OPEN THREAD: You know what to do.

INTERPLANETARY OZEMPIC: Venus is becoming a thinner crescent — and that’s when it finally starts making sense.

DO TELL: WSJ: Say, Trump May Actually Win the Hormuz Crisis – by Mooting It. “Strategic patience for the win? Iran’s regime leaders thought they could force the US to buckle by strangling the global economy at the Strait of Hormuz. The US, however, has an actual blue-water navy, and that tends to matter in blockades involving a country entirely reliant on sea trade for its only valuable export economy.”

THE DOVER PROTEST: OBSERVATIONS.

The Dover Protest: Observations

This being my neck of the woods, I thought I’d take a trip down to see what all the fuss is about.

In fact, I can’t get anywhere near the seafront because of the extensive road closures, so I’m having to rely largely on the imagery available… pic.twitter.com/3ee5m5OMwk

— BootneckMajor 🇬🇧 (@BootneckMajor) September 5, 2026

“Their clothing is coordinated and remarkably uniform. I use the term ‘uniform’ deliberately. The near-universal face covering also frustrates identification and subsequent intelligence gathering. Whether that is its principal purpose or not, it is certainly the effect. Most strikingly, there is a conspicuous absence of the nationalist imagery normally associated with protests of this kind. Few, if any, English flags. Instead, there is a preponderance of Christian symbolism.”

I’M NOT BIG ON IRREVERSIBLE TREATMENTS: Experimental One-Dose Treatment Cuts ‘Bad’ Cholesterol by 52% in First Human Trial.

MATT TAIBBI: Note on a Mistrial: Hoo, boy. “How can ‘mental defect’ have a lobby? What’s happening to people?”

FASTER, PLEASE: New Molecule Wipes Out Aggressive Lymphoma Tumors in Mice in Just 11 Days.

METFORMIN UPDATE: Diabetes drug metformin could be repurposed to help slow aging mechanisms.

AND NOW FOR A CHANGE OF PACE: Another Substack Burger Review.

THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Tesla Cybercab First Look: No Steering Wheel! No Brake Pedal! No Problem?

WHEN SECONDS COUNT, THE POLICE ARE JUST MINUTES AWAY: Homeowner’s Gun Stops Intruder Where the Law Failed.

WELL, THERE WOULDN’T BE MUCH POINT IN WORKING ON PROBLEMS THAT THEY DID CRACK: 33-year-old former child prodigy is working on problems Hawking and Einstein never cracked.

HEALTH: Aortic dissection symptoms can come on suddenly. Here’s what to watch for.

GOOD NEWS: Breakthrough Pancreatic Cancer Drug Might Also Work In Lung Cancer.

RETHINKING CORE TRAINING: Why kneeling exercises deserve more attention.

ALANIS MORRISETTE, CALL YOUR OFFICE:

My mind is blown about the murder of two men at a gay bar in Tuscon. The shooter was a Muslim that came to the US from Gambia. Both of the victims were leftist activists. They can't even acknowledge this. Posts below, they are blaming maga… pic.twitter.com/xS1tcWvu43

— Lee Kuan Yimby (@LeeKuanYimby) September 4, 2026

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Ohio State U. to pay $2.1M after failing to disclose researchers’ China ties.

MASSIVE RESISTANCE: UNLV job template calls for DEI support as university says statements aren’t required.

JOHN LUCAS: The confession of Khalid Sheikh Muhammed — What you need to know but don’t know. And an historical contrast that may shed light on the matter.

“IS THIS THE NEW ME TOO MOVEMENT?” “An Illinois mother allegedly hanged her 2-year-old son that she described as the ‘anti-Christ’ — hours after discussing the Lindsay Clancy case with friends….”

WHY PEOPLE DON’T TRUST THIS STUFF:

Lorena Bobbitt was found not guilty by reason of insanity and got out five weeks later.

John Hinckley Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity and he’s free too.

Tyree Smith murdered and cannibalized a guy, found not guilty by reason of insanity and he’s free, too. https://t.co/U32CC2mFrF

— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) September 5, 2026

LET’S HOPE THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR REPEATS AS FARCE, NOT TRAGEDY:

I never imagined I would live to see Spain, once so carefully restored to democratic respectability after Franco, reduced to this sorry spectacle.

An erratic demagogue whose entire family is under investigation or indictment for corruption now occupies the Moncloa. Pedro… https://t.co/nkLh6DcScm

— Conrad Black (@ConradMBlack) September 4, 2026

THE DEMOCRATS REALLY CAN’T FIND NORMAL GUYS: “It’s been a solid minute since Graham Platner burnt up on entry, so let’s check in on Democrats and their “trying super hard to be normal” guy candidates. Today we’ve got several fake gym rats, pole climbers and hot dog gobblers, and a guy I’ve decided to dub Roboslop.”

Regular guys don’t want to be Democrats. And if any did slip through, they’d be unacceptable to the rabid wackadoos who control the Party.

PUSHBACK IN BRITAIN:

🚨BREAKING: A massive number of blacked out men in balaclavas have taken control of roads in Dover right now to protest to the illegal migrant invasion

They are REFUSING to move, with more protesters beginning to arrive.

The whole country backs them. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 pic.twitter.com/9U7egGl9yr

— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) September 5, 2026

For 70 years we have been ignored, Tony Blair even "rubbed our noses in diversity." The worm has turned with the blockade in Dover. https://t.co/faIN7rB5nf

— David Atherton (@daveatherton) September 5, 2026

UPDATE:

OK. Been wondering when England was going to start. https://t.co/FQndh9HAZ6

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) September 5, 2026

Obviously a large-scale coordinated action.

Which seems to have flown under the radar.

Where it goes, we shall see. Glad to see England rising. https://t.co/G2go0vgEBn

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) September 5, 2026

BILL OF ATTAINDER: Nick Shirley SUES California Over ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act.’ “Nick Shirley announced today on X that he is suing the state of California over the controversial bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that critics have dubbed the ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act.'”