THE LEFT WILL RALLY AROUND ANYONE THEY SEE AS CURRENTLY USEFUL:

It's crazy watching the moderate left defend Piker. This guy is basically Nick Fuentes of the left but he gets invited to Oscar parties, is objectively evil in very obvious ways, and is not very smart

Why circle the wagons for this guy? https://t.co/QufwFs06Of

— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) April 13, 2026

On the other hand, anyone is disposable once they aren’t anymore.

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

SPACE: SpaceX launches huge ‘Cygnus XL’ cargo ship carrying over 5 tons of supplies to ISS astronauts.

VITAMIN D UPDATE: Common Vitamin May Reduce Buildup of Alzheimer’s Proteins, Study Finds.

WHAT IF? What If Consciousness Exists Beyond Your Brain? “Is consciousness produced by the brain, or is it a deeper feature of reality? This question is a key focus of Christof Koch, one of today’s leading neuroscientists, in his presentation at the 15th ‘Behind and Beyond the Brain’ Symposium, organized by the Bial Foundation and held April 8 to 11 in Porto. . . . Koch outlines three major areas where current understanding struggles. First is the challenge of fully reducing conscious experience to physical processes in the brain. Second is the difficulty modern physics faces when trying to define what is truly ‘real.’ Third is the persistence of unusual experiences – including near-death experiences, mystical states, and episodes of terminal lucidity – that do not fit neatly within existing scientific explanations.”

Somewhat related, I was interested in the story of the woman who spent three weeks in a medically induced coma and dreamed an entire life, which seemed so real that upon awakening she grieved for her “lost” children.

WELL, FOR ONE THING THERE’S BEEN A 50-YEAR SOCIAL-MESSAGING CAMPAIGN TO PUT IT DOWN: Why Marriage, for So Many, Is Less Appealing Than Ever.

And yet according to the General Social Survey, the happiest people are married mothers and fathers.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: 15 SUVs That Feel Rich Without Making You Broke. I dunno, pretty much all auto prices seem pretty high these days.

OUR WOKE JUDICIARY: Massachusetts High Court Rules Armed Robbery Not Violent Enough to Hold Suspects Until Trial.

YEAH, IT’S ALL BULLSHIT.

An entire generation of men was repeatedly told "gender is a social construct" only for them to have the rug pulled out from under them because of their gender which the law has evidently decided is very much not a social construct.

And then you ask what's radicalizing them. https://t.co/SnRQ7xZbnS

— Possum Reviews (@ReviewsPossum) April 4, 2026

IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? Coffee’s sweet spot may help mental health in the long run.

SPACE: NASA Chief Says Artemis III Crew Announcement Is Coming Soon After ‘Greatest Adventure in Human History.’

Glad it worked, but this is funny:

NEWS YOU CAN USE: The anti-ageing tools biohackers are counting on to live to 150. ““It’s interesting that despite all the developments in medical science in the past 30 years, that world record for human ageing hasn’t been beaten. . . .In fact, despite more people than ever celebrating their 100th birthday, there are still only 77 people known to have reached 115.”

EUGENE VOLOKH: DOGE, the Social Security Administration, and How Inferior Courts Should Treat S. Ct. Interim Orders.

NOBODY LIKE THIS SHOULD OCCUPY ANY POSITION OF TRUST OR RESPONSIBILITY: U. Michigan regent candidate deletes ‘praise’ for Hezbollah, antisemitic remarks.

THEY SUBSTITUTE VIOLENCE FOR ARGUMENT: Berkeley student throws coffee at TPUSA table promoting pro-life debate.

This is because, although they’re not actually very good at violence they’re worse at argument.

THE OLD ECONOMY HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING REAL: From coalstate to electrostate. The revenge of the old economy.

ROGER KIMBALL: Trump, Iran, and the Theater of Moral Panic.

HEROES: ‘I Start Stabbing Him’: Student Heroes At Old Dominion Lay Out How They Took Down A Terrorist.

NEWS FROM THE AMERICA-HATING FRONT: ‘That Ain’t My Party’: Al Sharpton Says It Would Be ‘Crazy’ for Black People To Celebrate America’s 250th as 2028 Dem Hopefuls Pay Homage to Him.

BOB GRABOYES: Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Disgruntled, Underemployed PhDs.

Good advice for them, and for society.

Related: The Coming “Symbolic Analyst” Meltdown.

THIS:

I can't believe humans were gifted a planet full of famine, disease, and death and invented fusion, vaccines, moon rockets, and so much food that most people die from obesity. https://t.co/f79QGsM99W pic.twitter.com/QWhAefqMQe

— Luke Leisher (@luke_leisher_) March 10, 2026

Hell, it’s looking like we didn’t even invent war. And capitalism is good.

OPEN THREAD: Party on.

HMM: Scientists May Have Found a New Cause of High Blood Pressure, And a Way to Treat It.

PUNCTUALITY IS WHITE SUPREMACY, GOOD MANNERS ARE WHITE SUPREMACY, ORIGINAL WRITING IS WHITE SUPREMACY, MILK IS WHITE SUPREMACY — IF THEY AREN’T CAREFUL PEOPLE WILL DECIDE WHITE SUPREMACY IS A GOOD THING:

We live in a world of morons… pic.twitter.com/7Jh0KKhpHf

— Matt Couch (@RealMattCouch) April 10, 2026

SCIENCE: Terror-adjacent socialists habitually lie about how tall they are, analysis finds. “An extensive Washington Free Beacon analysis found ample evidence to suggest that El-Sayed and Piker are lying about their actual size. In September 2015, Piker was photographed alongside former NFL wide receiver Drew Carter, who was officially listed at 6’3″ throughout his career. A visual analysis determined that Piker was at least 1-2 inches shorter than Carter. However, because Piker’s feet were not visible in the photo, we were unable to rule out the possibility that he was wearing lifts or standing on a box.”

Heh.