METFORMIN UPDATE: Metformin’s real power may be in the gut.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK: The Gathering Storm.

ZOOM: 2027 Lexus TZ First Look: Diving Into the 3-Row Electric SUV Segment.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Three-Dot Sights Suck and This is Why . . .

WELL, GOOD: Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab make a breakthrough in rotor technology.

THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY GOOD NEWS: U.S. women 40+ now have more babies per capita than teens. “The lines crossed in 2022, and they haven’t come back.”

HMM: Buzz Aldrin’s ‘unusual’ sightings and photos from the moon landings. What we learned from the first batch of the UFO files.

IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? Coffee May Protect Against Aging, And Caffeine Isn’t The Main Reason.

SHAMING YOUNG MEN MAKES WOMEN OF ALL AGES HAPPY, THOUGH:

Doubling down on blaming and shaming young men is not the way to go if we truly want to address the challenges our boys and men face today. Watch this great conversation with @RichardvReeves and @ChrisWillx https://t.co/Gx76k8efDU

— Lisa Britton (@LisaBritton) May 9, 2026

WELL, IF THE UMICH FACULTY SENATE THINKS SO … UMich faculty senate accuses Hegseth of ‘war crimes,’ opposes officer training program.

ANN ALTHOUSE EXPLAINS THINGS: “Here in America, we have a system of state legislatures drawing districts and various parties challenging them in court. That’s what happens and there are winners and losers. The world is not shook. Oh, but their confidence is shook. Yes, Democrats thought they could coast into control of the House and even the Senate. Suddenly, they need to wipe that smugness off their gaunt, unshaven, greasy-skinned, half-crazy-looking, potato-like face. Good! Now, get to work.”

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Virginia was the capital of the Confederacy.

When Republicans ran a black woman for governor last year, Chris's fellow Marxist race-baiters voted for the rich white woman instead. https://t.co/dwbY6w1ECn

— Tweetoleon (@Tweetoleon) May 8, 2026

THE DEMOCRATS AREN’T SENDING THEIR BEST. OR, MORE TROUBLING, MAYBE THEY ARE;

They filed an appeal to a court that clearly lacks jurisdiction and couldn’t even spellcheck beforehand.

Same geniuses that argued the court couldn’t rule before the referendum only to then complain that they wasted $70 million on a referendum that did not count. https://t.co/AJrMTgM5Qf

— AG (@AGHamilton29) May 9, 2026

And is the “Sentator” a graduate of the Quality Learing Center? Or maybe the drafting attorney was …

I DUNNO BUT DAVID FRENCH IS A CAUTIONARY EXAMPLE: Men Without Chests: Why Do Christian Conservatives Find It So Hard to Understand the Importance of Testosterone Decline?

I predict a revival of muscular Christianity.

SCHOOLTEACHERS ARE TOO FULL OF THEMSELVES: In Britain as well as the US.

I can’t believe what I’ve just watched.

Socialist teachers who are striking, right in exam mock periods, are being counter protested by very grown up and sensible teenagers DEMANDING that they be taught back in school.

These “teachers” should be ashamed of themselves. Draped in… pic.twitter.com/4U21JSWmLe

— Alex Armstrong (@Alexarmstrong) May 8, 2026

Give (often barely) midwits some power — even if it’s just over kids — and a sense of importance and they tend to become overweening. Fire them all.

MAKE THEM PAY: Virginia Ruling Leaves Democrats With A Hefty Bill.

#JOURNALISM: New York Times Pulitzer-Winning Photographer Calls Hamas and Jihadist Militants ‘Martyrs’ and ‘Resistance,’ Criticizes Israel for ‘War on Gaza’s Children.

IF THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH IT: Will AI Become The Next ‘Fact Check’ Tool Used to Censor Conservatives?

I notice we didn’t start to get the “fact check” sites until the facts started getting out.

ROLLING HOT:

🚨Trump Administration BEAST Mode:

– Indiana RINO Bloodbath
– SCOTUS rules against racist maps
– Dems lose racist DEI seats en masse
– New GOP seats in Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina
– Dems rigged map in Virginia TOSSED
-… pic.twitter.com/MyG9rfRk7M

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 8, 2026

TO THE DEMOCRATS, “DEMOCRACY” IS WHEN VOTERS DON’T GET WHAT THEY WANT:

California voters voted to ban illegals from accessing welfare and to enshrine marriage as only existing between one man and one woman.

Liberal judges overturned both referendum results, and Liberals then celebrated these things as "Progress".

Your fake moralizing about… https://t.co/nms196Or09

— Christian Heiens 🏛 (@ChristianHeiens) May 8, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the week.

IT’S A FASCINATING PLACE: Should Saturn’s huge moon Titan be humanity’s next destination, after the moon and Mars? And relatively friendly to human habitation.

HMM: Expert Explains Why Cruise Ships Are So Prone to Disease Outbreaks.

HEALTH: A Common Vitamin Could Hold the Key to Treating Fatty Liver Disease.

THIS IS THE FINAL CASH-IN MOVE:

This woman voluntarily got into a sexual relationship with her 85-yr-old employer so she could get famous and now she’s retelling the story on a podcast like she was an Epstein trafficking victim. pic.twitter.com/tGmrswwFdt

— Kenny Webster (@KennethRWebster) May 7, 2026

Seems like every form of refuge has its price.

YES, IT’S NOT THE SHILLS WHO ARE SCARY IT’S THE MARKS:

Many people will make fun of AOC saying some of the most ridiculous things ever

No Black people didn't invent Democracy

However, to me the more dangerous person in this clip is the insane leftist woman dutifully nodding along

That face is the face of millions of insane liberal… https://t.co/rkbUoRGRtS pic.twitter.com/TR1hGbwtnF

— Jason Robertson (@JRobFromMN) May 8, 2026