Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

HMM: TikTokers are checking for ‘ferritin face.’ Doctors say there’s something to it. “Social media has offered us all plenty of things to be insecure about when it comes to our faces — Instagram face, Ozempic face, cortisol face, runner’s face, pillow face and so on — but with ‘ferritin face,’ there may be something to the trend. The term refers to the appearance of dark circles under the eyes and sallow skin, which could be signs of low ferritin, a blood protein that stores iron. Low ferritin often means there isn’t enough iron in the body and can be a sign of iron deficiency, the most common nutrient deficiency on the planet.”

HMM: Volkswagen Mission Efficiency Concept First Look: The Most Efficient EV Yet. “Efficiency is an unheard of 9 miles per kWh, and with a 54.9-kWh battery, range comes in at 514.5 miles for a battery slightly more than half the size of the EQXX’s and and a zero to 62 mph time of 9 seconds. (Doubling the size of the battery would not necessarily double the range as it would also increase the weight substantially, and likely the size of the vehicle.) Production EVs today struggle to exceed 4 miles per kWh, with EV maker Lucid publicly declaring its goal of a 5-miles-per-kWh production car in the future.”

THE ENEMY WITHIN:

MARK JUDGE: The New Yorker: Conservatives are Bringing Sexy Back. “The New Yorker just published a piece by Jennifer Wilson about America’s new ideas of what’s sexy. The trend is driven by conservatives, who’ve claimed breasts, lingerie and hotness in the wake of the left’s transgender, feminist and #MeToo madness. Here’s the amazing thing about The New Yorker piece: it takes the side of the right. Wilson tries to protest, but her tone reveals that she thinks the left has become too rigid.”

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH:

By the way, Alice is the great-great-great granddaughter of Adam Smith. She gets it.

MASSIVE RESISTANCE:

OPEN THREAD: One night in this place makes a hard man humble. I can sense the Devil walking next to me.