OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
October 23, 2026
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Europe’s Space Rider vehicle comes crashing down during drop test. “The incident occurred during an Oct. 6 drop test of the full-scale Space Rider model, from the European Space Agency (ESA). The robotic vehicle’s initial drogue parachute deployed successfully, but its main parafoil detached during deployment, leaving the prototype unable to slow its descent before crashing into the ground, according to ESA officials. The cause of the failure remains under investigation.”
Still a few bugs in the system.
ANNALS OF AUTOPHAGY: Researchers Discover a Surprising Twist in How Our Cells Age.
ICYMI:
We've gone from cans having over a year wait & fingerprint requirements
to
getting a silencer free with an optics purchase
And y'all are talking about staying home in November. We've never been so back. pic.twitter.com/W2NjvqZJj5
— Louis vil LeGun (@LouisvilleGun) October 20, 2026
HAHAHA:
>"International Law" is just how we explain the United States Navy to children and invalids,
absolute banger; chisel this in marble https://t.co/u8w07kGRoT
— ⓘSome Dogs have thumbs (@MorlockP) October 23, 2026
IT’S NOT THAT THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT’S IN THE VIDEOS, IT’S THAT THEY HOPE YOU DON’T KNOW.
Did you happen to catch the part of the plot where Democrat governors will declare the Constitutionally-elected Presidency invalid and seize control of American governance?
That's literally in the videos, idiot, and I am not exaggerating.
Go watch the videos and report back and…
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) October 23, 2026
JAY BHATTACHARYA: Launching a Second Scientific Revolution.
WELL, THAT’S NOT GOOD: Porsche Warns Hundreds of Owners Not to Drive as Wheels Could Detach.
ANNALS OF CRAZY LEFTIST WOMEN: A Florida Attorney Walks Into a Mississippi Gun Store . . .
White identified herself to an employee as a protester and activist who wanted to buy a gun to kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, according to the criminal complaint. White told employees she wanted a firearm for protection at a protest because she believed “ICE agents are becoming crazy and wild,” according to the complaint. She also told employees she was an activist and protester.
During her interactions with employees, White gestured toward her torso and asked whether the firearms for sale would penetrate an agent’s body armor, the complaint says. If they could not, she told an employee she would need to “hit them in the head, shoulder, arm or leg.”
“It probably won’t surprise you to hear that, not only did the dealer not sell her a firearm, but the store contacted ATF.”
EVERY TIME I SEE BILLIE EILISH, SHE’S EITHER LECTURING ME ABOUT CAPITALISM OR TRYING TO SELL ME SOMETHING.
Anti-capitalist socialist Billie Eilish just dropped a jewelry line selling silver chains for over $2,000 pic.twitter.com/fQCUn5CunZ
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 23, 2026
LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING THIS WEEK:
HUGE: The en banc Fifth Circuit just held, 11-6, that illegal aliens caught in the interior can be detained without bond for the duration of their removal proceedings.
Judge James Ho in a concurring opinion: "A nation ceases to be a nation if it can't protect its borders." pic.twitter.com/nvnnmaeW8d
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) October 23, 2026
WELL, WHO WAS GOING TO TELL HIM NOT TO: Horse-Sized Saber-Tooth Lived Millions of Years Past Its Deadline.
SPACE JUNK: BETTER PUT UP MY UMBRELLA. Rocket Debris Landed on Two Continents Within Days. Cumulative Risk Is Growing.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Cooked Tomatoes Boost Lycopene and May Lower Prostate Cancer Risk.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Is It Safe to Eat Unwashed Produce? Here’s What Experts Say.
GOOD NEWS ABOUNDS:
Two facts to brighten your morning:
Murder rates in the US are at record lows.
Civilian firearms ownership is at a record high.
Gun owners know why this is. If you have trouble understanding it, some of your premises need a rethink.
— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) October 23, 2026
HAHA:
Ok this is hilarious
— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) October 23, 2026
DIVERSITY PROBLEM: 95% of Michigan faculty donations go to El-Sayed over Rogers in Senate race.
OF COURSE IT’S COMMIES: UW–Madison center that backs ‘progressive’ change promotes Marxist and activist-led events.
SUCCINCTLY PUT:
The whole ethos of Washington, D.C. these days is: let's keep the racket going as long as possible. This is every agency, every Congressional office, every lobbyist, every think tank. Idealism is gone. Public service is gone. The notion of government as servant of the people is…
— Jeffrey A Tucker (@jeffreytucker) October 23, 2026
OUCH:
Judge Henry Wingate just received the most vicious benchslap I've ever seen in an appellate opinion:
"The district court—or perhaps, being charitable, its AI agent—ignored and manipulated governing law, apparently to satisfy a policy agenda."
He was removed from the case. pic.twitter.com/fYOsqD5C4c
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) October 23, 2026
Full opinion here.
Judges like this should routinely face impeachment inquiries. Sure, Democrats will protect them in the Senate, but the process is the punishment and they should have their noses rubbed into how bad they are.
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Europe Begs Trump on Ukraine After Snubbing Him on Iran.
REAL NEWS VS. THE FAKE STUFF:
America currently has a cabal of ~1,600 former military officers/NCOs and ex-State/USAID/CIA employees who are members of the National Security Leaders for America, an organization currently involved in an active plot to overthrow our Constitutional order via an American Color… https://t.co/E4Od8u2LbL
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) October 23, 2026
THIS SEEMS RIGHT: BIA: Asylum Seekers Who Go Home Abandon Their Applications. “The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) — the DOJ administrative tribunal that reviews immigration decisions — recently issued an opinion in Matter of M-R-I-, concluding that applicants for asylum and related humanitarian protections who go back to their home countries on advance parole ‘absent compelling reasons for the return’ abandon those applications. That’s common sense — if an alien claims a country is too dangerous to return to, he shouldn’t voluntarily go there — but let’s wait to see what the federal courts think — and how they analyze the administrative decisions.”