OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

HONESTLY, THAT’S A LOWBALL NUMBER I THINK:

Depending on the definition, maybe 3-5% of the US population is smart but seriously mentally unstable. That group heavily selects into politics, though. So maybe you're getting more like 10-15% among certain political types. That's enough to have a real influence on movements.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) June 28, 2026

DEBACLE: NASA’s canceled Artemis hardware contracts reached $5.9 billion, audit finds.

YES, DECOLONIZE NORTH AFRICA, THE LEVANT, CENTRAL ASIA…

The irony in a Muslim saying this is fucking insane https://t.co/dxxpj2PDv7

— D_Hartley (@DH_1997_) June 28, 2026

Mehdi knows better, he just hopes you don’t. And isn’t his real message that Western civilization would have been wiser to cultivate racism and xenophobia, as protective measures, instead of suicidal empathy?

FISH! The Best Diet For Brain Health Is Probably Not What You Think.

NOW OUT FROM CYNTHIA YOCKEY: The Brain Fog Diagnosis Checklist. “An 83-page diagnostic intake system you complete before your next doctor appointment, so your doctor sees the full pattern in 30 minutes and has clear indications of what to do about it. Includes a complete Doctor Appointment Toolkit, 30+ causes of brain fog organized into 10 categories, symptom scoring guides, a tiered lab request list, and scripts for the most common doctor pushback scenarios.”

SPACE: NASA’s Lucy Uncovers Ancient Water Clues on a Weirdly Wobbling Asteroid.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Bioresorbable implant electrically stimulates organs, nerves and muscles then vanishes after treatment.

REVIEW: “We can now attest that the Slate truck is a real, actual, drivable thing.”

NOBODY CARES ABOUT THIS STUFF: Oops: Dems Concede Gun Control Isn’t Top Issue For Them Any More.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Mislabeled saber-toothed cat fossil spent over 50 years hidden in a drawer.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Boeing’s Starliner Is Such a Disaster That We Don’t Even Have Words.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA Eyes Moon Base Powered by Solar Panels and Nuclear Reactors.

VITAMIN B UPDATE: High doses of vitamin B3 could help in fight against deadly brain cancer, study finds.

“RULE OF LAW:” ‘Fully substantiated’: Report says Biden leaders pushed ‘gender’ rule on schools despite court order.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: American universities’ Chinese Students and Scholars Associations are Communist Party’s foreign missions in disguise.

#JOURNALISM:

The WSJ says the relatively small number of Iranian hits on US facilities in the Gulf are 'devastating'.

"Iran shot more than 8,000 missiles and drones and only two hits resulted in U.S. fatalities,” said Capt. Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, which oversees…

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) June 28, 2026

ANOTHER TRUMP OPPONENT PRIMARIED OUT: Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy is gone. “Shoot – the sitting US senator, who has been in office since 2015, couldn’t even manage to make it to the runoff. That’s how badly Louisiana voters wanted him gone. The best Cassidy could manage was a third-place finish, winding up four points behind the state’s current treasurer, John Fleming, claiming the Number Two spot. Politico called the vanquishing another victory on Trump’s ‘revenge tour.'”

He warned them.

CUT OFF THE FUNDING: Justice Department sues 4 states for not sharing SNAP data after it was requested .

RELEASE THE KRAKEN: Tit-for-Tat in Strait of Hormuz; UPDATE: Iran Attacks Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraqi Government Upheaval.

LOL, NEWSGUARD: A Media Watchdog Released An AI ‘Fact-Checker.’ It Says There May Be 72 Genders. NewsGuard’s AI tool denied that biological sex is a binary and said affirmative action has ‘benefited’ white men.

IT DID NOT HAPPEN ACCIDENTALLY, OR ON ITS OWN: Germany’s Perfect Storm of Social Decline.

REALCLEARPOLITICS: Fauci, the CIA, and the Unanswered Questions of COVID.

GROKKIING THE WAR:

Getting @grok to work through the 2nd & 3rd order effects of
1. Ukraine's drone strategic bombing campaign on the ex-Soviet infrastructure ridden economy, plus
2. Russia's corrupt Kleptocracy habit of lying to itself,
proved a worth while pain. ⬇️

2/2 pic.twitter.com/VxM62DiMUn

— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) June 26, 2026

OPEN THREAD: One of these surely will screen out the sorrow — but where are you tomorrow?