WHEN GREAT BRITAIN NOTICES THE MIDTERMS AND STILL FAILS TO UNDERSTAND AMERICA: Ofcom indicated in a hearing today that it is going to start pushing for arrest warrants for American refusers of the Online Safety Act. It is wildly inappropriate for a foreign country to threaten Americans for exercising our constitutional rights.

FOLLOW UP:  When I said “hey, Ofcom wants to throw Americans in jail for their free speech,” the response of a Peer of the Realm was not “no we don’t.” It was “hell yeah we want to jail Americans for their free speech.” You know what you have to do

DEFUND NPR:  NPR Celebrates Activist Whose Data Center Campaign had Ties to China-Linked Socialist Group.

GOOD BUT WE NEED FAR MORE:  IBM plans to end immigration sponsorship program for Consulting unit: report.

SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES ARE TRULY ANXIOUS TO RESIGN FROM THE FUTURE:  In September, Finland and Norway launched an international call for control over development of frontier AI models. To date, more than 30 countries have joined the initiative. Discussions on artificial intelligence continued today at a virtual leaders’ meeting hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron. The views expressed at the meeting were closely aligned with those underpinning the Finnish-Norwegian initiative. It was particularly valuable that chief executives of leading technology companies also took part in the discussion. Following the meeting, a joint statement was issued, which Finland also endorsed.

Socialism always kills, fast or slow, but first it rots the brain.

NO. IT WON’T KILL US. AT WORST YOU’LL NEED A NEW SNOW SHOVEL:  Hi. Meteorologist here. This is nonsense. We have not entered a “new age of climate extremes.” There is no such thing as a “supersized El Niño” and the planet isn’t being “superheated” by climate change either. First, the correct meteorological term is “very strong El Niño.”

OPEN WIDE. YOU NEED A SERIES OF THESE:  The White Pill.

WHEN THE FRAUD HITS YOUR EYE LIKE THE MOON IN THE SKY:  Dead felons, dog and now a prisoner: Spanberger voting rights letters draw fresh scrutiny. House Minority Leader Terry Kilgore calls the latest error ‘a new level of carelessness’ and demands answers from governor.

It’s not carelessness when it’s all in one direction.

MANY SUCH CASES, AND IT’S SIMPLY NOT BELIEVABLE ACROSS THE BOARD:  The results are in. Texas Republican voters didn’t stay home, or switch sides and vote Blue Republican voters showed up with larger numbers than before. The problem is, Democrats l somehow materialized 1.6 MILLION new voters Here’s where it gets really corrupt, Democrats somehow pulled higher numbers in Texas for midterms than they did during the 2024 Presidential Election

FOR VETERANS DAY, GET A BOOK BY A VETERAN, WITH VETERAN CHARACTERS:

From Celia Hayes:  Return to Alder Grove

#CommissionEarned

Love in all the wrong places – Caro Robertson was a professional researcher, employee and occasional on-air reporter for a national public radio outlet; the perfect job, the perfect condo, the perfect fiancée. She had the college education, the job, the social position, the perfect life … and then in one fell swoop, everything went sour. Wrong. Disastrously wrong. In the space of a single week, she lost her beloved pet, the perfect fiancée and then her job. What was left for her, but to return to Alder Grove, the little town in Texas where she lived as a child and try to rebuild that life and a new career?
Mark Bascomb – owner of a small fabrication business, small-town handyman, veteran and high-school drop-out; everything in life that Caro Robertson wasn’t. Could they find common ground with each other, a common interest, even love, when they are so different?
Find out when the sparks fly in Alder Grove, in this short romance novel by the author of the Chronicles of Luna City, and the Adelsverein Trilogy.

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

RIP: Stacy Keach, Who Played Badasses With the Best of Them, Dies at 85.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA unveils $10 billion in moon base contracts, new lunar missions and the ‘PROMISE’ of a nuclear-powered rover.

DAVE BARRY: Ask Mister Language Person.

Q. Why should we modern youths bother to learn about grammar? We have Artificial Intelligence! It does our reading and writing for us! In fact AI is writing this question for us right now while we’re off somewhere getting our noses pierced.

A. You should learn to read and write because these are important skills that can mean the difference between life and death. For example, in a recent true anecdote, four modern youths were shipwrecked on a desert island that, tragically, did not have Wi-Fi. The youths wanted to make an emergency message by arranging coconuts on the sand, but without the help of AI none of them could figure out how to spell “SOS.” The best they could do was make a sad-face emoji, as seen in this photograph taken from a Coast Guard helicopter.

Q. So it worked? The Coast Guard rescued them?

A. No.

Q. Why not?

A. They had nose piercings.

Heh. Read the whole thing.

JIM TREACHER: James Gunn Is Super Fired.

A lot of nerds are celebrating. They hate his guts. There’s this weird feud between Zack Snyder fans and James Gunn fans. I’m just sitting on the sidelines. I just want good movies.

Gunn is good at outcasts and weirdos, because he’s an outcast weirdo. Even in Superman, the best parts were Clark being weird. It’s Gunn’s wheelhouse, and I’m looking forward to the sequel for that reason. But I haven’t really liked anything else he’s had his fingers in.

I know that the big merger had a lot to do with this. I don’t really care about any of that. I just want to watch superheroes doing superhero stuff, without being lectured on my privilege.

I’m tired of millionaires scolding me for being a white male consuming their product. Somebody who makes 100 times what I make in a year, or more, lecturing me. I just want to see Green Lantern do cool stuff with his magic ring. Leave me alone!

Anyway, James Gunn will be fine. He’s not going to go hungry anytime soon.

I know I’m way too old for all this superhero crap, but I like it. And even when I don’t like it, I want to like it. I don’t watch any of this stuff thinking, “This is gonna suck.” I want it to be good. But most of it isn’t anymore.

Just make good movies that don’t require me to watch every single other superhero product you’ve ever made. I don’t have that kind of time or money.

Plus Treacher on the Charlie Kirk hatred: “[I]f you have a problem with these two laughing at murder, you’re a ‘fascist.’ That’s what ‘fascism’ means. Only ‘fascists’ don’t like it when their friends get murdered and their enemies laugh about it. There’s a comedian named Ben Bankas who’s got a funny bit about that, about how everything on the left is somehow ‘fascism.’”

Democrats, I thought America was fascist?🗳️ pic.twitter.com/L3jrgndkwU

— Ben Bankas (@BenBankas) November 10, 2026

NOT THE BEE: In order to best continue doing nothing, Senate Republicans reelect John Thune as Minority Leader.

Not satisfied by the shellacking they just got, Republicans are hellbent on losing even harder in 2028 LMAO. https://t.co/W2KviGLfGb

— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) November 10, 2026

PROCRASTINATION. I BELIEVE IT. The Biggest Academic Problem For College Students Isn’t Stress or Anxiety, Study Finds.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: The Solar System May Have a 6th Dwarf Planet – and It’s Been Hiding in Plain Sight.

TRUMP WHITE HOUSE UNITES BEHIND PETE HEGSETH AS WAR SECRETARY DODGES ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT: “The House voted on Tuesday night to send the articles of impeachment to committee, which effectively killed the matter. It can languish in committee and would die a legislative death when this session of Congress ends in early January. Still, it’s a temporary reprieve. Democrats take control of the House in January and have said impeaching Hegseth is a top priority.”

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Ring’s wheeled and flying robots will patrol your home.

CLEAN YOUR WASHING MACHINE: Affresh Washing Machine Cleaner, #1 Washing Machine Cleaner Tablet. #CommissionEarned

HEADLINES FROM 1898: Could this experimental electric comb be a cure for baldness?

SEMPER FI: ‘First to Fight’ and ‘Last to Yield’: The U.S. Marine Corps’ Birthday and America 250.

NIFTY:

Turns out that the Starlink software, built for managing the movement of vast amounts of data through space and to the ground, is also very well suited to training super intelligence

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 10, 2026

I READ AN ADVANCE COPY, AND AMELIA HAMILTON’S LATEST IS ENDLESSLY CHARMING: Myrtle Saves the Boston Tea Party. “When a mysterious time ripple threatens to change the history of the Boston Tea Party, the American Revolution could be ruined before it even begins. It’s up to Myrtle, a specially trained Labrador retriever, to leap through time and keep history on track.”

It’s the start of Amelia’s new “Myrtle Saves America” series aimed at middle school readers who also love dogs — as it was more than charming enough for this middle-aged dog lover.

REQUIEM FOR A TRUCK:

I mean sure, it’s striking, and unique, and does appear to be straight out of the Tron franchise, if that’s your cup of tea. But would it kill these EV manufacturers to tap into colorful nostalgia instead of cold cyberpunk aesthetics for once? Literally just one time?? Seriously guys, what is stopping you from building electric vehicles that look like this:

Still, it would be unfair to solely chastise Elon for a design pattern reflected across the entire EV industry… even if the Tesla CEO pushed it to the extreme. Besides, the man is already facing enough criticism from folks like Shitstain Scott Galloway, who, upon wiping his ass, will once again resume calling for Elon’s summary execution.

Instead, we should admire our brave Rocket Man for once again daring to build something awe-inspiring (if a bit odd). In Cybertruck, he created something bold and unique, unlike any vehicle we’ve ever seen. That ambitious, risk-taking spirit is something we will always admire at Pirate Wires.

As we mourn the passing of Cybertruck (2019-2027) — the brave electric engine that could — let us remember what it taught us about ourselves, and always strive to be the best version of what we saw in that angular, stainless steel mirror.

To quote the words of one Hogarth Hughes to another Iron Giant (Warner Bros. 1999) who also met an untimely end amidst humanity’s bitter division and turmoil — “You don’t have to be a gun…

…you are who you choose to be.” 

Alas though, Galloway can’t:

It’s not exactly at NYT-endorsed Nicholas Kristof dog rape Hamas propaganda regurgitation level.

But yeah.

Scott Galloway is now forever the guy whose @elonmusk derangement syndrome bragging rights are pooping in a Tesla he just sold.

Couldn’t just put one of those dumb… pic.twitter.com/lWLiqUVc5B

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) November 10, 2026