WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: AI model pinpoints sources of driver stress, paving the way for smart driving assistants.
May 27, 2025
‘KILL THE ADMISSIONS ESSAY.’ “A longstanding college-application genre is hampering the pursuit of merit.”
Yup.
A THREAD:
"The President of the University of Virginia was justifying the marginalization of students on Grounds—and doing nothing about it. At that moment, I knew that man should not be sitting behind the desk in Madison Hall."
The Jefferson Council’s president, Joel Gardner, doesn’t… pic.twitter.com/qHtL5RPVJh
— The Jefferson Council (@TheJeffersonC) May 26, 2025
Exit quote: “He warns that DEI has morphed into ‘a quasi-religion’ — ‘a catechism that, if not dutifully followed, results both figuratively and literally in having your knuckles wrapped.’ Fear of speaking freely, he says, is widespread — ‘It’s shocking and it’s heartbreaking at Mr. Jefferson’s university.'”
DECOUPLING: China Criticises Plan To Return Darwin Port To Australian Ownership.
China’s ambassador to Canberra has criticised the Australian government’s intention to return Darwin Port to local ownership, saying the Chinese company running the strategically located northern port should not be punished.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in April during the election campaign that his government was working on a plan to force the sale of Darwin Port from its Chinese owner on national interest grounds.
Australia sold the commercial port on a 99-year lease to Chinese company Landbridge in 2015, a move that was criticised by the U.S. president at the time, Barack Obama. Around 2,000 U.S. Marines exercise for six months of the year in the northern city.
Ambassador Xiao Qian said Landbridge Group had invested in the port and contributed to the local economy, according to a statement on Sunday by the Chinese embassy.
If Beijing is unhappy then I presume it’s good for Australia.
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE TRUNALIMUNUMAPRZURE:
Buried 2007 video of Senator Joe Biden discussing troop removal from Afghanistan. It would be a REAL SHAME if everyone saw this…
"And you leave those billions of dollars of weapons behind I promise they're going to be used against your grandchild and mine some day" – The Big… pic.twitter.com/kptwzUjjCo
— Gain of Fauci (@DschlopesIsBack) May 26, 2025
Besides the creepiness of Bad Touch Biden getting in a female voter’s face, 2007-era Biden has got a point about all those weapons being left behind. Too bad the “Politburo” that was running the White House in his name from 2021-2024 didn’t seem to care: Taliban parade US military vehicles, weapons to celebrate 3 years in power, AP reports.
It’s quite a bit of gear, actually: US left behind $7 billion of military equipment in Afghanistan after 2021 withdrawal, Pentagon report says.
And not just machinery: Millions of Dollars, Classified Information, and Biometric Data: Inside What the Biden-Harris Admin Left Behind in Afghanistan.
I DON’T HAVE DIABETES, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE I ALSO DON’T HAVE A SPLEEN: Spleen-based islet transplantation restores glycemic control in type 1 diabetes without full immunosuppression.
SO FAR: This Might Be the WORST Revelation About the Biden Health Cover Up.
Still not treason, but I’d open the bidding at “seditious conspiracy” (18 U.S.C. § 2384).
MICHAEL WALSH: Minding Our Own Business.
Regarding Taiwan, America needs to find another option to the Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and other Taiwanese chip manufacturers, who account for about half of chip production worldwide. (Rebuilding the U.S. chip industry is one purpose of the tariff regimen, and should be clearly explained as such.) There’s not much the Navy can do to stop the mainland’s invasion of Taiwan short of dragging the U.S. into a shooting war with the CCP, and the loss of the island would not be a crushing blow to American military interests in East Asia.
As for Russia, the current mess can be directly laid at the feet of Bush 42’s predecessor, his father George H.W. Bush, on whose watch the American victory in the Cold War was squandered. Russia could have been bought for pennies on the dollar and brought into the West with timely investment and political reform. Instead, sensing a vacuum, it was taken over by KGB ronin like Putin and mercantile gangsters who had already been feasting on the corpse of the USSR even before it was dead. The only beneficiary of America’s failure to capitalize on the triumph of its primary foreign policy objective of the forty years between 1949 and 1989 has turned out to be George Soros.
Washington concluded his address with these words: “In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish—that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. But if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good, that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism—this hope will be a full recompense for the solicitude for your welfare, by which they have been dictated.”
By George, he’s right.
Read the whole thing.
“ANYONE WHO IS OPPOSED TO SHUTTING PEOPLE UP BY FORCE IS BOUND TO BE FACED WITH ARGUMENTS THAT SUPPRESSING SPEECH ISN’T SO BAD AFTER ALL. But these arguments were considered and rejected decades ago, and The War On Words is a perfect handy guide on how to answer them, by a hero and heroine of free expression.” – Steven Pinker
AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO THEIR POWER, MONEY, AND SELF-IMPORTANCE MAYBE:
I don’t want to hear about “norms” ever again. https://t.co/nA3fvPlhpS
— Emma-Jo Morris (@EmmaJoNYC) May 27, 2025
I’D MISSED THIS FROM BEEGE YESTERDAY: On Serving Your Country: Gratitude. “Years later – it doesn’t matter how many – the tears still come. The memories flood back, the choking starts, and dear God, if only you could see them for one second more.”
THAT’S CRAZY TALK: American Universities Should Put America First: Trump’s moves force all of us to ask: Who is higher education for? And what is its purpose? “Elite American universities are reluctant to be seen as American, or to prioritize American interests, even as they happily accept American taxpayer dollars.”
ANALYSIS: TRUE.
Fact Check: According to our polling, True https://t.co/MeE5zP6ETo
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) May 27, 2025
Republicans have a little more than a year to accomplish what they were sent to DC to do, before they return home to campaign for reelection.
“But campaign on what?” is the question they seem happy not to ask themselves.
LIGHTNING DEAL: TOZO Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Wireless Earbuds. #CommissionEarned
BLUE CITY BLUES: Denver mayor points finger at Trump after $250M shortfall brings hiring freezes, furloughs.
The city and county of Denver plans on hiring freezes and furloughs as it projects $250 million in revenue shortfalls over the next couple years.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, a Democrat, laid some of the blame on the Trump administration for the municipality’s budget woes in a fiscal update given on Thursday.
“The economic downturn and volatility brought on by President Trump is a major challenge facing Denver,” Johnston said in a written statement. “This uncertainty, coupled with declining revenues and significant growth in the cost of city government over the past decade, require us to immediately address the city’s structural budget deficit while protecting essential services and positioning Denver for economic growth in 2026 and beyond.”
The city projects a $50 million revenue gap for the remainder of this year and a $200 million shortfall in 2026.
Johnston explained the growth of city government is “unsustainable,” nearly doubling in size over the last 12 years while costs have increased 83% and revenue has grown by 75%, leaving an 8% difference.
Sounds like you have a spending problem, Mr. Mayor, not a Trump problem.
NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU DESPISE THE MEDIA…: Now We Know the Real Reason Tapper and Thompson Wrote About Biden. “Sure enough, the pivot is already underway. This week, while being interviewed by Wolf Blitzer, Tapper made it clear the book is less about reflecting on the media’s failure to vet Biden—but a call to arms to pivot directly to Trump.”
“Sure, we lied about Biden for years, but now that we’ve made a non-apology tour, you can totally trust us on Trump,” is quite the flex.
READER FAVORITE: Men’s Casual Shorts 7″ Lightweight Golf Shorts for Men. #CommissionEarned
RATHER A LOT, REALLY: What Could A Hostile Federal Government Do To Law Schools?
DON’T FORGET THE DRONES AND MISSILES! Trump says US wants to make tanks, not T-shirts.
President Donald Trump said on Sunday his tariff policy was aimed at promoting the domestic manufacturing of tanks and technology products, not sneakers and T-shirts.
Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One in New Jersey, Trump said he agreed with comments from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on April 29 that the US does not necessarily need a “booming textile industry” – comments that drew criticism from the National Council of Textile Organizations.
“We’re not looking to make sneakers and T-shirts. We want to make military equipment. We want to make big things. We want to make, do the AI thing,” Trump said.
T-shirts are nice, but the “big things” are necessities.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Former Cornell professor, climate protesters deface university founder statue at graduation.
#METOO: Seattle Cops Have Finally Had it Up to HERE With the City.
The Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) said on X Saturday night that they don’t have “the proper staffing to handle any more of these demonstrations that turn into mass arrests.”
They also warned that “this city lacks the political will to allow police to use the necessary tools to hold back criminal mobs to protect life and property.”
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell said in a statement that the city “is proud of our reputation as a welcoming, inclusive city for LGBTQ+ communities, and we stand with our trans neighbors when they face bigotry and injustice.”
“Today’s far-right rally was held here for this very reason – to provoke a reaction by promoting beliefs that are inherently opposed to our city’s values, in the heart of Seattle’s most prominent LGBTQ+ neighborhood.”
Why, yes, that was a provocative location for a MayDayUSA rally — and entirely the city’s fault.
Much more at the link.
THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN A LOT: Self-described ‘social justice advocate’ prof arrested on child pornography charges.
MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Courts are infected with ‘injunctivitis’ — and tempting Trump’s defiance.
