OPEN THREAD: Sorry it’s late!

OVER ON SUBSTACK, ERIC OF SECURITY & CIGARS (WHICH I’VE LINKED A NUMBER OF TIMES) HAS BEEN WRITING A SERIAL NOVEL, BOUGIE APOCALYPSE. “”Bougie Apocalypse” is a serial style post-apocalyptic pulp story. Retired Sergeant Major Jack Harlan and his wife Raych are doing their best to keep civilization alive (real coffee, quality beans instead of MRE’s, refusing to become savages) while the Cough turns people into Zombies. It’s a mix of World War Z realism, Zombieland humor, and Mad Max road survival in the face of collapse. Competent protagonists, zombies, gas station raids, and killing zombies with frying pans!”

I’m in the book, maybe alive, maybe not. Schrodinger’s law professor!

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: From Delaney Hall to ‘Freedom 250,’ lefty violence is what real insurrection looks like. “A duly elected president — one who won a majority of both the electoral vote and the popular vote, as well as carrying every swing state — is trying to enforce valid federal laws widely supported by the public. His political opponents are trying to use violence to stop it.” (Bumped.)

PEOPLE RESPOND TO INCENTIVES: Nursing home staffing declined in states that protected facilities from COVID-19 malpractice lawsuits, study finds.

THE E.V. BUBBLE HASN’T ENTIRELY DEFLATED: Why Volvo Is Speeding Up Its EV Plans While Everyone Else Is Slowing Down.

FREEDOM: More Virginia Counties Announce They Won’t Enforce Spanberger’s ‘Assault Firearms’ Ban.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Ranking high blood pressure drug combinations from most to least tolerated.

HMM: Mathematicians warn of AI threats to profession as industry encroaches.

Related: An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years.

TRUSTED INSTITUTIONS? 2 scientists charged with bringing deactivated mpox virus into the US and lying to authorities.

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Study Links Early Retirement to Increased Risk of Cognitive Decline.

MASSIVE RESISTANCE: Undercover videos: DEI still taught at Ohio, Kentucky universities despite anti-DEI laws.

CHANGE: Education Dept. proposal could fast-track Florida accreditor.

WHEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH ESTABLISHMENT WRECKED ITS CREDIBILITY FOR A GENERATION:

The 6th anniversary of Fracture Day approaches. https://t.co/asFyD8KNFm

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) June 3, 2026

SPENCER PRATT SURVIVES JUNGLE PRIMARY: Spencer Pratt lays out plan to defeat Mayor Karen Bass in November runoff: ‘I could not be more excited.’

PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT WILL LIKELY CONCLUDE THEY HAVE TO PURGE THE LEFT OUT OF SELF-DEFENSE: Paul Krugman’s Deranged Call to Purge America of MAGA Is Scarier Than You Think. “Unfortunately, as much as we would like to think it is a mere rhetorical flourish, it is not one at all. If you think that Democrats aren’t serious when they propose what sound like insane measures, just remember what they did during COVID, what they are doing with alphabet ideology (literally sterilizing and mutilating kids and putting sex offenders into girls’ locker rooms), and what they did to President Trump before his reelection. . . . If you don’t know what that means exactly, let me tell you: outlawing political parties, rooting out supporters of the political cause you want to purge, removing academics, doctors, and other professionals associated with the movement, and banning them all from public life. It is Ursula von der Leyen’s wet dream when it comes to AfD. There were also, of course, trials and executions for the top-level malefactors.”

Related: Democrats’ rants confirm their enemies list is serious business.

BETWEEN THAT AND THE MYSTERY GUYS CLIMBING OUT OF OF NYC MANHOLES, ARE WE SETTING UP FOR A REAL-LIFE VERSION OF KURT SCHLICHTER’S THE ATTACK?. Could be. Texas Nabs Six Camo-Clad Chinese on Border Ranch.

ABSOLUTELY: Donald Trump is the Counterculture.

BUT YOU CAN’T HAVE ANARCHO-TYRANNY IF PEOPLE CAN DEFEND THEMSELVES:

Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun in the UK.

Actually there shouldn't be any "allowed" about it. The bearing of arms is a natural right of free men, and any government that infringes on it renders itself illegitimate.

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) June 2, 2026

HAHA:

They’re basically writing press releases for us at Wired now pic.twitter.com/UhaTg5E8Ot

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) June 2, 2026

You don’t have to sell me, I already love the Manhattan Institute!

Related:

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— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) June 1, 2026

ACTUAL JOURNALISM:

Hometown newspaper gets the story https://t.co/N7pkSDWyGs

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) June 3, 2026

CHANGE: Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Map in Alabama. “In the first major case since the justices narrowed the Voting Rights Act, the court cleared the way for Alabama to use a map preferred by Republicans that eliminates a majority-Black district.”

BRITAIN’S SAD PRESENT:

https://t.co/YYjVT80FwV pic.twitter.com/Y1vZvBpUq7

— Kitler (@Kitler512) June 2, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

IT’S A SETBACK, BUT YOU HAVE TO EXPECT THOSE WITH NEW ROCKETS: ‘A pretty significant setback’: How Blue Origin’s rocket explosion affects NASA’s moon plans.

GOOD, THAT KNOCKED ME OFF STATINS: A Painful Side Effect of Statins Explained After Decades of Mystery. “For millions of people, statins are a daily shield against heart disease. But around 10 percent of those who take statins to lower cholesterol experience a mysterious, painful side effect that causes many to discontinue these potentially life-saving medicines. Scientists have recently found one possible reason why. Research from Columbia University and the University of Rochester in the US revealed a potential culprit: a tiny calcium gate inside muscle cells that statins may force open. The resulting calcium leak can damage muscle tissue, offering a new explanation for at least some cases of statin-associated muscle symptoms (SAMS).”