OPEN THREAD: You know what to do.

ALIENS ACTIVATE THRUSTERS: NASA space telescope sees interstellar visitor comet 3I/ATLAS flare up while exiting the solar system.

LUFTEN: ‘Burping’ Your Home Really Could Be Good For Your Health, Says Expert. “In Germany, this trend looks less like a revolution and more like everyday life. Lüften – literally “airing out” – and Stoßlüften, or “shock ventilation”, have long involved opening windows wide for a few minutes to let fresh air race through, even in the depths of winter. Some German rental contracts even mention regular airing as part of looking after the property, mainly to prevent damp and mould.”

The 1920s dorms I lived in in law school had such powerful steam heat that you had to leave windows open in the winter. I thought that was a flaw, but I later discovered that they were designed that way on purpose, to force people to leave windows open and bring in fresh air, which was thought to prevent tuberculosis. It may even have worked.

DEMOCRATS’ CORE CONSTITUENCY ACTING AS USUAL: Ohio man charged with threatening to kill Vice President JD Vance and possessing child abuse files.

OUT: HIDE THE DECLINE. IN: HIDE THE FRAUD.

Tulsi Gabbard must be so close to the target it’s not even funny. The amount of heat on her and her team is being revved up to unforeseen levels.

BS hit pieces to be sure. But they smear who they fear.

And filth media is going hard in the paint right now. https://t.co/o0vnLjP6Ak

— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) February 7, 2026

FASTER, PLEASE: Simple Airflow Shift Cuts Indoor Infection Risk by Up to 90%.

IT’S LIKE THIS ALL OVER:

Q: What is it that has driven the rise of the French far right in the past 20 years?

Michel Houellebecq: “Immigration, and also, the total scorn of the elites.” pic.twitter.com/xOqWIyh7yS

— Mark W. (@DurhamWASP) February 7, 2026

I SUSPECT THEY HAVE MORE GAPS THAN THAT: California state court judges found to have gaps in their understanding of autism.

HMM: No More E-ZPass? Your Car May Soon Be Able to Pay Its Own Tolls. I mean, I’ve already done toll-by-plate in Florida.

I LOAD MINE WITH BULLETS. IS THAT NOT OKAY? You’re Loading Your AR-15 Wrong!

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Why Darren Aronofsky thought an AI-generated historical docudrama was a good idea. Production source says it takes “weeks” to produce just minutes of usable video.

In a few years it will take minutes.

FASTER, PLEASE: Experimental bioadhesive patch sticks to wet brain tissue and wipes out most glioblastoma cells.

NEW YORK STATE BECAME CANADA SO GRADUALLY I BARELY NOTICED: New York governor signs law allowing medical aid in dying for terminally ill residents.

POLITICS AS SELF-AGGRANDIZING FANTASY FOR LOSERS:

Yes, and in this fake, terrible novel, she's young and attractive.

— Chad West (@Chad_WestReal) February 7, 2026

RULE OF LAW: Fourth Circuit Rejects Facial Challenge to Two Trump Anti-DEI Executive Orders: “What plaintiffs are really asking us to do is read subtext into the Provision’s text.”

SO PREDICTABLY PERFORMATIVE: Harvard’s likely new history chair called Trump ‘narcissist white supremacist habitual liar.’

MASSIVE RESISTANCE:

Has any dean, provost, or chair been fired (even just sent back to the faculty) over this type of explicitly illegal behavior? Has any department been put in receivership for breaking these laws serially for years?

It's striking that–in the context of the past decade in… https://t.co/mcgAPgncEA

— Matt Burgess (@matthewgburgess) February 6, 2026

NOW DO MOHAMMED: Drag performer dressed as the Pope at Northwestern.

EW.

The background of this whole British drama is depicting New Labour and everything that went with it as the moral downfall of the British left.https://t.co/tyisW9qH38

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) February 7, 2026

ONE EXPECTS LEFTISTS TO BE THEOLOGICALLY AND SCRIPTURALLY ILLITERATE:

I’m not sure they understand who the good guy in the gospels is. https://t.co/nzXoGVVA4d

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) February 7, 2026

LOTS OF THEM: Billions in Tax Dollars Pay for Empty Federal Buildings.

A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Columbia Professors Arrested For Blocking Traffic to Protest ICE: One of the arrestees, Jennifer Hirsch, was a guard for the illegal anti-Israel encampment that plagued Columbia’s campus in 2024.

RATHER A LOT, REALLY: What Percentage of Our Economy Is Fake?

THE TIDE TURNS:

“The consensus looked invincible, until it wasn’t. A few years ago, it was risky … to even hint at doubt. Slowly journalists began raising … concerns. Now, a whopping malpractice verdict … makes it risky for doctors NOT to question these interventions.” https://t.co/8drZdmjiXy

— Timur Kuran (@timurkuran) February 6, 2026

DUE PROCESS DEPENDS ON WHAT’S AT STAKE, NOT ONLY FOR THE CITIZENS BUT FOR THE GOVERNMENT:

"What process is due?"

Two factual issues:

1. Enter the U.S. without inspection.
2. Remain in U.S. without status.

No equitable issues to consider.

99% of outcomes are removals.

Congress intended the process to run by Regulation.

If Congress doesn't like the Regulation… https://t.co/PZbQHEVsQ5

— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) February 5, 2026

The Supreme Court in Mathews v. Eldridge:

“[D]ue process is flexible and calls for such procedural protections as the particular situation demands,” Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U. S. 471, 408 U. S. 481. Resolution of the issue here involving the constitutional sufficiency of administrative procedures prior to the initial termination of benefits and pending review, requires consideration of three factors: (1) the private interest that will be affected by the official action; (2) the risk of an erroneous deprivation of such interest through the procedures used, and probable value, if any, of additional procedural safeguards; and (3) the Government’s interest, including the fiscal and administrative burdens that the additional or substitute procedures would entail.

This applies to immigration, too.