CLASS IS A HUGE PART OF IT:

In fact I am struck by the embarassing degree to which which snobbery plays a role in Left/Right politics. Progressives have by imperceptibly slow degrees become the party of respectability, toffs, dignity and propriety.

The real emotional fuel for Trump hatred is only partly…

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) May 17, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Smoke ’em if you got ’em.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: The world’s biggest rocket: How SpaceX’s new Starship ‘V3’ differs from its predecessors.

SUCK IT, CHINA: Vast, Untapped Source of Lithium Found in The US Could Last 300 Years.

Actually, this just means they’ll have to fund some “environmental” opposition to mining here. That’s how this stuff works.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: Scientists Say a 40-Year-Old Childhood Obesity Warning May Be Completely Wrong.

OOPS: Popular workout supplement may blunt heart benefits of exercise in women. If you want to boost nitric oxide levels, you’re probably better off with citrulline anyway.

STILL BLOWS MY MIND THAT $30K IS A CHEAP CAR NOW: Comparison Test: $30,000 Small Cars.

WE NEED TO BE RUNNING GUNS TO BRITONS, THESE DAYS: Brits Outraged to This Day That Any American Can Still Own a Flintlock.

WE’RE NOT NOTICING THESE THINGS EARLY ENOUGH: Recently Discovered Asteroid Will Sweep Past Earth at Close Range on May 18 — Here’s What to Know. “NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory estimates that 2026 JH2 is somewhere between 15 meters and 35 meters (50 feet and 115 feet) wide; the higher limit of this estimate would be roughly equivalent to one-third the full length of an American football field.”

EVERYONE HAS AMBITIONS: I want to live like Costco people. I confess this has never been one of mine.

FASTER, PLEASE: New targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy induces remission in pancreatic cancer model.

TO BE FAIR, MOST OF THE ADVICE WAS LIES: 57% of Americans Are Tired of Being Told What To Eat, New Survey Finds.

LIZ WARREN STARTING TO LOOK NERVOUS: Oscar-winning folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie stripped of honorary degree after faking Indigenous ancestry.

THE NEW VETTING: The broker standard of care after Montgomery. “The question is no longer whether brokers have responsibilities when selecting carriers. The question is what courts, juries, insurers, and the industry itself will consider reasonable in a modern transportation environment where enormous amounts of safety data are publicly available.”

Related: What’s next after Montgomery?

DIVERSITY PROBLEM: 6 to 1: Democratic speakers dominate 2026 commencement stages at Top 100 universities.

Also, these places are supposed to be “nonpartisan” 501(c)(3)’s.

IT’S ALL FAKE: A student movement for the ‘99%’ is being bankrolled by the same billionaire-backed networks it claims to oppose. More Perfect University sells campus populism as grassroots activism, but its funding, messaging, and political ties tell a different story.

The reason why leftists think everything on the right is fake is because everything they do is.

SHERYL LONGIN: Spencer Pratt is Where It’s At.

NOBODY FIXES A PROBLEM THEY’RE BEING PAID TO MANAGE: The Fix for Homelessness? Get Rid of All the Big Money to ‘Fix’ Homelessness.

THAT’S BECAUSE IT’S NOT NEWS, BECAUSE IT ISN’T TRUE: The Big Tell: NYT Not Reporting Kristof Accusations on its News Pages. He’ll always be Nick “Dog Rape” Kristof to me, though.

Or maybe Nick “Nazi Dad” Kristof: Times Columnist Kristof’s Father Fought on Nazi Side in World War II. Hamas prison-rape-dog propagandist’s dad also defended Vichy war criminal, then committed suicide after decades of nightmares.

BOB GRABOYES: Virginia Supreme Court Ruling Made E-Z: The logic was simple: “Before an election” means “before the first votes are cast.”

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

ELON NEEDS A BACKUP PLAN JUST IN CASE THE DEMOCRATS GET BACK IN POWER: Will Starship launch from foreign shores? SpaceX ‘constantly exploring’ options for megarocket liftoff sites.

I DON’T TRUST ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS: Common Sweetener May Harm Critical Brain Barrier, Risking Stroke.

HAVEN’T WE SEEN THIS MOVIE? Scientists Create “Living” Materials That Crawl, Walk, and Dig on Their Own.

FASTER, PLEASE: Experimental drug shrinks advanced kidney tumors, clears cancer in one patient.