The academic ranking of world universities conducted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University has been established for over 20 years and is now recognized as the best indicator. The recently released 2025 rankings show that California has 9 universities in the top 100, Texas has 1, and Florida has 0; in the 101-150 range: California has 1, Texas has 1, and Florida has 0; in the 151-200 range: California has 1, Texas has 0, and Florida has 1. The Republican Party has already ruined the universities in red states and now wants to take down those in blue states.

2025 Academic Ranking of American Universities (Shanghai Jiao Tong University): Harvard, Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, Princeton, Columbia, Caltech, Chicago, Yale, Cornell, Pennsylvania, UCLA, Washington, Hopkins, UCSD, UCSF, Washington University in St. Louis, New York, Rockefeller, Northwestern, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke, Texas at Austin, Minnesota, UIUC,

2025 World University Academic Rankings (Shanghai Jiao Tong University): Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Cambridge, UC Berkeley, Oxford, Princeton, Columbia, Caltech, Chicago, Yale, Cornell, Paris-Saclay, University College London, Pennsylvania, UCLA, Washington, Tsinghua, Hopkins, UCSD, UCSF, ETH Zurich, Peking University, Zhejiang University, Toronto, Washington University in St. Louis, New York,

2025 World University Academic Rankings (Shanghai Jiao Tong University): Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Cambridge, UC Berkeley, Oxford, Princeton, Columbia, Caltech, Chicago, Yale, Cornell, Paris-Saclay, University College London, Pennsylvania, UCLA, Washington, Tsinghua, Hopkins, UCSD, UCSF, ETH Zurich, Peking University, Zhejiang University, Toronto, Washington University in St. Louis, New York,

Wildflowers seen today: San Diego wreath plant, purple vetch, desert broom, horseweed.

"California needs to say, 'No, we will not hand over control of the University of California to him, and we will not use taxpayer money to let him extort.' If California doesn't say no, then I don't know who else can."

Canadians' approval ratings of various governments: Russia: 9%, USA: 15%, China: 23%, Germany: 54%, Canada: 59%. The USA and Russia have become one.

Due to tariffs and labor shortages, the wholesale price of vegetables in the U.S. rose by 38.9% in July compared to June. A one-month increase like this is record-breaking, and I can already hear the complaints from Trump supporters about not being able to afford vegetables, all blaming Biden. The first products affected by tariffs are those that cannot be stockpiled and have thin profit margins. Coffee and tea in the U.S. are all imported, and prices are starting to rise as well, with retail coffee prices increasing by 14.5% in July.

The law passed in Mississippi requires that anyone using social media must use their real name and prove they are of legal age. A district court issued an injunction, which was lifted by the federal appeals court, and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene, making the law effective. This is even more like North Korea than China.

California proposed a redistricting plan to counter Texas, retaining only three Republican districts and two competitive districts, with the condition that any Republican state must also undergo redistricting. The plan requires a two-thirds vote from both chambers of the state legislature by August 18, and then it must be submitted to voters for a referendum in early November to be implemented. California is a true democracy, and making changes is complicated, unlike Texas, which is a pseudo-democracy where the governor and state legislature can change district plans at any time.