SOCIETAL PROBLEM SOLVED WITHOUT GOVERNMENT COERCION OF ANYONE: Non-profit drug maker will provide insulin for no more than $30 a vial. The linked article is from March, but apparently Civica RX is chugging right along based on a paywalled article in my newsfeed today.

CDC AGAIN STICKS NOSE WHERE IT DOESN’T BELONG: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is testing school teachers’ levels of “LGBTQ inclusivity” with self-assessment handbooks that urge them to “commit to change” if they aren’t deemed to be inclusive enough, said the government agency on Tuesday. How is this in any way related to communicable disease? Why is the federal government involved in K-12, anyway?

HUNTER’S TRICK BABY MAY GET BIDEN NAME: The mother of Hunter Biden’s love child has asked an Arkansas court to legally change the 4-year-old girl’s last name to Biden so the child can benefit from the family’s presidential lineage.

TODAY IN HATE BIRD NEWS: Bald Eagle carries off Canada Goose in its sharp talons.

AND SPEAKING OF SHITTING ALL OVER THE PLACE: A federal judge has issued a temporary ban on San Francisco clearing most homeless encampments amid an ongoing lawsuit against the city filed by advocacy groups seeking to stop police sweeps of homeless encampments. Apparently the SF city government wasn’t providing proper notice, or making shelter space available, before clearing the encampments.

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? Northrop Grumman has completed ground-based tests to demonstrate critical technology required for a 2025 demonstration of space-based solar power. […] The China Academy of Space Technology announced plans for a 2028 space-based demonstration. While the stated goal is space-based power, these satellites become weapons if pointed at the wrong place. At the very minimum they could disrupt RF communications including cellular and wifi. At worst they could cook people alive in their homes. Imagine NG being asked to “assist” law enforcement using these things.