HMM: The Time You Take Blood Pressure Drugs May Lower Heart Attack Risk.

NOTHING IS SAFE: Hazards in Your Chocolate? New Study Reveals Potential Risks.

A.P. RUNS INTERFERENCE FOR BIDEN ON THE HUNTER GUN TRIAL: “The trial will lack details about his foreign business matters that Republicans have seized on to try to paint the Biden family as corrupt, but it is expected to feature deeply personal and embarrassing testimony about dark time in the younger Biden’s life. And it probably will provide new political impetus for Donald Trump’s allies, who are eager to distract from the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s own legal problems after he was convicted of 34 felony counts in his hush money trial.”

Lol. “Try to paint the Biden family as corrupt.” Do you really have to try?

HMM: Mussels downstream of wastewater treatment plant contain radium, study reports.

Hmm. Radium 228, which is what most people think of when they think of radium, has a half-life of 6.7 years. I doubt that is coming out of the Marcellus Shale. Radium 226 has a half-life of 1600 years, and is less radioactive as a consequence.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Constitutional Carry: What You Still Need To Know.

HMM: FDA’s review of MDMA for PTSD highlights study bias and safety concerns.

READER BOOK PLUG: From Frank Miniter, The Year of the Dragon.

HEALTH: Antibody discovery promises new hope in influenza B battle, paves way for universal vaccine.

WOEING: NASA to decide when to reschedule Starliner crewed launch.

AIR CONDITIONING? HHS announces new tool to help residents deal with extreme heat.

HARSH, BUT FAIR:

Man the new White House make over looks pretty sweet. (I kid). pic.twitter.com/BHtKXrWEbN

— Seán Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) June 2, 2024

“I’m sadder than I let on.”

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.”