Today was listed as National Taco Day on our date bar, but I had an odd impulse to verify this, and found some confusion. According to Wikipedia today was proposed for the occasion in Congress way back in 1968, but this apparently did not come up for a vote. It says the proper date for this is the first Tuesday in October. This makes more sense, as before I noticed the discrepancy I was going to question why this wasn't set up to always fall on a Tuesday. So that's fixed. And we still have World Press Freedom Day and Free Comic Book Day today, celebrating facts and fiction.

Obituary: Possessed guitarist Brian Montana ID'd as gunman killed by police in South San Francisco - NewsNation. Thanks Neutronbeam.

Rescheduled Round-up
Thanks Ant, Neutronbeam, and Max.

Brunch Link

• Alexander Skarsgard Comes Up With Idea For "A Swedish James Bond, No Violence." He's like the Swedish Steven Wright.

Science

• Trump’s 2026 budget proposal: Crippling cuts for science across the board - Ars Technica.
• After 856 'Snake Bites', Man's Blood Could Unlock Universal Antivenom - ScienceAlert. And to think they called him crazy.
• Experimental Drug Tested in Mice Repairs The Eye to Restore Vision - ScienceAlert.
• What to know about stress hormone behind 'cortisol bellies and faces' - National Post.

Images

• Aerial Images Show Progress of Futuristic Saudi City 'The Line' - PetaPixel. A Line in the sand takes on a whole new meaning. Thanks A.M.

Media

• What Actually Is An Orange Julius?

Creature Features

• These 🐶 know how to boogie. Thanks VideoSift.

Follow-up

• How to test if you have a silent mind with no inner voice - 1news.

The Funnies

• xkcd: Unstoppable Force and Immovable Object.