Tuesday Links - 20 January

Miguel Gonzalez starts us off with Stuff that gives me headaches about an off-duty ICE officer having to defend himself.

Mr. Porter was actively shooting within a residential area with a forbidden weapon in California, but his death was murder because we are now in a rant against ICE?

The Hill - DOJ: Ban on mailing concealable firearms unconstitutional, can’t be enforced

A nearly 100-year-old federal ban on mailing handguns through the U.S. Postal Service is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, according to an opinion released Thursday by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Clayton Cramer also on the DOJ opinion. Gutsy DOJ Call

Prohibiting mail order shipping of handguns was supposed to make it easier to enforce state laws regulating handgun ownership—of which the focus was apparently blacks.

The Other McCain - Radical Vegan Transgender Cult Update: Three ‘Zizians’ Make Court Appearance

The court should stop wasting time with these psychiatrists and just call me as an expert witness: Crazy People Are Dangerous.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Doom Today: Mushrooms Will Kill You When You Least Expect It

I’m actually surprised Jezebel didn’t put some sort of loony tunes 4th wave feminism spin on this

Cold Fury - You keep using that word, law-abiding

I do not think that it means what you think it means.

Second City Cop - Overdose Deaths Drop

And the media mentions every cause they can think of....except one:

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 17 January 2026: Kybard Edition

TSMC says AI demand is endless, just like tulip bulbs. (Ars Technica)

But you can eat tulip bulbs.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: Suddenly, A Winning Week

It was a good week to be a Senators fan. First, we rose up and defeated the Expos in two games of our three game series, including a 4-run 10th inning rally ...

Meep at STUMP - Dropping Numbers: Drugs ODs, Homicides, Motor Vehicle Accident Deaths

A drop in the supply seems more credible than Narcan availability, given the huge drops in deaths.

Sorry, y’all, but what has often happened was that people were saved from their current OD event by Narcan… but would only have a fatal OD later. The bigger thing that saved them was just not having the fentanyl to kill them.

Again from Wombat-socho - Rule 5 Sunday: But First, Coffee

Thanks to everyone for all the luscious links!

Again from William Teach - Bummer: Wall Street Is Abandoning Climate (scam) Pledges

It’s all fun and games when you think you’re Doing Something for the Earth, both because you want to look good (for insane cultists) and because you are kinda forced to do it by politicians. There comes a point when this makes no financial sense, kinda like how the yutes have realized that ordering delivery every day for most meals is a a Bad Idea, and now they’re on to Hamburger Helper

Chicago Contrarian - Latin School of Chicago Head of School Exit Raises Questions About DEI-First Governance Models

The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) — the nonprofit representing 1,700 private K-12 schools — continues championing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE) programs even as evidence mounts suggesting these initiatives may be producing unintended negative consequences.