IF YOU’RE MENOPAUSAL, DON’T WAIT: Does HRT Actually Protect the Heart After Menopause? “The Penn State data suggests estrogen-based hormone therapy improves several key cardiovascular markers. But the protective effect depends heavily on timing. Benefits appear most significant when treatment starts within 10 years of menopause or before age 60. After that window, the calculation changes.”

R.I.P. GORDON WOOD:

Gordon Wood – the eminent historian of early America who just died – was a forceful critic of the NYT ‘1619 Project,’ which was a cheap propaganda effort to convince Americans that slavery was what this country is all about. He dismantled the project methodically. Link next post.

— FischerKing (@FischerKing64) June 9, 2026

He debunks the 1619 Project here. The woke was so strong then that he had to go to the World Socialist Website to find someone who’d run it.

CITIZENSHIP: Florida proposes rule requiring proof of citizenship for public college admission.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: The deeper agenda behind Trump’s Reflecting Pool glow-up.

We shape our buildings, and our buildings shape us.

WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SUCH A CESSPIT OF CENSORSHIP? Several news outlets sue Penn State trustees over alleged ‘gag policy.’

REMOVE STARMER AND HIS GOVERNMENT:

A man in Belfast was reportedly attacked so brutally that witnesses described it as an attempted beheading. Video circulating online shows repeated strikes to the victim’s head and neck before members of the public intervened. The victim remains hospitalized with severe injuries…

— A Gene Robinson (@AlBuffalo2nite) June 9, 2026

The thing about beheadings is, if too many people find out about it, they get real mad at the beheader. I fear this beheading could lead to violence.

— Tome835 (@tome835) June 9, 2026

UPDATE:

Maybe it would be a good idea for #Muslims to call for a large demonstration against the beheading and killing of white people #Christians and #Jews

And to preach their solidarity with Christians and Jews in the #mosques as well

What do you think about that Zara ?#Belfast

— Keyto Freedom (@OneKeytoFreedom) June 9, 2026

ROGER SIMON: Who the Hell is Nithya Raman?

POOR HOTHOUSE JOURNO-FLOWER: “How many times has Trump traveled to Wisconsin in his political career? 40? 60? He’s put in the hard work of demonstrating to Wisconsin that we matter, and here’s Kristen Welker obviously irked to have had to touch down in a flyover state. I can’t believe I came to this hellhole for you!“

EXACTLY:

The significance to outside observers of Spencer Pratt vs Karen Bass was not as a political race per se, but a diagnostic. A kind of recon by force they could watch from afar.

If you were looking to invest in LA, or in California the fate of Pratt was likely to predict your own.…

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) June 8, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

FUZZY BLACK HOLES HAVE NO HAIR: Black holes could ‘leak’ long enough to become white holes that weigh no more than a flea’s egg.

LOWER COURT JUDGES NEED SOME SERIOUS SMACKING: SCOTUS Smacks Obama/Biden Appointees With A Newspaper Across The Nose For Wrongfully Acting Like A “Roving Commission Looking For Wrongs To Right.” A very pointed Per Curiam Opinion issued this morning identifies the Fourth Circuit as a repeat offender in deciding cases on issues never raised by the parties — THAT is judicial activism.

SHROOMS: Huge Psilocybin Dose Has Incredible Effect on Elderly Dementia Patient.

THEY’RE PROBABLY BACKED BY THE CHINESE. OR THE SAUDIS. Sneaky leftist lawsuits are taking aim at US energy dominance.

HAHA. ONLY WHEN IT SUITS THE NEEDS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT.

I have been reliably informed that a fee is not a tax. https://t.co/lTWDbruBRT

— Upstate Federalist (@upstatefederlst) June 8, 2026

ANIMAL VS. PLANT PROTEIN: Scientists Found a Surprising Nutritional Difference.

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE:

I don’t know what’s real or ai anymore and I don’t ask for much but please lord please make this real pic.twitter.com/ioQDLE4AbB

— #1 samir (@samir) June 8, 2026

WELL, GOOD: Creatine may supercharge immune cells that are key to fighting cancer.

BRONCOS HAVE GONE UPSCALE: 2027 Ford Bronco Filson First Look: A Roughneck Goes Luxury.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Everyone Needs a Boot Knife: SOG and Cold Steel.

UPDATE: Reader John Steakley writes:

Everyone needs a knife, boot or otherwise.

Three years ago I was with my wife in St. Augustine for a wedding. She and her sister went shopping in a store that didn’t interest me so I went next door. That store had a selection of knives, one of which looked like a good-quality folding knife with a tanto blade, a serrated section, and a glass breaker butt point for under $30. So I bought it.

I’ve carried it since. I’ve been surprised at how handy it is to just have a knife in your pocket. I use it for something almost daily.

Every man should carry a pocketknife.

LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: Small modular nuclear reactor reaches criticality in first test.

SPACE: NASA’s moon base might be nothing like science fiction’s predictions.

THE HINDENBURG AND GRAF ZEPPELIN WOULD LIKE A WORD: Adventurer becomes first British woman to cross the Atlantic by hydrogen balloon.

JUDGING BY THE PHOTO, IT’S WHEN YOUR BODY TURNS INTO LIGHTNING: How do I know when I’ve hit perimenopause?

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Kurt Schlichter: Why Are Male-Identifying Democrat Candidates All Creepy Weirdos? If you ever wanted irrefutable evidence of Democrats’ hate for white men, all you’d have to do is point to the rogues’ gallery of weirdos, losers, and mutations they’ve nominated over the last few election cycles. It’s like they don’t actually know any normal white dudes, because the people they pick in a baffling attempt to recapture this large and crucial group of voters—who have almost completely rejected the Democrats—are simply bizarre. How did they ever get the impression that these freakish nominees would somehow make normal white guys go, ‘Yeah, I identify with him. I’ll vote for him. Now, it’s off to the Porta-Potty with some champagne and a dozen roses.’”