YOU SAY “MISINFORMATION,” I SAY “SQUANDERING OF PUBLIC TRUST.” Cancer vaccines could transform treatment and prevention – but misinformation about mRNA vaccines threatens their potential.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China Abruptly Postpones Ambitious Lunar Mission.

BEWARE: Aortic dissection can strike suddenly. Here are the warning signs to know.

I TRY TO EXERCISE IN THE HEAT: Why Elite Athletes Train In The Heat & The Science Says You Should Too.

COMICALLY DESPERATE:

It is comically desperate.

— Jeff Clark (@JeffClarkUS) August 23, 2026

CHANGE:

Things that are now rightwing:

Investigative journalism
Academic rigour
Scientific dissent
Nature
Facts
Biology
Politeness
Punctuality
Normality
Free speech
Individual rights
Rationality
Objectivity
Self-reliance
Emotional restraint
Delayed gratification

— Alice Smith (@TheAliceSmith) August 15, 2026

UPDATE (From Ed): Did conservatives win the culture war?

And don’t forget physical fitness:

And eating healthy and reading epic poetry:

MORE (From Ed): The Financial Times crusades in to ask, “Why is the far right so obsessed with knights?”

https://t.co/wV0btc8OA4 pic.twitter.com/qmhbgWJtrl

— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) August 24, 2026

THERE’S A BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SEXES? Who knew? There’s actual science behind the phrase ‘throwing like a girl.’

GOOD: UPDATE: TPUSA confirms plan to honor Charlie Kirk at UVU.

GOOD: Dems Worry James Talarico Lacks Support From Black Voters to Win Texas Senate Race.

THAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP:

Whoa. https://t.co/dExQIiEYs4

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) August 24, 2026

ANDY KESSLER: The Summer of ‘My Bad’: We’ve seen a string of high-profile mea culpas the past few months. About time. Not much in the way of consequences, though.

“Mea culpa” translates to “through my fault” or “my mistake.” I much prefer the modern apology “my bad.” We’ve had a run of mea culpas lately. It’s about time.

Anthropic founder Dario Amodei said last year, “There’s a 25% chance that things go really, really badly” with artificial intelligence. In 2023 he worried about human extinction. But with trillion-dollar-valued initial public offerings in the air, he and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have sharply pivoted to AI optimism. Last week Mr. Amodei tweeted, “I think it will actually be possible to cure most human disease in ~5-10 years.” Cure us before it kills us, I guess. On the pending job apocalypse, Mr. Altman said, “I’m delighted to be wrong about that.” OK. . . .

In what should be a mea culpa for Democrats, but sadly won’t be, Rahm Emanuel summed up today’s collectivist fervor: “We’re the only country where you have to be rich enough to be a socialist.”

Until people in power have lost money, or freedom, or position, apologies don’t mean a whole lot.

UPDATE: They Spent Our Trust. Now the Bill Is Due.

IT WAS WHITE SUPREMACY THAT PUT ALL THESE PEOPLE IN POWER, TO MAKE BLACK DEMOCRATS LOOK BAD:

gary indiana not having power is an amazing story of diversity

>entire city council is black
>every electric company executive is black
>black residents can’t stop shooting at vehicles working to restore power

and they all blame racism for going without power for so long https://t.co/asCK1PVJe8 pic.twitter.com/aamnv3WLTa

— retard mode ✞ (@retardmode) August 23, 2026

GOOD ADVICE:

I am begging sensitive young men not to make decisions about women and family based on the bottom-of-the-barrel gender war ragebait that if blasted in everyone's faces 24/7 barely makes eks dot com profitable to advertisers in a free market. https://t.co/CXaRYG9i67

— Marko Jukic (@mmjukic) August 22, 2026

HOW THE LEFT WORKS:

California has officially signed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act” (AB 2624) into law. This bill was created only after I exposed widespread fraud in immigrant communities across America, specifically in California’s Medicaid, nonprofits and other welfare programs funded by our tax… pic.twitter.com/oR9H2qVSyd

— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) August 23, 2026

JOHN LUCAS: The Establishment Mouthpiece Undermining American Culture: And what you can do to fight it. “So you say our free enterprise system is ‘uniquely severe,’ Professor? Some of the Kulaks of Ukraine or the peasants of Cambodia, North Korea, Cuba and other ‘socialist’ paradises might like to have a word about that, if only they were still alive. This Cuban farmer would like a word, Professor.”

ANDY BESHEAR IS A SAD LOSER.

.@AndyBeshearKY picked an odd fight to take up with Vance. First for a man of privilege to question the geographic credentials of a man who grew up in Middletown, Ohio, and Kentucky, with the former right on the edge of the government’s definition of Appalachia and the latter… https://t.co/Er3rxhGUnu

— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) August 23, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Trump signs new national space policy to enable 1,000 US rocket launches per year.

FASTER, PLEASE: Scientists Find a Youth-Associated Protein That Rejuvenates Brain Immune Cells in Mice.

SCIENCE MARCHES ON: America’s First Legal Psilocybin Program Treated 346 People. Here’s What Happened.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: A sleep doctor explains the brain risks of untreated sleep apnea and why early treatment matters.

DISAPPOINTING: Lamborghini Says It Has No Plans for a Manual Transmission.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Why Can’t Even the Most Insufferably Annoying Brits Hire Their Own Armed Security?

COMPARISON:

Report: More people have died from heat in France this summer than all US mass shootings in history https://t.co/Uvc1xjVTfr

— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) August 23, 2026

LONGEVITY UPDATE: Common nasal spray ingredient emerges in Massachusetts lab work on aging pathways. “A common nasal spray ingredient has turned up in an unexpected corner of aging research. Early lab work suggests oxymetazoline — best known as the active ingredient in Afrin — may influence one biological process associated with aging. . . . One of the compounds that drew attention was oxymetazoline, which appeared to influence intercellular communication — the signaling system cells use to send and receive messages throughout the body. Aging can disrupt those signals, contributing to issues such as weaker immune responses and muscle and bone loss. Oxymetazoline is also found in some Sinex nasal sprays, as well as certain eye drops and creams used for redness, the outlet reported. Still, a promising lab result is a long way from a real anti-aging treatment.”