WHEN I THINK OF STEPHEN COLBERT, I THINK OF EXTRA CHROMOSOMES: Spider named after Stephen Colbert has twice as many chromosomes as you.

CHANGE: Some wellness peptides will become widely available, HHS says.

COMPARISON IS THE THIEF OF JOY: One social media habit linked to anxiety and depression in teens.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Exercise ‘Snacking’ Can Build Similar Strength to One Big Training Session, Study Finds.

CDR SALAMANDER: When Your Navy is too Small, the Bill Comes Due Bigly.

PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD: University of Chicago student files ethics complaint against Sen. Slotkin.

DIVERSITY PROBLEM: 97.5% of political donations from University of Washington, Seattle faculty members went to left-wing candidates.

ELON SHOULD DO GOOD THINGS HERE ON EARTH! OH, WAIT:

Early Neuralink speech restoration data:

We are enabling speech to text and voice at conversational rates in participants with ALS. One participant achieved 75 WPM at 5.8% WER on a 125k-word vocabulary in their first week.

— Neuralink (@neuralink) October 28, 2026

FALLEN ANGELS WAS JUST A SCIENCE FICTION STORY, RIGHT GUYS? RIGHT? GUYS? Study Finds ‘Climate Change’ Stopped The Next Ice Age — Why Aren’t We Celebrating?

Because celebrating wouldn’t advance communism. Duh.

WELL, HARVARD’S DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ASIANS WAS MEANT TO PREVENT THIS, SO. . . . Asian-Americans in Harvard’s Incoming Class More Than Double, to 43.2 Percent: ‘The results speak for themselves’ says racial bias Supreme Court litigant.

OR BRAZIL. Democrats scheme to turn the US into France — riots and all.

JOEL KOTKIN: BEGUN, THE GENERATIONAL WAR HAS.

Although conditions differ by country, the spark behind these protests lies in both the real and the fitfully imagined: high housing prices, food inflation, lack of good jobs and failing education systems are not figments of their imaginations. At the same time, cries of poverty seem a bit overwrought for a generation that enjoys the most wealth in history and, in the West at least, their protest seems to stem from being raised to think they were special, only to find out that the world is not such a welcoming place.

The new generational war is fueled by a deep pessimism among those under 40 about the future. This, noted a 2022 Pew study, is particularly marked in Japan, France and Italy, with majorities of adult parents seeing a bleaker future for the next generation by more than three to one. The United States also does poorly with 72 per cent, while Canada does even worse, clocking in at 75 per cent.

People have been telling young people their future was going to suck since I was a kid, even as society has gotten steadily richer, healthier, and safer. And rioting is unlikely to make a better future. But the people encouraging the rioting are mostly old, and do not have young people’s interests at heart.

EVERY INSTITUTION HAS BEEN CORRUPTED: Soros Prosecutor Charging James O’Keefe and Cam Higby With Felonies for Exposing Election System.

CHRISTOPHER BRUNET: University of Florida President Disavows H-1B Hiring After My Reporting: After victories at Clemson, NYU, Mizzou, and Oklahoma, my H-1B reporting has now prompted another university to act.

LOYALTY HAS BEEN ABUSED AND TAKEN FOR GRANTED: Many Western Governments Won’t Survive. Why would citizens defend governments that abuse them?

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

SPACEX COULD USE SOME COMPETITION: Cowboy Space raises $275 million to launch AI data centers on brand-new rocket.

21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: Nose Spray Made From Toad Venom Compound Quickly Eases Depression For Weeks in Clinical Trial.

THREE DAYS IS ROOKIE NUMBERS, BUT IT’S TROUBLING THAT GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE ALL DOING THIS AT ONCE:

"Japan's government plans to ask all citizens to stockpile at least three days' worth of food and water in preparation for disasters such as major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The aim is to encourage households to prepare self-help measures, given the possibility that…

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) October 28, 2026

IGNORE THE NARRATIVE AND JUST DO IT:

This is EXACTLY what I’ve been talking about.

The Dems/MSM are preemptively establishing the narrative that the Trump DOJ/FBI are going to “interfere” in the election.

What they really mean is, they believe Trump is going to hold them accountable and not let them get away with… https://t.co/xJzviS8QB1

— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) October 28, 2026

BUT WOULD YOU WANT TO KNOW IN ADVANCE? A Routine Blood Test Could Predict Dementia Risk 15 Years in Advance.

HE’S NOT BACKING DOWN:

Flávio Bolsonaro’s Statement in English on His Stolen Presidential Victory

I address the Brazilian people and the international community as Brazil’s leader.

First and foremost, I would like to thank President Milei for his courage, sense of justice, and respect for the law,… https://t.co/a1VkZV57od pic.twitter.com/KQK22S6yLK

— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) October 28, 2026

WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING? Go Figure: Arrests, Prosecutions and Deportations Fuel Record Drop in Crime.

THEY TOLD ME IF TRUMP WERE PRESIDENT WE’D HAVE OPENLY RACIST JUDGES ON THE BENCH. AND THEY WERE RIGHT!

“I think what’s happening here, quite candidly, is you are very intimidated for some reason, Mr. Young, with Black excellence, in light of your White mediocrity. Yeah. Right?,” Brown said, adding that he looked White.

“I’m not White, Your Honor,” the lawyer said. He’s Latino.

— Jacqueline Thomsen (@jacq_thomsen) October 28, 2026

Related: The Bigger Problem With Judge Ada Brown’s Woke Tirade: She Said The Quiet Part Out Loud About “White Saviors.” Many lawyers and judges harbor the “anti-racist” views that Judge Brown spewed, but have the mental faculties to keep it private. “There seems to be something seriously wrong with Judge Brown. Her behavior in court that has been reported in the press is extremely troubling. Her refusal to decide cases seems to be an abdication of her responsibility as a federal judge. And her unwillingness to participate in any disciplinary proceedings suggests something is amiss. I will hold off on opining on these issues in more depth, as I suspect more facts will come out.”

In a sane nation this would lead to impeachment.

But there is some comic relief: “The implication of Young’s defense is that a Latino person cannot be racist against African Americans. That claim is wrong on its face, even under the misguided intersectionality pyramid. The bigger problem is that Young, a lifelong liberal, is unaccustomed to being called a racist.”

I PREFER A GENERATOR, BUT THIS IS COOL: Ford Says Its New $30K Fathom EV Truck Will Make Bidirectional Backup Power Cheaper.