July 11, 2026
IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™: A Political Money Grab so Audacious It Comes With Its Own Standing Ovation.
SEDITION:
Because we've developed this really bad habit of waving this kind of thing off as 'crazy college kids' just doing the campus radical thing for a few years before becoming adults.
It's a very typical boomer attitude because so many boomers experienced it themselves. They marched…
— Hon. Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) July 9, 2026
NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Newsom Lawyers Up as Missing Tax Returns Fuel More Questions About Federal Probe.
IMAGINE NEW YORK AS THE BRITISH EMPIRE’S CAPITAL: That might have become a reality had there been more common sense and foresight among the ministers in King George III’s cabinet in the decade leading up to 1776, according to Brit historian Andrew Roberts
LIMITED TIME DEAL: DREO Portable Air Conditioner 515S, 12000 BTU ASHRAE. #CommissionEarned
#WAR:
Anthropic is giving left wing NGO’s free access to its tools to target conservatives and MAGA. This company is completely out of control and is now waging war against every Trump voter. pic.twitter.com/NzRnvMV5Sg
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) July 9, 2026
“ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW” HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST DRAG ON TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS FOR THE PAST HALF-CENTURY: ‘Reckless’ space-based data centers lack environmental review, drawing criticism.
July 10, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Zombie see, and zombie do.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Staffing the moon base: How many astronauts should live in NASA’s lunar outpost?
WHAT’S NEW IS THAT THIS IS A COMMERCIAL ENDEAVOR: A US Underwater Human Habitat Is Now Operational. Take a Look Inside. “Vanguard is a pilot for their much more ambitious project, Sentinel, which the company claims will enable ‘both short-term and semi-permanent deployments anywhere on the continental shelf’ by 2027.”
GRILL TO PERFECTION: MEATER Plus: Smart Bluetooth Wireless Meat Thermometer Digital. #CommissionEarned
21st CENTURY HEADLINES: So Many Transgender People Are Moving to Socialist-Run Seattle That it’s Overwhelming the City’s Nonprofits. “Word has apparently gotten out to the trans community that Seattle is the place to be. Fun question: Who is going to fund all of the nonprofits that serve the city after all the businesses flee?”
I LIKE LUXURY. 2026 Lincoln Aviator Tested: Old-School Luxury.
MAYBE LAST MONTH WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER: Billionaires’ Row tower at risk of ‘raining chunks of concrete’ on NYC will begin facade repairs this month.
WHAT HAS HE GOT TO LOSE? Why I Don’t Think Platner Is Actually Going to Drop Out.
SEN. MARKEY PLEDGES FINAL TERM FOLLOWING DEBATE WITH REP. MOULTON IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS:
Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey pledged this will be his last term if re-elected following a debate with Rep. Seth Moulton on Wednesday.
This was Markey and Moulton’s first debate, which was held in Springfield.
“I need one more term to finish the agenda, this progressive agenda, and then I will step down, but we need to complete the agenda,” Markey said. “We need Medicare for all, we need the Green New Deal, we need to make sure we are fighting for every family who is out there who justifiably feels like they have been left behind.”
Moulton, who is 47, has made Markey’s age, 79, and time in office central to his campaign, saying that it’s time for a new generation of leadership.
Of course this is going to be Markey’s final term; he’s already announced the world will be coming to an end before he completes it:

A GEORGE, DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF, CANNOT STAND! The news feeds have been hijacked by endless memes of George Costanza. Here are the best ones. “I couldn’t possible understand the computing power that was about to be used to replace every record, photo, and person with George Costanza. I could have never predicted it. Everything was fine, and then, like a virus, George was everywhere. EVERYWHERE.”
Here’s the alpha and the omega, but just keep scrolling to see more than a few fistfuls of Costanza:

UPDATE:
IT'S THE SUMMER OF GEORGE!!! pic.twitter.com/a6GnHrDoau
— Grant♟️ (@granawkins) July 10, 2026
KEEP YOUR BIKE SAFE: Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboutit Mini Bike U-Lock, Heavy Duty Anti-Theft Bicycle U Lock. #CommissionEarned
WHAT WUSSES: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented engraved revolvers – with bullets – to his guests in Ankara, causing security concerns. “The question asked over and over again: why such a gift? While it is very common for heads of state to exchange various gifts during meetings or summits, such exchanges rarely require these kinds of precautions.”
Plus: “An unnamed NATO official told Agence France-Presse the gift triggered “insane” responses behind the scenes from some of the delegations’ security teams.”
Gifts of firearms were a traditional thing between leaders until the feminization of the West. You can bet Teddy Roosevelt wouldn’t have panicked. Or LBJ. Or even GWB.
THEY’RE LESS UGLY AND TAKE UP LESS SPACE THAN OFFSHORE WINDFARMS: The US wants to build offshore rocket launch sites. Critics say ‘our coasts deserve better.’
FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Gator-Infested Waters. “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn not to go out of the frying pan and into the gator-infested waters, that ‘no contact’ means ‘no contact,’ and Indiana Man’s one weird trick for starting fires.”