BETTER SUICIDE THAN SUICIDE BOMBING: Pro-Palestinian Protester Set Herself on Fire Outside Israeli Consulate in Atlanta.

IT’S PRACTICALLY MAGIC: Moderate regular exercise found to alleviate some symptoms of postpartum depression.

AFFLUENT WHITE FEMALE LIBERALS ARE AWFL: VIDEO: White, Pro-Palestinian Karen Doesn’t Have a Clue. “No one knows what they support, or why they support it. That used to be enough to discredit people and ideas, but now it seems like being ‘passionate’ about something is all that matters.”

JEFFREY CARTER: Is it harder for young people today than it used to be?

Certainly if you’re on a college/grad school path it’s gotten vastly more expensive. Plus: “When you are raising kids and building a family, the suburbs are the easiest, cheapest way to do it. Yet, elite urban planners are 100% opposed to the idea of suburbs. . . . I don’t see building codes and housing codes changing anytime soon. It’s too hard to change elite opinions and they are mired in the groupthink of global warming. Instead of single-family homes, they are thinking in terms of multi-family grass huts.” Suburban people raise kids and vote Republican. Can’t have that.

SPACE JUNK: Why the first-ever space junk fine is such a big deal.

FINE, BUT THE BIG GROWTH HAS BEEN IN ADMINISTRATORS, NOT FACULTY: ‘Ambitious’ higher ed reform proposal would fire substantial number of professors.

Related: UW-Madison employs one administrator for every four undergrads: analysis.

WHY ARE OUR UNIVERSITIES SUCH CESSPITS OF HATRED? POLL: Nearly 3 in 4 Jewish students report experiencing anti-Semitism following Hamas attack. Less than half feel “physically safe” on campus.

JOHN LUCAS: Ersatz Educators Pay the Dane Geld by Enabling Terrorist Supporters.

GOOD: Explosion of concealed handguns means someone nearby is carrying.

FOLLOW ELON’S LEAD AND TELL THEM TO F*CK OFF: Actress Julianna Margulies Speaks Out About Black Antisemitism and Feels the Backlash.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: Terrorist Group Sponsored Princeton Anti-Israel Rally: Designated terror group Samidoun listed on rally poster.

Maybe it’s a mistake to heap money and deference onto institutions that promote actual enemies of our civilization.

CDR SALAMANDER: Front or Flank: the Importance of Words.

SHE’S A 3 WAY PROTECTED CLASS, THE LAWS DON’T APPLY TO HER: KJP Violated Hatch Act After Being Warned to Stop (But No Disciplinary Action Will Be Taken).

CENSORSHIP CLOWN SHOW: I know I said I wasn’t going to dwell on this, but some things are too funny. In yesterday’s surreal House hearing on censorship, the Democrats’ witness Olivia Troye denied to North Carolina congressman Dan Bishop something she’d said in her opening statement.

STEVE HAYWARD: When & How Did Universities Become So Crazy Left? “So how did we come to this point of mass insanity on college campuses, whose manifestation right now of open anti-Semitism is one of the most obvious fruits of the further gallop to the left on campus?”

INTELLIGENCE FAILURES: Israel Knew About Hamas’ Attack Plan a Year in Advance But Didn’t Take It Seriously. “In retrospect, the whole thing comes down to a failure of imagination and also a too firm belief among senior leaders that Hamas was not interested in attacking. Apparently they were convinced by the fact that Hamas had negotiated for the right to cross the border to work jobs in Israel that they were no longer a threat. In fact, they may have been using this access to gather information for the attack.”

Flashback: Israel’s intelligence failure is a warning for America’s politicized agencies. “We know what the Israeli intelligence agencies weren’t doing, which is getting warning of the attack. So what were they doing? Well, one thing was organizing protests against Netanyahu, in opposition to his party’s platform of reform aimed at Israel’s Supreme Court. . . . So the Mossad, whose job is to protect Israel from external threats, was instead monkeying with domestic politics.”

Plus: “So what is the FBI and the rest of the intelligence/law-enforcement apparatus missing now? When we find out, it will be too late.”

FBI INFORMANTS ARE EVERYWHERE LATELY: Derek Chauvin was stabbed 22 times on Black Friday in tribute to Black Lives Matter, court documents allege, by an inmate who once served as an FBI informant.

OPEN THREAD: Everybody’s blogging for the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: GAO report warns Artemis 3 landing may be delayed to 2027.

That’s okay, the SpaceX guys will be waiting with beer and snacks.

WELL, GOOD: Common Blood Pressure Drug Increases Lifespan, Slows Aging in Animals.

WHAT “DECOLONIZATION” LOOKS LIKE: Hamas Branded Children, Beat Jews With Electric Cables, and Kept Israeli Women in Cages.

#JOURNALISM:

We are on Day Five of journalistic insistence on canceling an elementary school student by any means necessary. https://t.co/Z3hvTe8UrT

— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) December 1, 2023

Kevin Blackistone is a professor of journalism and — of course — writes for the Washington Post.

He’s getting hammered in the replies. Plus:

How much money did Nicholas Sandmann get when they did this to him?@NickSandmannUS

— David Hamilton, School Board Trustee (@Hamilton4TX) December 1, 2023

HMM: Is the Blood Clot Risk From Birth Control Reversible? “The absolute risk of getting a blood clot while taking birth control pills is low, but it’s not zero. The risk can be higher depending on several factors, like the type of birth control pill you take as well as how long you’re taking it. A new study suggests that when you go off the pill, your risk of getting a blood clot might go down sooner than you’d think.”

Honestly, 2-4 weeks is about what I would have guessed off the top of my head.

I HAD SOME FRIENDS AT NASA WHO QUITE LIKED HER: NASA shuttle astronaut, scientist Mary Cleave remembered as ‘trailblazer.’

HEH. INDEED.

Child Grooming Content On X Reduced By 83% After Disney Pulls Ads https://t.co/I5LPB3eVfq pic.twitter.com/6Laa3G516z

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) December 1, 2023