OPEN THREAD: Party on.

THE NEW SPACE RACE:

SpaceX has launched every rocket in their lineup, 3 different vehicles, from 4 different pads, in 3 different states this week.

They also lifted basically every “category” of payload. Starlink, Crew, Commercial, and Military.

WHAT. A. WEEK. pic.twitter.com/4fmkvzj9OY

— Ken Kirtland IV (@KenKirtland17) October 2, 2026

I SUSPECT PUTIN HAS REACTIVATED THE OLD SOVIET BIOWAR APPARAT:

Pneumonic plague can be nearly 100% fatal if not treated in time and can kill you within 24 hours. WTF were they doing with this?

— Chris (@TiberiusChris) October 3, 2026

Cipro and Levaquin are very effective treatments. Unless, of course, the strain has been weaponized with antibiotic resistance.

WELL: I thought my cutting board was clean. Then a Japanese chef showed me what was really hiding inside it.

ALL THE BEST PEOPLE TOLD ME THE OPPOSITE: Cannabis Users More Likely to Commit and Experience Violence, Study Finds.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Hotter Sex After 40: Exploring Age-Related Challenges and Benefits.

LIVING THE DREAM: Porsche Driver Caught Doing 194 MPH On An 81 MPH Road.

UNSURPRISING: Anti-Gun States Adopt the Jim Crow Playbook.

THE DEEP SEVENS ARE AT WORK: Something Deep Inside the Earth Is Messing With Time—and Making Days Longer Than 24 Hours.

LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: “For this person, the commitment to contesting the evil of whiteness is all-consuming, an ideological North Star that orients her entire worldview….”

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Supplements for Longevity Are Everywhere, but Do They Actually Work? Experts Break Down the Science.

BRYAN CAPLAN: Flashback: Why I Am Homeschooling.

WATCHING CAITLIN CLARK GUESTING ON ESPN RIGHT NOW, and she’s super poised, personable, and confident. If this is a tryout for a post-WNBA career, she’s acing it.

SHE’S THE PERFECT DEMOCRATIC PROSECUTOR:

There were sexual-assault allegations involving Letitia James herself. The accuser was Angel DuBose, a former employee of James’s NYC Public Advocate’s Office.

On her own fundraising page, DuBose alleged she was “kidnapped and assaulted by James and several members of her staff”… https://t.co/ELgOA9CVsR

— Sam E. Antar (@SamAntar) October 2, 2026

SADLY TRUE:

In a very short period of time we’ve seen the left go from being ok with burning Teslas, to being ok with murdering CEOs, to being ok with murdering children.

Their spiritual decline and decay has been an alarming thing to witness and it appears to be accelerating.

— Stacy is Right (@PoliticalStacy) October 2, 2026

NOTHING SENSIBLE IS GOING TO COME OUT OF A HARVARD “FAT LIBERATION PANEL:” ‘Free Luigi’: Professor calls for accused murderer’s release at Harvard fat liberation panel.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Illinois administrator sends student journalist to campus police over critical email.

DEROY MURDOCK: Republicans Must Either Vote in Droves or Kiss the Trump-GOP Agenda Goodbye.

ICYMI: MARK JUDGE: NBC’s Kate Snow Has a New Website. She Should Never Live Down Her Kavanaugh Crimes.

A FRIEND WHO LIVES IN BELGIUM AND TRAVELS TO PARIS FREQUENTLY SAYS THE SAME THING.

I'm French 🇫🇷.
I was born in Paris.
I spent 25 years there.

But now: I don't even want to know what happens in that hellhole 💀⚰️.

Not “troubled.” Not “declining.” Not “going through a difficult period.”

No. A HELLHOLE.

A country where everything is dirty, expensive,…

— Daniel Foubert (@d_foubert) October 1, 2026

CUTE THAT THEY EXPECT TO MATTER BY THEN: Russia Plans to Freeze Ukraine Into Submission This Winter.

DON SURBER: Best midterm strategy? Finish the job: What is the use of being president if you don’t do the job as you see fit?

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

NECESSARY:

It is necessary for you to believe this young woman did not lustily agree to be gangbanged. By white males (also a brown one and an Asian one but never mind that.)

Through the first Tuesday in November, anyway.

After that, never mind.

The fun part will be the slander suits,… https://t.co/qFMPkL5BuI

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) October 3, 2026

SPACE JUNK, BETTER PUT UP MY UMBRELLA: The risk of space debris falling to Earth and causing deaths and is growing, experts say.