THAT WOULD BE NICE: Can Type 2 Diabetes Be Reversed for Good? Experts Weigh In.

SO THAT PROBABLY MEANS THERE’S A NEW VIRUS, BASED ON RECENT HISTORY: Respiratory illnesses in China not caused by new virus, CDC director testifies.

Right? Plus: “The United Nations health agency has asked China to provide more information about the surge in respiratory illnesses, NBC News reported. Both the Chinese government and WHO have faced criticism over a lack of transparency in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Add the CDC to that list.

HMM: EPA’s Own Data Shows Only 19% of All Climate Stations Reported Warming Since 1948.

Related: UN: Okay, Maybe the Planet Isn’t Warming That Quickly.

OOPS: NHTSA Opens Investigation Into the Chevy Volt.

SKYNET SWIMS: Watch this eel robot effortlessly glide underwater.

STILL A FEW BUGS IN THE SYSTEM: Trick prompts ChatGPT to leak private data.

INDUSTRY: Car Expert Sandy Munro Estimates Tesla Can Make 250,000 to 500,000 Cybertrucks per Year.

Related: Drive by Wire and 48V Architecture in New Cybertruck. “The Tesla Cybertruck is twice as efficient as a Hummer EV.”

VITAMIN D UPDATE: Vitamin D supplements do not prevent bone fractures in children, finds study.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: When astronauts become farmers: Harvesting food on the moon and Mars.

YES, THEY NEED TO BE TAUGHT A LESSON: If Dems can target billionaire Elon Musk to control speech, who WON’T they target?

I DON’T KNOW, I CAN IMAGINE AN AWFUL LOT BY WAY OF NEW DEMOCRACY: Harvard law professor tells audience to ‘imagine a new democracy.’. But I feel certain what I imagine isn’t what she’s imagining.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Swing State Muslims Vow to “Abandon Biden” Next Year.

READER BOOK PLUG: Enemies Among Us.

WELL, THEY ALL GET THE SAME EMAILS FROM MEDIA MATTERS AND THE DNC: “The NYT headline about Trump’s Cedar Rapids speech is so close to WaPo’s headline that I was afraid for a moment that I’d mistakenly attributed the NYT headline to WaPo.”

LOL: Trans activists tell straight, gay people they can’t have ‘genital preferences.’

DAN MARKEL UPDATE: The Case For And Against Keeping Donna Adelson In Jail Before Her Trial In Dan Markel’s Murder.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Living and Dying in the 3/4 Time.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Weekly Biden Report Card: Fails in Israel, on border, with voters.

JUSTICE: Court Orders Jussie Smollett Back to Jail for Hate Crime Hoax.

TRUST:

Trust is a fragile thing. It decays through being on the receiving end of lies, contempt, hostility and arrogance. https://t.co/zAPc29LzYx

— cdrsalamander (@cdrsalamander) December 2, 2023

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH: They Might Want You to Eat Bugs, But They Would Prefer You Weren’t Here at All.

OPEN THREAD: Like Schaeffer Beer, it’s there for you. It’s what you want. It’s the one thread to have, when you’re having more than one.

OUCH:

And that is because the senator from Egypt is harder to dislodge than the congressman from mendacity.https://t.co/ek6AYvTcFg

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) December 2, 2023

UPDATE: Heh. Indeed.

Weird: Man Becomes More Conservative As He Regains Brain Function https://t.co/6nesG1N1WN pic.twitter.com/MTBFFITUvY

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) December 2, 2023

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Angola signs Artemis Accords.

Here’s an Artemis Accords explainer. This is actually super important, as it nails the lid on the coffin of efforts to block space resource exploitation using international law.

WELL, GOOD: A Radical New Drug Is Poised to Extend The Life of Large Dogs. They don’t live long enough.