OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

UNSTOPPABLE: For space data centers, SpaceX is building the chips and the rockets.

GOODBYE, DOLLY: My latest Substack essay is up.

THE DEEP SEVENS AGAIN? Six Never-Before-Seen Mystery Structures Found Lurking Deep Inside The Earth.

THERE’S SOME SORT OF WEIRD PSYCHOSEXUAL DYNAMIC HERE:

Feminists love to talk about the "patriarchy" and how White men want them to live in Handmaid's Tale, and then immediately pander to the most patriarchal and restrictive system on earth. https://t.co/ssBgjmMdag

— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) August 30, 2026

“HOTSPAN?” Forget Healthspan. Midlife Men Face Pressure to Extend ‘Hotspan:’ Millennial men grew up thinking we could stop worrying about our health and looks by retirement. Something’s changed.

Hey, I’m still hot. Suck it up, millennials.

CHANGE:

The U.S. Army dropping the M7 rifle for the shorter, lighter XM8 carbine just confirmed what every infantryman already knew:

An 80,000 PSI high-pressure 6.8mm cartridge out of an 10.9-inch short barrel is pure tactical cognitive dissonance.

You get:
• Insane muzzle blast &…

— Ammo Lab (@ammolab1) August 27, 2026

HMM: Silent artery plaques may appear in one in 13 adults before age 30.

GOOD: Hoplophobe’s Hell: More Americans Are Rejecting Gun Control.

HMM: Man with sinus infection symptoms diagnosed with heart condition.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: Hormone therapy was once linked to dementia. A huge study found it might lower risk — if you start early enough.

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Is It Safe to Eat Green Potatoes? A Food Scientist Explains.

“I USED TO BE FAT, NOW I’M NOT.” I lost the weight on a GLP-1 — and I’m still explaining myself to everyone I love.

SHE HAS A BRAND:

Anytime I see Billie Eilish in the media, she's either complaining about capitalism or trying to sell me something https://t.co/T6ZzoRoaUz

— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) August 29, 2026

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Most universities have ‘too many academic programs,’ chief business officers say.

OF COURSE IT DID: ‘Hilarious/handsome/homosexual’ professor defied leftists’ speech patrols. The university launched an investigation.

SPOILED SOCIALITES LEADING A SOCIALIST REVOLUTION: NYC socialist leaders caught living large, quietly collecting millions from real estate flips.

Typical.

THEY WON’T ABOLISH PRISONS, THEY WILL REPURPOSE THEM FOR YOU AND ME: Mamdani Turns Rikers Murderer Into Victim in Larger Plot to Abolish Prisons.

EVERYBODY’S A #RESISTANCE GANGSTA ‘TIL THE WATER BILL COMES DUE: Crybabies: Stars and Stripes Reporters Want Their Jobs Back.

A RIOT IS THE VOICE OF THE UNHEARD:

Three girls butchered at a dance class in Southport, England by a 2nd generation Rwandan immigrant and the streets exploded because people are done watching governments protect the system that keeps delivering this nightmare. https://t.co/r48kPZdAdl

— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) August 30, 2026

This is an indigenous population resisting settler colonialism! #Resist!

EVERYONE SHOULD EXCEL AT SOMETHING: Ro Khanna Dethrones Stock Queen Nancy Pelosi in First Real Accomplishment of Political Career.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:

The present carving up of the academy is a 19th-century invention, not a sacred settlement. If sociology disappeared, economics and political science would absorb most of its intellectual work. Sociology’s sister disciplines already produce much valuable scholarship on mass… https://t.co/Pnp89DrOdS

— Timur Kuran (@timurkuran) August 29, 2026

AMERICA’S ENEMIES SYNCHRONIZE THEIR MESSAGING:

U.S. Democrats and Mark Carney are synchronizing their messages.

Carney hired Maia Johnson, a staffer for Hillary Clinton, to run the trade negotiations.

Pretty clear the reason Carney ripped up a done deal was to embarrass Trump and help Democrats in the mid-terms. https://t.co/N6WUBBag86

— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) August 29, 2026

UPDATE:

When America had a disagreement with Canada, Democrats sided with Canada.

When America had a disagreement with Iran, Democrats sided with Iran.

When America had a disagreement with Venezuela, Democrats sided with Venezuela.

Do Democrats ever side with America?

— Brilyn Hollyhand (@BrilynHollyhand) August 30, 2026

NIL DESPERANDUM: John Lucas: How Not To Guarantee Strategic Defeat.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launching NASA’s Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30: How to watch it live.