Links for you. Science:
Hibernating bumblebee queens have a superpower: Surviving for days underwater
Man dies after 613-day COVID-19 infection that underwent 50 mutations
F.D.A. Approves Antibiotic for Increasingly Hard-to-Treat Urinary Tract Infections (Pivmecillinam, a penam derivative; effective against some cephalosporinases, not carbapenemases)
What is a confounder (confounding variable), and why should I care?
More than a quarter of people with Covid infection develop Long Covid, new research reveals (paper here)
Early tests of H5N1 prevalence in milk suggest U.S. bird flu outbreak in cows is widespread
Other:
The Good Guys
Boeing and the Dark Age of American Manufacturing
FTC votes to ban noncompete agreements
The Pig People Can’t Possibly Be Correct
Foxtrot abruptly closes all locations, shocking staff and customers
Civil War (the movie) is a blunt object. And the bluntness is the point.
The Republicans Who Want American Carnage
Supreme Court Justices Hold Lively Debate About How Much Women Should Suffer
The Unreality of Columbia’s ‘Liberated Zone’
The Supreme Court’s legitimacy depends on a speedy ruling in the Trump immunity case
The Man Who Killed Google Search
Why Is the Biden Administration Completing So Many Regulations?
Why Do My Groceries Cost So Much?
What happened to Providence’s Snowtown?
The War Games of Israel and Iran
‘Devalued, disempowered, and unseen’: Mass General Brigham doctors react to latest merger step
Why Bloat Is Still Software’s Biggest Vulnerability: A 2024 plea for lean software
New polls show RFK Jr. might be a bigger threat to Trump than expected
Bowser Sends Opioid Funds to a Friend’s Public Relations Firm With a Questionable Past (another executive branch failure)
SCOTUS, but not Roberts, struggles with whether cities can criminalize homelessness
Will Tough-on-Crime Politics Work Against Janeese Lewis George?
If Ukraine falls to Russia, Moldova knows it’s next
Foxtrot Hastily Shutters Stores in D.C. and Elsewhere
It’s about time to hold Trump in contempt
Donald Trump has neutered Republicans’ power to sabotage Joe Biden
DC struggles to build affordable housing in wealthy neighborhoods. Here’s one reason why.