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April 9, 2026
NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: One of Earth’s Most Explosive Volcanoes Is Quietly Refilling With Magma.
LEGACY MEDIA WITH ANOTHER SCOOP:
Is their no limit to their deception pic.twitter.com/ZL3RUS7RPt
— Nostra, House of Gold (@Nostre_damus) April 8, 2026
WELL, GOOD NEWS FOR ME: Cancer risk is significantly higher for adults who have never married, finds large study.
YOUR DAILY HELPING OF SCHADENFREUDE:
In 2024 George Conway said that Trump was most likely going to prison for the rest of his life. They laughed and declared that they were "taking back the red hats."
Now Conway is crying that he blew a million dollars on Biden. So perfect.pic.twitter.com/r4vCNUhOM6 https://t.co/bRUwLLUkYQ
— MAZE (@mazemoore) April 9, 2026
DISPATCHES FROM FORTRESS AMERICA?
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GB Newsβ Alex Armstrong laidβ¦ pic.twitter.com/geQR6obYBq
— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) April 8, 2026
THE 21st CENTURY ISNβT TURNING OUT AS I HAD HOPED:
Sam Altman has admitted he is on a waitlist for a procedure that would digitize his brain.
The procedure would kill him. He considers this an acceptable trade for digital immortality.
This is the person making decisions about the future of artificial intelligence for hundredsβ¦
— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) April 9, 2026
Somebodyβs seen Star Trek: The Motion Picture a few too many times:
UPDATE: Sam Altmanβs Really Weird Week Just Got Even Worse. βOpenAI is under investigation after its chatbot, ChatGPT, allegedly helped plan a mass shooting last year at Florida State University.β
BUT IT’S THE BEST REASON TO JOIN THE NAVY! Pentagon removes Navy photo after people noticed sailor’s arm patch said “SAVE THE BIG BOOTY VENEZUELANS.”
The photo shows a sailor onboard the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier working on an EA-18G “Growler” Electronic Warfare Aircraft. The pic was uploaded to the Pentagon’s Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS).
But then the comments started pouring in.

Donβt show them pictures of WWII planes. Might cause them to keel over.
— Dr. Cosmo (@PhiGamJam) April 8, 2026
Indeed. This seems like pretty small beer when compared to WWII bomber nose art:

I HOPE THIS IS A TREND: Volkswagenβs Future Interiors Will Feature Real Buttons and More Premium Materials.
AND LIKELY NEVER WILL: Nothing Has Changed for Michael Moore. “I knowβ¦ your immediate reaction is a quiet laugh. But heβs not kidding. Heβs deadly serious, apparently hoping weβve forgotten his track record of faux documentaries.”
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STILL “MAD AS HELL:” Paddy Chayefskyβs Network Comes to the Criterion Collection in 4K Blu-Ray.
My latest, over at EdDriscoll.com.
OOPS: Russia Cracks Down On VPNs, Brings Down Banks. “Feeling that too much military information has been leaking out via such channels as Telegram (it only took them four years of war to figure this out), Russia officials decided to crack down on VPN use, leading to one of the greatest examples of unintended consequences in recent memory.”
REMEMBER “NO LONGER OPERATIVE”? Chuck Schumer Doesnβt Want You to See This Video About Iran.
MEANWHILE, ON M-SNOW:
βSay what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least itβs an ethos.β https://t.co/LjOdih36NW
— @instapundit (@instapundit) April 9, 2026
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COLONIALISM, STRAIGHT UP: βGet over itβ: Georgetown professor dismisses concerns about Muslim βrape gangs.β
The Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown University recently told social media users to βget over itβ in response to concerns about a link between βrape gangsβ and Islam.
Professor Jonathan Brown dismissed concerns about the crisis in the United Kingdom in two now-deleted X posts, the Daily Caller reported.
Rupert Lowe, an Independent Member of Parliament, wrote in a post on X, βThere is a link between the rape gangs and one particular religion β we have seen it again and again and again at our inquiry.β
βThat religion is Islam. As a country, we must have the courage to face up to that fact,β he wrote.
Brown replied, βget over it.β
He then wrote the same phrase in response to another user who called his remark βabsurdly evil.β
The Alwaleed bin Talal chair was funded by a donation from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal as part of a $40 million gift split between Georgetown and Harvard in 2005.