ACTUALLY, AS PAUL STARES WROTE YEARS AGO, THE UNITED STATES HAD FUNCTIONAL ANTISATELLITE WEAPONS AND SATELLITE INTERCEPTORS BASED ON THE AGENA CHASSIS BACK IN THE SIXTIES:

The U.S. has officially announced that it’s keeping both offensive and defensive weapons in space.

The type of weapons and how many are up there hasn’t been revealed.

It’s the first time the U.S. admits to having combat capabilities in space. pic.twitter.com/9babKcWxzg

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 15, 2026

The fact that this is being publicly debuted suggests that kinetic and nonkinetic space control systems have been in development and deployment for a considerable time. Things are probably at the point where the systems can no longer be concealed or their capabilities selectively…

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) September 14, 2026

But the technology has advanced rather a lot since then.

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

HMM: Strange Material Gets Better at Conducting Electricity The Thinner It Gets.

WELL, GOOD: Scientists Resurrect 160-Million-Year-Old Molecules With Surprising Power Against Superbugs.

JOHN ONDRASIK IS A GREAT AMERICAN:

25 Years ago I was honored to play Superman at the Concert for NYC.
Sharing the stage again with our incredible first responders under two light beams soaring to the heavens was sublime.
Our Promise to "Never Forget" is Eternal. God Bless America.🇺🇸❤️👊pic.twitter.com/A5jbXqoLmh

— John Ondrasik (@johnondrasik) September 14, 2026

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Hormone therapy isn’t a general treatment for depression — but a new menopause study found intriguing mood changes.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: 9 Potentially Annoying Car Features to Avoid in Your Next Vehicle: These so-called conveniences can make driving and owning a car much more inconvenient.

THE JUDICIARY HAS NOT BEEN COVERING ITSELF WITH GLORY LATELY: Judge Who Sentenced Martinez Long Couldn’t Figure Out Why He’d Carry a Gun for Protection in a Mall. Before sentencing him to probation for defending people from a mall shooter with a gun.

#JOURNALISM:

Everyone knows you can’t drown in 30 feet of water if you are a Republican. https://t.co/sbLkfQ20Fb

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) September 13, 2026

NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE: US Army backs nuclear microreactors small enough to ship by truck, boat, or plane.

IT’S GONNA TAKE A LOT TO GET ME INTO AN ICE BATH: Do Ice Baths and Red-Light Therapy Really Work? The Science Is Complicated.

WELL, CHINA WILL DO WHAT IT WANTS REGARDLESS: AI staff ‘genuinely frightened’ for humanity’s future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC.

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Can You Refreeze Ground Beef? It’s a matter of method and timing.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Tai Chi Fall Prevention.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Unhinged fan drove 1,000 miles in hopes of marrying virgin OnlyFans star Sophie Rain — then tried to grab her.

OH, RIGHT: UC Ethnic Studies Council wants regent’s resignation for speaking at same event as ‘Islamophobic’ guest.

CHANGE: Tuskegee tightens student dress, classroom rules to emphasize career readiness.

EVERY INSTITUTION HAS BEEN CORRUPTED: NBC vs. the Holdout Juror: Desperate for ratings, an NBC-owned TV station crusades against a hero.

CLIMATE CHANGE:

JUST IN: For the first time since satellite records began in 1966, no Atlantic hurricane has formed by Sept. 12.

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) September 13, 2026

HMM: The ‘Anti-AI’ Panic Is Led by…AI Companies. “What we are seeing is a massive, pretty obviously coordinated campaign by AI researchers, companies, NGOs, and politicians to strangle competition in an industry and, as I will show, save the financial bacon of the top AI companies that are vastly overextended financially because they have made contractual commitments that they simply have no prospect of paying for.”

That sounds right.

TRUE:

This woman was, in reality, amazingly coddled and spoiled. She was an RN with an even higher-earning husband, who got her a nanny (!) and was down to run family errands. Quack doctor friends wrote her costly prescriptions for everything imaginable, including some pretty hard and… https://t.co/xwbaqiuWlU

— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) September 13, 2026

DEROY MURDOCK: Trump, GOP Victories Give Republicans Plenty to Lure Voters. “As the midterm elections rapidly approach, the White House on Tuesday released a compendium of “Historic Results for the American People.” GOP candidates should campaign on this impressive (albeit non-exhaustive) list of public policy victories secured by President Donald Trump and his Republican allies.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:

Brilliant post by Prof. @timurkuran. Yes, the bigger problem CMU needs to face is how this woman got hired in the first place. If I were president of CMU, I'd do an in-depth look at the Dept. of Modern Languages.

— Tim Groseclose (@Tim_Groseclose) September 13, 2026

JOSH HAMMER: America Has Not Learned the Right Lessons From Charlie Kirk’s Murder. “The assassination of Charlie Kirk — like the attempts on President Donald Trump’s life and the cold-blooded killing of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson — was welcomed with glee by many on the far Left. It was a grisly reminder of the leftist violent streak that goes back as far as the guillotine of revolutionary France.”

Related:

nothing to see here, just the @ACLU celebrating Charlie Kirk's death at a fundraiser. pic.twitter.com/92IV4QyIKx

— Sensurround (@ShamashAran) September 12, 2026

WARNING BEFORE THE LINK: ONCE AGAIN, THE PEOPLE WHO STRIP DOWN ARE NEVER THE ONES YOU WANT TO SEE NAKED. Spirit passenger strips down, flashes breasts in front of fellow fliers during airport meltdown.

Also, Spirit Airlines? Natch.