FOLLOW THE MONEY: U.S. Department Of Education Takes Action Against Five Law Schools For Disbursing $2.9 Million In Federal Financial Aid To Students In Unaccredited LL.M. Programs.

OPEN THREAD: Enjoy.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Japan set to shoot for the moon after Russia and India missions.

LOL: Ronan Farrow Thinks He Can Explain Elon Musk.

Farrow’s take is brutally deconstructed in the comments.

YEAH, SOME OF THEM WERE TELLING US THAT THE COVID VACCINE PREVENTED INFECTION AND TRANSMISSION: Alarming Study Shows Doctors Can Be an Insidious Source of Misinformation.

And others claimed that mask mandates and lockdowns saved lives.

YES, VERY SAD. ANYWAY: China’s attempt to seize another island in the South China Sea failed (for now).

TO BE FAIR, THAT’S A LOW BAR: New Study: ChatGPT Outperforms University Students in Writing.

WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT’S BECAUSE IT WORKS. A State Plagued by Bear Encounters Turns to an Old Solution: Guns: A Connecticut law allows residents to kill bears in certain circumstances. But some residents want a full-fledged bear hunt, allowed in almost every nearby state..

Human-bear interactions have increased dramatically in Connecticut in recent years, as the state’s population of black bears has multiplied and their geographic range has expanded. This year alone, bears in Avon crashed a parade and broke into a bakery. Elsewhere in the state, they have even invaded houses.

The danger was underscored this week in nearby Westchester County, N.Y., when a bear attacked a 7-year-old boy who was playing in his yard. (On Wednesday, health officials said the bear tested negative for rabies.)

Worried about public safety, Gov. Ned Lamont recently signed into law a measure that allows residents to shoot and kill bears under certain circumstances: if a person “reasonably believes” a bear could seriously hurt a person or a pet, or if a bear is trying to enter a building with humans inside.

It also prohibits intentionally feeding potentially dangerous animals, like bears, on private property.

Connecticut is the only state in the Northeast with a significant bear population but no bear hunting season. The new law, essentially a stand-your-ground law for bear encounters, was a modest step that has drawn critics from all sides. . . .

Connecticut is home to 1,000 to 1,200 bears, according to the state environmental agency, and last year, bear home entries reached a new high: 67 reported invasions and dozens more attempts.

By comparison, Maine — where bear hunting starts in August and continues through November — has more than 30,000 bears, but incidents of bears breaking into homes are rare.

If you want them to be “more afraid of you than you are of them,” shooting them is a good approach. Loving them, on the other hand, not so much.

WELL, GOOD: Toyota Driver Survives Actual Spear Thrown Through Windshield: Forget Final Destination—this was a bizarre and apparently intentional act with an unusual weapon.

READER FAVORITE: Flat Plug Power Strip, Ultra Thin Flat Extension Cord. #CommissionEarned

RIP: Bob Barker, longtime The Price is Right host, dead at 99.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: The Beginner’s Guide to Shotgun Chokes.

SO THERE’S A SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR CALLING SOMEONE A FATHEAD? Study shows adipose tissue co-regulates cognitive function.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Why Chandrayaan-3 landed near the moon’s south pole — and why everyone else wants to get there too.

“ECO FRIENDLY:” Harmful ‘forever chemicals’ found in ‘eco-friendly’ paper straws.

HMM: Gastrointestinal symptoms may appear before Parkinson’s disease.

LIGHTNING DEAL: RalChyez Tactical Lunch Bag. #CommissionEarned

THE POWER LINE WEEK IN PICTURES: Mugshot Edition.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Japan’s space agency is about to launch a lunar lander and revolutionary satellite.

HAVE YOU NOTICED: Strikes by hospital employees are increasing, especially in facilities “represented” by locals affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Labor Pains has more on the SEIU’s calculated strategy.

WHEN OBVIOUS TRUTHS ARE A CRIME: Coach fired for saying biological men can outperform women in sports.

IS MATH GOD’S FAVORITE SUBJECT: One might think so, given the deeply intertwined natures of mathematics and the universe. Something different on HillFaith to ponder during your Saturday rounds and chores.

“SCHOLARS.” Scholars claim that statistics ‘serve white racial interests.’

SPACE: SpaceX Launches Crew7 to the Space Station.

ITS SORRY LEFT-WING POLITICAL CLASS, OF COURSE. Who is driving Germany’s far-right poll surge?

I mean there’s only so much poverty, deprivation, and deindustrialization you can sell to voters. Even Henry Morgenthau never intended to let Germans vote on his plan. And, of course, there’s the disastrous migration policy:

AfD supporters see Germany’s migration policy as a catastrophe. Until “Politik” (policy … mainstream policy AT) “gets a grip on this problem” and until it stops creating the impression “with citizens” that it treats anyone who is concerned about migration with condescension and moral superiority, the appeals of the AfD will continue to fall on fertile soil.

Mutti Merkel is gone, but the damage remains.