Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 6 June

The Right Way starts things rolling with Top of the News

The murder of Henry Nowak: outrageous - The New Neo
Supreme Court clears Alabama to use GOP-friendly congressional map this fall - Just the News

EBL - Scott Pelley Fired From CBS

Instapundit: Scott Pelley Fired
Scott Pelly goes out with a delusional rant...

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 06.04.26

The Bugscuffle Gazette: Things don’t happen to me
Stoic Observations: But It Happened

Small Dead Animals - Wednesday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America: Victor Davis Hanson – Iranian endgames. Rabble-rousers. Threats.
Conman Carney’s Canada: PM appoints member of pro-Hamas group. Sex change advocate.

Bayou Renaissance Man - Tab clearing

2. What happens if the State decides you're too expensive to keep alive?
A very thought-provoking academic study of Canada's Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) program

The Glibertarians - Wednesday Afternoon Links of… What, Tonio Again?

WHO IS BEHIND THE NEWARK ANTI-ICE PROTESTS: The marvelous and indispensable Data Republican walks us through the command and funding structure of the people behind this.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 06.04.26 (Evening Edition)

Don Surber: Britain’s George Floyd
Racket News: America Needs A Boring & Sane Party

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For June 5, 2026

“EPA boss made criminal referrals alleging Democrats ‘self-dealing’ in lucrative green energy grants. Lee Zeldin alleges that eight nonprofit ‘cutouts’ were used to route billions to former Obama-Biden cronies.”

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 5 June 2026: Lilo Pelekai Multipass Edition

Everything new is old again: DDR4 is back on the menu. (Tom's Hardware)
I'm thinking of picking up a 5800X3D because I have plenty of DDR4 and the larger cache on that chip helps hide the lower bandwidth.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 6/4/2026

What the EU Prosperity Index Actually Says About Life in Czechia
Czechia climbed two places in this year’s EU Prosperity Index, reaching 14th, its best position since the ranking launched in 2022.

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 06/05/2026 – Back to The Nation!

Gen Z Women Are Moving Left. Young Men Aren’t.
In other words, young men have resisted The Radical Left’s indoctrination, while women haven’t.

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 06.05.26

Flopping Aces: Castro’s “Friendship” Machine Just Met Marco Rubio’s Sanctions Hammer
Gates Of Vienna: The Avenger of Qasem Soleimani

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Bolton to Plead Guilty, More Platner Problems

First, Ace reports Keith Edwards, a Democrat Podcaster and Political Strategist Who Got Advance Word of the Eric Swalwell Sexual Assault Accusations, Now Says the NYT and WaPo Are Racing to Report That Graham Platner Sexually Assaulted "Multiple" Women.

Political Hat - The Digital Panopticon Is Here

The worst part of this all is that even if you somehow are able to avoid any of this digital surveillance, you will be identified and tracked anyway via everyone else’s devices.

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links - I'll be away for a few days

Professors Demand a Return to Testing
English professor warns: Today’s students cannot read or focus on lengthy assignment

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 6/ 3 /26

A harrowing journey into our school system's heart of darkness.
Geno Young Video: Students Playing “Shoot Charlie Kirk” Game on TikTok

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Which NGOs Are Organizing the Newark Protests, and How

• $7,600 Per Doomer Dispatch: Inside the Billionaire-Backed AI Fear Factory Jordan Schachtel
• The Democrats' Bottomless Weaponization Fund Ann Coulter [$]

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 06/05/2026

Three more guys go into a manhole in NYC, and there are again two cars, perfectly timed which pull up from different directions just in time to catch them:

I leave you with Midweek Memes from Granite Grok, Wednesday Memes … from MaddMedic, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3770 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, and Friday's gifs from Wirecutter.

Texans Are Still Armed

Bad guys are still getting shot. Police: 2 teens shot while trying to steal from Longview home

Or how would you respond to two, uninvited guests (don't call them home invaders) at 3 o'clock in the morning?

Police say the facts collected currently point to the teens committing theft and the resident confronted them. The teens' injuries are non-life threatening. Detectives continue to investigate.

Longview, Texas, is a 128 mile drive east of Dallas, or a 63 mile drive west of Shreveport, Louisiana.

Self-defense is a human right.

JD Vance on Henry Nowak's Murder

For the most part, I like JD Vance. He certainly gets this correct.

And nobody—nobody—should ever die the way that Henry Nowak died. May God comfort those who loved him, and may God rest his soul.

Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit. His murder is as tragic as it is enraging. He should still be alive today, and he would be if the last few… https://t.co/e3HkjzWzwU

— JD Vance (@JDVance) June 5, 2026

Rapture

Evanescence released their new album on Friday 5 June. I had been waiting for this release. (I really likef the single they released in April.)

This song is "Rature" by Evanescence. It is from their new album, Sanctuary which was released at midnight on Friday morning.

Chicago Bears Moving to Indiana

This isn't really news. They tried to move to Arlington Heights (the Land Beyond O'Hare), and still stay in Illinois, but that crashed and burned. Chicago Bears move forward with Hammond stadium after Illinois fumble

The Chicago Bears have officially made up their minds to leave the land of Lincoln for Hammond, Indiana, after local lawmakers failed to pass a bill incentivizing the team to stay.

Hammond, Indiana, is 25 miles south, and a bit east, of the Loop in Chicago.

Hat tip to Benny Johnson and his video The Chicago Bears are Officially MOVING to THIS Red State...

Friday Links - 5 June

Alice Jones Webb at Take It Outside starts us off with Basecamp Dispatch: What I’m Carrying This Week

My weekly check-in from the woods, the homestead, or somewhere else with spotty cell service

Rita at The Bugscuffle Gazette - Things don’t happen to me

TL/DR version: Choosing one’s perspective is key to overcoming the desolation of life’s disappointments

Miguel Gonzalez - Why they can't be allowed to win.

Sunny Hostin from The View knows that Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is a Nazi who sits to the right of Hitler while sexually abusing women and has many other evil moral deficiencies, but he is the Democrat’s hope for Democracy.

Andy Ngo at Ngo Comment - Antifa Unmasked: David Zachary Alvey

For years, a Portland-area Antifa member has targeted me both online and in the streets.

This video reveals the real identity of “Fia Marie,” the alias used by Vancouver, Wash., Antifa militant David Zachary Alvey

Massad Ayoob - 1911 HANDLING TIPS

Before I could stop myself I answered, “That’s OK, Sarge. It’s normal to be frightened of things you don’t understand.”

Life lesson: This turns out NOT to be the right thing for a subordinate to say to a superior officer…

Again from Miguel Gonzalez - Handgun Control Inc finally accepts defeat... somewhat

It is always nice to see that the Brady Campaign has to come around the fact that guns are going nowhere and that after 50+ years of trying to ban firearms, now they are forced to try and remain relevant by supporting the voluntary safe storage of guns.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 3 June 2026: Switch Edition

Windows has a fever and the only cure is more Linux. (The Verge) (archive site)

Seriously, though. Microsoft is planning to fix problems with Windows by embedding more Linux into its operating system.

It seems there might be an easier way to achieve that

The Other McCain - Democrats Electing Jew-Haters, While Losers Blame … THE JOOZ!

Since the Hamas terror attack on Israel in October 2023, the left wing of the Democratic Party has made “Palestine” its all-or-nothing issue, more important than anything else soi-disant “progressives” claim to care about.

Again from Miguel Gonzalez - Temper Tantrum Goes wrong... or right.

During some meeting, 60 Minutes Talking Head Scott Pelley apparently lost his caca and decided to verbally attack CBS News boss Bari Weiss in front of everybody present. After an attempt to calm things down failed, [much] to his surprise Scott Pelley found himself with a very polite letter where he was informed he was canned and don’t let the doorknob hit you on the way out.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Bummer: 9th Circuit Torpedoes Yutes Climate (scam) Lawsuit

Too bad they didn’t ask the kiddies if they have given up their own use of fossil fuels and made their lives carbon neutral

Again from The Other McCain - The Liberal Gospel of White Guilt

In 1837, the South Church congregation adopted Unitarianism in the form of the Harvard Covenant, and in 1961, the Unitarians merged with the Universalists to form the UUs, who are so far away from the Calvinism of John Winthrop and Jonathan Edwards that they’re practically in a separate universe.

The Silicon Graybeard - Good night and good-bye, MAVEN

Hopes of saving the mission faded over time and on Wednesday [NASA] announced they were saying good-bye.

What Additional Gun Control Law Would Stop This?

Do you think that a felon, in possession of a firearm (that's illegal) would obey a safe storage law? Boy dies after finding 5-time felon's handgun in Pullman home: prosecutors - CWB Chicago

A Chicago man with a lengthy criminal history is facing felony charges after a 2-year-old boy allegedly found his loaded handgun and fatally shot himself inside a Pullman home.

Pullman is one of the 77 official neighborhoods in Chicago. It is on the south side, about 12 miles south of the Loop.

Hughes is prohibited from possessing firearms because of his criminal record, which includes convictions for unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon in 2016 and 2020. Prosecutors said his record also includes convictions for reckless discharge of a firearm and aggravated fleeing and eluding, both in 2016.

The hat tip goes to Second City Cop: How Does This Keep Happening?

Multiple felony convictions....and still out, armed and committing more felonies.

You know what would fix this? More Gun restrictions on the Law abiding portion of the citizens!

How about we lock up the bad guys? Whatever happened to three strikes laws?

A Court Order Is Just a Piece of Paper

But if it is never served, it isn't even a court order. The High Stakes and Scandals Facing Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart | Chicago Contrarian

There are many problems in the Cook County Sheriff's Department. This one caught my attention.

As Dart navigates his historic tenure, a wave of systemic failures has drawn intense scrutiny. A data analysis by CBS Chicago revealed the Sheriff’s Office failed to serve 75 percent of the orders of protection issued between 2021 and 2023, leaving thousands of domestic violence victims vulnerable.

If that number was 15% you might say that they are understaffed, or something, but when ¾ of the court orders are not being served, I have to wonder if they are even trying.

The Left loves to go on about how you need to get a court order, so that the system will protect you. It is all lies.

The case of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005) held that...

There is no procedural due process claim when a local government does not actively enforce a restraining order to protect its holder.

Translation, you are on your own, even if the court order (that piece of paper) has been served.

If the court order has not been served, you are on your own.

I have long stated that if you need a court order of protection, you need a plan for your personal safety, because no one, is coming to save you.

An Early Look at the Tolerance of Pride Celebrations

Or should that be Intolerance? Palm Beach Pride is not in June. Both Fort Lauderdale and Miami have a lock on June. When I lived in south Florida, you couldn't beat Miami. With maybe the exception of going to Key West, but trying to find a place to stay in the Keys was a nightmare. (Save the headache of going to the Keys for Fantasy Fest in October.)

For those of you not up on Florida politics, Broward County, home to Fort Lauderdale, is one the most, if not the most, deep blue counties in the state. When I lived there, Miami Beach was the home of many gay clubs.

This year Palm Beach Pride was the weekend of March 28th. (I think that matched up with the so-called "No Kings" thing.)

Arielle Scarcella is a YouTube creator I have come to like. I don't agree with her position on everything, but I think we see eye-to-eye on a lot of things, especially the insanity that has enveloped what used to be called the Gay Rights Movement, and how it has morphed into something I no long recognize.

She was apparently kicked out of Palm Beach Pride 2025, mostly for the crime of wearing a MAGA hat, so of course she came back in 2026.

She said “you’re not allowed to be at pride” cuz I wore a MAGA hat pic.twitter.com/wMsDzPOBrk

— Arielle Scarcella (@ArielleScarcell) June 2, 2026

I wasn't going to post this, because most of the people who are giving her grief, are older than me, and I'm older than dirt. And it mostly devolves to "Orange man bad." It is still worth the 12 minutes, to see the tolerance in action.

This is Arielle Scarcella's video Leftists KICKED ME OUT Of Pride Last Year...So I Came Back

I expect she will post a video about Miami Pride.

On a similar note, this is Amir Odom's video How LGBTQ Activists Destroyed The Gay Community. This is more inside baseball, in that Amir Odom is talking to the gay community, where Arielle Scarcella's video is a bit more general.

Killdozer - 4 June 2004

I almost missed it.

A lot has been written about Marvin Heemeyer, but mostly the picture painted has been by the people who he believed had done him wrong.

The embedded video below, is long at an hour and 16 minutes. This one is 20 minutes from Unsubscribe Clips, and an interview with Lore Lodge.

This is the Lore Lodge video You Were Lied To About Killdozer

Restraint Isn't a Bad Idea

From KUTV in Utah we get the following story. Utah home intrusion raises questions about self-defense laws

The backstory:

Last Thursday, a man fleeing law enforcement made his way into John Santy's house. The Summit County Sheriff's Office said deputies were called after a domestic dispute and that the man was acting violently and threatening people with scissors.

Santy pulled out his gun and was able to subdue the man until deputies arrived.

Why this happened:

But he had one thought.

"I didn't want to shoot him," Santy said. "I didn't want to have to do that."

"Get on the f***ing ground. I will shoot you," Santy can be heard saying to the intruder in video recorded at the scene.

Click thru for discussions of self-defense and restraint.

No word on what charges this guy is facing.

Self-defense is a human right.

The History of June as Gay Pride Month

I'm recycling posts. That's OK. My writing was better 20 years ago. This post is originally from June, of 2006. I lifted it (almost) wholesale from the The now offline original Archives. You'll get over it. (Not to be confused with the newer Archives you can find in the sidebar)

History is different from the current state of things. A lot of gay folks are sort of over it. Pride from 40 years ago, was very different from today. I will get to some of them later in the month.

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Gay Pride is typically celebrated in June. This dates back to the early morning of June 28th, 1969, and a few days in that week, when a bunch of New York's Finest bit off a bit more than they could chew. While several organizations were around before 1969, the start of the movement to secure Gay civil rights is usually marked by the Stonewall riots.

All you straight folks out there have no idea of gay history. I even had a protracted argument one day, with someone who was generally well educated and aware of political reality, that there were no gay bars before the 1980s. There were. They were underground, and even maintaining a low profile was no guarantee that police wouldn't show up.

The Stonewall Inn was a gay bar in The Village neighborhood of New York. Since gay bars had been basically illegal before 1966, it was not uncommon for gay bars to be mafia run. Stonewall was reputed to be mafia run.

Prior to 1966 it was illegal for a bartender to serve a drink to 3 or more homosexuals. So of course, this being the 60s, a "sip in" was staged. The NY liquor board later stated that the rules never had been what the rules actually were, so gay bars started to proliferate after 66.

The police still took delight in harassing gays, lesbians and transgendered at every turn after 66. On June 27, 1969, a Friday night, they decided to raid the Stonewall Inn. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and the following Wednesday riots were the result of that raid.

Take a look at the desperate criminals arrested by police at a 1962 Halloween Party.

New York must have been VERY safe in 1962, if this is how police were spending their time on Halloween. Or maybe the cops were just a bunch of bigoted idiots back then.

When police would raid a bar, they would arrest anyone "in clothes usually reserved for the other gender." Drag queens and lesbians in butch attire. Sometimes they would simply arrest everyone in the bar. Often they would publish the names of those arrested in the paper.

As they were forcing a lesbian into a squad car on that Friday night in June, she struggled. The crowd decided she had the right idea, and attacked. There were 400 "onlookers" and 8 police, so the police retreated and barricaded themselves in the bar. Since resisting was not to be condoned the cops grabbed the first person they could and dragged him into the bar and beat him. That person was heterosexual folk singer Dave van Ronk, who had come from a straight club down the block to see what the commotion was all about. (Van Ronk was later charged with assaulting police.) A parking meter was uprooted and turned into a battering ram. Someone tried to set fire to the bar with the police inside. Eventually more police arrived and dispersed the crowd. The two following nights, and the next Wednesday saw more of the same, and galvanized the Gay Community.

The first Gay Pride parade took place the following year, in commemoration of the riots.

The End of Literacy

Tyler Jagt at The Chronicle of Higher Education has bad news for the future. My Students Can’t Read: The generational collapse in literacy is measurable, persistent, and likely to get worse.

Six weeks into the term, I assigned my rhetoric and writing students a 20-page article. It was the same length I had assigned for five years and the same length I had read without complaint as an undergraduate a decade ago. Not one student finished it.

When I asked why, a student answered honestly: It was too long, and she kept losing track of what the paper was about.

My first day of Literature, Philosophy, and History my freshman year in college, (way back in the dark ages) we were assigned approximately the first 150 pages of a book to read by the next class. Herbert Marcuse's One-Dimensional Man, is technically an essay, an awful work, and a slog to get through.

What does it say about the state of American education that people in college - they graduated from high school - cannot read a 20 page article?

I miss civilization.

The Battle of Midway

Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Midway took place. That was 4–7 June 1942. It was supposed to be another Japanese sneak attack, with the goal of sucking in the American aircraft carriers, so that Japanese can destroy America air power in the Pacific. In reality the Americans had broken the Japanese code, and knew what was going on. So they reversed the ambush.

It was a decisive battle in the Pacific War.

One of the people who distinguished himself during the battle was Jack "Dusty" Kleiss.

This is The Fat Electrician's video America's Greatest Dive Bomber - Dusty Kleiss. It is an hour-long video, but the Fat Electrician manages to make history interesting. And you might learn something. (It will only hurt for a minute.) You get a bit of background on Kleiss, an overview of the Battle of Midway, and Dusty's part in the battle.

Wednesday Link Roundup - 3 June

William Teach at Pirate's Cove is up first with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

13. Gates Of Vienna: Knife Jihad in Winterthur
14. Don Surber: Making DC worthy of our greatness

EBL - Charlemagne

1 June 794 AD : Council of Frankfurt
AoSHQ: Morning Report 06.01.26

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 06.01.26

Don Surber: Trump’s Coalition of the Gulf States
Elizabeth Nickson: #WhiteBoySummer – Are You Ready For It?

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 2 June 2026: Rainy Rene Edition

Hackers have been stealing high-profile Instagram accounts via the cunning plan of asking Instagram for them. (404 Media)
Well, that and using a VPN so that they appear to be in the right general geographical region

Small Dead Animals - Monday On Turtle Island

China Carney’s Canada: Blackie’s climate warriors. She destroyed him. The 10m dollar conference.
The Democratic Party’s America: A Buffalo imam. Assault on detention facility.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Another Plate Full of Platner

David Klion @DavidKlion, "It's fascinating to me how many randos don't grasp why Collins is evil, so let me spell it out like you're children: -Republicans are evil -They support Trump's evil agenda -By posturing as a "moderate," ..."

Political Hat - News of the Week (May 31st, 2026)

Will Trump’s Reverse Midas Touch Cost the GOP Texas?
The president’s emphasis on loyalty in primary endorsements has a habit of turning winnable races into losses.

Don Surber - HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWS

ITEM 8: Just the News reported, “A federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to implement his executive order tightening mail-in voting

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 5/31/2026

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday that he will call a special legislative session, beginning on Monday, to consider a constitutional amendment to sharply expand Florida’s homestead property tax exemption.

The Glibertarians - Sunday Morning I’m Gonna Kill Someone Links

Speaking of which… here’s an even dumber idea.
Maybe say that they’re all a bunch of spoiled millionaires with low IQs whose speech should be ignored? When Jameis Fucking Winston is your spokesman, it’s time to re-evaluate your lives.

Vlad Tepes - Bataclan, More Ackbarists stabbing people in Europe, UK police accessories after the fact? Stinging dialectics and more: Links 1 for May, 31 2026

4. Listen to the answer this MP gets from the Ruling Communist Liberal Party about how it is more important to cater to every need of a rapist and murderer and disease spreader because of his group identity as a “vulnerable refugee” than protect the Canadians he victrmizes

Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkange

The Feral Irishman Friday Femme Fatale Farrago…..
The Shekel – Coins, Law, and Commentary – The President Trump $1 Coin and $250 Note?

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - The Talafreakco Menace

There are a couple more, but I think you get the idea. It’s like he heard the most cringey social justice pandering from all the failed 2020 Democratic presidential candidates and went “Hey, I want to try that in Texas!”

Maggie's Farm - Saturday morning links

Never Admit These 7 Things When a Cop Asks ‘Do You Know Why I Stopped You?’
Even the Big, Blue Towns Are Sick of the Democratic Freak-Show

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 6/ 2 /26

"Because I won't say that she's a boy whatsoever, they won't let me have a relationship with my daughter."
She Wouldn’t Call Her Daughter ‘Trans.’ The State Took Custody.

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: A Reckoning Comes for the Congressional Baseball Shooting

• GOP Battles Sharia: Is Islamic Law a Threat or Dog Whistle? - Paul Sperry
• Cuban-American congresswoman calls for Democrats aiding Cuba to be investigated for treason - JTN

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 05/31/2026

Tony Seruga says he sees by Speilberg’s Cellphone GPS he was meeting with intelligence and that his new alien disclosure movie is an intel operation. Whether it is predictive programming, preparation for the truth, or psyop, he has no idea.

I leave you with Saturday Meme Drop from Midwest Chick's Place, Sunday Funnies For 05-31-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Monday Memes … from MaddMedic, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3751 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, and DALEYBABES from The DaleyGator.

Dropped Wallet Leads to Home Invader

Oklahoma is a bad place for bad guys. Tulsa homeowner shoots suspected burglar during overnight break-in - NewsOn6

Tulsa police say a suspected burglar is in the hospital after being shot by a homeowner during a break-in overnight near 21st Street and Mingo Road.

After a confrontation, that ensued when the homeowner saw the guy on his security system, the homeowner shot him. At that point he ran, but he dropped his wallet along the way.

Investigators used identification found inside the wallet to help search for him while officers established a perimeter around the neighborhood.

I'm guessing that isn't how he saw his day working out.

Cops caught up with him, but he resisted, to the point of biting one officer.

Lt. JT Snoddy with the Tulsa Police Department said the suspect appeared to be under the influence.

I'm shocked.

It is early days in the investigation, but it is my understanding that Oklahoma has a fairly robust castle doctrine. Why? Because self-defense is a human right. (Hat tip to USA Carry)

Meta’s AI Support Bot Used to Seize Instagram Accounts

Kerbs on Security has the story: Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts

I am not shocked.

No hacking required. Just find the account you are interested in, and ask the Meta support AI to help you reset your password.

The Instagram accounts for the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were briefly defaced with pro-Iranian images and messages over the weekend, after instructions began circulating on Telegram showing how to trick Meta’s “AI support assistant” bot into resetting account passwords.

It isn't really a hack. The bad guys asked the AI tools to send the password reset link to a "new email address." It bypassed 2-factor authentication. It accepted AI-generated videos for selfies. (Grab a photo, and ask your favorite AI to make a 30 second video, and your in.)

What?

Meta has not responded to requests for comment on the video’s claims, but Meta’s Andy Stone said on Twitter/X that the issue had been resolved and that they were securing impacted accounts. The security blog thecybersecguru.com reports that Meta pushed an emergency patch over the weekend, and clarified that no back end database was breached.

So are you really sure you want AI involved in everything? Everything related to security?

Here is Mutahar's SomeOrdinaryGamers video So Instagram Got Completely Hacked...

How did we even get to this point? What the F- is going on?

The video is 17 minutes.

Summertime

Today's song is stolen shamelessly from Miguel Gonzalez and his May 3rd Sunday Repose. Miguel has a musical interlude every Sunday morning. You should listen to them. And you should read his writing.

"Summertime" has been covered by many artists, but I had never heard this particular version. It is wonderful.

This song is "Summertime" by Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald. It is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.

Tuesday Links - 2 June

Paul Vallas at Chicago Contrarian is first with a story from my home town. Chicago Mayor’s Political Ideology Is Costing Lives

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s public embrace of a UChicago Justice Project report that claims police response times improved after ShotSpotter was disconnected is another instance in which political ideology appears to trump public safety.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Seattle Residents Put Up Barricades To Keep Gun Fire Out

Nowhere in any of the stories have I read about the shots coming from people driving through. Also, they never seem to mention who is doing all the shooting and prostitution and such (illegals, perhaps?). Or that guns are heavily regulated in Dem run Washington and Seattle.

Meep at STUMP - New York Pensions: Making Things More Expensive in Latest State Budget

To make it clear, two things have occurred in this New York State budget passage: ...

I hate both of these things

The Other McCain - Our Sudden Alaska Road Trip

The walls at my son’s house here are adorned with hunting trophies — deer, caribou, turkey, duck, etc. His military exploits are just his day job.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Technical Difficulties

As y’all probably noticed, we’ve been having some problems here at The Other McCain, what with hackers and such, and without dragging all the dirty laundry out in public (because there isn’t any) suffice it to say that when Stacy gets back from Alaska, he and I and Smitty need to have a talk and decide what we’re going to do with this site.

Margaret Flavin at The Gateway Pundit - Girl Power? Dem Reps. Say Employers Who Won’t Pay Women to Stay Home from Work During Menstruation Are Committing ‘Economic Violence’ (Video)

For the crowd that doesn’t seem to be able to define what a woman is, Democrat Reps. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) recently went full ‘girl power’ during a press conference.

Alice Jones Webb at Take It Outside - They Think They're Better Than You

Rural, working-class life has become a popular aesthetic.

Robert Stacy McCain at Born Lucky - Platner in the Führerbunker

Hit by scandal after scandal in recent weeks, Platner’s status as “rising star” is now at risk because Democrats have belatedly realized that there might be even more damaging revelations to come — worse than his SS Totenkopf tattoo.

Again from Wombat-socho - Rule Five Sunday: Outstanding In Her Field

It’s that time of year when gals in overalls get out there and start getting ploweddoing farming stuff.

Professor Yamane at Light Over Heat - Illuminations #8. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Rational Discourse

Welcome to Illuminations - your monthly dose of light over heat.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 30 May 2026: Phlegmish Edition

Microsoft is under fire for threatening a "security researcher" with criminal investigation. (Tech Crunch)

The "security researcher" in question is anonymous and definitely no White Hat. The moment "Nightmare Eclipse" finds a security flaw, he goes public with it, regardless of the chaos that might ensue.

On the other hand, Microsoft could do well to put fewer security flaws in their code in the first place.

Crime in Chicago - It Is Not a Law and Order City

I miss living in a civilized society. I miss when Chicago was a great city.

First we have a story about Public Transit. The Left loves to say that people should take transit, so it would be nice if there was some safety. Crazed Man Kidnaps Chicago Bus Driver at Knifepoint, Leads Her to Jump Out Window | The Gateway Pundit | by Michael Austin, The Western Journal

A bus driver in Chicago was kidnapped at knifepoint, prompting her to flee the assailant by jumping out of the vehicle’s window.

The Chicago Transit Authority is not blind to the conditions in that city, so the bus drivers have a silent alarm. She was able to trigger it, calling for help.

He ran, but the cops tracked him down a short time later.

He has been charged with aggravated armed kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint, and aggravated assault.

And in a notable change, he was held in jail.

From the New York Post, we get a story of a "teen takeover." Shouldn't this be called a riot? 5 officers struck by car after ‘teen takeover’ hits Chicago’s West Side — as 19 people hurt in shootings

This article was published on Sunday afternoon, so that 19 number doesn't include anything that happened on Monday.

At least five officers were struck by a driver during a “teen takeover” event early Sunday in Chicago’s West Side, only the latest in the viral trend hitting American streets.

Elsewhere, 19 people were shot and wounded on Memorial Day in the Windy City.

So what is the difference between a "teen takeover" and a riot?

It used to be a wonderful city.

Professor Yamane Attended the Smith & Wesson Collectors Association Annual Meeting

I would not use the word crashed. Professor David Yamane at Light Over Heat has an interesting article. I Crashed the Smith & Wesson Collectors Association Annual Meeting

Last summer, I attended the Smith & Wesson Collectors Association (SWCA) annual meeting in Concord, North Carolina to give a presentation about my book, Gun Curious. The SWCA then made me an Honorary Member of the Association. And this spring, they published the text of my presentation in their journal.

For someone whose focus has been on defensive gun culture (Gun Culture 2.0) rather than collecting and other aspects of Gun Culture 1.0, this experience was as gratifying as it was surprising.

Like all of Professor Yamane's writing, it is worth reading.

Late Stage TDS in the Media

Another story of Trump Derangement Syndrome from The Other McCain. How We Got Here: ‘Susan Collins, One of the Most Evil People in Public Life’

In this case we have a Professional Journalist™ from The Nation, namely David Klion.

“TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!” The deranged obsession so warps David Klion’s perception that, when challenged on his over-the-top rhetoric, his response is to post a syllogism, the first premise of which is, “Republicans are evil,” and believes that he has thereby vanquished his critics.

Click thru for the insanity.

The Platner Campaign Is Entertaining

Watching the Democrats and the media (but I repeat myself) twist themselves into pretzels to claim that the guy with Nazi tatoo is not a Nazi has been something to watch. I shocked to discover that he has other probems. Platner Staffers Bodycheck Journalists Asking Questions About His Sexting Scandal

In case you don't know, Graham Platner is running in the Democratic Primary in Maine for senator. His campaign has hit a few speed bumps along the way.

I wouldn't call it chaos exactly, or call what was done a "bodycheck" (I watch hockey when I'm with family), but shoving reporters isn't called for.

Staffers could be seen shoving signs in the view of cameras to prevent journalists from capturing footage of Platner as he returned to a vehicle. The Maine Wire, an investigative news outlet located in the state, accused staffers of “bodychecking” journalists who desired to ask the candidate questions.

The current scandal - not the Nazi tatoo scandal, that's the old scandal - is about the candidate and his "disturbing sexual deviancy."

Click thru for those details.

Angel of Midnight

Rick Beato is searching for new rock songs. That is fine, but he seems to be stuck in a pop-influenced set of songs. (I can't recommend the video, as I hated all of the songs.)

So I went searching for new songs, from bands I like, and a found a few... Here is one. We will get to others eventually. And this band is described as "pop-infused," but I like it.

Battle Beast is a 6 piece band out of Helsinki, Finland. I generally like their music.

This song is "Angel of Midnight" by Battle Beast from their October 2025 album Steelbound. The song was released as a single shortly before the album. (September?)

Domestic Violence and Self-Defense in Ohio

Austintown, Ohio police release details of May 13 shooting on New Road

Police are calling this a road rage crash, but then point out the fact that is a domestic violence attack. OK. I think of those things as being two very different things.

In a news release, Chief Valerie Delmont said a vehicle driven by Zachary Fisher, 30, was involved in a crash with a car driven by his ex-girlfriend during a “domestic situation.”

The woman had two children in her car, along with a man in the passenger’s seat, the release said.

The release said following the crash, Fisher got out of his vehicle with a gun in his hand and got in a physical altercation with his ex-girlfriend before coming up to the passenger’s side where the man was sitting.

That passenger was armed, and he shot once, incapacitating Fisher.

Zachary Fisher died at a local hospital.

Austintown, Ohio, is about 3 miles west of Youngstown, or about 55 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Cops are treating the shooting as a case of justified self-defense, but the DA will make the final determination on charges.

Self-defense is a human right, and while Ohio law isn't perfect, it is pretty good (in my opinion - I'm not a lawyer) on self-defense and concealed carry. (Hat tip to Concealed Nation.)

NC Violated Law by Letting Nonresidents to Vote in Federal Elections

From Just The News: NC court rules state violated law by allowing nonresidents to vote in federal elections

The Wake County Superior Court sided with the RNC in the ruling Tuesday after the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled last year that people who have never lived in the state cannot vote in state elections.

The state stopped nonresidents from voting in state elections in the wake of the state Supreme Court ruling, but did not change its policies when it came to federal elections.

This is insane, but that is the way Democrats steal elections.

Hat tip to William Teach at Pirate's Cove.

Kind of wild that a pretty Dem court in Dem controlled Wake County, NC voted this way

Police Chief Accused of Selling Evidence to Pawn Shop

It can be hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys some days. New Chicago, Indiana, police chief accused of selling pawn shop a gun being held as evidence - CBS Chicago

New Chicago police Chief Earl Mayo was charged with theft, official misconduct, and attempted obstruction of justice, as well as unlawful possession of an anabolic steroid, according to court documents.

New Chicago, Indiana is roughly 13 miles east of the Illinois State Line, about 4 miles south of Lake Michigan, 3 miles southeast of Gary, or about a 40 mile drive southeast of downtown Chicago.

The gun was a Taurus G3. It was sold to the Mega Cash Pawn shop in Hobart, Indiana. (Hobart is just to the south of New Chicago.) He apparently sold 12 guns to the pawn shop over several years. No one said those were from evidence or problematic.

In a bit if irony, his father is running for Sheriff of the local county, Lake County, Indiana. The father and mother issued a statement that basically says, if he's found guilty, then he has to face the consequences.

This is a link to Steve Lehto's video Police Chief Arrested When Evidence is Sold to Pawn Shop. He gets the hat tip, though the video is a bit longer than it needs to be at 11 minutes.

Late Stage TDS

And once again the party that claims to be for peace, love, and understanding, (that would be the Democrats) are vile, and wishing ill on people who dare to disagree with them. Trump Derangement Syndrome: Some Historical Perspective on Political Manias : The Other McCain

How can it be that someone working as the assistant vice president of a financial institution could think this way? And believe she could post something like that online without consequences?

The problem is not just that a lot of Democrats are insane — although, of course they are — but that so many people, including Republicans, are incapable of thinking outside of the here-and-now of politics, the 24/7 news cycle reinforced by constant immersion in social media noise.

Click thru for the details, including how a financial VP lost her job over wishing a painful death on Pam Bondi, and some great historical perspectives on the issue of this kind of partisan insanity.

The Absolute Collapse of Star Wars Box Office

Odin is a member of the Friday Night Tights crew, and he is a movie reviewer who focuses heavily on the financial aspects of the movie industry. And I love the numbers and the statistics. He also writes for Geeks + Gamers. It’s Official: Independent Films Backrooms and Obsession Embarrass Disney’s Mandalorian and Grogu – Box Office Breakdown

He took aim at the box office numbers Sunday afternoon, as he often (usually? always?) does.

Just when you thought that the movie business had lost any sense of intrigue or surprise, two independent films made by YouTubers blasted their way to the top of the box office discussion. For the last few weeks, the horror film Obsession has been doing things I haven't seen since I started covering the box office back in 2018. Not only did it make 39% more in its second weekend than its first without any massive change in theater counts, but it has now increased again, making another 10% gain, according to current weekend #3 estimates.

There has been much written and recorded about the implosion of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu at the box office. It has been beaten by two independent horror films. Backrooms had a budget of about $10 million, and came in at #1 in its first week in release. Obsession had a budget of about $1 million and came in at #2 in its second week in release.

Compare those numbers to the current Star Wars movie, that had a budget in the 100s of millions of dollars, came in at #3 in its second week in review.

This is the OMB Reviews video Backrooms and Obsession Just Destroyed the Hollywood Machine

Odin is not the only person covering this. Here is the Midnight's Edge video Star Wars The Mandalorian and Grogu is Dead, Kathleen Kennedy the Culprit

If you are interested in looking at the raw numbers, see The Numbers.

A Miguel Gonzalez Musical Interlude

Miguel Gonzalez brings us a lovely musical interlude. Sunday Repose

And a short review of Amazon Prime's series Spider-Noir, staring Nicholas Cage.

Not a bad series. A mixture of Marvel comics and old timey serials of the 1950s with a good dash of Noir gangster cinema

I am going to find time this week to watch it. (There are only 8 episodes.) You can watch in either color or black and white. Black and white is recommended because it is shot in the Film Noir style, which doesn't work in color. And it was filmed shot with the idea that it would be in black and white.

Click thru for "Dream a Little Dream of Me" from the soundtrack to Spider-Noir as performed by Li Jun Li.

"Dream a Little Dream of Me" was written in the 1930s, but you (might) know it because it was covered by Cass Eliot with the Mamas and the Papas in 1968.

Homeowners in Florida Are Armed

Bad guys haven't gotten that memo. Homeowner fires warning shot after man tries to break in, threatens to kill family, Volusia deputies say

The homeowner told deputies he was inside with his family "when he heard loud banging coming from the front door" of the home.

When Self couldn't get in through the front door, the homeowner told deputies, "Self moved to the carport entrance and began striking the carport door" while "screaming incoherently and aggressively."

The homeowner fired a warning shot into the ground. I don't like warning shots, and they are not legal in every jurisdiction. If you need to fire a weapon, it should be because the threat is imminent. If you want to send a message use your cellphone.

It did, however, convince Nathaniel Self to leave. Police caught up with him a short time later and took him into custody.

DeLand, Florida is in Volusia County. It is about a 35 mile drive north-northeast of Orlando. This incident took place "near DeLand."

Is this an issue of crazy people are dangerous, or were drugs involved?

Neighbors who spoke off camera said they believe Self came from a homeless encampment nearby. They said it's been a problem for some time, with people banging on their doors at all hours of the night, and they hope something gets done about it soon.

Self is charged with several things including attempted burglary of an occupied dwelling.

Self-defense is a human right.

Academics Have Noticed that the Value of Higher Education Is Falling

Campus Reform brings us some observations from Rob Jenkins, who is a Higher Education Fellow with Campus Reform and a tenured associate professor of English at Georgia State University - Perimeter College. Dear Academe: You have done that yourself

After a bit of reminiscing about Star Wars, as it was before it was destroyed by Disney, we get to the heart of the matter.

I think about that scene every time I hear academics complaining about the current state of higher education—the fact that trust in the institution has plummeted and the value of a degree isn’t what it used to be. “It’s your own fault,” I want to tell them (perhaps a bit less stoically than ObiWan). “You have done that yourself!”

Apparently, I am not alone. A recent report from Yale University, of all places, reached much the same conclusion. According to Campus Reform, the report blames the ongoing erosion of trust in higher ed on lack of intellectual diversity and political conformity, among other things.

I would say that the lack of rigor in various studies, and the wildly increasing costs of an education relative to the salaries that graduates can command isn't helping.

I have a degree in mathematics, but I attended a Great Books college. We read Plato, and Plutarch. We studied the history of the Roman Empire, and the founding of the Soviet Union, with all of the atrocities that involved. We read Alexis de Tocqueville and Descartes. We studied both Marx and Adam Smith. I am no opposed to higher education that includes things like literature, and philosophy, and history. But the current state of higher education is almost completely worthless.

Read the whole thing.

89 Children Rescued in Texas

The media seems to be (mostly) ignoring this completely. 276 Arrested, 89 Children Rescued in Massive Child Exploitation Sweep in Texas | The Epoch Times

The only mainstream media mention I could find on Saturday afternoon was from Fox. No one else seems to care about the welfare of children. Or they are just committed to NOT giving the Trump administration (and Homeland Security) credit for anything.

A massive child exploitation task force operation in north Texas in March and April this year resulted in 276 arrests and the rescue of 89 children, the FBI announced May 29.

The FBI’s Dallas division joined forces with the Dallas Police Department and other local authorities for Operation Soteria Shield in an effort focused on rescuing children from online sexual exploitation.

Click thru for the rest of the details.

Texas Politics Is Becoming Insane

Or it is at least starting to be really entertaining. What $100,000,000 Buys : The Other McCain

The RINO class is not happy that Cornyn lost his primary. The Democrats hope that it means they can turn Texas blue.

Do I want to pick a fight with Erick Erickson? No, I do not. Erick has done yeoman’s work for the conservative cause for more than 20 years, and 99 days out of 100, I have no problem with him. But his reaction to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s victory in Tuesday’s GOP primary runoff against John Cornyn is a reminder of something most people never think about — there are professional campaign operatives who earn a lucrative living from politics. Erick Erickson is close friends with a lot of Republican operatives and, it seems obvious to me, some of Erick’s friends were getting paid by Team Cornyn.

The Establishment Republican reaction is entertaining. The Democrats reaction is laughable.

Click thru for the details, and analysis.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 30 May

EBL is up first with Chrysler : John Ciambriello

27 May 1930 : Chrysler Building opens
AoSHQ: Morning Report 05.27.26

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.27.26

Nebraska Energy Observer: The Surplus Store
Outkick: Bomani Jones Becomes Latest Commentator To Criticize Jaxson Dart

The Right Way - Top of the News

The Islamic Center of San Diego’s Jihadist Legacy - Blazingcatfur
Paxton win sends message to Thune: It’s Trump’s Senate now

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 28 May 2026: The Beeg Cat Who Walks Through Walls Edition

GitHub Actions not only went down, the outage left it telling users their accounts were suspended. (The Register)
Neat. Let's put all the worlds code there.

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump is Cleaning Up and Beautifying Washington DC

From Ace, Judge Clears Way for Trump to Tighten Verification for Mail-In Votes; Scott Bessent Touts New IRS Rules to Identify Antifa's Funders; OMB Director Russ Vought Acts to Make Sure That Federal Grants Go to US Citizens Not Foreigners and Illegal Aliens.

Small Dead Animals - Wednesday On Turtle Island

The Democratic Party’s America: George Floyd Day. VDH – Selective outrage. Trump’s biggest win. Mamdani moment. Your morning meme.
Conman Carney’s Canada: Our dictator warns Alberta.

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For May 29, 2026

“CENTCOM: Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Kuwait ‘egregious ceasefire violation.'” Ya think?
U.S. seizes over $1 billion in Iranian cryptocurrency.

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 05.29.26 (Very Early Morning Edition)

Don Surber: You want the party back?
Flopping Aces: First Blood In Texas
Gates Of Vienna: Knife Jihad in Winterthur

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 5/28/2026

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Explodes on Florida Launchpad
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a static-fire test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening

The Glibertarians - Wednesday Afternoon Links of Substitution

NEWS FROM OCCUPIED VIRGINIA: Some Virginia Sheriffs and Commonwealth’s Attorneys (prosecutors) have announced that they will not enforce the Democrats’ so-called assault weapons ban set to take effect in July.

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 05/29/2026 – Back to The Washington Post Dying in Darkness!

How a bipartisan women’s history museum became a political football
Now THIS is the kind of clever guerilla tactics we need to see more of from the GOP!

The Political Hat - Quick Takes – Discrimination In Academia: DEI Continues At Arizona State; Stanford Medicine Renames But Keeps DEI; UCLA Still Racially Discriminates

It’s still DEI even if it’s called something else.
Medicine is about discriminating at Stanford Medicine.
The Supreme Court said that racially discriminating in admissions is illegal. UCLA doesn’t care.

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 05.29.26 (Normal Evening Edition)

Victory Girls: Trump Gets UFC – No Kings Gets Jane Fonda
Watts Up With That: Pressure Causes Temperature? It’s Time to Climb Down from “Mount Stupid”

Vlad Tepes - UK, historical myth making and Chinese control of Canadian state agencies: Links 1 for May 29, 2026

4. If a Canadian retweets or likes this short video on Chinese control of Canadian government, will we be kidnapped into a dialecticaly named, mental health facility and force fed brain destroying drugs?

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links

Starship Test: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Spencer Pratt Has Game

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 5/ 29/26

On demonstrators protesting Sharia law: “Finish them off.”
Academic Assailant: Dana Cloud, University of Cincinnati

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Leading NJ Dem congressional candidate Hamawy volunteered with Al-Qaida in Bosnia

• Your Journalism Degree Is Now a STEM Degree - FacultyLeaks.com
• EV Pixie Dust Effect: Ferrari Unaware of Woke Jaguar Commercial - Beege Welborn

Anonymous Conservative - News Briefs – 05/27/2026

South Carolina’s New Social Media Law Puts Every User Under Age Surveillance. That is no good. It is possible “The Storm” is a red herring, and all other options end in us getting fucked.

I leave you with Midweek Memes from Granite Grok, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #3734 from 90 Miles from Tyranny, Thursday Memes … from MaddMedic, and Friday's gifs from Wirecutter.

Gun Sales Soar in Response to Bans

Bearing Arms brings us a completely predictable story. Glock Bans Send Gun Sales Soaring

We've been reporting on the surge in gun sales in Virginia over the past few months, a boom caused by Democrats' wave of gun control legislation that includes a ban on so-called assault firearms and large capacity magazines. Now a similar wave appears to be forming in Maryland in response to Gov. Wes Moore's signature on a bill that will ban the sale of Glocks and other striker-fired handguns later this year.

I have not been following this very closely, not live in Virginia. I have to say that it sounds completely stupid.

Anti-gun activists know that passage of their favored gun control laws leads to a spike in sales in the short term, but they're willing to make that trade-off because once a law takes effect its impact will be felt for as long as it remains in place.

Click thu.