All should do as MIT did. No college should let itself be bought by the federal government. And the feds should obey the Constitution & get out of education.

Lots of Americans are going antivax, hating on AI, and denying the power of the Electric Tech Stack. Meanwhile, Europe is embracing degrowth, over-regulating software, and even refusing to use AC. Western Civilization needs its Culture of Growth back! noahpinion.blog/p/a-nobel-for-…

This story is the perfect reminder that "harmful rhetoric" is not just a problem on the left, as many recently tried to claim. A lot of people need to do some soul-searching.

It's wild that we are two weeks into a government shutdown and this point still seems to be flying under the radar: The expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies that Democrats are trying to extend would flow *exclusively* to high-earning households. It is welfare for the wealthy.

October 15, 1995: Shot Heard Round The Jake⚾️ 3️⃣0️⃣ yrs ago OTD… Of all the great moments ever at Jacobs Field, this is my #2 (Rajai #1) Jim Thome HR in ALCS Game 5, changes trajectory of CLE ⚾️ history, sets stage for WS trip EPIC, all-time moment & bat flip #GentlemanJim

The State Department monitoring social media to decide who stays in the U.S. is disturbing — Orwellian, China-style surveillance. And if you think it won’t reach citizens, you’re wrong.

The U.S. has more rare earth minerals than any nation on Earth—an estimated $12 trillion worth. But thanks to endless permits, lawsuits, and land bans, we depend on China and Russia for critical materials. We don’t have a mineral shortage—we have a leadership shortage.

Falcon 9 completes its 500th landing after lifting off from pad 40 in Florida

A good and important point here from Reason's Bob Poole: shutdown-related problems at US air traffic control (and resulting US airport chaos) are a uniquely American policy failure: reason.org/aviation-polic…

By which he means that the fans of an Israeli soccer team ought to be prevented from attending a sporting event in England on the grounds that, if they do, they’ll be attacked by the antisemites who elected him.

The banning of Maccabi fans from a match in Birmingham--at the request of an MP and after threats from Muslims--is another line crossed in Keir Starmer's Britain:

The Declaration of Independence is an incredibly explicit statement of enlightenment liberalism, and the American project is a fundamentally liberal project.

Cool. When is Ruffalo donating his Marvel checks, since he believes in socialism?

It’s imperative that we make it clear that war powers reside with Congress, not the president. npr.org/2025/10/17/nx-…

The Obama administration’s “Operation Choke Point” began the weaponization of banking regulations to silence controversial figures.

Last night’s suggestion by John Smoltz that this year’s Dodgers rotation might be *better* on a game-by-game basis than the classic Braves 1990s staffs got me thinking & looking stuff up, and then gasping at something I probably knew, but did not fully appreciate. [mini-thread]

18 Oct 1775: Phillis Wheatley, the first published African-American poet, is freed from slavery. She was born in West #Africa and was sold by a local chief to a visiting trader. #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/348HTQK

Remarkable turnout at the No Kings rally in Minneapolis -- crowd overflowed the big park next to the Vikings stadium and spilled down several side streets Very pleased to see so many American flags too.

Preposterous nonsense.