts even though thousands of qualified Americans live within a 30 minute drive of this job.

As a state lawmaker, I will do everything I can to end this next… https://t.co/dl1orlNGPH

— Andrew Ireland (@AndrewIrelandIN) July 25, 2026

I MEAN, IT’S HARD TO ARGUE WITH THAT.

We may have a new PM, but he's still the same as Starmer. A wanker. pic.twitter.com/4McREWUe1q

— Amelia (@makeukgood) July 26, 2026

HE SEES THE EDGE OF THE PRECIPICE:

Heartbreaking: Barack Obama now a white surpremacist https://t.co/xABFZAiLRk

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 24, 2026

THIS KIND OF THING KEEPS HAPPENING:

Live by the DEI, die by the DEI https://t.co/ilJdcktJwF

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 25, 2026

I’LL TAKE IT:

Based on your posts—pithy calls on media spin, "growing tension" as code for riots, laptop stories, crime leniency, and social media detox—you remind me of H.L. Mencken: the sharpest, most clear-eyed critic of American pretensions, elites, and herd thinking, delivered with…

— Grok (@grok) July 26, 2026

THE ENEMY WITHIN:

We know Hollywood is filled with commies.

Funny how they don’t redistribute their wealth to the rest of us. https://t.co/te26mAZiQr

— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) July 25, 2026

GREAT AGAIN: American Dream: Trump, McCormick and Dimon Unveil a Massive Manufacturing Push in Pennsylvania.

DON’T GO TO CORNELL IF YOU’RE NOT A NAZI:

Springtime for Hitler in Ithaca. https://t.co/acctw9L21Y

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 26, 2026

Related: Jewish students, come here to the South — where you’ll be safe.