WELL, GOOD: Clinical trial shows rheumatoid arthritis drug could prevent disease.

WELL, GOOD: New project seeks to guide AI use in treating neurodegenerative illnesses.

SO GOOD FOR GAIA! South Africa Faces Most Severe Nationwide Power Cuts in Months. “South Africa is facing the most severe nationwide power cuts in months after state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. announced that it would implement so-called Stage 6 outages — taking 6,000 megawatts of demand off the grid — from midnight Saturday until further notice.”

PRIORITIES: Amid $14 million in budget cuts, UNH closes art museum, keeps DEI administrators.

IT’S “MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTEST” WHEN THEY DO IT: Trans Activists Stage Another Insurrection.

MAKE THEM PAY: Johns Hopkins University facing civil rights probe over anti-Semitism.

#JOURNALISM:

JUST IN: CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge fired in company wide layoffs conducted by Paramount Global.

Herridge was one of 800 people who got axed on Tuesday in Paramount Global's massive cost-cutting operation.

Herridge was fired just hours after she reported on how… pic.twitter.com/vyVKfErSY2

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 13, 2024

THEY WANT HIM DEAD: Mayorkas personally rejected RFK Jr. Secret Service protection.

HOW’S THAT WORKIN’ OUT FOR THEM? Disney Decided to Enter Political Fray After January 6th.

MORE ANTI-SEMITISM AT HARVARD:

After Harvard Divinity School student Shabbos “Alexander” Kestenbaum denounced the defacing of posters in a Jan. 21 post on X, he received an email from a Harvard employee challenging him to a debate on Israel’s role in 9/11.

“I invite you to debate me today at the Cambridge Street overpass 12-1, don’t miss it!” Gustavo “Gus” Espada ’96, an active University employee at the time, wrote in a Jan. 25 email to Kestenbaum.

“If you don’t show up I will use a puppet or potted plant to represent you!” he added.

Kestenbaum, who is one of six Jewish students suing Harvard for its alleged failure to address antisemitism on campus, said in an interview with The Crimson that he reported the incident to Harvard’s Office for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging.

Espada posted a TikTok video later that day speaking in Spanish and waving a toy machete. The video includes a screenshot of Kestenbaum’s post on X.

“I, of course, was fearing for my safety,” Kestenbaum said. “And again, what made it particularly upsetting and frustrating was the fact that Harvard did not respond to any of my calls, emails, or pleas for protection.” . . .

Espada remains listed as the financial and systems coordinator for Harvard’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, according to the department’s website.

So much of the overpoliticized bad behavior on campuses comes from administrative employees.

FIGHT THE POWER: It Turns Out Law School Leaving A Paper Trail Of Retaliation Was A Poor Litigation Strategy: Law professor Paul Campos prevailed in his fight with his employer. Quoth Campos: “In the settlement agreement, the university denies having done anything wrong, but, as always, actions speak louder than words. In addition to paying all of my legal fees from two years of litigation, the university paid me a substantial sum to not take the case to trial, removed Dean Inniss as my supervisor for whatever time may be left in her tenure as Dean, and made various other concessions regarding the conditions of my employment going forward.”

KUNTA KINTE WAS JUST A REFUGEE, PROVIDED A HOME BY A GENEROUS PLANTER: “Holy shit. They found a way to bring back slavery and make it woke.”

TRUTH: MARK JUDGE: Journalists don’t need to learn to code — they need to wash dishes and wait tables.

21ST CENTURY WITCH DOCTORS: FDA and CDC Could Soon Employ ‘Indigenous Knowledge,’ Documents Show.

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Marriage For Me, Not For Thee.

RIGGED: CIA Had Foreign Allies Spy On Trump Team, Triggering Russia Collusion Hoax, Sources Say.

I ASSUME THAT’S THE GOAL: Biden’s climate change reparations will bankrupt America: The reparations regime will only aid the wealthy and privileged, not those most in need.

OPEN THREAD: For you.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: How NASA’s moon landing with Intuitive Machines will help pave the way for Artemis astronaut missions.

MEH, THE DIFFERENCES AREN’T VERY IMPRESSIVE: The Blood of Exceptionally Long-Lived People Reveals Key Differences.

WELL-DESERVED: House Republicans impeach Alejandro Mayorkas in historic vote. “After being impeached, Mayorkas will now face a trial in the Democratic-controlled Senate, where a two-thirds majority vote will be needed to convict and remove him from office, which is very unlikely to happen.”

UPDATE: More here.

WELL, OKAY THEN: Professor Mark Graber Lectures Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson About White Supremacy.

LOL, ALWAYS: Axios: Watch the Republicans Pounce!® Over Biden’s Cognitive Crisis.

BASED ON MY OWN EXPERIENCE, THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF MATH TEACHERS: Children’s positive attitude towards mathematics fades during the early school years. I didn’t really enjoy math (except for Geometry, where I had a great teacher, Miss Keeble) until I started seriously using it in science classes like Physics and Chemistry.

A YEAR AGO TODAY: The Power of Old Men.