Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 15 August

Wombat-socho starts things rolling with In The Mailbox: 08.12.26 (Afternoon Edition)

Don Surber: Call A Muslim a Muslim
Racket News: Cliché Alert – Return of the “Beer Test”

The Right Way - Top of the News

Democrat Socialist Francesca Hong Down to Wire with David Crowley in Wisconsin Dem Gov Primary - Briebart News

EBL - NYPD tells Mamdani NO on security detail to Syria and Lebanon

Instapundit: PJ Media: Mamdani is having a very bad week (and it is only Wednesday)
AoSHQ: Morning Report 08.12.26

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 13 August 2026: Trurl And Klapaucius Are Dead Edition

The "Godmother of AI" says the biggest risk to AI is students losing the desire learn. (Tech Spot)
Don't know how to tell you this, Fei-Fei...

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 08.12.26 (Evening Edition)

Transterrestrial Musings: Long March 7A Failure
Victory Girls: Mamdani Has A Bad Week Learning That People Don’t Like Him,

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 08/14/2026 – The Washington Post Continues to Die in Darkness!

Trump administration order would upend nation’s childhood vaccine schedule
Yep, if it’s designed to protect kids then The Radical Left is against it.

Vlad Tepes - Data points on Islamic and Leftist attacks on Western Civ, how to recognize them and how to get ahead of the tactics to see the strategy: Links 1 for August 14th, 2026

1. Muslims took a Viennese girl as a slave. This is the story, the justification and the reason it will get much much worse unless we the people decide to assert our own right to exist.
2. Comedian, Ben Bankas gets a critical theory attack by the CBC.

The Glibertarians - Friday Go To Meetin’ Links

I wish US elections were more like this.
So did his son Justin come down for the party?
The Grauniad’s obsessions often cross the line to sheer comedy.

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 08.14.26 (Afternoon Edition)

Cedar Sanderson: Heat Lamp Thieves,
Postcards From Barsoom: Gay Race Communism vs. The Swarm

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For August 14, 2026

There seems to be just enough juice left in the Corrupt Wing of the Democrat Party to rise up and defeat the very worst candidates of the insane wing, as Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong lost.

A View from the beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Francesca Hong Out to Dry

Capt. Ed cites El-Sayed: Let Me Tell You Why July 4 Fireworks 'S**k'. At Twitchy, Scott Jennings Says Holiday Hatred Is Window Into Souls of Dem Party’s Anti-American Candidates “

Small Dead Animcals - Thursday On Turtle Island

The Democrat Party’s America: Victor Davis Hanson – Iran’s midterm strategy. Pearl clutching media. Third worldism. Woke Greens. Freeloaders.
Davos Carney’s Canada: A meme. No roads for you. China’s colony. The Indians are upset

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 8/12/2026

Cash-Strapped Americans Purge Costly Streaming Subscriptions
Americans are canceling subscriptions at record rates as living costs rise, with 52% dropping at least one service in six months

Once again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 08.14.26 (Evening Edition)

BattleSwarm: Shapeshifting Talafreako Scrubs Radical Past, also, LinkSwarm For August 14
Behind The Black: Floating flakes on the flanks of Mount Sharp on Mars

Political Hat - Quick Takes – Peer-Reviewed WTF: Racialization of Episemology; “1 mL of the mass killing of an ethnic group”; Treacherous Waters And Queerdom

Apparently A.I. is so woke, it’ll out your plagiarism.
Cis-heteronormativity is like a storm and “pride” (grooming) clubs are a “safe” harbour… From the Abstract:

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links

UK Wants People To Not Use Energy During Solar Eclipse
Flesh-Eating Screwworms Feast on Humans in Mexico

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 8/ 12 /26

A threat - potentially rivaling that of Iran.
Pakistan Invites Muslim Nations to Join the New ‘Islamic NATO’

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: SPLC CFO Arrested for Paying Hate Groups and Nazis: Wire Fraud, Conspiracy, etc.

real communism has never been imagined - el gato malo
Treasury Proposes Tax-Free Employer Contributions To Trump Accounts - ZH

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 08/13/2026

MI Voter Registration BOMBSHELL: Israeli Addresses Used to Register Multiple Permanent Absentee Voters from a Single Detroit Coffee Shop—Here’s What We Found.

I leave you with Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #4042 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, Midweek Memes from Granite Grok, Wednesday Memes … from MaddMedic, and Friday's gifs from Wirecutter.

Self-Defense and Domestic Violence

Some people need to understand the phrase, "It's over." Leesburg fatal shooting investigation continues - WFTV

Investigators said the man arrived unannounced while his ex-girlfriend was visiting the home. He then became involved in a physical confrontation with the homeowner and allegedly attempted to force his way inside.

This was a bad move on his part, as the Florida homeowner was armed. One shot was fired. The ex-boyfriend didn't survive.

Leesburg, Florida, is a 45 mile drive northwest of Orlando.

What did he think was going to happen in Florida? Did he not know that homeowners in Florida are heavily armed?

The Lake County Sheriff's Office is early in its investigation, but this sounds like self-defense to me. And of course the decisions about charges are made by the District Attorney, not the Sheriff. I listed domestic violence in the title to this post, because it has all the hallmarks of the "How dare you live without me!" attitude. Are there other explanations? Not that make sense to me.

Self-defense is a human right.

Do People Not Know of Flesh-Eating Bacteria in Florida Waters?

It is known as Vibrio vulnificus. Fox 35 Orlando has the details, though the details are everywhere. Florida reports 2nd 'flesh-eating' bacteria death of 2026 as cases reach 14

People from the Northeast and the Midwest travel to Florida, and don't think about the fact that it might be different than where they live most of the year. The wildlife is different. The solar radiation is different (especially if you're on a boat). There are a lot of differences.

A Marion County resident between the ages of 60 and 74 has died after contracting a severe infection from Vibrio—a rare, naturally occurring bacteria often referred to as "flesh-eating." The victim's death is the second death in 14 reported cases of Vibrio vulnificus across the state this year.

Vibrio bacteria thrive in warm, brackish, or salt water and typically enter the body through an open wound. While cases are relatively rare, they can escalate rapidly. The state reported 33 cases and 5 deaths linked to Vibrio infections last year.

Marion County, Florida is about 15 miles south of Gainsville, about 35 miles due east of Daytona Beach, and about 40 miles northeast of Orlando.

This put me in mind of an omgitswicks video on the topic. Florida flesh eating bacteria

Don't even get me started on the Brain-Eating Amoebas. We'll talk about that another time.

If you are in salt water there are sharks, and flesh-eating bactera. And a handful of other predators. If you are in extreme South Florida, you might run into an American crocodile.

If you're in fresh water there are likely alligators. As omgitswicks says, "If water is wet, it probably got a gator in it."

As for the brain-eating amoeba, or Naegleria fowleri, That is found in warm fresh water, and not just in Florida. There is 97% fatality rate.

That doesn't include the fire ants, the spectacled caiman, The green anaconda, or Eunectes murinus, which can grow to 30 feet long and 1 foot in diameter, or the Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus).

Specter

Bad Omens is listed as either alternative rock or alternative metal. I haven't heard a lot of songs by that band, but most of them don't scream Metal to me. I went back and forth on this song, as to whether it should be included Metal for Mondays, and finally decided that it sounds more like Rock to me.

This song came to me by way of the Tidal music streaming service. In particular, it was part of the Rock Hits playlist from Tidal, way back in 2025.

This song is "Specter" by Bad Omens. It was released as a single in August of 2025. There is apparently an album in the works, as several singles have been released, but I can't find any info on a release date.

Friday Links - 14 August

Take It Outside by Alice Jones Webb is first with Basecamp Dispatch: My Quarter-Acre Piece of Dirt

Summer continues to hang out like a sticky house guest who’s overstayed his welcome, leaving sweat stains on all the good furniture.

The Gun Writer - California docs prefer deafness over civil rights

The California Medical Association, Dr. Wheeler says, is “stubbornly refusing” to endorse suppressors as a way to reduce hearing loss, even after the CDC report said they function extremely well.

Climate Depot - Can civilization survive?! Climate Journalism in Decline: ‘CBS lost its entire climate desk, the Wash Post cut 74% of its climate team, & NPR laid off its climate desk editor’

The public is tired of climate alarmism, now in its fifth decade. Regular weather news can report (and exaggerate), but climate scolds do not have the commercial interest anymore–in the US, at least.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - UK Wants People To Not Use Energy During Solar Eclipse

It’s shocking that solar energy doesn’t work when the sun is not out

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 12 August 2026: Viverrid Browser Edition

Gemini has reached a billion users. (Ars Technica)
Rather in the same way that Meta's Threads reached... Whatever user count they claim for that tumbleweed farm.

The Other McCain - The Feds Put the Cuffs on Heidi

Grudge, you say? Why would I have a grudge against Heidi Beirich, who did so much to make me famous as a “neo-Confederate white supremacist”? Probably the SPLC has removed her bylines from the various articles she wrote about me, decades ago, when her transparent purpose was to get me fired from The Washington Times.

Holly MathNerd - Promiscuity, Victimhood, and Double Standards

But here’s the fascinating part for my purposes: the double standard essentially disappeared when researchers simply asked people to report their beliefs on questionnaires. People’s stated principles were more egalitarian than the judgments they made when evaluating actual men and women.

Josh Slocum at Disaffected Newsletter - Sympathize with Lindsay Clancy, eh?

The number of people sympathizing with Lindsay Clancy has shocked and distressed me to a degree that I have not been distressed in a long time.

They have an excuse for everything. They will do and say anything at all to portray a maternal murderess as a victim (no, silly, the children aren’t victims. How could they be? They’re not women.).

The First Street Journal - You in a heap o’ trouble, girl!

As a good Catholic, I have been horrified by the revelations of sexual abuse of minors by priests, but these days, it seems that such sexual abuse of minors has become the province of public school teachers.

Patrick Dent at Chicago Contrarian - Chicago’s Wrongful Conviction Scandal Needs an Investigation, Not a Buy Now, Pay Later Plan

The City Council finally seems to realize something is terribly wrong with Chicago’s multi-million dollar settlement machine. Unfortunately, its proposed solution solves the wrong problem.

Woman Defends Herself from Home Invader

What does the anti-gun part of the Left (it isn't all of the Left) think she should have done? Woman shoots man who opened her window screen during overnight burglary attempt, CPD says - CWB Chicago

How would you respond to an intruder in your home, or breaking into your home, before five o'clock in the morning? How should a woman alone respond?

A concealed carry holder shot a man who opened the window screen of her South Shore home during a burglary attempt early Tuesday morning, Chicago police said.

South Shore, is one of the 77 neighborhoods in Chicago. It is about 7 miles south of the Loop, and as the name implies it is on the lake shore.

In addition to the victim, a neighbor called 911 to report seeing the man lying on the ground across the street from the woman’s home and screaming that he had been shot. But the suspect was gone when CPD arrived. Moments later, he walked into Jackson Park Hospital for treatment. CPD said he was in good condition. The woman was not injured.

One of the things I appreciate about CWB Chicago is that they know the difference between victims, and perpetrators.

I always wish the anti-gun part of the Left would do, is explain exactly how a woman should react to a home invader. I'm not expecting them to say anything aside from, "Wait for police." With the shortages of police in the blue cities (I haven't looked into the situation in Chicago in a number of years, but they were understaffed) waiting for police to arrive may be a long wait. You may wait the rest of your life.

Hat tip to USA Carry

Deadly force is justified only against an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm, and that is the same standard armed citizens across the country carry under every day. A stranger opening a window on an occupied home in the dark gives the person on the other side no way to know what comes through it next, and no time to find out.

The current Illinois State's Attorney for Cook County is a more reasonable person than her predesessor, so I expect the only charges to be filed against the guy who got shot.

Truck Carrying Lithium-Ion Batteries Catches Fire

I don't like lithium-ion batteries. I really don't like old lithium-ion batteries. Semi Carrying 32,000 Pounds of Lithium-Ion Batteries Catches Fire - NewsBreak

A semi carrying tens of thousands of pounds of lithium-ion batteries caught fire on Interstate 70 in Indiana on Thursday, according to WTHR-TV. The fire shut down both directions of one of the state’s busiest commercial corridors and created a difficult, hours-long response for emergency crews.

The highway was closed for about 6 hours. It isn't just the fire, and the risk of follow on explosions, it is the toxic gas.

This is the StacheD Training video 32,000 Pounds of Lithium-Ion Batteries Catch Fire on I-70. Pat at StacheD Training gets the hat tip.

Professional Journalists™ Accepted "Gifts" from the Chinese Government

Is anyone shocked by this? REVEALED: China-Linked Influence Group Paid to Cultivate Dozens of U.S. Journalists and Manufacture “Positive” Coverage of the Chinese Communist Party. Here Are Their Names.

Participants came from The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, NBC News, NPR, and Reuters. And many more.

You only think you hate the media enough. You don't hate the enough.

Beijing-aligned political warfare network sponsored 54 American journalists through a program explicitly designed to “improve” coverage of China and generate “positive stories” about Beijing.

The pay-for-play-style arrangement provided airfare, hotels, meals and privileged access to Chinese ministries, state media, government-selected companies and senior officials inside the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a central institution in the Chinese Communist foreign influence and espionage apparatus. The objective was not simply to show reporters China. It was to change what they told the American people about it.

Click thru for the names, and what they collected. (Hat tip to MaddMedic at Freedom Is Just Another Word…)

Don't Bring a Crossbow to a Gunfight

I don't usually cover cops defending themselves, but this is more of a Stupid Criminals post. Decatur Police Chief responds after bodycam footage released of shooting involving officers, man with crossbow | WCIA

And yes, this is from some time ago. It only recently came to my attention by way of the video embedded below.

The body camera footage following an officer involved shooting last month in Decatur was released on Thursday. Now, there are also new details about what led up to it.

Decatur Police said that 54-year-old, Michael Boliard pointed a crossbow at people and officers on April 22 in broad daylight and near a busy transit center.

He pointed a crossbow at police. He got shot, multiple times. Cops then rendered aid, until an ambulance could arrive and take him to a local hospital.

Boliard is sitting in the Macon County Jail ahead of his trial. He’s been charged with aggravated assault of a peace officer, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a controlled substance and armed violence.

Macon County, Illinois, is home to Decatur. It is 135 miles due west of Indianapolis, Indiana. It is about a 180 mile drive south-southeast of Chicago.

The three officers were not charged in the shooting.

This is the Allegedly Illinois video Who Brings A Crossbow To A Gunfight?

Wi-Fi Attack on Delta Flight After DEF CON

A Man in the Middle attack on an airline flight? From Bleeping Computer: Delta probes Wi-Fi deauth attack on flight carrying DEF CON attendees

Def Con just finished in Las Vegas. Def Con ran from 5 August to 8 August. Black Hat, also in Las Vegas, was from the 1st to the 6th. In theory, Def Con is a hacker conference, and Black Hat is Security Consulting conference. I'm not sure how segregated the two conferences are these days.

There are usually warnings about using your personal cellphone anywhere near either conference, or WiFi anywhere in the area, without a lot of extra precautions.

It seems someone was doing a deauthentication attack on the inflight WiFi, on Delta Flight 591 from Las Vegas to Atlanta.

Which was probably not a smart thing to do.

In a deauthentication attack, clients connected to a Wi-Fi network receive forged packets pretending to be from the legitimate access point (AP), telling them to disconnect.

You then provide your own access point, hoping people will connect, which puts you in the position of doing a Man in the Middle attack. This is why you shouldn't use a public WiFi unless you are also using a VPN.

Mary Perrault, a member of online frequent flyer groups with no formal affiliation to Delta Air Lines, states that the fake Wi-Fi network showed a phishing page that collected “personal credentials and Google login data.”

After the aircraft docked at the gate, federal authorities and airport police boarded the aircraft to question the suspects and seize their portable Wi-Fi hardware, Perrault said.

They don't say what that equipment is, but a Hak5 Pineapple is between $250 and $1200, depending on the model. That isn't your only choice of course. They may have also confiscated any computers, and maybe even phones. So not too smart. Unless the feds swept up the wrong people.

Massachusetts Legalizes Infanticide

Lone Star Parson has thoughts. YOU UTTER DEMONS

Just in case you missed it, Massachusetts, which is a rich, liberal enclave in North East America, just signed into law a bill which permits abortion at the point of birth. Reflect on that. At. The Point. Of. Birth. As in, kill your baby as you give birth to it. There's no nuance here, no grey area, just sheer demonic infanticide.

This is not The Way.

I miss Western Civilization.

A Larry Correia Graphic Novel

This looks interesting. Gun Runner – Graphic Novel- Kickstarter Live Now

The Dragon Award winning novel Gun Runner, by me and John D. Brown, is being adopted into a graphic novel by Hound Dog Media. The writer is the legendary Mike Baron (The Punisher, Nexus) and the art is by Marcelo Salazar.

Click thru for some cover art. There is a short video at the Kickstarter link (click thru).

While I'm probably not the target audience for this book, I might look up the original. It is fascinating to me to see an independent comic industry grow up around Kickstarter, and Rippasend. Just when I thought the American comic book was dead...

It turns out taking the entire Marvel and DC comic universes, and turning them woke, turning everyone gay, race swapping and/or gender swapping major characters hasn't worked. Diamond, the comic distributor, had a de facto monopoly, and they still went bankrupt. Marvel comics should have been able to print money during the height of the MCU, but the comics division had already gone woke. While Iron Man was in the theaters, in the movie Captain America: Civil War, Ironheart was in comic book shops.

Ironheart was in the comic shops. Is anyone shocked it didn't sell?

And after going Woke drove the Marvel comics division into the ground, they did exactly the same thing with the MCU. Why? Because Hollywood (today's Hollywood) hates money.

Wednesday Link Roundup - 12 August

William Teach at Pirate's Cove starts us off with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

9. Moonbattery: Coca-Cola Bans God From Customized Cans
10. neo-neocon: Primaries versus the general

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 08.11.26 (Evening Edition)

Baldilocks: Why America is Great
CDR Salamander: Sea Power & The Hill – On Midrats

EBL - Saturday Night Girls With Guns

8 August 1776: George Washington addresses patriots in New York
Saturday night is right for girls with guns

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 9 August 2026: Fossas Civets And Coatis Edition

Online database service Metabase was compromised. (Bleeping Computer)
Not foolish enough to use an online database? No problem, rest assured that you have your personal registered with someone who was foolish enough.

Small Dead Animals - Saturday On Turtle Island

The Democrat Party’s America: Victor Davis Hanson – A history problem. The news business.
Lord Carney’s Canada: No prayers for you. Only approved news allowed.

Don Surber - Highlights of the Week

ITEM 5: Forth News reported, “U.S. Manufacturing Surges to Four‑Year High as Jobs and GDP Grow, Trump Administration Blames Tax Cuts.”

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkange

Pirates Cove Islamic Extremists Like El-Sayed Are The Future Of The Dem Party
Freedom Is Just Another Word.. .Saturday Memes…

The Glibertarians - Saturday evening Links

I’m gonna go with leaving it alone.
That’s a bold strategy, Cotton.
I swear this guy is getting advice from Beto.

Political Hat - News of the Week (August 9th, 2026)

They Were Voted Out. They Refuse to Leave. Now What?
Avenal, Calif., a city in the rural Central Valley, has become an unlikely example of election denialism months after a recall election.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Back on Track

From Ace, Trump Settlels In for Long Siege of Iran, "I had hoped for a more "kinetic" operation with Iran done and dusted a year before the mid-terms. But that's now impossible, of course, so a long slow strangulation will do."

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 8/8/2026

Billionaire Heiress Who Backed Mamdani Now Funds House Dems
Billionaire Democratic donor Elizabeth Simons has given $354,000 to the party’s establishment campaign while simultaneously funding far-left socialist causes that alarm party leadership.

Vlad Tepes - Art and life, NP divides along the wrong lines, A real solution to Islamic treatment as a ‘religion’ and more: Links 1 for August 8, 2026

3. One of the most thoughtful experts on Islam and its consequences in Western nations is Elaine Ellinger. She has just posted this article on Muslims on juries where the accused is a Muslim. Well worth clicking over to read. A short excerpt:

Maggie's Farm - Monday morning links

What is Zumba?
How not to run a boat
The Permanent Underclass Is Already Here

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 8/ 10 /26

Does the regime have enough money to continue to pay its proxies?
Iran’s Proxy Fizzle?

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Call a Muslim a Muslim

Trump Tries Slashing Childhood Vaccine Schedule Again - Jenna McCarthy
Celebrating 42 Years of "Red Dawn" - Jack Cashill

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 08/09/2026

Northern Virginia is US Intel Central, so it is crawling with even more surveillance than the rest of America, and you know how much is in normal America. Whoever this is, must be confident they control the surveillance, and it must not be any agency under US Government control.

I leave you with Saturday’s Yay it is the Weekend Meme Drop 8-8-26 from Midwest Chick's Place, Sunday Funnies For 08-08-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces, Monday Memes … from MaddMedic, and Monday Memes from Granite Grok.

Gun Sales Rise in Idaho

KIVI TV, Idaho News 6, has some interesting news out of Twin Falls. Twin Falls gun sales spike after In-N-Out mass shooting

Gun sales surged in Twin Falls the day after a mass shooting at a local In-N-Out restaurant, with at least one gun store reporting one of its busiest sales days in years. Local firearms dealers say the spike in purchases is a reminder that owning a gun and knowing how to use it are two very different things.

One of the things, that even the NY Times has mentioned, is that after Jordan Salinas witnessed a mass shooting years ago, he decided to train up, to be prepared if he ever encountered a similar situation. He did, and he was able to act, and he had a positive impact on the outcome of the recent incident in Twin Falls.

Law enforcement has credited armed citizens who responded to the mass shooting at In-N-Out with saving lives.

"We have hero citizens in our community and these citizens ... did, and undoubtedly saved lives," Twin Falls County Sheriff Jack Johnson said.

Training is key. And while the gun-store owners quoted in the article might be trying to sell training, I am not. I used to do NRA safety training, but that was long, long ago.

I find it odd that the article doesn't mention Mr. Salinas by name, which is why I included a link to my post on his actions. (Hat tip to Libs Of TikTok)

Woman Murdered by Moroccan Boyfriend

Is anyone shocked that this is not being covered by any mainstream media outlet? Spanish Red Cross Volunteer Murdered by Moroccan Boyfriend - Hungarian Conservative

Paula Solanas de Miguel spent years helping young people recognize the warning signs of gender violence. On 31 July, the 27-year-old Red Cross volunteer was found bleeding to death on the floor of her flat in Santander, stabbed by her Moroccan boyfriend, whom she was trying to leave.

The hat tip goes to Paul Joseph Watson and his video It Happened Again.... (less than one minute.)

I miss Western Civilization.

Remember

Another song and artist I was reminded of thanks to WXRT and Saturday Morning Flashback. Granted, it was a long way back that it was featured on WXRT. It has been languishing in drafts for a very long time.

Greg Kihn passed away on 13 August 2024, at the age of 75.

This song is "Remember" by The Greg Kihn Band from the 1978 album Next of Kihn.

Tuesday Links - 11 August

The Gun Writer starts us off with How to prevent ATF from targeting innocent Americans … again

Retired senior ATF official plots a course ATF should take.

Chicago Contrarian - A Tale of Two Headlines

A rare side-by-side look at different sides of the late-term abortion issue

Miguel Gonzalez - Babylon 5 Geekness.

Still the best SciFi series ever.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 7 August 2026: Liminal Bugs Edition

Measuring the Pareto Frontier of AI models. (DeepSWE)

A Pareto Frontier is a line drawn on a chart through a set of solutions that are each the best at a different task, but there is no single winner.

An interesting point is that GPT 5.6 Luna - which I have never tried - is nearly as good as Claude Fable but much, much cheaper, with the total for the test suite coming to $0.61 vs. Fable's $21.63.

Chicago Contrarian - A Tale of Two Headlines

This past week, we were treated to a rare side-by-side look at different sides of the late-term abortion issue.

Meep at STUMP - The Week in Meep: Gambling, MORE LIGHTNING, Turkeys!

Dostoevsky knew about gambling from direct experience

Juliette Ochieng at Juliette’s Newsletter - Why America is Great

Meanwhile, if you’ve been following the various WNBA dramas - and what organization full of angry, ungrateful women would not be full of drama? - you’ll enjoy these pictures. Only one is altered.

Paul Vallas at Chicago Contrarian - Chicago’s Twin Financial Crisis

The Chicago Public Schools’ (CPS) annual financial crisis played out again and will once again drag Chicago into providing financial assistance which will provide a temporary financial reprieve while making it significantly harder for the city to address its own financial crisis.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: The Usual Horrible Start to the Season

Well, I guess we owe Mr. Yawkey for some water coolers after going 0-3 at Fenway to open the season. F*ck.

Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane - There's No Substitute for Showing Up in Sociology of Guns

Here I will begin to lay out the specific assignments the students in the seminar complete.

I begin with the most unique part of the course: A field trip to the gun range.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Climate Doom Is Making People Lonelier Or Something

It’s called weather. Humans have done fine with the weather throughout our history. This is just the cult being the cult, doomsaying, blaming things that really have nothing to do with the weather and everything to do with the kiddies really just spending a lot of time alone at home, playing games, doing social media stuff, etc.

Graphs about Religion - Finance Majors Go to Church. English Majors Don't

The Stereotypes About Which Majors Are Religious and Conservative Turn Out to Be Mostly True.

He Returned With a Shotgun

This all started because he didn't have his ID. Refused a Beer Without ID, He Returned With a Shotgun. Two Armed Customers Were Waiting. - USA Carry

Two good guys with guns. A bad guy with a shotgun.

• After being asked to leave, he returned armed with a shotgun and threatened others.
• Two armed bystanders who previously escorted him out shot and killed him in self-defense.

The hat tip goes to Colion Noir, and the video below.

This is Colion Noir's video He Walked Into A Store With A Shotgun. Citizens Were Armed

This whole thing kicked off over a beer run and two strangers who had absolutely nothing invested in this man's night still tried to talk him down and walk him out of the door like grown folks, which is the part everybody's going to skip past on the way to the arguing about guns.

The video is 6 minutes.

A bit more from the video...

Those same two men who tried to diffuse it are the ones who ended it. And I want people to actually hold both of those facts in their hands at the same time. Because the caricature of the concealed carrier is a guy praying for a reason. And what we got instead were two guys who spent their first move trying to keep everybody alive. And their last move trying to keep everybody alive. Same objective, just different tool.

A Terror Attack in France

Allegedly a terror attack. By way of Google Translate, and Chromium we get the following story from France. Toulouse : Deux policiers municipaux agressés et blessés au couteau lors d’une patrouille - OR - Toulouse: Two municipal police officers attacked and injured with a knife during a patrol.

ASSAULT Two municipal police officers were injured in a knife attack late Monday afternoon in Toulouse. The suspect was arrested after the attack and reportedly made terrorist-related remarks.

Toulouse, France, is about a 405 kilometer drive west of Marseille, or about a 675 kilometer drive south of Paris.

Both officers were injured during the attack. One sustained an elbow injury, while his colleague was hit in the arm and neck. They were taken to Rangueil University Hospital. Their injuries are not life-threatening.

Barely a news item.

Police stabbed in Toulouse by "allahu akbar" screamer again today.

Barely makes the "news" anymore. pic.twitter.com/8fwmZEhg53

— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) August 10, 2026