READER FAVORITE: Shark Clean & Empty Cordless Stick Vacuum. #CommissionEarned

21ST CENTURY PROBLEMS: Tech Giants Voltron Up Against AI Safety Threats. “Nvidia and a host of tech giants on Monday launched a new artificial intelligence safety initiative focused on open models, as the fallout from a cyberattack committed by rogue OpenAI models continues.”

More:

A pretty extensive list of (mostly) American tech giants (NAVER and SK Telecom are South Korean companies, and SAP and Siemens are German). Hell, I’ve even worked for three companies on that list.

Notable omissions? OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, all of whom used closed rather than open AI models. Plus Apple, which made the conscious decision not to be a player in the AI space.

That’s an awful lot of collective brainpower to address the problem, but I wonder if the very size will make it unwieldy.

Also, I’m not sure how much I trust any of these guys — but there isn’t much choice.

HEH:

New Yorkers vacationing in Florida next year https://t.co/xoj2usF76C pic.twitter.com/ooKy2e3f09

— The Drunk Republican (@DrunkRepub) July 27, 2026

I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT AGAINST JOURNALISTIC ETHICS TO MAKE PROMISES IN ADVANCE ABOUT HOW YOU WILL COVER A STORY: Then again, this is the 2026 New York Times.

A PREHISTORIC SAUSAGE FEST? Toothy human ancestor may have traveled in all-male packs.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Germany’s Insane Terrorist-Coddling Led Directly to Berlin Attack.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Could a Multivitamin Help You Age Better? Study Suggests Yes.

WOEING: Boeing posts wider loss than expected as Air Force One costs weigh on results. “Boeing took a $280 million loss on the program to deliver two 747s that will serve as the next-generation Air Force One aircraft to the U.S. government as it said it ramped up investment for that plane. It said it still expects the first delivery in 2028.”

The order was formalized eight years ago this month — following a 2017 handshake deal — with delivery of the first aircraft due in 2024.

BEGUN, THE BUTLERIAN JIHAD HAS: School District Pauses Plans to Deploy Humanoid Robots in Class After Outcry.

“BRITISH” DOES AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK IN THIS POST:

British Islamic scholar Abu Ibraheem says:

“A woman must not show herself. Even full niqab is not enough if her eyes can be seen. A man will see them and get turned on. Allah made men this way. It takes a certain type of woman to go and put her picture online.”

Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/6lxWKwibes

— Shunya (@Shunyaa00) July 27, 2026

THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING AT BANE’S GROCERY: NYC: Begun, the Class War Has.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Even the left is now flagging the gross bias at America’s universities.

RINGWORLDS: Experts Met at MIT to Discuss The Possibility of Alien Tech Around Black Holes. Here’s What Was Discussed.

LOW-COST PROBLEMS REQUIRE LOW-COST SOLUTIONS: Marines Just Added AI That Turns M240 Machine Guns Into Drone Killers. “The move pairs the AI-powered robotic mount with the M240 machine gun already familiar to Marines, giving the service’s most expeditionary counter-drone platform a kinetic option that can detect, track and engage Group 1 through Group 3 unmanned aircraft systems at a fraction of the cost of missile interceptors.”

IT’S LIKE A WHO’S WHO OF EVERYBODY YOU FIGURED WAS ON THE CCP DOLE:

Ezra Klein as the first name on the list is one of those chef’s kiss moments. And as Miranda Devine added, “Note nobody from the New York Post, Fox or WSJ.”

Full thread with all the names here.

TIM O’BRIEN: The DSA and Its Revolution of Nihilism.

WELL, HE’S RIGHT: Trump takes aim at DSA, says ‘this is a serious threat,’ warns socialism leads to living in squalor.

Trump said Democrats aligned with the DSA were moving past socialism and toward communism, arguing that their policies would damage the American economy and institutions. “But they’re siding with the radical left communists taking over the party,” Trump said. “They want, in other words, the normal socialists who can destroy a country too. They’re not going fast enough. Do you remember, like, in one of my State of the Union speeches, I said, we will never be a socialist country. But I was right. We’re going to be a communist country,” he continued. “That’s what they want. They skipped socialism.”

Trump called communism “the greatest threat to our country in history,” comparing it to World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, and 9/11. “This is a serious threat because they’re going to give, promise all sorts of things,” Trump said. “In one year, the country will be absolutely bankrupt. You’ll live in squalor. You’ll live in fear. You won’t have police. You won’t have firemen. You won’t have anybody.”

Trump’s comments come as the DSA has gained influence within Democratic politics, with a number of candidates backed by the organization defeating more establishment Democrats in recent primary elections.

For once, I’d argue Trump was being too kind.

COMING SOON TO A REMAINDER BIN NEAR YOU:

Countdown to Jake Tapper writing another book, this time on how he was totally fooled by Fauci.

— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) July 27, 2026

CUBA FALLING: A Lot Happened Last Week. Let’s Talk About It.

CLEAN YOUR HOUSE: roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow SpiraFlow Real-Time Self-Cleaning Roller Mop. #CommissionEarned

TAPPER TO GO VETCON ONE?

It was well-demonstrated that US and EU elites who imposed strict lockdowns during COVID deemed themselves fully exempt.

Countless examples, including Gavin Newsom having a nice maskless dinner with lobbyists, and Pelosi in the hair salon. But @JakeTapper should explain this: https://t.co/d347sPfh0x

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 27, 2026

UPDATE:

Jake Tapper, 2025: "I'm not on the left."

This ridiculous act can just be dropped at any time now, Jake. https://t.co/2T7JR9vwBg pic.twitter.com/NkauHzTB13

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 27, 2026

FILL’ER UP: Oil prices plunge after US pauses attacks on Iran. “Global prices fell 9% on Monday, crossing below $90 a barrel and landing at about $88. The decline reversed a days-long run up in crude prices as fighting threatened to worsen a historic global oil shock.”

GOOD ADVICE: Conservative Gen Z columnist urges young college women to reject socialism.

DESANTIS WAS EFFECTIVE AND HONEST, WHILE FAUCI WAS… FAUCI:

Badge of honor!

Proud to have blocked local governments from enforcing Faucian edicts on their citizens. https://t.co/qXFPtzMxTv

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) July 27, 2026

THERE HE GOES AGAIN: Rubio’s Genius Move: Venezuela Quits the ICC. Another Country Follows.