OPEN THREAD: It’s all you.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX stacks massive Starship rocket ahead of 1st orbital launch attempt (video).

BEWARE OF CAT: The ‘Mind Control’ Cat Parasite Manipulating You May Have a Simple Explanation.

MAYBE THE REAL MATHEMATICS IS THE FRIENDS WE MADE ALONG THE WAY: “This month, 27 Fields medalists — winners of mathematics’ highest honor — have signed a joint declaration stating that solving famous open problems is not, in itself, the goal.”

HMM: Ozempic’s Active Ingredient Shows Surprising Anti-Aging Effects.

ICYMI: Lovin’ It? Check Out McDonald’s $13.5 BILLION Modernization Plan.

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Decades of aerobic exercise may help older adults age with more resilience.

WHAT A MESS:

Unsurprising to find out the demonic "it's not her fault" jury loons were rigging the system and breaking rules while they accused the lone sane voice of doing that https://t.co/jYdasXu2Y3

— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) September 24, 2026

ICYMI [VIP]: Let’s Talk About the REAL ’80s.

THIS HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE RETHINKING A FEW THINGS, OR AT LEAST SHOULD:

I expected the Trump tariffs to be a disaster. I'm puzzled by what I'm not seeing.

They don't seem to have harmed the US economy in any way I can notice with my eyeballs or in the statistics. Business activity is booming, unemployment seems to be low, household consumption is…

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) September 24, 2026

HOW ABOUT EXPANDED SCHOOL CHOICE FOR MOMS WHO CAN’T AFFORD IT? A black mother’s choice for her son: It will be private school.

I’m sending my black son to private school, writes Jenisha Watts in The Atlantic. Growing up in Lexington, Kentucky, she “received an abysmal education” at the sort of mostly black, low-income public school that failed Nikole Hannah-Jones’ daughter. She worked hard to catch up, but is still coping with her educational deficits. She will not put her son at risk.

What’s interesting is that Watts considers Hannah-Jones a friend and confidant. She admires her courage. “I’ve always believed that I have a responsibility, especially as a Black woman who comes from a difficult background, to care about all kids in need,” she writes. “I fear I am betraying that when I choose what is best for my son and my son alone.”

Why does doing the right thing for you kid have to be accompanied by all the public handwringing?

SHE’S JUST NOT THAT BRIGHT:

Say that again… slowly. https://t.co/Tw79ecLjwM

— Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) September 23, 2026

Plus also sometimes impaired.

THAT’S RIGHT: We’re Shooting Down Enemy Drones With Fricken Laser Beams.

LIMITED TIME DEAL: 4K Night Vision Binoculars for Adults. #CommissionEarned

THE GOP SHOULD LISTEN TO RANDO:

This is the winning midterm message.

But the GOP at large won’t pick it up because too many of their candidates’ donors want to replace American workers with cheap foreign labor. https://t.co/z6jO9Gt5YA

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) September 24, 2026

GUN NATION: What Really Matters in Terms of Self-Defense…By the Numbers.

TOUGH JOB, BEING A BUREAUCRAT. SOMEONE MIGHT MOCK YOU. Australia’s top public servants want Parliament to rein in social media clips that subject officials to ridicule. But making fun of powerful government officials isn’t a bug in democratic debate. It’s one of the features.

SPOILER: HE IS THE MOST UNAWARE WHITE LIB IN HISTORY.

And for an encore, our crazy orange president red-pilled Matthew Yglesias

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) September 24, 2026

LIVING (WELL…) HISTORY: ‘Paging Hezbollah’ Goes Inside One of the Most Daring Anti-Terror Operations of All Time.

IRAN SIEGE UPDATE (VIP): Siege: Nothing Happens Until It All Happens.

VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY DEPEND UPON IT:

100% – and the doomer grifters are doing everything possible to get Democrats elected because Trump called them out and bruised their fragile, little egos. https://t.co/gzF2Y7opNW

— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) September 24, 2026

Earlier: “Before you speak of rifles, use the piece of paper men once crossed oceans and battlefields to earn. If you curse the Republic as dead, make damn sure you showed up while it was still breathing.”

GET RID OF PESTS: Dr. Killigan’s Premium Clothing Moth Traps with Pheromones. #CommissionEarned

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, LOL: Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Filmed Hamas Beating Jewish Hostages and Covered It Up. “Everything coming out of Gaza is Hamas propaganda. The turning point in the Oct 7 war came when the media chose to uncritically publish all of it and politicians and much of the public chose to believe it. There is no such thing as ‘journalism’ in Gaza. All there is organized manipulation.”

HIGH POINT OF MY DAY: CNN Insiders Are Panicking Over This Bombshell Development.

WORST. HITLER. EVER: 

● Shot: Trump’s media ban shows steady slide of his regime into outright dictatorship.

—The London Independent*, Tuesday.

● Chaser: CNN, M-SNOW, Politico reporters back at White House after federal judge blocks Trump ban.

—The New York Post, today.

* Yes, that London Independent.