HOW IT’S GOING:

🚨 The United States executed a brilliant military gambit that forced the Islamic Republic to expose parts of its hidden naval and missile network in the Persian Gulf.

As Sun Tzu wrote: “Offer the enemy a bait to lure him; feign disorder and strike him.”

That is exactly what… pic.twitter.com/CRU0TglPSY

— The Iran Watcher 🇮🇷 (@TheIranWatcher) May 9, 2026

WITH MALICE AFORETHOUGHT: The Left Has Normalized Assassination Talk.

INTERESTING:  Review – Uncivil Affairs: Part 3 of The Vixen War Bride Series by Thomas Doscher.

IF ONLY THEY’D BEEN TAUGHT SOMETHING USEFUL:  Nancy Pelosi urges CA college grads to ‘save our democracy’ against Trump in commencement speech.

HE’S TRYING TO FIGURE HOW TO CHARACTERIZE THIS AS A VICTORY:  Vladimir Putin suggests war in Ukraine is ‘coming to an end’ — hours after dismal Victory Day parade.

A LACK OF POLICE PATROLLING THE CITY MIGHT BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR – JUST SAYING:  NYC’s broken mental health system to blame for maniac’s fatal subway-staircase shove: expert.

SCAMMERS DEMAND THE RUBES KEEP PONYING UP:  How dare these po-faced protesters tell the people of Crowborough they are lacking in charity?

DON’T TELL ME THIS COMES AS A SURPRISE:   The party’s over for the supersized woman.

TEMU OBAMA ISN’T THE BRIGHTEST:  Remember When Hakeem Jeffries Said This About Redistricting? He Just Ate Those Words.

WHOEVER APPOINTED THE JUSTICE WHO AUTHORED THAT DECISION SHOULD BE RUN OUT OF POLITICS:  Did Anyone Notice What Was Funny With This VA Dem Senator’s Take on the Gerrymander Ruling?

AND IT’S GLORIOUS:  U.K. Reform earthquake.

WRITING IS A WICKED ENVIRONMENT:  A Hungarian psychologist raised three daughters to prove that any child could become a chess grandmaster through early specialization. He succeeded. Two of them became grandmasters. One became the greatest female chess player who ever lived. Then a sports scientist looked at the data and found something nobody wanted to hear.

X-cancel.

ALL MEDICAL SCHOOLS DID. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM:  DOJ Concludes UCLA Med School Racially Discriminated In Admissions Process.

OF COURSE HE DOESN’T:  Hasan Piker Invokes JFK Quote About ‘Violent Revolution’ Following Court’s Ruling on VA Gerrymander.

ALL OF US WHO KNEW STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS KNOW THIS:  Instructure Confirms Major Hack Affecting Canvas Users Across Thousands of Schools.

SOMETIMES THE PURPOSE OF A BILL IS TO FAIL:  The Deprecated Filters. Washington’s legislative feedback system still works. The people running it stopped wanting to be filtered.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED, THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Argentina not in the news.

PAY ATTENTION:

One Chinese shipbuilder produced more ships by tonnage in a single year than America did in the entire time since WWII. https://t.co/GHaY16elmd pic.twitter.com/tsGYSUpalE

— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) May 9, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Party on, dudes and dudettes.

ALIENS: NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts saw flashes on the far side of the moon that cameras struggle to capture. Here’s why scientists are excited.

WHY A DUCK?

The term “late stage capitalism” was first used in a 1925 publication by the German social scientist Werner Sombart, according to Wikipedia. So clearly it’s just not an accurate term. You wouldn’t have late stage cancer then live another 101 years.

— Ian Howlett (@ianhowlett) May 9, 2026

It’s just a thing they say to gain power from people who don’t understand it themselves. pic.twitter.com/Q6cNVxJQ91

— Evil13rt🐧 (@Evil13rt) May 9, 2026

Classical reference in headline:

WELL, GOOD: Scientists Engineer Blood Clots That Stop Severe Bleeding in Seconds.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK: The Gathering Storm.

TRICAPRIN: Scientists Say This Simple Supplement May Actually Reverse Heart Disease.

METFORMIN UPDATE: Metformin’s real power may be in the gut.