MICROBIOME NEWS: Family dogs boost adolescent mental health through the microbiome, study suggests.

MINNESOTA AIN’T THE PLACE TO RAISE YOUR KIDS, IN FACT IT’S COLD AS HELL: Mars briefly warmer than Minneapolis on Thanksgiving.

SPACE: All International Space Station docking ports in use for first time in 25 years.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Ultrasound scans recommended to prevent damage from cosmetic fillers.

PRESIDENTIAL REMOVAL POWER: With Trump v. Slaughter about to be argued in the Supreme Court, Prof. Phil Hamburger has thoughts.

DISTURBINGLY PLAUSIBLE.

'Black Hawk Down' Remake To Be Filmed In Minneapolis https://t.co/JFjB7aQ4lr pic.twitter.com/PxW9BsMUfq

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) December 4, 2025

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW:

This guy’s Cybertruck just drove itself 1,200 miles from Chicago to Cape Canaveral, Florida without him touching the wheel or pedals a single time. How is everyone not talking about this?! Self-driving cars aren’t some far-off thing, they’re already here! https://t.co/NdAiHzn0x0 pic.twitter.com/xyLYpeKDmm

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) November 30, 2025

THIS TERM, “BLUDGEONSPEAK,” SPEAKS TO ME:

I'm coining a term today: "bludgeonspeak".

Bludgeonspeak is the use of invented terminology, or historical terminology that has been hijacked and corrupted, and then emptied of all meaning except as an attempt at moral blackmail.

Here are some notable bludgeonspeak items in…

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) December 3, 2025

EDUCATION FAILURE: Nine in ten college students think ‘words can be violence’: survey.

SETH BARRETT TILLMAN: Chat GPT vs. Grok. A good illustration of why I prefer Grok.

ANNALS OF BIGOTRY: Kent State a cappella group bans white students from solo auditions.

LEFTISTS INFLATE ANY CURRENCY THEY CONTROL, WHETHER FINANCIAL, INTELLECTUAL, OR MORAL.

If you call everyone from Trump to Sydney Sweeney to JK Rowling "Hitler"

Then yes, it does in fact follow that Hitler must not have been that bad pic.twitter.com/cLXB70LzLl

— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) December 4, 2025

LEFTISM IS A MENTAL DISORDER:

I asked if Trump Derangement Syndrome is real: I got the death threats in reply proving it is https://t.co/NYbUO5G5eh pic.twitter.com/hvZ8r8W7WO

— NY Post Opinion (@NYPostOpinion) December 2, 2025

#BURN. Also, the answer is yes.

This you? pic.twitter.com/TyparwbDDF

— Kosher🎗 (@koshercockney) December 2, 2025

DON SURBER: Pentagon Reporters Self-Deported; America Won.

YES.

The @HouseGOP and @SenateGOP need to stop horsing around and do Trump's agenda. If they don't, they may lose the midterms; if they do it, they could be in power for the next 50 years.

If this were a Democrat president, Democrats would have already voted in the agenda.

— Heidi (@heidiponyrider) December 3, 2025

SAY ANYTHING:

This literally happened https://t.co/vUGco2Uax1

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 4, 2025

MATT RIDLEY: Matt Ridley: Why Science Lost Its Way Even Before COVID.

CDR SALAMANDER: Can Maritime Power Recapture San Francisco Bay? “From top to bottom, San Francisco Bay used to be covered thickly with naval bases, shipyards and everything else you would expect from a world dominating naval power. However due to a political climate hostile to both the military and industry, grasping developers, and the domination of green-eyeshade accountants over strategists and national-security-minded people, as we see a challenge on the other side of the Pacific not seen since Imperial Japan, the bay’s once potent military ecosystem is almost completely abandoned and derelict like some forgotten remains of a once great empire—which they might be. . . . Yes, to all the problems, but the requirement remains. If you can’t refurbish, claw back, restart, reclaim, or otherwise take back what the Jesus Jones Era took away—what do you do? Is all lost? No, not really.

IT’S COME TO THIS: Hillary Clinton Warns Youth Being Misled by ‘Totally Made Up’ Narratives About Gaza, Israel.

REALCLEARDEFENSE: The Seditious Six.. “As a retired Naval officer, Mark Kelly is still subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and, theoretically, could be recalled to active duty to face military discipline. The discipline could range from administrative action, such as a letter of reprimand, to a general court-martial for violating Art. 134, UCMJ, insofar as it incorporates 18 U.S.C. § 2387 which punishes actions taken with an ‘intent to interfere with, impair, or influence the loyalty, morale, or discipline’ or Art. 94, UCMJ, which punishes mutiny.”

FLASHBACK: Draft women? Why not? It occurs to me that if you want to boost birthrates, having a draft for women with a pregnancy/motherhood exception would probably do it. We certainly see high pregnancy rates among female troops scheduled for deployment already . . . .

THIS:

My favorite moment the whole hearing: https://t.co/3WCEneGMFa

— Natalie F Danelishen (@Chesschick01) December 3, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

WHERE WE ARE TODAY:

Every show he’ll ask someone making $40k a year with $50k of credit card debt why they’re spending $400 a month on DoorDash and the answer is inevitably some variant of ‘self care’ or ‘YOLO’ or ‘I owe myself a treat’ and it makes me want to scream. https://t.co/QromoiRYQa pic.twitter.com/Foqiz26ZWd

— Coddled Affluent Professional (@feelsdesperate) December 3, 2025