UPRAISNG THE MIDDLE FINGER IS NOT ONE OF THEM*: I’m a neurologist — the quickest test for dementia is just 3 hand movements.
*That’s a test for “being an American” when faced with would-be tyrants, of course.
August 25, 2026
DOUBLING THAT LIFETIME??? This Is How Much of a Difference Rooting Out Fraud Could Make for Medicare’s Lifespan.
SUPPORT INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS: Independent Publishers Are Saving the Books Big Publishing Won’t Touch.
WHY ARE SUPPORTERS OF TOLERANCE AND DIVERSITY SO INTOLERANT OF DIFFERING VIEWS? North Carolina Trans Activist Has a Modest Proposal for the Children of ‘Bigots’.
THEY’RE ALL RICH KIDS: Socialists Or Deadbeats? One And The Same
THE LAND OF UNICORN FARTS WOULD BE OBSESSED WITH UNICORNS: California Lawmakers Chase Unicorns While Real Crises Mount.
ABSOLUTELY TRUE: “Communism is an ideology designed to liquidate nations”.
IT’S NOT TOO FEW RESOURCES. IT’S TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT: America has no shortage of copper, what America has is federal and state governments who’ve thrown up so many regulatory and permitting barriers to exploiting our proven domestic resources that, according to the Pacific Legal Foundation, the time between beginning the process of opening a new mine and actually opening the mine is as much as 29 years or more… the longest permitting process of any nation on earth other than Zambia
THEY’RE ATTEMPTING TO BITE OFF MORE THAN THEY CAN CHEW: Make All of America Muslim? Our enemies rely on our suicidal empathy.
WE SHOULD BE TEARING THE WALLS DOWN INSTEAD: Building Walls.
August 24, 2026
AND JUST LIKE THAT, A SOUNDBITE FOR THE AGES OCCURRED: Abdul El-Sayed asks Jesse Watters ‘Are you circumcised?’ while defending sex change surgery for minors.
FOLLOW THE “SCIENCE.”
This is really sad:
When psychology professors are asked whether they'd put the truth before social equity concerns, 66.4% of male professors said yes, but fewer than half of female professors (43%) agreed.
In both groups, too many put equity before truth. https://t.co/a3ooZ59LTY pic.twitter.com/h6091gYy5a
— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) August 24, 2026
Related:
It’s hard to convey to people who haven’t seen this stuff just how rife it is in the humanities and social sciences today. I remember going to Cambridge to study anthropology and thinking I would be asking big questions about human nature and bizarre rituals and customs, but all… https://t.co/zSVBEIBJ2b
— RAW EGG NATIONALIST (@Babygravy9) August 24, 2026
UPDATE: It’s a low-T problem.
testosterone literally counteracts conformity
give men testosterone and they become less responsive to audience expectations and put more weight on their own judgment relative to other people’s
testosterone is the independent-thought hormone
this explains so much it’s not even… https://t.co/EvnOdRM1OX
— vittorio (@IterIntellectus) August 24, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.
PRETTY SURE BESSENT AND TRUMP KNOW THIS AND ARE READY FOR IT:
You're gonna see a lot of weird shit go down over the next 2 weeks.
Some of these 60+ entities will REFUSE to stop the money laundering. They can't. If they do, financial drug/human/sex/arms/dark web networks they've spent DECADES building and expanding will start collapsing.… https://t.co/LNWe6x1kbr
— Brian Cates – Political Columnist & Pundit (@drawandstrike) August 24, 2026
The anaconda strategy strikes again.
Related:
Iranian oil shipments to Asia have nearly dried up as US pressure on Tehran disrupts supplies. Chinese refiners are facing tighter availability, with Iranian crude prices shifting from a discount to a premium of around $4 a barrel.
A major factor behind the shortage is the…
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) August 25, 2026
BILL KRISTOL IS A SAD GRIFTER:
Once you remember that this man used to be the chief intellectual leader of the Conservative movement for 25 years, it all starts to make sense why the GOP functioned like controlled opposition from the 1990s until Trump came along.
Because that’s exactly what they were. https://t.co/Kc3rzHz45L
— Christian Heiens 🏛 (@ChristianHeiens) August 24, 2026
BOTH RADIO AND OPTICAL OBSERVATORIES BELONG ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON, AS GOD AND ROBERT HEINLEIN INTENDED: This Suitcase-Sized Spacecraft Could Detect a Signal From Before Stars Existed.
WHEN DID THE WNBA TURN SO VICIOUSLY TRANSPHOBIC?
Enes Kanter, Royce White not eligible for WNBA after draft declarations https://t.co/iJjdsZQdgS pic.twitter.com/z8HfijFGyg
— New York Post (@nypost) August 24, 2026
‘WASHINGTON MATH:’ That’s when your congressmen only want CBO to provide part of the projection of the long-term costs of proposed legislation. And we wonder why spending and deficits and debts keep increasing?
TIM WALZ, LOL:
Those campers were literally in Ontario, Tim. Holy shit. lol https://t.co/ZkSvuRY9Wi
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) August 24, 2026
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