OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.
July 31, 2026
IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE IT’S TRUE:
Spaniards Horrified To See Their Country Turning Into Minnesota https://t.co/5mxIQrf5h0
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 31, 2026
WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY:
Starlink filming Starship??
This is the future right here.
Flight 13 looking insane. pic.twitter.com/hHoQegLnRh
— The Omobible (@theomobible) July 31, 2026
ARE THERE DEEP SEVENS THERE TOO? Something Is Still Moving Beneath Venus’s Scorching Surface.
CARS HAVE GOTTEN COMPLICATED: 2027 Slate Pickup First Drive: Simplicity Might Be Its Superpower.
DISPATCHES FROM THE OCCUPIED ZONES: Mamdani admin blasted for tone-deaf victory lap over deadly Legionnaire’s outbreak: ‘We’re just left to die.’
CAN’T FIGHT CITY HALL:
Ah. Well, then. pic.twitter.com/QHEIwvQcnl
— Brad Hargreaves (@bhargreaves) July 31, 2026
Mamdani seems to have adopted the GoodFellas method of tax collection.
FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: What Is it With His Terrible Escape Vehicle Decisions? “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn how to make a lame escape, a true tale of Flock camera heroism, and the best possible vehicle for joyriding in New Jersey.”
TREAT DRY EYES: Complete Preservative Free Dry Eye Drops, 0.33 Fl Oz, 2 Pack. #CommissionEarned I use this when my eyes get dry from using the computer after my eye doc recommended it. It works well.
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: The DOJ Backs Down: What the Post Office Carry Victory Actually Means For You.
THIS KEEPS HAPPENING: Anthropic’s Claude AI escapes to hack into three organisations.
CNN’S “EXTREMISM REPORTER” ONLY SEES EXTREMISTS TO HER RIGHT, WHICH IS MOST EVERYBODY:
CNN's extremism reporter – "The DSA isn't extreme like praising China, Mao, and celebrating executions and calling for the death of capitalists and all of that other stuff they themselves have endorsed. They are more like wool sweaters and healthcare." https://t.co/28cTizlLPm
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 31, 2026
IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™—Seattle: Commie Mayors and Outta Town Police Chiefs Are Deadly. “Honestly, dear readers, how long will it take for woke, untested, cop-hating mayors along the West Coast, Messed Coast™ to catch a clue? It’s a rhetorical question, but I do solemnly swear I just heard a chorus of ‘never.'”
THEY PLAY FOR KEEPS:
Fun game.
Other side's already playing.
You can hold it? You get to keep it!
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 31, 2026
GET YOUR VITAMINS: Ensure Max Protein Milk Chocolate Shake. #CommissionEarned
YES: It’s not about bullying: School shooters want notoriety. “Social-emotional learning and anti-bullying programs don’t reduce the risk of school violence, says a leading researcher. What’s remarkable, writes Hechinger’s Jill Barshay, is that Ron Avi Astor, a UCLA professor, spent years advocating for policies he now thinks are ineffective, and is willing to say so.”
MAYBE MOROCCO COULD BUILD CALIFORNIA’S HIGH-SPEED RAIL: Issues & Insights notes that a mere seven years after it was launched, the first section of Morocco’s 200-mph bullet train became operational in 2018.
California’s “safe, convenient, affordable” high-speed rail project was first approved by voters in 2008. Here we are almost two decades later and “California’s high-speed rail has not been safe nor convenient nor affordable nor a reliable alternative — because it doesn’t exist. It is probably a couple of decades behind schedule, the first usable track has yet to be laid. The cost has risen sharply since voters fell for the lies and might reach as high as an inconceivable $231 billion.”
What’s wrong with this picture?
EL PERIÓDICO OFICIAL DE ESPAÑA:
Spain Turns To Experienced Border Czar Kamala Harris For Help With Migrant Invasion https://t.co/4kaEcwtiEP
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 30, 2026
EUROPE, LOL:
I heard with my own ears the statement coming from the European Commission today that … wait for it … “Europe wants to become the first AI continent.”
Can someone explain to me what are we supposed to become first: the first climate-neutral continent or the first AI continent?
— Velina Tchakarova (@vtchakarova) July 30, 2026
Continental self-asphyxiation is a kind of innovation, maybe, if you look at it just right.
WORST-KEPT SECRET ON THE PLANET: Airplane seats really are getting smaller. “And here’s the other part, seats have been getting smaller at the same time passengers have also been getting larger.”
Well, Leon certainly is.
WHEN THE SEA PEOPLES ARRIVE:
Might take more than resounding and energetic condemnation.
All the resources of the State to guarantee security and coexistence?
I understand people of Ceuta are putting their personal furniture against their doors and windows for security, amid the coexistence. https://t.co/bc4llXn8dr
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 31, 2026
Sanchez’s post reads, “What has happened is an attack on Spain’s territorial integrity and deserves our most resounding and energetic condemnation. All of Spain stands with the people of Ceuta. The Government of Spain stands with the Autonomous City. Thank you for the cooperation that we have always maintained with the city government. We will use all the resources of the State to guarantee security and coexistence. And our total and resounding commitment to the future of the Autonomous City of Ceuta.”
(Classical reference in headline.)
THE DEMS AREN’T SENDING THEIR BEST… OR ARE THEY? Texas Democrat Sylvia Garcia, the Pride of East Houston. “She is the latest Democrat to pander to anyone willing to keep her in office, which includes all the people in her district who aren’t supposed to be there.”
