August 16, 2026

WE NEED A COMPLETE AND TOTAL SHUTDOWN OF CAMBRIDGE UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT JUST WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON THERE: Why is Cambridge platforming Islamic creationism?

At Charles Darwin’s old university, where a college is named after him, Darwin’s discovery is now described by one Cambridge researcher as an example of “potential challenges posed by Eurocentric* monoculture.”

It is the latest sign of fundamental problems at Cambridge’s education faculty, the same department which hired Jason Arday.

The project which platforms the creationist claims, the Islamic Educator Learning Community (IELC), is led by Cambridge’s assistant research professor of education, Farah Ahmed, a former activist in the since banned terror group Hizb ut-Tahrir. Ahmed’s extraordinary CV, and her long record of grossly bigoted, extremist and separatist views, were revealed by a 2002 pamphlet exposed by The Spectator on Tuesday.

IELC is “hosted by” and “partners with” a university body called the Cambridge Teacher Research Exchange, Camtree. Camtree is a project of Hughes Hall, the Cambridge University college where Ahmed is a governing fellow. Ahmed is also an “affiliate” of Camtree.

IELC publishes on its website, with a Camtree address, a paper on “Islamic scientific critical consciousness” which asks: “Does the common modern biological assumption that humans have common ancestry with other life forms conflict with [Islamic] religious beliefs about God creating Adam and Eve?”

* I’m pretty sure most British parents footing the bills for their sons and daughters’ educations are rather hoping that their kids are being taught from a largely “Eurocentric” point of view.

Meanwhile:

Tweet concludes, “and [Cofnas’] position quietly expired while the university dithered. Arday did not clear the bars his professoriate peers had to clear, he was defended anyway, and he was propped up by administrators who failed to do due diligence. One scholar was punished for an opinion; the other was protected despite misconduct that objective methods could verify. Two different treatments, one shared instinct: expedience trumps evidence.”

Posted at 8:14 am by Ed Driscoll

RIGHT?

Posted at 7:30 am by Glenn Reynolds

August 15, 2026

DON’T EAT THE BROWN ACID:

Reminder: Woodstock Occurred in the Middle of a Pandemic.

As did Apollo 11, the first manned moon landing, whose astronauts returned to earth on July 24th, 1969, and released from a 21 day quarantine on August 10th:

The Apollo 11 crew in the mobile quarantine facility aboard the USS Hornet. Richard Nixon had come to greet them. From left to right, Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin.

UPDATE: The Making of the Counter Culture.

Posted at 11:20 pm by Ed Driscoll

SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO SHARE THE MEME POST, BUT THIS IS MY FIRST MOMENT AT THE KEYBOARD:  And Now the Memes….

Posted at 9:52 pm by Sarah Hoyt

OPEN THREAD: Party on.

Posted at 9:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

FIRST, CHATGPT, NOW GROK4: Yesterday on HillFaith, it was ChatGPT compiling a perfect score; today on PJMedia, it’s Grok4 with another.

Posted at 6:41 pm by Mark Tapscott

STEVE DEACE: Tucker Is Now Deconstructing His Own Work.

Blaze Media personality Steve Deace comments on Tucker Carlson’s interview with Hunter Biden, recalling his past interview with “laptop repairman” Tony Bobulinski:

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Maybe the most celebrated work Tucker did at Fox was Tony Bobulinski, Hunter Biden’s associate. What was Joe’s name? Was it “the big guy,” that Bobulinski was telling us that Hunter was trying to get grift deals with the ChiComs and others on behalf of “the big guy,” right?

Now, see, the deconstruction goes all the way down. Tucker’s now deconstructing his own work.

And he’s saying, “Hey, the Jews made me do this. The Bidens are really the persecuted people here.”

We’ve reached rock bottom at this point.

I’m not even sure what would warrant doing this segment anymore, unless or until Tucker just flat-out converts to Islam and appears, you know, with a towel on his head. I’m not sure where there is left to go here.

Earlier from Stephen Kruiser: Cute Couple — Tucker Carlson and Hunter Biden Find Each Other. “If Carlson really does want to run for president, his pathological hatred for Israel pretty much obligates him to run as a Democrat. He’s going to need to start working on his commie bona fides if he wants to get any cred with them. Don’t be surprised to see him brunching with Hasan Piker soon.”

Tucker’s already learned to stop worrying and love the New York Times, so brunch with Piker wouldn’t be that far out of place for him.

Posted at 5:45 pm by Ed Driscoll

XI’S GOTTA HAVE IT! China ‘funding pro-Palestine marches in UK.’

China is suspected of funding pro-Palestine marches in the UK, The Telegraph can disclose.

US politicians investigating alleged secret Chinese backing of Code Pink, a far-Left feminist protest group established in the US, are examining its activities in Britain as part of an inquiry into foreign interference.

Code Pink has organised protests in the UK against Britain’s involvement in “the genocide in Gaza”, encouraged its activists to demonstrate outside RAF bases, and issued statements claiming that Britain’s leaders have been “bought by Zionism”.

The investigation comes amid concern that Beijing is seeking to exploit divisive causes in the West to deepen social tensions and wage what critics describe as “political warfare” against its adversaries.

The Telegraph can reveal that the US investigation is examining £250,000 in alleged payments to a company linked to Code Pink in the UK from firms connected to Neville Roy Singham, a tech tycoon accused of financing Chinese propaganda around the world.

As Eyal Yakoby tweets, “We told you that this is a foreign psyop intent on destroying the West.”

Posted at 5:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

RIP: Dave Marsh, Bruce Springsteen Biographer and Rock Critic, Dies at 76.

Dave Marsh, the music critic and biographer who documented the early days of Bruce Springsteen in his influential 1979 book “Born to Run,” died Friday in his Connecticut home. He was 76.

Jim Rotolo, who hosts the Springsteen-fan cast “The Wild & The Innocent” on SiriusXM, confirmed Marsh’s death in a Facebook post on Saturday morning.

“Dave wrote several books about Bruce as part of a remarkable body of work spanning some 25 titles,” Rotolo wrote, along with a picture of himself, Springsteen and Marsh. “A longtime rock critic for Creem and Rolling Stone, he was also one of the creators of ‘E Street Radio’ and hosted ‘Kick Out the Jams’ on SiriusXM for 19 years. Rest easy, Dave. Thank you for everything, my friend. You will be missed.”

“Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story” was one of the first extensive biographies written about the Boss, who was still rising through his young career when it was published in 1979. “Born to Run” followed Springsteen’s journey from local New Jersey rocker to budding global phenomenon and shared a name with Springsteen’s 1975 breakout album.

Marsh, who penned several works about Springsteen, also published texts on the Who, Sly & the Family Stone, the Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Black Sabbath. He was also one of the earliest editors of Creem magazine and was a frequent contributor to Rolling Stone.

I’ve read Marsh’s 1982 book on The Who, Hope I Die Before I Get Old numerous times over the years. His obit at Rolling Stone mentions his rather more caustic side when he found an artist he couldn’t hero worship:

Marsh was a fearless critic, rarely holding back even with his most caustic and controversial views. “Whatever its claims, Queen isn’t here just to entertain,” he wrote in a notorious Rolling Stone review of Queens’ 1979 LP Jazz. “This group has come to make it clear exactly who is superior and who is inferior. Its anthem, ‘We Will Rock You,’ is a marching order: you will not rock us, we will rock you. Indeed, Queen may be the first truly fascist rock band. The whole thing makes me wonder why anyone would indulge these creeps and their polluting ideas.”

He had similar disdain for Journey, Air Supply, and Kiss, once bragging that he did his “share to keep [Kiss] off the ballot” during his 26-year tenure on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominating committee.

Similarly, Marsh’s Wikipedia profile adds:

Marsh has been referred to as a “grumpy rock and roll journalist” due to his acerbic comments on popular musicians whom he dislikes. In 1976, he wrote that Led Zeppelin had an “insurmountable flaw” in drummer John Bonham, whom he saw as “something like clinically incompetent” and responsible for marring every Zeppelin album to date.

Somehow I think most of those artists managed to survive his withering reviews.

Posted at 5:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

“A NOTABLE NUMBER OF AWFLs WANT THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS DEAD:”

Earlier: The Assassination Fan Base.

Posted at 4:54 pm by Ed Driscoll