AND NO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FOR OFFICIALS, WHICH MAKES IT A BIGGER DEAL: U Tenn Pharmacy School Pays $250K Settlement for Trying to Expel Student for Sexually Themed Tweets. “Unfortunately, Kim’s ordeal was not unique. For years, colleges around the country have wielded professionalism codes against students for their expression even when the student’s speech has no bearing on their ability to succeed in a given field.”

I’d have more respect for “professionalism” requirements if the people who ran our institutions acted more professionally.

NO. Are Hydrogen Cars Inevitable? Hydrogen isn’t a fuel, it’s an energy storage medium. It’s made by electrolysis — we’d need a lot of nuclear plants — or by steam reformation of natural gas, where it’s basically just a fossil fuel. I’m in favor of a lot of nuclear plants, but. . . There are other issues of storage, etc. I drove a hydrogen car for Popular Mechanics some years ago, but my objections there still hold: “The car advertises itself as petroleum-free, which is true. But—and here’s my problem with hydrogen cars—it’s not really fossil fuel free. Most hydrogen is made by ‘steam reformation’ of natural gas, which is still a fossil fuel. You can also make it out of water, via electrolysis, but unless you’ve got a non-fossil source of electricity the hydrogen is really just functioning as an energy-storage medium, rather than a source of energy. Of course, build lots of nice, clean nuclear plants, or orbiting solar power plants, or whatever, and that problem goes away.”

SAFETY: ICE Now Deporting Violent, Gun-Toting Illegals After They’d Been Released by Sanctuary State Judges.

FLASHBACK: In light of Tulsi Gabbard’s comments on Edward Snowden, Don’t Fear the Leaker.

Related: The full length article on Bureaucracy and Ethical Whistleblowing.

And here’s a video of me speaking on the topic before the Information Systems Security Association.

SO DO I: Can a heart failure drug effectively treat a lethal form of ovarian cancer? Scientists hope the answer is ‘yes.’

LOL: Obama’s Failure To Close Guantanamo Meant It Was Open for Trump To Use.

Heh.

FASTER, PLEASE: First steps taken toward developing interstellar lightsails.

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED; Ventilation in hospitals could cause viruses to spread further, study suggests.

WELL, YES:

No shit they were lying.

It's China. https://t.co/nazeZwjxHf

— RBe (@RBPundit) January 31, 2025

Might want to look into who shorted Nvidia before the announcement.

ADMINISTRATIVE BLOAT: New research identifies more than 1,100 DEI-related jobs at University of Michigan.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ‘I don’t give a f**k if you have a right to be here’: leftist tries to shut down conservative students.

WELL, GOOD:

DNC forum is currently talking systemic racism, slavery, 1619, diversity, equity, inclusion. They learned nothing. pic.twitter.com/gHvVdIElh9

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 31, 2025

If you’re feeling a little down or depressed, read this thread. https://t.co/npbwukZoMZ

— Glenn Diagram (@GlennAndTonic) January 31, 2025

Text from a Dem campaign vet watching this pic.twitter.com/eQVOBpAAI6

— David Weigel (@daveweigel) January 31, 2025

INCREDIBLE. Ex-Obama Adviser Jailed as Pedophile, Took Stuffed Animals and Condoms to Meet Little Girl, 9.

A FRIEND SAYS HER FEDERAL-WORKER FRIENDS ARE PLANNING TO TAKE THE BUYOUTS: Federal Workers Respond to Buyout Offer with Panic and Disbelief.

SERIOUS DEFUNDING WILL REQUIRE ACTION AT THE STATE LEVEL: New FCC Chair Turns the Spotlight on Publicly Funded NPR, PBS: Investigation comes a year after NPR editor resigned over outlet’s ‘devastating’ bias. Much of their funding comes from fees paid by affiliates, often associated with state universities, for programming.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. It’s Not Just Britain; All of Europe Must Be Rebooted. “The Swedish Government has announced that they don’t have control of the country, and Germany is considering banning the AfD, kicking all is members out of Parliament, and seizing all its assets. This insanity in both countries, as in Great Britain, is driven by immigration extremism–and by that I don’t mean ‘extremists’ who oppose immigration, but by those who are imposing a mass immigration agenda that is literally ruining their countries. People aren’t willing to admit that importing Islamist immigrants has created an unsustainable situation in which not just the culture, but the lives of their citizens are in danger. . . . The situation in Germany, while not as dire, is dire enough that the AfD has been skyrocketing in popularity and could win control of the Bundestag. The reaction of the Establishment is not to respond to the manifest will of the German people–about whom they show no care–but to shut down the party that might kick them out of power.”

HMM: FDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate the risk of addiction associated with opioids. I hope it works, but I’m reminded that heroin was introduced as a nonaddictive alternative to morphine.

OPEN THREAD: Roll it.

GOOD IDEA: The U.S. should stop holding back its military potential in space.

#JOURNALISM:

So a trans person tried to assassinate Scott Bessent, and a vegan trans cult is behind a string of murders including a border agent.

And it's radio silence from the same media that floods the zone on every bumpkin militia member that runs afoul of the law.

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) January 30, 2025

AND JOE BIDEN BANNED MENTHOL CIGARETTES. HE’S TRYING TO KILL AMERICANS! Surprising Link Between Menthol And Alzheimer’s Discovered in Mice.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: The 5th Circuit Says the Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to Young Adults Is Unconstitutional.

GOOD NEWS: Prenatal Nutrition Breakthrough Reduces Risk of Preterm Birth by 27%.

SPEED: Nebraska Teen Leads Police on 168-MPH Chase in Chevy Corvette. Not a good idea, but . . .

COMPARISON: 2025 Toyota 4Runner vs. 2025 Toyota Highlander: How They Compare.