DONNAL’S ADVENTURES GO ON:  Holidays to Home- Part Two. Donnal the apprentice wizard helps get ready for a wedding, and discovers something… odd.

THE EV BUBBLE IS DEFLATING: Blue BlueOval City? Tennessee Taxpayers Deserve an Explanation.

The original vision was clear: Ford and SK would build a vertically integrated campus producing next-generation electric F-Series trucks and batteries. Production was scheduled for 2025. Ford later said the plant could eventually produce 500,000 electric trucks annually.

That is no longer the project being built. Ford now calls the assembly facility the Tennessee Truck Plant. Approximately 2,300 Ford employees are expected to manufacture new gas-powered “Built Ford Tough” trucks beginning in 2029.

The original electric truck is gone. The 500,000-EV annual production target is gone. Vehicle production has been delayed four years. Ford and SK On have also dissolved their BlueOval SK joint venture, with SK On taking ownership of the Tennessee battery operation. Layoffs were announced in March.

Will the AI boom turn out to be similar?

NEWS PUBLISHERS ALREADY FACE AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT DUE TO BAD STANDARDS:  Staffers at tech giants knew AI tools posed ‘existential threat’ to news publishers: court docs.

TOO MANY OF THE LATTER, NOT ENOUGH OF THE FORMER:  Covid Revision: Heroes and Believers. Hundreds gathered in Sydney, Australia, to demand a Royal Commission into Covid, but who wasn’t there? And who will deliver it?

IT DOESN’T NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED; THIS METAPHOR FOR DEMOCRAT GOVERNANCE IS FALLING DOWN FROM ABUSE AND NEGLECT:  Could the Kennedy Center Be Demolished? What We Know Right Now.

SILLY ME, I’D THOUGHT IT WAS THE CONSTITUTION WHICH SHOULD GUIDE THEM:  Virginia Democrat Shannon Taylor Says ‘Progressive Values’ Should Guide Every Government Official.

THOSE COWS ONLY WISH IT WERE TRUE:  ‘The View’ Suggests That Donald Trump Might Have Sexual Affinity for Animals.

THE GREEN MOVEMENT HATES PEOPLE:  Sacramento refuses to store more water — so get used to short showers.

HUMANS WILL NEVER BE ANGELS, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO CLEAN THE CULTURE SOME:  Land of corruption.

SHE WORKED THERE AS A MACHINIST FOR THREE DECADES.  Ignored a deportation order in 2003. Submitted an I9 in 1996 and again this year claiming that she is a citizen and using a naturalization number belonging to someone else. I don’t think she’s a victim:  Illegal migrant faked US citizenship to work at military contractor for 30 years.

HOW MUCH OF 2020’S SUMMER OF BURNING LOVE WAS PAID FOR OUT OF USAID?  A Quiet Summer.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS:  Murder Charges Dropped Because Travis County Missed Deadlines.

OBVIOUSLY:  Worrying about post-combat lawfare will crush initiative and morale.

SIGH. CLEAN THE VOTER ROLLS:  Hello, Citizens of Washington State. You can kiss your natural gas heating and appliances goodbye. Court victory for climate alarmists.

AUTOPSY OF THE PROGRESSIVE “CONTRIBUTOR COVENANT” WHICH ATTACHED ITSELF TO OPEN SOURCE:  The Covenant Years. A structural autopsy, now that the principals have moved on.

ANY IDEOLOGY THAT WOULD CONSIDER A COMMUNIST NOBILITY BECAUSE OF HIS BLOODLINE IS ANTI-AMERICAN:  Why the “Heritage American” Movement is Harming MAGA.

THE CATGIRL IS RIGHT:  America Needs Better Xenophobia.

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX pushes next Starship launch back to Sept. 28, a 6-day delay for megarocket’s 1st orbital flight.

I BLAME CLIMATE CHANGE: Africa Is Breaking Apart Faster Than We Thought, Forming a New Ocean.

MEN LIKE TEAM SPORTS: Sperm Teamwork Is Far More Common Than Scientists Realized.

THE AVERAGE WOULD BE LOWER IF NOT FOR BLUE STATE PRICES:

Y’all were quiet at $5.02 a gallon and 9.1% inflation. Now gas is $4.06 and inflation is 3.4% and suddenly it’s a crisis. The numbers didn’t change sides. You did. pic.twitter.com/t6GrskAh0B

— Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 (@MikeBales) September 18, 2026

HMM: TikTokers are checking for ‘ferritin face.’ Doctors say there’s something to it. “Social media has offered us all plenty of things to be insecure about when it comes to our faces — Instagram face, Ozempic face, cortisol face, runner’s face, pillow face and so on — but with ‘ferritin face,’ there may be something to the trend. The term refers to the appearance of dark circles under the eyes and sallow skin, which could be signs of low ferritin, a blood protein that stores iron. Low ferritin often means there isn’t enough iron in the body and can be a sign of iron deficiency, the most common nutrient deficiency on the planet.”

CHIVALRY WAS A CODE THAT MADE BEHAVIORAL DEMANDS ON WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN:

What, precisely, obligates men to perform physical tasks at the behest of woman in our vicinity?

In turn, what tasks should we expect women to perform for us on our behalf, when we deem it necessary?

— El Jacobo (@eljacoboaqui) September 18, 2026

HMM: Volkswagen Mission Efficiency Concept First Look: The Most Efficient EV Yet. “Efficiency is an unheard of 9 miles per kWh, and with a 54.9-kWh battery, range comes in at 514.5 miles for a battery slightly more than half the size of the EQXX’s and and a zero to 62 mph time of 9 seconds. (Doubling the size of the battery would not necessarily double the range as it would also increase the weight substantially, and likely the size of the vehicle.) Production EVs today struggle to exceed 4 miles per kWh, with EV maker Lucid publicly declaring its goal of a 5-miles-per-kWh production car in the future.”