THEY HELPED OFFSET THE MORONICITY OF HEALTH POLICIES: Why private gardens mattered so much during the first COVID-19 lockdown.

HMM: Monica Reza Is a Missing Scientist: The Strange Circumstances of Her Disappearance.

SCIENCE: Torpedo-shaped robots diving deep into ocean help solve mystery of Antarctica’s sea ice.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Can Swapping Out Your Plasma Slow the Aging Process?

SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT: Psychology asserts that children of the 1960s and 1970s did not become emotionally strong thanks to better parenting, but because they grew up with enough daily neglect to learn to self-regulate, solve problems on their own, and develop a resilience that modern comforts make difficult to build.

SALENA ZITO: Dr. Helen Smith’s newest book His Side is a fresh look at male alienation. “Noted forensic psychologist Dr. Helen Smith’s newest book, His Side: Men Speak Out on Dating, Marriage and Life in America, is a provocative look at the male experience. Smith uses interviews to examine how straight men are forced to navigate shattered norms in a turbulent society. Smith, who has long studied the human experience, takes the conversation outside of clinical data and brings the reader into the living rooms, workplaces, and communities of everyday men. There she uncovers the cultural fraying of the male experience in this country, one that has often been narrowed, stereotyped, and viewed with hostility. She uncovers a deep-seated ‘connective tissue’ that has been unraveled by a culture that often views the male experience through a narrow, and sometimes hostile, lens. . . . Smith’s book is a central guide for both men and women who are eager to understand navigating our modern world. The book offers great insights into men’s needs and a perspective that is clear-eyed and useful for both genders.”

You can read the book here.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Colgate faculty hold teach-in to discuss ‘resistance’ to ICE, police.

YOU LOST ME AT “BERKELEY SOCIOLOGY.” UC Berkeley sociology names transgender activist and AI researcher as commencement speaker.

JOHN LUCAS ON VIRGINIA’S SPECIAL ELECTION: Scrapping the Work of the Founding Fathers: Crafting a revolution with an end-run around the Constitution.

HAPPY PATRIOT’S DAY:

Patriots Day. Marking April 19, 1775. When Americans took up arms against their king, and bled, at the crack of terrible dawn.

It's a holiday in Massachusetts and Maine, which was then part of Massachusetts. Should be a national holiday.

July 4 marks the day they published a… pic.twitter.com/K39h8fwSTZ

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) April 19, 2026

SANITY REAPPEARING? Democrats turn on Spanberger over plummeting popularity amid redistricting.

THE NYT BESTSELLER LIST HAS BEEN AN OBVIOUS SCAM FOR A WHILE NOW: New York Times Puts Gavin Newsom on Best Sellers List Despite ‘Bulk Sales’ It Has Used To Disqualify Conservatives: Nearly three-fourths of the copies Newsom sold around the time he landed on the list came from his campaign.

WHY LEFTISTS ARE ANTI-SPACE: In Space, No One Can Whine About Inequality.

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH:

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— Magamind (@McRick4Now) April 16, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Make it special.

A LOT OF OLD CASES ARE FALLING APART:

The Proud Boys just went around beating up violent communist terrorists.

That’s it. They just beat up communist domestic terrorists.

And that made them public enemy number one, because Antifa’s whole organizing strategy fails if CIVILIANS bash them up instead of police. https://t.co/pDvcw6PnCS

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) April 18, 2026

IT’S A CLOWN SHOW WITH THE IRGC, THOUGH A DEADLY ONE:

The Indian tanker captain in the Strait of Hormuz explodes in anger over the radio, confronting the Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats:
“You gave me clearance to pass!
My name is listed as number 2 in your papers!
Now you’re firing on me?!
Give me a chance to turn around and go… pic.twitter.com/hASNAxvFUM

— سيف الدرعي| Saif alderei (@saif_aldareei) April 18, 2026

WELL, GOOD: Artemis 2’s heat shield seems to have aced its trial by fire.

I HAVE TO PEE. Why You Keep Waking Up at 3 am According to Sleep Science.

A VERY NICE REVIEW OF RANDY BARNETT’S MEMOIR, FELONY REVIEW: TALES OF TRUE CRIME AND CORRUPTION IN CHICAGO.

It’s a great story. I read the book, liked it, and gave it a blurb, which you can read at the link.

SEEMS LIKE IT WAS OVERSOLD: Largest-Ever Study Finds Medicinal Cannabis Ineffective for Anxiety, Depression, PTSD.

SCIENCE MARCHES ON: Your phone already sees the warning signs: Sleep, movement and mood data can spot depression early.

MERCEDES GLS actually going off road.

SOUNDS LIKE A BILL OF ATTAINDER: Why California’s ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ Should Worry Gun Owners. Also an absurd First Amendment violation.

WELL, GOOD: Blood pressure drug effective for treating antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study finds.