OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy — and so are you.

GOOD: Samsung to invest up to $100 million in Oak Ridge nuclear plant. “Kairos broke ground on the Hermes 2 plant in April. It is the first power-producing Generation IV reactor to get a United States construction permit. In August, Kairos announced a deal with Google and the Tennessee Valley Authority as well as plans to train East Tennesseans to join the nuclear workforce.”

Faster, please.

I’M A BIG FAN OF ROCKET LAB, BUT THEY’RE NOWHERE NEAR BEING ABLE TO SCALE TO SPACEX’S DIMENSIONS: Rocket Lab Poised to Become “Only Viable Alternative” to SpaceX, Says Cantor Fitzgerald. Here, though, they’re talking about stock value.

HMM: The Non-Physical Trait Most Desired in a Romantic Partner.

SCIENCE UNSETTLED: A Long-Held Idea About Alzheimer’s Tau May Be Wrong.

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Is your job giving you erectile dysfunction?

IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? Your Coffee Habit Could Actually Help Slow Aging.

DON’T DO THAT: Japan’s most trusted automakers are dealing with a surprising cluster of reliability issues right now, and nearly every one traces back to the same root cause: newer, more complex technology replacing simpler systems that used to just work.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Gas Station Tactics: It’s Not Hard to Stay Safe While Filling Up…As Long as Your Brain is Engaged.

BEWARE: 100-Foot Cascadia Megathrust Tsunami Threat Looms Off the West Coast. Oregon officials estimate shaking could last five to seven minutes, followed by a tsunami reaching parts of the coastline in only 10 to 20 minutes. DOGAMI coastal geologist Laura Gabel says knowing and practicing evacuation routes is ‘critical for keeping you and your loved ones safe.'”

CHANGE: Elon Plans SPACEX FIBER KILLER Satellite. Each More Powerful than the Space Station. “Elon’s 250 kW Starlink satellites will bring multi-gigabit satellite internet and 5G satellite cellphone everywhere even high density cities. 250 kilowatts per satellite, 10 terabits per second in both directions, and a path to more than 100 terabits per second.”

SCIENCE: Women’s arteries may start changing decades before menopause—and estrogen may not be the reason.

WELL, I MEAN — [GESTURES AT EVERYTHING]: Why Older Americans Are Drinking More Alcohol—Not Less.

WELL, YES: The Gender War Is Increasingly Fueled by Women. It has been for decades.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ‘Queering God’ and ‘Thinking with Bad Bunny’: Inside YAF’s new report criticizing college curricula.

DUANE PATTERSON: The Houthis Are the Last Horcrux. After That, the Iran Regime Is Alone.

CHANGE: UT Austin cuts four race, gender studies majors.

WHEN ECONOMISTS GO POLITICAL:

A bunch of Nobel Prize-winning economists have endorsed California's proposed billionaire wealth tax.

I can't oppose them on authority. But I know some academics who can.

— Matthew Lilley (@MattGLilley) September 22, 2026

(Spoiler: It’s those same economists, in their actual academic work.)

TROUBLED TIMES:

I don’t know what the way out is. All I know is what history tells us:

The side that is the most intolerant, will win.

Every time. Without fail. Not up for debate.

Unfortunately, for our republic, they are currently the most intolerant.

— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) September 22, 2026

DON SURBER: Trump Learned, DC Didn’t. Why the second presidency rocks.

YURI BEZMENOV: Beware of CCP Unrestricted Warfare: Connecting the dots on 10 of the CCP’s subversive fronts in America that must be stopped before they inflict crippling irreversible damage. “Most Americans have no idea it is happening because the media and politicians from both parties are complicit.”

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Bloomberg-Backed Climate Group Paying Salaries of Democratic State AG Officials Quietly Shuts Down Amid Congressional, Legal Scrutiny.

IF NGOS ARE INCENTIVIZING WAR, THEY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.

BOMBSHELL: Motaz Azaiza admits Gazans were hoping for war.

"Let me tell you a secret. I don't know if you'll keep it in. A lot of people in Gaza were wishing the war would come."

Why? "When a war or an escalation comes, the NGOs talk to you. There's a job opportunity."

"People… pic.twitter.com/gM8M4AwCRF

— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) September 20, 2026

WELL, THAT’S THE GOAL: Net Zero Turns Western Countries Into Chinese Satrapies.

THE TERM FOR THIS SORT OF THING IN THE TRADE IS “VISUAL DIVERSITY” AND YES, THAT’S A THING.

“Great pic. Let’s add a black woman and make the Asian look worth attending class for”

— hotl.eth (@0xhotl) September 21, 2026

Flashback: A Campus More Colorful Than Reality: Beware That College Brochure.

Related: 25 years ago today University of Wisconsin was caught photoshopping a black man onto their brochure.