OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: ‘Fully unlocking the orbital economy’: This California company will fly astronauts to the space station in 2027.

LOL, TERRY MORAN:

Indeed, the interview was in response to his exit as California Governor and not as a candidate. The primary elections were in mid-1976, so the interview was nearly a year and a half before his next primary election.

— Mike Englund (@MikeEnglund2) February 18, 2026

What’s really funny is that he made a fool of himself defending something that even Jasmine Crockett wouldn’t.

Jasmine Crockett sides with Trump/FCC version of events.

Colbert is absolutely cooked.

I’m really enjoying this. 🍿 https://t.co/jpo2G34Nt2

— 🐺 (@LeighWolf) February 17, 2026

THEY TRIED TO ESCAPE X’S “TOXICITY,” BUT THEY WERE THE TOXINS:

So funny. A bunch of people who knew they'd soon be answering tough questions on child experimentation, trans violence etc all left X for another site, which they promptly turned into such a woke nightmare that even Will Stancil can't take it. pic.twitter.com/lvyN93PYG4

— Graham Linehan (@Glinner) February 17, 2026

CHANGE: Humans Used to Sleep Twice Each Night. Here’s Why It Vanished.

THE NOBLE SAVAGES WEREN’T SO NOBLE: Prehistoric Victory Celebrations Were Far More Brutal Than We Thought.

IT KINDA WAS:

It's easy in 2026 to look back at the NFT trend and say it was stupid

But it was also easy in 2021 to look at it and say it was stupid https://t.co/nQa7X8QKFs

— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) February 15, 2026

I’M SURE IT WILL BE UP TO THE QUALITY OF HIS OTHER WORKS: Red Flags Fly With the Announcement of Malcolm Gladwell’s Upcoming Book on ‘Gun Violence.’

Related: Follow the science!

Criminality is not random

Only 0.2% of people ever commit murder, yet 67% of **all murders**are committed by people with prior arrests

People inclined to commit crime will continue to, unless stopped.

When those people are stopped, the crime stops. https://t.co/fDdyO5V3o3 pic.twitter.com/Uijz5E6v1S

— Arthur MacWaters (@ArthurMacwaters) February 15, 2026

SCIENCE:

As a new parent, I spend a lot of time changing diapers and feeding the baby. 15 months ago I wasn't doing any of this. I felt busy then too, so where did all this childcare time come from? I analyzed the Census Bureau's American Time Use Survey to find out how most parents do… pic.twitter.com/1bHxjRCijw

— Aziz Sunderji (@AzizSunderji) February 12, 2026

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: AI set to make medical scan reports twice as easy to understand for patients.

I’M READY FOR A SABBATICAL: Whether it’s a mini-sabbatical or an adult gap year, more people are taking extended work breaks.

LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: Bride surprises wedding guests with stem cell donor who saved her life.

21ST CENTURY LYSENKOISM: Boston U. teaching hospital glossary says ‘biology’ doesn’t define sex.

LEAVES FOUND ON TREES: Marxist ideologies found in University of Utah’s economics department.

UNITY: Local Police Agreements With ICE Surge 950% In First Year Of Trump’s Second Term.

THEY LIED TO GET INTO POWER. NOW THEY’RE JUST WIELDING POWER. Abigail Spanberger, Who Campaigned on ‘Affordability,’ Signs Opening Salvo of Bills Proposing Constitutional Amendments on Abortion, Redistricting.

CHANGE:

I have to laugh at a whole lot of US Army flag ranks denying their 20th century professional worldview and motor pool have reached obsolescence.

The US Marine Corps is changing out its rifleman identity for a drone operator one to remain a separate air-ground military service. https://t.co/XbGz62DdGp pic.twitter.com/KGS3lV5HKQ

— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) February 16, 2026

DON SURBER EVISCERATES DRUDGE REPORT, reminds me that Drudge Report still exists, kinda. Kinda sorta.

WE KNOW THAT BLOOMBERG HAS CHOSEN ITS SIDE: The Ocasio-Cortez Disaster in Munich Gives a 2028 Election Primer As Bloomberg News Cleans Up Her Mess.

Not sure that the mess has been cleaned up, though.

She is named Cortez and yet is totally clueless about how Mexico came to have horses.

Imagine being named after the man who brought horses to the Americas and not knowing that. https://t.co/1TXLhal2Ba

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) February 16, 2026

Whoever convinced AOC that she had successfully completed her tutoring and was now ready to give book reports about foreign policy in public really should look for another line of work.

Unless the goal was to sabotage her. In which case: kudos for a job well done. https://t.co/1VC2CHmMSd

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 16, 2026

The social experiment of taking a 20 something-year-old cocktail waitress and putting her in the United States House of Representatives is going exactly as one would expect pic.twitter.com/mOwI05zBlY

— Eric Matheny 🎙️ (@ericmmatheny) February 16, 2026

UPDATE:

This Munich conference made it clear: America has just one adult political party right now, and it's the Republican Party.

Marco Rubio just gave the speech of a lifetime.

Dems sent their "brightest" in AOC and she CRAPPED THE BED in front of the world. pic.twitter.com/GbTXKqysSG

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) February 17, 2026

WELL, THE VIEW: Flashback: That Time Corey Feldman Warned The View About Hollywood Child Sex Abuse and Was Scolded for It.

LOL, AOC:

The madman theory of deterrence is a foreign policy strategy where a leader projects irrationality, volatility, or unpredictability to make adversaries believe they might take extreme, "crazy" actions (like nuclear escalation).

The idiot theory of deterrence by contrast is a…

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) February 16, 2026

Underlying article is here.

IT NEVER FAILS: Leftist gun control enthusiasts have no idea of the existing law.

Ummm…. every gun purchase already requires a federal background check that includes your SSN and a testimony of citizenship (see below), and a valid government-issued ID.

If you lie on this form about being a citizen, it's a felony. And because you supply your SSN the feds… https://t.co/mCyI8tlj8m pic.twitter.com/aYaKK2vmiN

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) February 16, 2026

LYING HYPOCRITE-IN-CHIEF:

He must have missed what his party did to RFK, Tulsi, Charlie, Catholics, school board parents, pro-lifers, white men, conservative blacks, Christians, religious exempt soldiers, women athletes, non-violent J6ers, Asian college applicants, entrepreneurs, ICE agents, Trump’s… https://t.co/LQnbCOCt5b

— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) February 16, 2026

PATHETIC:

Totally weird how not one Leftist has said, “No, we won’t let Muslims ban your dogs.”

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence. https://t.co/BkICGat5vY

— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) February 16, 2026

#Resist:

This wasn't allowed in public incase it offended anyone.
So please don't retweet it. Thanks 🙏https://t.co/1stbtsOxvz pic.twitter.com/LvJ9pTgmnA

— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) February 16, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.