WELL, GOOD: New Pill Lowers Stubborn Blood Pressure and Protects the Kidneys.

WE DON’T EVEN HAVE A SOLID DEFINITION OF “ULTRA-PROCESSED.” Ultra‑processed food: Why the debate needs less fear and more clarity.

I LIKE WAGONS: Will Volvo Bring Back Wagons to the U.S.? Should it?

I THINK IT’S A GREAT TIME: Denver Post: This Really Isn’t a Good Time for the DOJ to Challenge the City’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban.

WELL, IF YOU’RE ONLY GONNA LIVE A COUPLE OF DAYS, LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST: Mayflies have crazy, acrobatic sex.

WELL, LET’S GET THIS GOING: Mammals May Have a Hidden Limb Regeneration Ability We Never Knew About.

IT DOES: Yes, Creatine Can Cause Weight Gain. This is How Much Is From Muscle Vs. Fat Mass.

The scale may tick up after you start taking creatine because the supplement can increase the total amount of water in the human body, explains Aubrey Grant, MD, director of sports and performance cardiology at MedStar Health in Washington, D.C. “This happens because creatine is stored in skeletal muscle, where it pulls water into the muscle cells through osmotic effects,” he says.

The result is usually a 1- to 3-pound weight gain in the first week or two of supplementation. “It is a predictable physiological response, and for most users, it is not harmful,” Dr. Grant says.

Again, he emphasizes that the extra pounds is not from fat.

Good to know.

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Does Ozempic cause hair loss? Doctors explain what’s really going on.

SEEMS LIKE CIVIL PROCEDURE WOULD BE BETTER: Penn State law school plans to focus on ‘antiracism’ over next 5 years.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:

Boise State just created a university program to fight “gym bro culture” and what they call “harmful masculinity.”

In other words, they want to stop young men from working out and trying to improve themselves

These people run our universities 🤡

— Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld) May 9, 2026

Sad that the try-hard, pick-me leftists at places like Boise State are allowed to drag the institution’s reputation down with lame bullshit.

CONSCIOUSNESS OF GUILT: Vassar students advised to use encrypted apps like Signal for anti-ICE organizing.

ROGER KIMBALL: No News Is Good News—Except When It Isn’t: Labour’s Rout, MAGA’s Surge, and Iran’s Slow Surrender: Failed regimes are faltering while political and military reality is asserting itself with unmistakable force.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK: The Gathering Storm.

NEITHER HOT NOR COLD, THEY SPIT IT OUT: GOP Voters Don’t Want Mike Pence’s Republican Party.

WE DIDN’T WANT IT BEFORE: The Biden Blob Is Back And Nobody Wants This.

SOUNDS LIKE HIS CAMPAIGN NEEDS A FACELIFT: Democratic Plastic Surgeon Running for Congress Refuses To Denounce ‘Blind Sheikh’ Terror Plotter, His Ex-Mentor: Hamawy Calls Sheikh ‘Leader of the Community.’

TRUE:

REMINDER:

The worst scandal in U.S. history is the Trump/Russia Collusion Hoax.

This was literally a coup attempt, executed by a sitting incumbent President (to block his successor) and the losing Presidential candidate (to overthrow the man who defeated her in a fair…

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) May 9, 2026

HOW IT’S GOING:

🚨 The United States executed a brilliant military gambit that forced the Islamic Republic to expose parts of its hidden naval and missile network in the Persian Gulf.

As Sun Tzu wrote: “Offer the enemy a bait to lure him; feign disorder and strike him.”

That is exactly what… pic.twitter.com/CRU0TglPSY

— The Iran Watcher 🇮🇷 (@TheIranWatcher) May 9, 2026

WITH MALICE AFORETHOUGHT: The Left Has Normalized Assassination Talk.

PAY ATTENTION:

One Chinese shipbuilder produced more ships by tonnage in a single year than America did in the entire time since WWII. https://t.co/GHaY16elmd pic.twitter.com/tsGYSUpalE

— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) May 9, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Party on, dudes and dudettes.

ALIENS: NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts saw flashes on the far side of the moon that cameras struggle to capture. Here’s why scientists are excited.

WELL, GOOD: Scientists Engineer Blood Clots That Stop Severe Bleeding in Seconds.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK: The Gathering Storm.

TRICAPRIN: Scientists Say This Simple Supplement May Actually Reverse Heart Disease.