OFF, PLEASE: Researchers uncover on/off switch for breast cancer metastasis.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: U.S. plans return to moon with an international astronaut by 2030.

IT’S NOT EASY: Caregivers of stroke survivors often experience depression, anxiety.

DRAG RACING with the Tesla Plaid.

MORE CONSEQUENCES: Antisemitic activism hurting job prospects as academics, doctors kicked out. “Since October, more than 200 law firms have signed onto a letter to top law schools warning students that their firms have ‘zero tolerance’ for antisemitism.”

NOT ENOUGH CONSEQUENCES: Claudine Gay debacle shows rejecting Western values has real consequences.

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WELL, THEY’RE RIGHT: Most feel Christmas and retirement are Scrooged by ‘Bidenomics.’

ACADEMIA’S CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Fresh Allegations of Plagiarism Unearthed in Official Academic Complaint Against Claudine Gay.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Civilizational Jenga: Bit by bit, our ruling class is eliminating our societal safety margins.

THE U.N. AND THE PRESS PROBABLY KNEW BUT DIDN’T TELL.

The question is not only how the IDF missed the Gaza mega tunnels but also how the UN, the humanitarian agencies and the media also missed them.https://t.co/CAnhP4JLK4

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) December 20, 2023

WELL SAID:

If you have to remove someone from the ballot to win, you are who you say they are.

— Colion Noir (@MrColionNoir) December 20, 2023

HARVARD: The Bud Light of Academia.

NEW: Harvard is the Bud Light of academia

my debut for @theblaze 🙂https://t.co/AxBqkdaBub

— Chris Brunet (@realChrisBrunet) December 20, 2023

GOOD POINT: Why Harvard Can’t Fire Claudine Gay: To admit she has performed poorly is to raise basic questions about the entire ‘diversity’ enterprise.

Worse yet, they’re questions that everyone knows are valid but that the establishment can’t admit exist.

OPEN THREAD: Readers, take the wheel.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Civilizational Jenga: Bit by bit, our ruling class is eliminating our societal safety margins.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China’s space plane apparently deployed 6 ‘mysterious wingmen’ in orbit: Some of the objects appear to be transmitting signals.

COOL:

Flight 3 Starship completed a full-duration static fire with all six of its Raptor engines pic.twitter.com/Mxn8faKcEv

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 20, 2023

IT IS ALIVE! Radar Reveals Signs of Volcanic Activity on Mars Far More Recently Than Expected. “The landscape also appears to have features carved out by lava interacting with ice or liquid water, causing steam explosions. This is very interesting, because terrestrial landscapes that combine hot geological activity with water, such as hot springs, are unexpectedly thriving with microbial life.”

Related: Why I hope there’s no life on Mars.

JUST LIKE IN ROTHERHAM: British Police ‘Are Giving in to the Mob’: Critics say cops aren’t enforcing the law fairly. Cops say they are scared to.

It’s unfortunate when a country’s ruling class has contempt for the people it rules. And that is the situation throughout much of the West.

And the concept of “racism” and its related “phobias” has become a very powerful tool of social control.

Related: “We live in a society where it has become increasingly common to be harsh to people with common-sense values and increasingly difficult to challenge certain forms of prejudice, lawlessness, and outright hatred of Western values.”

YES, I’M EXPECTING A TORRICELLI MANEUVER: DeSantis: Republicans Need To Be Prepared For Biden Dropping Out, Ready For Who Dems Pull Out Of The Hat.

IF YOU’D SAID THIS THREE YEARS AGO YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN SLAGGED FOR “MISINFORMATION:” Probiotics may help reduce COVID-19 symptoms, delay infection.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Behind the Shortage Keeping Cancer Patients From Chemo.

THEY CAN’T ADVANCE THEIR AGENDA WITH THE TRUTH: It’s Almost as if Giffords’ Standard for ‘Gun Safety’ Has Nothing to Do With Actually Keeping People Safe.

PLANETARY DEFENSE: New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroid threats.