June 25, 2026

THE SOLUTION TO AI CHEATING: PEN AND PAPER. I would also support IBM Selectric III typewriters with that cool correction tape that sucks letters off the page. That’s peak tech right there.

Posted at 10:08 am by Robert Shibley

“HURRICANE-PROOF INTERNET”: Puerto Rico Taps Starlink For Emergency Network In All 78 Municipalities.

Starlink and the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Bureau (NET) came to an agreement to improve emergency connection throughout the island. All 78 municipalities’ Emergency Operations Centers (COE) and the Bureau of Emergency Management and Disaster Administration (NMEAD) are receiving Starlink satellite dishes as part of the program.

The announcement about this pact was made by Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González Colón on her Instagram handle.

“Preparedness saves lives, and that is why we are announcing an agreement between the Telecommunications Bureau and Starlink to strengthen emergency communications in Puerto Rico,” González announced.

I don’t have to worry about hurricanes in Colorado, but my Starlink transceiver does a great job of pre-heating itself before any snow can accumulate even during the worst blizzards. However, the occasional wildcat hailstorm can collect ice on there in a hurry. I might — might — lose access for up to ten minutes, once or twice a year.

Posted at 9:39 am by Stephen Green

THE ENEMY WITHIN:

Posted at 9:18 am by Glenn Reynolds

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Trump Is Losing Patience With Useless Uniparty GOP Leadership. “Thune has been unable to deliver on the SAVE America Act, which is one of the rare pieces of legislation that is appropriately named. If it doesn’t pass, we can expect to see the election ‘anomalies’ from the Los Angeles mayor’s race become the norm in all elections nationwide. After that, the Republican squishes in Congress will never have to suffer the burden of leadership again.”

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Has Thune been unable? Or unwilling?

Posted at 9:08 am by Stephen Green

ALL WITHIN THE FAMILY, NOTHING OUTSIDE THE FAMILY, NOTHING AGAINST THE FAMILY: Is this teenage girl North Korea’s next dictator?

Every New Year, North Korea’s ruling elite gathers at Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to pay respects to the embalmed bodies of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, the first two leaders of the secretive state. At the centre usually stands Kim Jong Un.

Such rituals, conducted with senior officials and other Kim family members, are highly choreographed and among the most important in the calendar of the world’s only hereditary communist state. This year, though, there was a slight variation: Kim’s daughter Kim Ju Ae was pictured at the very centre, between her father and mother Ri Sol Ju.

Her positioning at the heart of the family appeared to be the latest stage in a process of introducing her as a possible future heir to North Koreans and the world.

Kim Ju Ae, who is believed to be 13 or 14 years old, has appeared at intercontinental ballistic missile launches, ceremonial parades showcasing the navy and factory inspections. She has driven a tank and fired guns, and senior generals have been photographed kneeling to brief her.

I’m sure she’ll turn out fine.

Posted at 8:37 am by Stephen Green

THE STAR WARS CANTINA CALLED AND SAID YOU MIGHT TO DIAL THE FREAK SHOW BACK A NOTCH OR 20:

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Posted at 8:22 am by Ed Driscoll

GREAT MOMENTS IN TOLERANCE FOR DIVERSITY:

As Mark Steyn wrote 20 years ago, “our tolerance of our own tolerance is making us intolerant of other people’s intolerance, which is intolerable. And, unlikely as it sounds, this has now become the highest, most rarefied form of multiculturalism. So you’re nice to gays and the Inuit? Big deal. Anyone can be tolerant of fellows like that, but tolerance of intolerance gives an even more intense frisson of pleasure to the multiculti masochists.”

Posted at 7:45 am by Ed Driscoll

GO FIGURE:

Posted at 7:39 am by Glenn Reynolds

CORN, POPPED: Postmaster General says he will comply with Trump rule to hold back mail ballots.

Postmaster General David Steiner told senators during a hearing Wednesday that he plans to abide by the Trump administration’s rule regarding not delivering mail-in ballots in states that decline to hand over sensitive data about voters to the federal government.

The proposed rule faces court challenges and Steiner said he would follow any court ruling on the matter, but will follow the rule until an order blocks it. The proposed rule seeks to create lists of citizens in each state to help determine who is eligible to vote and calls on the Postal Service not to distribute mail ballots to those not on state lists.

Steiner confirmed he would follow the rule after Democratic Michigan Sen. Gary Peters asked “If a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list over to the federal government, will the Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposal rule?”

“Under our proposed regulation, no,” Steiner said, according to the New York Times. “We would tell the state that we need the manifest.”

Steiner also agreed that USPS is not responsible for administering elections but indicated the rule was a procedural step for ensuring ballots are only sent to eligible voters.

Cue the lamentations of their women in five… four… three…

Posted at 7:35 am by Stephen Green

OTAS GETTING SUNLIGHT: Federal law requires federal spending to be publicly available on the USASpending.gov, but not there is at least $99.7 billion in Department of War research and development spending using Other Transactions Agreements (OTA) over the past six years.

Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala) offers an amendment in the House Rules Committee (one of 1,200+!) that makes it clear OTA contracts must be disclosed on USASpending.gov. May not seem like a big deal in a $7 trillion federal budget but that’s how bureaucracies typically get around the law, finding (or creating) loopholes like OTA. And loopholes tend to breed like Jack Rabbits.

Posted at 7:33 am by Mark Tapscott