“RULE OF LAW.’

CONSEQUENCES: Audit demanded after claims that MIT faculty hiring sidesteps DEI ban. “Some Massachusetts Institute of Technology departments use so-called broader impact statements in the hiring process in the wake of a nearly two-year-old decision to ban mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion statements. It’s one example of how the ideology remains part of the ecosystem at MIT, with an estimated expenditure of $25 million annually on about 50 part and full-time employees working on DEI, according to an alumnus watchdog in a presentation Tuesday.”

DO TELL:

WHERE THE ANTI-ICERS ARE HEADING: Unfortunately for most, it’s not, as yet, jail. But the logic of their protest demands and actions, as explained by Modern Age Editor Daniel McCarthy, is this: America is irretrievably and utterly fascist, which means it’s not merely justified to resist the regime, but absolutely mandatory to use whatever means necessary to bring it down, including violently and against the cops (and, ultimately, the U.S. military).

LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY:

KARENS MAKE POOR MANAGERS:

POLITICS: The Real Reason Democrats Are Threatening Noem Impeachment, One Member Says.

“If you remember, just two years ago, Republicans conducted a very thorough investigation, and we impeached [DHS] Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for failure to perform his duties,” Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., said. “And so, should we be surprised that now we’re seeing Democrats try to come in and impeach the current Homeland Security secretary?”

Dems are big on payback; Republicans not so much.

IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I READ “DEVELOPMENT,” “AID,” OR “NGO,” AND DIDN’T ASSUME “FRAUD”:

FROM CEDAR SANDERSON:  Tomato Wyrm.

Cecilia Duringhurst never expected to inherit anything, much less her estranged great-uncle’s country manor. It’s in a bit of a sorry state, coated with dog hair and staffed only by Jock, the old gamekeeper… but it comes with a greenhouse, large gardens, and the hopes of escaping city life.

Determined to save Hendre Court from ruin, she finds an unexpected ally in Greig MacDougall, Jock’s grandson and her new gardener. Together, they are swapping city life for muddy boots, endless weeding, and the fragile hope of turning heirloom tomatoes and cut flowers into a sustainable future.

As they dig in side by side, unearthing old secrets and new possibilities, Cecilia senses the estate holds more than soil and stone—something ancient and watchful that is tied to the Duringhurst line, and rooted to this hill.

Secrets and seedlings will burst forth in the spring… and just possibly, despite the frosts of misunderstandings and chill winds of finances, a relationship that will entwine all of them and blossom.