PROFESSOR CARRINGTON SMILES: New AI Detects Hidden Warning Signs of Solar Eruptions Hours Before They Emerge.
September 3, 2026
HMM:
JUST IN: SpaceX, Blue Origin, & 2 other U.S. space companies reportedly pull out of Emmanuel Macron’s International Space Summit in Paris.
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) September 3, 2026
I missed this Politico item from Wednesday: White House pushes companies to ditch Macron’s space summit. “The Office of Science and Technology Policy official on the call told industry representatives that France did not coordinate with the U.S. on the summit, accused the country of “anti-competitive practices,” and suggested the event’s panels were not designed to include the American perspective and may diminish U.S. industry efforts, according to the people.”
HIRE SECURITY FOR YOUR SECURITY, ELON:
It’s assassination prep. They’re hoping some far-left deranged lunatic watches it and decides that Elon is a threat that has to be eliminated and then follows thru with it.
Pray for Elon. And pray for the country. Dark times ahead
— Obi_1_D_AllKnowing (@obiopiah) September 3, 2026
Related thoughts from Spencer Pratt: “Commies call you ‘dangerous’ so they can kill you. Every DSA candidate has a 2:1 fundraising advantage over their anti-communist opponent, because we have to spend half our funds on 24/7 campaign security & they don’t cuz communists are violent murderous animals and we aren’t.”
DAY IN THE LIFE OF …: “Did Thrift Savings Plan Officials Pull Banned DEI Contract Provisions? Yes and No.”
LIMITED TIME DEAL: BAMBOO COOL Men’s Pocket T-Shirts. #CommissionEarned
MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: In Which I Ask the Machines for Criticism: Grok, Claude, and Chat GPT weigh in on my Demonic AI piece.
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HOW ARE THINGS GOING IN THE E.U.? Volkswagen’s Crisis Plan Puts 4 German Factories on the Chopping Block.
THERE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE MUCH LOCAL DEMAND FOR IT YET: NASA Wants Bezos’ Blue Origin To Build Next-Gen Communications On Mars – Are We Any Closer To High-Speed Internet On The Red Planet?
YOU HAD TO BE THERE TO UNDERSTAND:
People who lived through the 1980s have that thousand-yard stare. Like they went through some serious shit watching Family Ties, man.
— G (@stevensongs) September 3, 2026
UPDATE (From Ed):
When someone tries to tell me the 80s were traumatic. pic.twitter.com/lrYzk0Y1My
— Casey Mattox (@CaseyMattox_) September 3, 2026
“WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO LOSE AN INFORMATION WAR IN THE WEST:”
Exactly right. https://t.co/XuWApKkF7R
— מיכל קוטלר-וונש | Michal Cotler-Wunsh (@CotlerWunsh) September 3, 2026
MILLIONS OF US WANTED TO SAY THIS: President Trump Was Just Asked About Harry and Meghan Leaving the U.S., and Stand Back.
CLOWN SHOW? OR THE USUAL EVIL? What Sensitive Gun Owner and FFL Data Did ATF Lose When Its Computers Were Hacked?
HEY, BIG SPENDER: Elon Musk’s America PAC Discloses First Wave Of Spending On Midterm Senate Races. “In July, the New York Times reported that Elon Musk has authorized America PAC to spend between $100 million and $120 million to back Republican candidates during the midterm cycle. The world’s richest man has donated more than $90.5 million for election spending for the midterms, giving primarily to his own super PAC.”
ASTROTURF ALL THE WAY DOWN:
In the annals of “things I told you guys months ago that you got so angry at me for,” the dude bankrolling the anti-data center stuff is Roy Singham, the Chi-Com sympathizing billionaire married to the Code Pink co-founder. He also pays Hasan Pikers bills. https://t.co/PHatMT1HAB
— Emily Zanotti 🦝 (@emzanotti) September 3, 2026
ROB ORLEY ENDORSING MIKE ROGERS IS KIND OF A BIG DEAL: Michigan Jews Turn Against El-Sayed.
READER FAVORITE: Ensure Max Protein Milk Chocolate Shake. #CommissionEarned
HOW MANY PEOPLE DID TRUMP SHOOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE LAST WEEKEND, ANYWAY? Chicago Mayor Blames Trump for City’s Persistent Violent Crime Problem.
THE BEST THING THE AMERICAN LEFT HAS GOING FOR IT…:
Ooph.
People thought academia was less liberal-biased than it is, and when they learned how liberal it is, their confidence in it declined.
With the exception of Democrats, whose confidence in academia was unchanged by the news. https://t.co/3Yc2YuGgut pic.twitter.com/CwZKyfyIo2
— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) September 3, 2026
…is that the press has been largely successful in shielding the public from just how radical and dangerous the Left actually is.
Even so, people have a difficult time believing it when told: Republican activists say they have to water down the reality of their opponents’ agenda in focus groups. ‘They just don’t believe it’s true. It can’t be.’
A FRIEND IN THE INDUSTRY CAN’T SAY ALTMAN’S NAME WITHOUT ADDING “SNAKE OIL SALESMAN”: Sam Altman’s Most Serious Warning About AI Yet. Is It Hype?
A $600K BLOW TO MANDATORY ‘LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS’ ON CAMPUS. Congrats to University of Washington professor Stuart Reges and the FIRE litigation team who defended his right to parody the university-approved “land acknowledgement.” This is America. Public universities don’t get to write sacred texts and make you respect them.
FASCINATING:
I don't think people really understand the fight between Paul Graham and Palmer Luckey which played out this week. To the general public, from a casual perspective, it seemed like two rich guys getting in a heated, impulsive debate on Twitter, dragging out for days.
It's not.…
— Fugitive Caesar (@ThomBrady5) September 2, 2026
Read the whole thing, but here’s the takeaway: “Palmer Luckey is the face of a new military-industrialist consensus which is seeking to hire American workers for American jobs, to build factories and weapons at home, to remilitarize and reindustrialize, to get away from asset inflation and FIRE (finance, insurance, real estate) as a sterile, parasitic rent-seeking economic system.”
RISE OF THE MACHINES: Your Smartwatch Could Be Lying About Your Workout.
IN THE ’80S, SEX-POSITIVE AT COLLEGE MEANT YOUR FLOOR HAD PICKED UP A COUPLE KEGS AND LET THE GIRLS KNOW: UW-Madison ‘sex positive’ group awarded more than $130K in mandatory student fees.
ELECTING A RED-DIAPER BABY HAS CONSEQUENCES:
Everything started getting noticeably worse in America around 2008.
Women became more radical.
Media pushed hate and division in reporting at increased rates.
Race relations became worse.
It’s crazy how it can be tracked to almost that exact date.
What happened in 2008? pic.twitter.com/3W9rjiH1vP
— C3 (@C_3C_3) September 3, 2026
Of course, the electorate was also primed for a smooth-talking red-diaper baby, so maybe the cause and effect are all swirled together.
