NEWS: D.C. Circuit: Anthropic’s “Supply Chain Risk” Designation Stemmed from Its Refusing to Agree to Contract Terms, Not Its Speech.

IT’S AMAZING THE NY TIMES IS CALLING THIS OUT AFTER IGNORING IT FOR YEARS:  National Book Awards branded ‘DEI checklist’ by NY Times columnist for streak of minority winners: ‘Bald politicization’.

ALL THAT THE UN KNOWS ABOUT SOVEREIGNTY IS THAT THEY DON’T LIKE IT:  Trump Schools the UN on Sovereignty. There is no global government, Trump told the General Assembly. Critics seemed surprised.

I AM ENTIRELY UNSURPRISED THAT CAMBRIDGE HAS QUIETLY CHANGED WHAT IT IS INVESTIGATING WRT JASON ARDAY:  Cambridge is no longer planning to investigate Jason Arday’s academic record or the university’s decision to hire or cover for him. Instead, the investigation will focus on “his welfare, his care, his well-being” and “whether the school offered him sufficient support amid accusations that he plagiarized.”

THIS IS THE 21^ST CENTURY I’VE BEEN EXPECTING:  Laser Weapons Are Now Taking Down Drones in the Middle East — and at the Southern Border.

CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC? ALL SEGMENTS OF ‘THE VIEW’ ARE MIND-NUMBINGLY STUPID:  ‘View’ Co-Host Wonders Why Patrick Clancy Divorced Lindsay in Mind-numbingly Stupid Segment.

GOOD, VERY GOOD:  New Texas Rare Earth Leases Expand U.S. Critical Minerals Production.

SOCIALISTS ALWAYS KILL THE ECONOMY:  Human-caused Global Warming might be a hoax, but in Seattle, Economy Cooling is a fact of Socialist life.

TO WHOM IS THIS A SURPRISE:  Study Finds ‘Anti-Israel Ecosystem’ at UN, Bias Across 30 Bodies.

It found that a network of more than 30 agencies, committees, and other mechanisms has institutionalized disproportionate scrutiny of the Jewish state.

The 168-page report, “The UN’s Anti-Israel Ecosystem: Mapping the Institutions, Mechanisms, and Resources Behind the Campaign Against Israel,” was authored by Adi Schwartz and Asher Fredman, with assistance from Noam Yakoby, and released Wednesday.

ABOUT TIME:  Trump orders H-1B crackdown on employers laying off American workers and hiring foreigners.

WHEN THEY CAN’T BRING ANYTHING TO LIFE, WHAT ELSE CAN THEY DO?  Narnia Among the Deathworks.

It was Carl Trueman who introduced me to the idea of a deathwork, though the concept is Philip Rieff’s. According to Rieff, a deathwork is an assault on something that is hallowed to an established culture. It isn’t a critique or argument that the culture is untrue, but a means of profaning something that is sacred in order to make it seem ridiculous or repulsive. Trueman summarizes it as “the act of using the sacred symbols of a previous era in order to subvert, and then destroy, their original significance and purpose.”

THEY WHAT?  NJ school district forced students to keep image of Dem Rep on their computers, parent says.

AND THIS IS A PROBLEM, BECAUSE?  Why an H-1B visa hopeful decided to give up on work in the US. [VIDEO]

Indian national Shreya Mishra Reddy graduated from Duke University in 2022 with a master’s in engineering management. She had set her sights on working and living in the US. But after learning that potential employers might have to pay a $100,000 fee to hire her, she pivoted.

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: ‘Without a single command from the ground’: Asteroid-mining company to launch world’s 1st autonomous space mission in 2027.

GLORIOUS RESULTS OF A MISSPENT YOUTH: James Webb Space Telescope looks back in time, finds our ancient universe wasn’t as pure as we thought.

21ST CENTURY WARFARE: U.S. Army Puts Defenses To A ‘Stress Test’ Using Massive Drone Swarms.

ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM: Rich US Neighborhoods Are More Likely to Burn in Wildfires, Study Reveals.

FASTER, PLEASE: Pancreatic Cancer Disappears in Mice After New mRNA Immunotherapy.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: Why Are Heterosexual Women Attracted to Each Other?

ONE OF PETE HEGSETH’S STRONGEST CREDENTIALS IS THE CALIBER OF THE PEOPLE WHO HATE HIM:

According to failed General Mark Hertling, "it's not clear why" the Pentagon has decided to test senior officers. I could end this post there and have the internet tell it how it is. But I'm not. I actually read this rag of an article.

My response to Hertling (who blocks me… https://t.co/5p8vRTjBX0 pic.twitter.com/GWYUMIwWS9

— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) September 25, 2026

You were branched as a Finance officer and later became a public affairs officer.

In the Reserves.

Your highest award is a DMSM.

Look, as a career logistics officer myself I always preach one team, one fight, but not when someone like you–who is supported by the cretinous,… https://t.co/vAnzH78GHb

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) September 25, 2026

UPDATE:

More unqualified frat boys then.

Putting the warfighting back in the War Department.

(Dead name DoD, for Department of DEI. He transitioned it. Because the upper echelon of our military just like the rest of our government was burdened with unimaginative careerist hacks who… https://t.co/otcUTMTdcj

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) September 25, 2026

CHANGE: GM Supersizes the 2027 Duramax, Snatching Ford’s Diesel Bragging Rights. “The all-new Duramax ups its displacement by nearly 26 percent to 8.3 liters. That alone is remarkable news, considering the Duramax has been a 6.6-liter engine since GM introduced it more than a quarter-century ago.”

WELL, GOOD: HSI nabs thrice-deported alien who allegedly attacked ICE agent with vehicle.

NEW IN NICK KRISTOF NEWS: Dog rape revisited.

He’ll be “Dog Rape Man” for the rest of his life.

MY NEW BOOK IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON FOR PRE-ORDER:

Here’s one of the blurbs from the book:

“Why We Walk on Eggshells is an incisive look at the wrong turns judges, legislators, and other officials have taken in shaping American civil rights law and policy, and how those choices have led the country in disastrous directions. It is essential reading for anyone interested in restoring the nation’s commitment to equal opportunity for all and moving beyond failed policies of preferential treatment based on race, ethnicity, or sex.”

—Heather Mac Donald, Thomas W. Smith Fellow, Manhattan Institute

It will be released on November 3.