READ AND WEEP. LITERALLY:  An American Education Timeline.

WHO HAD TWO PEOPLE SETTING THEMSELVES ON FIRE FOR MONTHS INTO 2024 ON THE BINGO CARD?  BREAKING: Man Self-Immolates Outside Trump Trial in Manhattan.

AMAZON CREATED A SORT OF FAKE COMPANY TO SHIP PRODUCTS VIA COMPETITORS TO SEE HOW THEY DO THINGS:  Inside Amazon’s Secret Operation to Gather Intel on Rivals.

TBF most large companies do this.

IT CAME OUT IN 2021, BUT WATCH IT:  The dark origins of Communism.

THEY WILL NOT LEAVE YOU ALONE. THEY WILL LEAVE YOU NO SPACE TO RELAX OR PLAY:  In the Grim Darkness of 2024, There is Only War.

THIS AND THAT. THE ONLY THING I DISAGREE WITH IS THE HOMELESS REHABILITATING HOUSES. THEY’RE NOT HOMELESS DUE TO A LACK OF HOUSES:  Full Court Press.

A GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AGENCY IS CENSORING JOURNALISM:  Inside the disinformation industry.

TELL ME AGAIN HOW PEACE-LOVING OUR COUSINS ARE, AND HOW FEMALES AREN’T COMBATIVE:  Cincinnati Zoo’s Gladys the gorilla undergoes surgery after breaking arm in fight.

‘CONSPIRACY THEORIST’ MAX AZZARELLO DEAD AFTER SETTING HIMSELF ON FIRE ACROSS FROM TRUMP TRIAL IN NYC.

I’M HARSH, BUT FAIR: “LOL. Every time I see NPR it’s a sob story about Palestinians. It’s like having the Volkische Beobachter on Instagram.”

NOW OUT FROM HAMPTON SIDES: The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook.

His Ghost Soldiers was a work of nonfiction that read like a thriller novel.

(Bumped).

HEADS SHOULD, BUT LIKELY WON’T ROLL: Northwestern University Dean of Students Attends Protest Targeting Campus Jewish Community Center. Let’s just pause to take this in for a moment. Northwestern University is already under federal investigation for violating Jewish students’ civil rights. And so the Dean of Students, Mona Dugo… decides to attend a rally protesting, and let’s be honest, trying to intimidate, the campus Hillel (Jewish student group). She later claimed that she wanted to make sure the protestors right to protest was protected, as if roving mobs of Jewish students have been the problem on campus. Who is she kidding? If she isn’t relieved of her administrative responsibilities, and soon, Northwestern will richly deserve the hostile environment lawsuit it loses.

OPEN THREAD: Thank God It’s Friday.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China to leverage growing commercial space sector to launch megaconstellations.

VITAMIN D UPDATE: Could Vitamin D Be The Secret to Slowing Human Aging?

2024 JURISPRUDENCE: Left Freaks After SCOTUS Rules 9-0 That Reverse Discrimination Is Good Cause for Lawsuit. “The left should be celebrating a lawsuit extending employees’ right to sue over discrimination based on skin color or sex. Instead, they’re alarmed. Because this will limit their ability to discriminate against whites and men.”

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: When Earth’s Magnetic Shield Faltered: Cosmic Ray Invasion 41,000 Years Ago.

FLASHBACK: Prosecutors And Our “Ham Sandwich Nation.”

Related: Due Process When Everything is a Crime.

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: He Hailed to the King, Baby.

READER FAVORITE: P200 Trail Camera WiFi Bluetooth, Game Camera with 48MP 1296p, 100ft Night Vision. #CommissionEarned

ALL OUR INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN CORRUPTED: Has No One Noticed 1st Amendment Foe Katherine Maher Chairs the Board of ‘Free Speech’ Signal Foundation?

IT’S A SHADY PROFESSION: Tennessee Teacher Says Her Profession Can’t Be Trusted With Guns.

SO NEXT TIME THEY’LL BE BOLDER: Anti-Israel protesters who blocked Golden Gate Bridge for hours released without charges.

I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO BUY ONE: First Look: Smith & Wesson Tennessee Edition Pistols.

INFLATION IS ILLUSORY, TRANSITORY, A HIGH-CLASS PROBLEM, AND OVER ALREADY:

BREAKING: The median monthly U.S. housing payment hit an all-time high of $2,747 during the four weeks ending April 7, up 11% from a year earlier, per Redfin.

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) April 19, 2024