WHAT’S WRONG WITH HIGHER EDUCATION: UChicago professor, sister of Sen.-elect El-Sayed, thinks universities are for building political ‘power.’

DOMESTIC TERRORISTS: Michigan threat defendants include fired university employee, progressive activists: Several defendants charged in a federal conspiracy involving threats against University of Michigan officials previously worked for the university, participated in anti-Israel activism, or supported Democratic campaigns. The Department of Justice indicted eight individuals June 10 and charged four more Oct. 30.

I’VE BEEN HEARING THAT IT’S OUTDATED FOR SEVERAL DECADES: Duffy Blames Outdated System After Nationwide Flight Ground Stop.

Even Ari Emanuel (Rahm’s brother) is throwing shade at Pete Buttigieg for blowing a chance at reform. Though to be fair, Buttigieg was on paternity leave for a lot of that time.

No one’s hands are clean here. However, Mr. Secretary Buttigieg, you had four years in the job and infrastructure money, yet made zero progress modernizing the FAA. You left a failing system in place. THANKS!

— Ari Emanuel (@AriEmanuel) November 13, 2026

Perhaps, for once, we should follow Canada’s lead and privatize air traffic control.

EXCITING BUT DISAPPOINTING: Starship Test Flight 15 Has a Clean Launch but No Tower Catch.

YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COMPLAIN WHILE WE KILL YOUR NATION: rance Escalates Weaponization of Hate Speech Laws to Silence Islam’s Critics.

THE ANTI-SEMITIC LEFT: Chris Rabb Refuses To Condemn Antisemitic Boycott in His District; Attacks ‘Awful Things’ from Counterprotesters.

I KNEW J.D. WHEN HE WAS JUST AN AUTHOR AND WAS VERY IMPRESSED, BUT HE’S BEEN UNDERPERFORMING: How JD Vance Charlie Sheen’ed His Career — and Why the 2028 GOP Race Is Now Wide Open.

THAT’LL QUASH THOSE CONCERNS: Muslim Sen.-Elect El-Sayed to Take Oath on a Quran.

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THE CHINA/PAKISTAN AXIS: Pakistani astronaut set to become 1st international visitor to China’s Tiangong space station this month.

MARCO KEEPS CRUSHING IT:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio just delivered the most brutal indictment of Third World Mass Immigration and Open Borders I've ever heard.

“They tell us that we are compelled by a sacred legal obligation to give up our power, to surrender our sovereignty, to submit to the whims… pic.twitter.com/p8ZrgAjefs

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 13, 2026

THE LEFTIST NARRATIVE FAILS:

The last major ground stop was in 2023 when Pete was the transportation secretary 😂😂😂

— Spence (@CurryAlert) November 13, 2026

CURIOUS HAPPENINGS:

If we assume that some of the unusual events of the last few days are related:

1. China naval drill off Taiwan;
2. Iranian spy roundup in the UK;
3. Uptick in hacking of European targets, esp France;
4. Sinking of Russian warship in the Gulf of Finland;
5. Evacuation of US bases…

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) November 13, 2026

IT’S ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Scientists Find Evidence of Primordial Water Hidden at The Edge of The Solar System.

WAIT, THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN? Scientists Discover a Hidden Immune System Difference That Could Explain Why Obesity Affects Men and Women Differently.

STARSHIP FLIGHT 42 GOING WELL SO FAR:

Booster splashdown. pic.twitter.com/oW7IkbdPcY

— FullStackLifter (@FullStackLifter) November 13, 2026

Views of Starship in space as @Starlink deploy continues pic.twitter.com/pd6FYvDo0D

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 13, 2026

UPDATE: SpaceX launches Starship on ambitious 22-hour Flight 15 test, but aborts booster ‘chopsticks’ catch.

We will catch no rocket before its time.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTION: Should a 70+year old take a statin? Two recent randomized trials.

MORE THOUGHTS FROM ESR ON THE MICROSOFT OUTAGE:

I'm about to propose a term for a dangerous failure mode that every software engineer should be thinking about today. And another for its consequences.

Hot-state dependency: A condition in which a system's ability to function depends on organizational relationships, accumulated…

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) November 13, 2026

CONGRATULATIONS TO DATA REPUBLICAN:

The People’s choice award for Citizen Journalist of the Year goes to @DataRepublican! pic.twitter.com/0InQlTuirt

— O’Keefe Media Group (@OKeefeMedia) November 13, 2026

HARLEY EARL WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME: Porsche Explores Airplane-Style Fins to Make Its Cars Corner Faster.

UM: FAA Grounds All Flights Nationwide Due to ‘Communication Issue.’

The @FAAnews issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers. FAA technicians are investigating the issue. We will provide immediate updates as we have them.

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) November 13, 2026

UPDATE: Culprit located.

pic.twitter.com/iRTPWkHhXy

— Chris (@flyrogo) November 13, 2026

THE PURPOSE HAS NEVER BEEN TO FIGHT CRIME: Same As It Ever Was: Serial Recidivists Keep Offending While Pols Preach More Gun Control.

MY OUTLOOK IS WORKING, KUDOS TO THE UT IT DEPARTMENT. But here’s the latest:

It has now been more than 26 hours since the beginning of the Microsoft cloud services outage.

While a few people have reported on X that they have service again, Microsoft's cloud status page at https://t.co/4krxfyDQM6 is unchanged, still reporting O365 service degradation and…

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) November 13, 2026

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Robotic slugs with claws can fuse together to create one massive machine.

GO NUCLEAR: The Climate Summit Wants Electrification. The AI Boom Wants Every Electron It Can Get.