A SAD SEQUEL TO THE REPLICATION CRISIS:  Awww, damn. When Steven Pinker says Oliver Sacks was a fraud who made up shit, attention must be paid.

And for the Cancelled of the Realm of X.

INDEED:  A new Christmas fable. Courtesy of Raconteur Press.

ALLERGIES AND ANALOGIES:   Trouble In Between.

HUMANS ARE THE HEROES OF AVATAR. THE WRITER IS JUST TOO LEFTIST TO NOTICE IT:  Humanity Did Nothing Wrong – The Cultural Impact of Avatar. (Video)

THIS IS NOT THE STORY:  The feds are asking universities to provide lists of Jews. This is never a good thing.  

THE STORY IS ACTUALLY THIS:  Federal agency sues Penn, alleges Univ. withheld information in antisemitism investigation.

VERDICT: Not only do you not hate the MSM enough, it might be impossible to hate the MSM as much as it deserves.

HALL OF FAME AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED:  2026 Prometheus Hall Of Fame Award Finalists announced: five novels by Blish, Huxley, Lewis, Roberts And Stross honored.

FROM GRAHAM BRADLEY:  Rebel Heart (Engines of Liberty Book 1).

For centuries the British Empire has ruled territories the world over, maintaining its grasp on its far-flung colonies by way of magic and brute force. Any successful attempt at rebellion is short-lived, as the rebels do not have the benefit of wizardy on their side.

The most recent attempt at secession happened in the New World in 1776, some two hundred years ago. General George Washington nearly succeeded at rallying his countrymen in a military revolt against the Crown. But disunity and infighting ultimately brought them down, and Washington was executed in a public spectacle.

Most people gave up. But not all.

The cleverest and most driven survivors went to ground. They learned from their mistakes. They planned, they plotted, they tinkered and they toiled. They began to develop new weapons and machines that would level the playing field. With technology at their fingertips, anyone could stand toe-to-toe with a British mage and come off conqueror.

The uprising has been a long time coming. The arsenal is as large as it’s going to get. Now all the “technomancer” army needs is soldiers, young patriots like Calvin Adler, who has had enough of the mages pushing him around.

Freedom beckons, if he will but pay the price in blood, sweat, and tears.

This is the New Revolution.

ADDRESSING THE IMPORTANT ISSUES:  Sydney Sweeney reveals truth about her breasts during lie detector test with Amanda Seyfried.

SHE WAS JUST REDISTRIBUTING THE WEALTH:  AOC splurged nearly $50K on pricey hotel stays, dining and renting Puerto Rico concert venue where Bad Bunny performed.

FOR ONE THING, THEY’LL KNIFE YOU IN THE BACK WHILE YOU’RE FACING DOWN THE RUSSKIES:  Violent migrants are a far greater threat than the Russians.

GIVEN THEIR SUPPORT FOR MURDERING CHILDREN IN UTERO THIS IS NO SURPRISE:  GOP Senator Levels Leftist Hack for Making Light of Child Suicide.

NOT IN MR STARMER’S UNITED KINGDOM!  Putting Christ back into Christmas.

TO BE HONEST, JUST ABOUT ANY ARTICULATE CONSERVATIVE HAS THIS EFFECT ON CNN: It Would Seem This Top Trump Official Makes CNN Wet Its Pants, So They Stopped Inviting Him

GOOD:  FDA Expands Probe Into COVID Vaccine Linked Deaths to Cover Adults.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT LEFTY POLITICIANS AND THEIR COMPULSION TO INFLATE THEIR RESUMES?  EXCLUSIVE: Wes Moore Won a Key White House Post Claiming He Was ‘Touted as a Foremost Expert’ on Radical Islam and Was Studying for an Oxford PhD—But His Thesis Is ‘Missing’ and There’s No Evidence He Was Ever a Doctoral Student.

WEIRDLY HERE, IT SEEMS TO BE HEADING UP:  Local Economy Notes.

AND THIS IS ALSO GOOD:  Trump admin drops hammer on ‘ghost students,’ claws back $1B from alleged loan scammers.

WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADAPT THIS:  Lessons Learned.

THE FUTURE IS INDIE:  An Unknown Tale of Courage- A Review of Sarah’s Oil. Sarah’s Oil is an indie film that tells the inspiring and historical tale of Sarah Rector, a young girl who overcame numerous obstacles and went on to embody a true American success story!

GOOD:  Trump Administration Weighs Hitting UNRWA With Terrorism Sanctions.

THIS IS HORRIFIC:   Idahoan dies of rabies, then transmits it in donated-kidney transplant.

SCIENCE, EMOTIONS AND YA READING:  Parenting and Books. A throwback essay.

SNAIL FARMING TO DODGE TAXES?  The snail farm don: is this the most brazen tax avoidance scheme of all time?

THE ONLY MEASURE OF A GOOD BOOK IS: DID YOU ENJOY READING IT?  Ludic!

FROM JEFF DUNTEMANN:  The Camel’s Question.

In this short Christmas fable, three camels carry the Wise Men to Bethlehem, where the Christ Child speaks to them in their own language, and grants each their heart’s desire. For two of the camels, their desires are simple and easily granted. The third camel asks a difficult question of the infant Christ, but Christ answers Hanekh the Camel nonetheless, in a way that Hanekh could not have predicted.