DOES THIS MEAN THERE’S A CONNECTION BETWEEN LIGHT SABERS AND PHOTON TORPEDOES? Photons molecules behave like light sabers with photons that push and deflect each other.

HMM: Study reveals surprising link between malnutrition and rising antibiotic resistance.

LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: Woman’s death raises concerns about marijuana-processing plants.

FLASHBACK: NEW YORK POST: Exposing the 2020 fed-ordered, academic-run, corporate-censorship extortion racket.

WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SUCH A CESSPIT OF RACISM? University broke state law to hire black candidate over more qualified white one.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Pro-Palestine professor arrested for killing Jewish man: Police arrested Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji on Thursday after an investigation into Paul Kessler’s death in Thousand Oaks, California.

OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM BEARS UNSURPRISING FRUIT: Why Western Women Are Converting to Islam: Since October 7, young Americans have been professing their devotion to the Quran in ‘the ultimate rebellion against the West.’

You’d think the torture and rape and murder would be unappealing to women, but you need to remember that serial killers get lots of love letters and marriage proposals.

PRETTY MUCH:

CONSEQUENCES: Terrorism And Tax Advantages: Universities And Anti-Israel Groups May Face Scrutiny Of Their Nonprofit Status.

A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH FOR SPACEX’S STARSHIP: The Super Heavy booster broke apart shortly after separation, but everything else has gone well.

UPDATE: Starship made it to space but then telemetry was lost. Looks like auto-termination because something went wrong. Jeff Foust writes it up.

ANOTHER INSTITUTION INFILTRATED AND DESTROYED BY THE LEFT: Girl Scouts To Host Training Sessions On ‘Internalized Racism,’ ‘White Supremacy Culture:’ The four-part training will be administered by a diversity consulting firm that embraces Critical Race Theory.

HE’S A CHINESE SATRAP, MORE OR LESS: Newsom Is Mandating Education in Disinformation—While Spreading It Online: California gov falsely claims Tennessee town bans ‘being gay in public.’

I’m disturbed that he thinks “being gay” is the same as “public lewdness.”

WITHOUT THE GOVERNMENT, WHO WOULD SPEND TAX DOLLARS ON BOOZE AND STRIPPERS? FDIC chief under bipartisan fire.

Related: Heavy Drinking, Strip Clubs, And Lewd Photos: Inside The Federal Government’s Wildest Office.

To be honest, spending on booze and strippers is less destructive than what they do with most of my tax money.

FLASHBACK:

It's wild but the whole disinformation concept arose as a cope from the Clinton campaign in 2016 as to why they lost.

And in 7 years it has spawned a whole complex of gov't agencies, academic disciplines, think tanks, and news divisions.

— Jimmy Gandhi (@jimmygandhi) July 6, 2023

OH NO! ANYWAY . . . Michigan Democrats risk losing both Arab and Jewish voters as Israel divisions deepen.

A BIG LOSS FOR STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA: ‘The View’ Forced to Issue On-air Correction After False Claim About House Speaker Mike Johnson.

OPEN THREAD: Thank God it’s Friday, only two more working days until Monday.

FINALLY: ULA gearing up for first Vulcan launch.

IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE IT’S TRUE.

'I'm On The Right Side Of History,' Thinks College Student In Front Of Dorm Posters Of Stalin, Hitler, Osama Bin Laden https://t.co/YYG5YrMJbY pic.twitter.com/TJcjbAhJSs

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) November 17, 2023

It’s also sad because it’s true.

Related thoughts here.

CHANGE: ChatGPT-4 Passes Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE), Beats Law School Graduates And Other Generative AI Models.

SADLY TRUE:

For a free country it’s surprising how many political prisoners we have. https://t.co/1JS6lZaA7P

— Bret Weinstein (@BretWeinstein) November 11, 2023

160 YEARS AGO TODAY: Siege of Knoxville Begins.

OH NO! ANYWAY . . . The War in Gaza is Making Life Difficult for The Squad.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY/K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: ACT test scores drop to lowest level in 30 years. “The average scores in three of the four subjects featured on the test – mathematics, reading and science – were below the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks. The benchmarks are the minimum ACT test scores required for students taking the test to have a high probability of success in college.”

Plus: “The graduating class of 2023 began their high school careers when the COVID-19 pandemic took place, according to the ACT report.”

THOUGHTS ON The Economics of Space Mining.