TO BE FAIR, MOST THINGS ARE WAY COOLER THAN A MINIVAN: 2029 Tesla That’s “Way Cooler Than a Minivan”: Everything We Know About What That Even Means.

PRO TIP: If You Rob A Gun Store, Don’t Display Your Stolen Guns On Instagram.

STILL A FEW BUGS IN THE SYSTEM:

WATCH: A humanoid robot training for the “Robot Olympics” in Beijing runs too fast, fails to stop, slams into a safety cushion, and breaks at the waist pic.twitter.com/WEHdYCiPlO

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 20, 2026

This system, too:

An Amazon customer in Texas was not enthused when her first drone-delivered order was dropped into her swimming pool. After hearing the loud buzzing of the drone arriving, she ran outside to record the delivery, and to her surprise, it landed in her pool. pic.twitter.com/6TIcrJIVAR

— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) August 19, 2026

THE GIPPER: Ronald Reagan’s Unplanned, Off the Cuff 1976 GOP Convention Speech May Have Been His Best.

READER FAVORITE: Beats Studio Pro Premium Wireless Over-Ear Headphones. #CommissionEarned

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Shot Placement: Is the Pelvic Girdle Really the Best Self-Defense Solution?

THAT SUCKS: NASA calls off mission to save Swift Observatory telescope in space.

The announcement came down on Wednesday after an attempt to use the LINK spacecraft ran into altitude control issues, NASA and Katalyst Space said in a press release. The spacecraft was meant to raise NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to a higher altitude.

LINK is still set to attempt rendezvous and proximity operations with the Swift Observatory.

“NASA should be willing to move quickly and take smart risks when the potential return is worth it, and that is exactly what we did with this mission,” Jared Isaacman, NASA administrator, said in a statement. “This is not the outcome we were working toward, but it does not change why this mission was worth attempting.”

It was a bit of a longshot, but Isaacman was right to light a fire under NASA.

TENTATIVELY SET FOR AUGUST 28…:

Preparing for another Starship flight https://t.co/MsML86joOw

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 20, 2026

This should include the Ship’s first orbital flight, and first operational deployment of V3 Starlink satellites.

BREAKING: FBI Disrupts ISIS-Inspired Terrorist Attack on New York Statehouse.

HAMAS USES THE WEST’S HUMANITY AS A SHIELD, AND ITS OWN CHILDREN AS HUMAN SHIELDS:

A Palestinian woman in Gaza admits everyone in Gaza is Hamas:

“In Gaza, every house has Hamas. Are you going to kill us all?!” pic.twitter.com/lBE5HJVkl6

— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) August 20, 2026

GET YOUR VITAMINS: Ensure Max Protein Milk Chocolate Shake, 30g High Protein. #CommissionEarned

SHUT UP, SHE EXPLAINED — LITERALLY: Atlanta Dem Mayor Andre Dickens sparks outrage as he tells constituent to ‘shut up’ in bizarre social media spat. “Wow, a mayor telling a constituent to shut up for asking him to uphold voter mandates,” Brimer said. “Stay classy Andre.”

I WISH I COULD SAY THAT I WAS EVEN TRYING…:

I’m trying hard to be Proverbs 24:17-18 over this but man, the schadenfreude is real. https://t.co/ARGa9vzk3p

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 20, 2026

SAY A PRAYER OF THANKS TO ST. WILLIS CARRIER, THE INVENTOR OF AIR CONDITIONING: How Americans stayed cool before air conditioning: From sitting on smelly ice to sleeping on the roof.

NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW: FBI Raids Eric Swalwell’s Home, Seizes Electronics in Connection with Sexual Assault Investigation.

Classical reference in headline:

BUT DID THEY LEARN ANYTHING? Scott Jennings Schools CNN Panel on Biden’s Inflation Disaster.

EXAGGERATED? I’M LESS CERTAIN:

Exaggerated, but the basic point is valid. George Floyd tested Anglosphere universities, and they flunked. Instead of feeding the hysteria, they should have served as beacons of reason. The Jason Arday tragedy provides another test. Time for academia to face its pathologies. https://t.co/hEd4ej02p8

— Timur Kuran (@timurkuran) August 20, 2026

UPDATE (From Ed): If Nathan Cofnas is being fired for exposing Arday as a fabulist, he’s going out guns a-blazing:

Nathan Cofnas, suspended by the rector of Ghent University, Petra De Sutter, in the wake of Jason Arday’s death, notes that De Sutter used ChatGPT for her inaugural address, which included fabricated quotes.

Previous news reports confirm this.https://t.co/xppHNZk3Wo https://t.co/XjaV0P6zZk pic.twitter.com/9gCl3NsjXs

— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) August 20, 2026

Here’s the link to the Brussels Times that’s embedded in the above tweet, from the beginning of the year: UGent chancellor Petra De Sutter caught using AI in opening speech.

Not an attack, just the truth, buddy. https://t.co/EGliMQpWNk pic.twitter.com/8nb8XOiTas

— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) August 20, 2026

WELL, GOOD: New Melanoma Vaccine Shows Promise In Fighting Cancer, Preventing Recurrence.

THIS SEEMS MORE THAN REASONABLE: Abbott Wants Foreign Funding, H-1B Employment Banned In Public Schools. Back in January, Texas Governor Greg Abbott froze H-1B visas for Texas state agencies and universities. Now pushing for the same in public schools, plus an end to foreign curriculum funding.”

Especially that last part.

GOOD QUESTION:

Hey Rachel Vindman @natsechobbyist, why are you using different addresses with the FEC for your recurring contributions to ActBlue, your husband's money laundering PAC "VoteVets", and your donations to the Harris campaign? Are you circumventing contribution limits and concealing… pic.twitter.com/UU9cc7Vbea

— Bad Hombre (@Badhombre) September 16, 2024

IT’S AN ECOSYSTEM: Your mattress is probably crawling with thousands of dust mites. Here’s how to fix that.

THE NUMBERS ARE AS INFURIATING AS THEY ARE INCOMPREHENSIBLE: I’m Sorry, The Feds Wasted HOW MANY TRILLIONS in Improper Payments?

SOME OF MY FRIENDS, INCLUDING DALE AMON AND JIM BENNETT, WHOSE WORK HAS OFTEN GRACED THIS PAGE, ARE IN THE SPACE DATA BUSINESS. Unlike Elon, they aren’t providing AI data centers but safe networked black box data storage in space industries. Their company is Immortal Data.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:

Education Department Breaks Left-Wing University Accreditation Cabal | Breccan F. Thies, The Federalist

The Department of Education on Wednesday announced a new rule that would allow more organizations to accredit universities, stripping the left of one of its most potent tools… pic.twitter.com/2zEBuX2T1M

— Owen Gregorian (@OwenGregorian) August 20, 2026

MARX CAME FROM A SUCCESSFUL FAMILY AND SQUANDERED IT:

Not at all surprising to anyone familiar with the present (and past) of the Left https://t.co/a2rPTIcstV

— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) August 20, 2026