WELL, BYE: Out You Go – Greece to Expel Foreign Students Over Disruptive Anti-Israel Protests.

SUE THEM: ‘We’re Back Bitches’: Columbia pro-Hamas activists disrupt alumni reunion event.

Flashback: Protesters, colleges are about to find out that, yes, the law DOES apply to them, too.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: University chancellor ousted for making ‘abhorrent’ porn videos: Gow received backlash in 2017 for saying he was ‘shocked and saddened’ by President Donald Trump’s travel ban executive order.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Chang’e-6 lands on far side of the moon to collect unique lunar samples.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. ‘Trump’s real crime was leading Joe Biden in the polls.’

Related: NYMag: Trump Was Convicted But Prosecutors Contorted the Law.

SEGREGATION NOW, SEGREGATION TOMORROW, SEGREGATION FOREVER: The Dean of UCLA Medical School Says It Does Not Discriminate Based on Race. His Own Research Center Runs a Minorities-Only Fellowship. The ‘iDIVERSE’ program bars white and Asian researchers from applying.

#WAR: GOP Senators Sent Message to Biden, No More Cooperation on Legislation or Nominations.

MAKE THEM PAY: Bank Of America Backs Off Its Discriminatory Anti-Gun Policies as ESG Starts to Hurt its Bottom Line.

EVEN A FLATWORM IS SMART ENOUGH TO TURN AWAY FROM PAIN: Swedes Embrace Nuclear & Join Europe’s Grand Rejection Of Wind & Solar Transition.

WOMEN SHOULD BE FREE, FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA: (NSFW) Bill Maher Provides College Kiddies With Helpful Lesson in Exactly What They’re Supporting.

Kids, if you want to change the world and not just tie up Monday morning traffic, this is the apartheid that desperately needs your attention: The #GenderApartheid. pic.twitter.com/0Ajep3JUnN

— Bill Maher (@billmaher) June 1, 2024

OPEN THREAD: Enjoy your Saturday.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Chang’e 6 and China’s Lunar Ambitions.

GOOD: British Seem to Have Taken London Over Today for a British Rally – No Hamasholes in Sight.

HMM: Reversible Molecular Changes Can Cause Cancer, Study Shows. “This recent Nature study has shown for the first time that a temporary change in epigenetic marks – even without a DNA mutation – is sufficient to cause cancer.”

WHY NOT JUST GO AT NIGHT? Innovative Engineering Shields NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX During Close Encounter With the Sun.

WELL, GOOD: Arkansas Supreme Court sanctions Pulaski County circuit judge over ruling on guns in courthouses.

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday rebuked Pulaski County Circuit Judge Morgan “Chip” Welch for violating rules of the Code of Judicial Conduct that require judges to promote confidence in the judiciary, demonstrate impartiality and act without bias.

The written admonishment comes in the form of an unsigned order that requires Welch to take a six-week online judicial ethics course by the end of July plus complete another three hours of ethics training before October. . . .

“Labeling and referring to an opinion by the Supreme Court of Arkansas as ‘LOCO’ erodes public confidence. His written opinion stating that the Supreme Court’s opinion ‘creates a new class of unlicensed, heretofore untrained, armed lawyers in courthouses of the State’ also erodes public confidence. To suggest that this court created a class of armed lawyers is dangerous, and it undermines the public’s understanding of the judiciary’s role,” the order states. “We interpret laws, we do not make them, and Judge Welch’s suggestion to the contrary damages the public’s view of the separation of powers and the role of the judiciary.”

The LOCO label was found to be a violation of Rule 2.3, a prohibition against showing bias or prejudice. The order invokes a ban on negative stereotyping while noting his duties include conducting commitment hearings in mental-health court.

“[We] think he should be more circumspect with his word choice. Using the Spanish word loco, meaning crazy, cavalierly referring to another court’s judicial order in a joking manner exceeds the bounds of appropriate judicial behavior. And when given an opportunity to respond, to admit only that he should have had better editing skills, suggests a lack of judicial maturity and reflection,” the order states.

Further, judicial code Rule 2.2 regarding impartiality and fairness was violated when Welch “made it clear in his written order that he disagreed with this court’s interpretation of the statute and with the statute itself. His opinion was sprinkled with disparaging remarks about the court’s interpretation of the statute.” . . .

The gun issue was before the high court as a result of a 2022 lawsuit by three lawyers, Chris Corbitt, Ben Motal and Robert Steinbuch, who argued that Act 1087 of 2017, codified as Arkansas Code 5-73-122, allowed lawyers as “officers of the court” to carry handguns into the state’s courthouses and courtrooms. Welch dismissed the suit in March 2023, leading to the appeal that brought the issue to the Supreme Court this year.

It’s a mistake to cross Prof. Steinbuch.

I BLAME CLIMATE CHANGE: Deaths linked to ATV use in U.S. climb by a third in one year.

BLUE POLICIES BEAR PREDICTABLE FRUIT: Brutal Machete Attack in Times Square ‘Gun-Free’ Disarmament Zone.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China spacecraft to try to land on Moon’s far side.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: The Best Cars That Still Offer a Manual Transmission in 2024, Ranked.

KETO CONSCIOUSNESS: Neuroscience research suggests ketones can enhance cognitive function and protect brain networks.

I DON’T THINK THIS IS THE FCC’S BUSINESS: FCC chair calls for stricter ‘space junk’ rules.

Flashback: “The FCC’s claim to jurisdiction rests on a thin reed.”

WELL, THERE’S A SURPRISE: Starliner Launch Attempt Scrubbed. “There are backup launch opportunities June 2, 5 and 6.”

ONLY SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE WHITE HOUSE: Traumatic brain injury affects 1 in 8 older Americans.

ROBIN HANSON: Beware Moral Fashion. Like regular fashion, it’s easier to follow it, then when fashions change to laugh at the old ones and say “times were different.”