“Scientists have uncovered new types of organics in icy geysers spouting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, bolstering the likelihood that the ocean world may harbor conditions suitable for life. Their findings, reported Wednesday, are based on observations made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2008 during a close and fast flyby of Enceladus. The small moon, one of 274 orbiting Saturn, has long been considered a prime candidate in the search for life beyond Earth because of its hidden ocean and plumes of water erupting from cracks near its south pole. While Enceladus may be habitable, no one is suggesting that life exists. ‘Being habitable and being inhabited are two very different things. We believe that Enceladus is habitable, but we do not know if life is indeed present,’ said the University of Washington’s Fabian Klenner, who took part in the study.” (10/01/25)
“The American Prospect has obtained thousands of pages of documents related to the New Mexico attorney general’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, which began in 2019 under then-Attorney General Hector Balderas. The investigation involved Epstein’s sprawling New Mexico ranch, and the documents include hundreds of pages of media reports, land records, flight logs, court documents, and interviews with witnesses to Epstein’s crimes. While the documents fail to answer many of the questions that lawmakers and the public hope will be revealed by the disclosure of files held by the Department of Justice, they also raise several new ones. The documents describe interviews with multiple attendees of Epstein’s 8,000-acre Zorro Ranch, and accusers who say they were assaulted there.” (10/01/25)
“A miracle defies the laws of nature. This is why ‘the Mississippi Miracle,’ the sobriquet for the extraordinary gains that students in the Magnolia State have made in reading in recent years, is a misnomer. There’s nothing miraculous about a state that adopts phonics and that sets high standards for its kids getting better results in reading instruction. This, to the contrary, is a predictable outcome, and a replicable one, as other Southern states that have taken up similar polices have shown. Mississippi went from 49th in fourth-grade reading results on the National Assessment of Educational Progress about a decade ago to ninth in 2024. Its low-income children are ranked first in the nation. Its black kids are No. 3 in the nation, and its Hispanic kids No. 1.” (09/30/25)
“Colorado officials are reviewing the death of journalist Hunter S Thompson, 20 years after it was ruled a suicide, at the request of his widow. Thompson died at the age of 67 at his home in Woody Creek, Colorado, a small town north of Aspen, in February 2005. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday that it was conducting a ‘case review’ of the 2005 investigation into his death, though the agency said this was not as a result of new evidence. ‘By bringing in an outside agency for a fresh look, we hope to provide a definitive and transparent review that may offer peace of mind to his family and the public,’ Colorado Sheriff Michael Buglione said. He added that Thompson had had ‘a profound impact’ on his community and beyond. Thompson was a renowned writer and journalist who wrote for dozens of outlets including Rolling Stone, Playboy, and ESPN.” (10/01/25)
“Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the former ‘Fox and Friends’ cohost, claims to be obsessed with making the Pentagon and the military services about ‘the warfighter.’ His main approach to doing so is a deeply misguided [sic] campaign to reduce ‘distractions’ like commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion (the dreaded DEI). No matter that the purpose of DEI is to combat White supremacist attitudes, misogyny, and anti-gay and anti-trans violence in the ranks. All such forms of discrimination are, in fact, already present in the U.S. military, and the way to build a cohesive defense force is certainly not by allowing them to run wild and be seen as acceptable or ‘normal’ behavior.” [editor’s note: These dumbasses keep harping on the peripheral issues, to deflect from their idiocy about the true purpose of a free country’s military – SAT] [editor’s note: What do “free countries” have to do with the US? – TLK] (10/01/25)
“The Jane Goodall Institute said in a post on Instagram Wednesday that the renowned primatologist has died. While living among chimpanzees in Africa decades ago, Goodall documented the animals using tools and doing other activities previously believed to be exclusive to people, and also noted their distinct personalities. Her observations and subsequent magazine and documentary appearances in the 1960s transformed how the world perceived not only humans’ closest living biological relatives but also the emotional and social complexity of all animals, while propelling her into the public consciousness. … In her later years, Goodall devoted decades to education and advocacy on humanitarian causes and protecting the natural world.” (10/01/25)
“Since October 2023, every morning, when I wake up, I do something that is harmful to my mental health, but essential. I grab my phone and open social media groups I have from Gaza. I read the breaking news from the night before. The news is filled with horror: reports of families being killed in Gaza, tents being targeted, carpet bombardments, sometimes accompanied by graphic images and video. Often, I read the names of streets I’ve walked on and buildings I’ve passed by, and I see images of people who were once my neighbors or classmates. This has been my routine, every day, since October 7, 2023.” (10/01/25)
“From the start, New Jersey Democrat Rep. Mikie Sherrill tried to have it both ways. She voted for the Charlie Kirk resolution and then trashed him in a press release hours later. That is not courage. That is cowardice. And it proves she is unfit for higher office. When New Jersey GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli confronted her with the facts, Sherrill had no answers. She hid behind cheap shots and outright lies. Her central attack, that Ciattarelli would raise the sales tax to 10%, collapsed on stage. He flatly stated he would not raise the sales tax or any tax. But when asked point-blank to promise she would not raise sales, income or property taxes, Sherrill refused. She actually said she ‘would not commit.’ In plain English: she is leaving the door wide open to hiking your taxes, and you can bet she will, just like Democrat Governor Phil Murphy.” (09/30/25)
“The story opens, ‘The Mormon Church shooter who killed at least four people in an attack on Sunday had a Trump sign outside his house and wore MAGA merch’. After weeks of being lectured by the left about how it was ghoulish to point out that mentally disturbed leftists were murdering people for political reasons, suddenly they saw a Google Street View image of what kind of looks like a ‘Trump/Pence’ sign on a fence and they knew all they needed to know: Donald Trump had inspired one of his followers to murder Mormons. Missing, naturally, was anything Trump has ever said about Mormons. Democrats didn’t even try. If they had, they probably could have come up with something critical of Mitt Romney which was even too flimsy for them to try.” (09/30/25)
“Bad Bunny is a bad choice for the Super Bowl halftime performance. Not simply because the Puerto Rican rapper’s politically driven touring choices are incompatible with someone being awarded one of the most prestigious perches of American culture. Or because his songs aren’t in English. But have you heard his autotune racket masquerading as music? Why can’t anyone sing or rap without the assistance of computers these days? I can already see the mute button in my future. Beyond the offensive tunes, the performer, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is taking flak for his hypocrisy. He’s proudly accepting the splashy high-profile gig at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., after explicitly declining to play on the United States mainland for this current tour in protest of President Trump’s immigration policies and ICE enforcement.” (09/30/25)
