SUNLIGHT IS THE BEST DISINFECTANT: Florida State U. removes ‘correct language’ threat after College Fix inquiry.

SAY ANYTHING: Penn professor writes book arguing ‘sex isn’t real,’ but previously taught course on ‘studying sex.’

JAMIE RASKIN HATES TRUMP MORE THAN HE HATES ANTISEMITISM. “Can anyone take this joker seriously? . . . Raskin and his whistleblowers have a logical problem. They want to acknowledge the sudden rise in antisemitism—not to do so would lose them public support—but they can’t bear to acknowledge that Donald Trump was doing something about it. So they tie themselves into knots, claiming that the administration went after Columbia, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and other institutions not because of the flagrant (‘systemic’?) antisemitism but because Trump doesn’t like free speech/education/the ivy league/whatever.”

THE RETRIEVAL IS A MASSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT. SO IS THE FACT THAT A SPACESHIP FLOATED IN THE OPEN OCEAN FOR 24 DAYS. Against All Odds, SpaceX Finally Tugs Starship Into Port After 24 Days at Sea.

FIGHT THE POWER: California Parents Sue School District for Mosque Field Trip.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: El-Sayed Campaign Gets a $175,000 Boost From CAIR, Whose Leader Was ‘Happy’ About Oct. 7, After Alleging Primary Opponent’s AIPAC Support Constituted ‘Foreign’ Intervention in Election.

THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST:

Will Smith’s bisexual polyamorous daughter teaches people about “sacred geometry.”

“I’m Willow and I might know some sh*t about some sh*t. Shapes. Square. Triangle. Pentagon. So we know shapes. When you look outside…you can see that there are shapes in the plants.” pic.twitter.com/04Cm7zKZx9

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) August 22, 2026

THE 21ST CENTURY IS A BAD ONE FOR ACADEMIA, AND IT’S GOING TO GET WORSE: Nuke Academia From Orbit. It Is the Only Way to Be Sure. “Our prestigious institutions are fundamentally corrupted, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the dominant ideology has become race Marxism in the guise of DEI. They no longer have any allegiance to the truth, facts, or rational discourse. They are fundamentally hostile to the values that gave rise to them.”

OPEN THREAD: Party on, and be excellent to one another.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China’s Chang’e 7 moon probe will launch this weekend on the most ambitious lunar mission in history.

I THINK THE WNBA IS A PSYOP DESIGNED TO CONVINCE NORMALS THAT BLACK WOMEN AND LESBIANS HATE AMERICA:

Sophie Cunningham is once again the only player on the court to put her hand above her heart for the singing of the US national anthem pic.twitter.com/c6grxtZMzm

— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) August 22, 2026

EVERYTHING IS A PROBLEM: We’re Not Taking Harmful Cat Behaviors on The Internet Seriously Enough, Researchers Warn.

ACETAMINOPHEN: Scientists Warn of a Nearly 400% Increase in Toxic Liver Injuries – One Common Drug Leads the List.

MICROBIOME NEWS: These Foods May Be Better for Your Gut Than You Realize, New Study Says.

DO THEY HAVE A .357 MAGNUM? Mercedes-AMG Doesn’t Care If You Hate Its EVs.

WITH A .357 MAGNUM YOU DON’T HAVE TO CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK: I Put a Red Dot on My Colt Grizzly And I Don’t Care What You Think.

LONGEVITY UPDATE: Which Anti-Aging Ideas Actually Work? XPrize Healthspan Is Testing The Best Longevity Innovations.

INVASIVE SPECIES: ‘Very Aggressive’ Carp Are Creeping Closer to the Great Lakes, Potentially Disrupting the $7 Billion Fishing Industry.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: 8 Subtle Signs of Heart Attacks in Women Cardiologists Want You to Know.

I WAS TOLD THIS WOULD NEVER BE A PROBLEM: Cannabis Use Disorder Is Rising—Public Health Needs To Catch Up.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Know Your Enemy: How to Kill a Robot Dog.

WE’RE UNDERGOING A POPULATION IMPLOSION. WE SHOULD BE MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET TOGETHER, NOT HARDER.

GOOD: Judge dismisses pro-Hamas professor’s discrimination lawsuit against Columbia.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: UCLA funds research on ‘feminized’ robots, transgender stigma.

IT’S GOING TO GET WORSE: Russia Is Out of Gasoline, but Complaining Is Not an Option.