Links for you. Science:
Omicron BA.2 tied to more symptoms and, rarely, brain swelling in kids
Core Defense Hotspots within Pseudomonas aeruginosa are a consistent and rich source of anti-phage defense systems
Honey bee life spans are 50% shorter today than they were 50 years ago
Omicron Subvariants: Clinical, Laboratory, and Cell Culture Characterization
Vaccination After SARS-CoV-2 Infection Increased Antibody Avidity Against the Omicron Variant Compared to Vaccination Alone
Understanding Early Pandemic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission in a Medical Center by Incorporating Public Sequencing Databases to Mitigate Bias
Other:
Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX Were Up to No Good, Including Their Customer Agreement
Full Interview with @cityafreaks About the Midterms (interesting)
Everyone Wants to Get Off Elon Musk’s Wild Ride
Documents Detail Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel
An Astonishing Exhibition Shows How Ancient Mesopotamians Not Only Worshiped, But Respected, Women
15 Takeaways from the 2022 Midterm Election in Wisconsin
If the GOP can’t get rid of Trump, maybe Georgia’s prosecutors can
A Democrat raising $15 million in a deep red district is a lesson for small dollar donors
A fake tweet sparked panic at Eli Lilly and may have cost Twitter millions
A Warnock win sidelines Manchin and Sinema, but that’s not the only reason to bust ass for him
Twitter’s potential collapse could wipe out vast records of recent human history
Rep. Ruben Gallego talks about Kyrsten Sinema’s disappearing act: ‘She only cares about herself’
The Window is Closing, the Iron is Hot, and Democrats Need to Get Busy
Judge rules Hawley-led agency broke record laws on purpose
Why Would Dr. Oz Want To Be A Senator
We can now quantify Trump’s sabotage of the GOP’s House dreams
Democrats fight back in the courts as the Georgia GOP cheats to suppress Warnock voters
The media need a serious overhaul of their election coverage
The New Stalin Era. For the great-granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev, the Kremlin today is taking the country back to the authoritarian nightmare of the past.
Russian software disguised as American finds its way into U.S. Army, CDC apps
Katie Hobbs’s Gamble on Staying Above the Fray Paid Off
When Flying a Plane Was Thrilling — and Often Fatal
New York Democrats urge Hochul to push out the state party chair.
America’s Falling Test Scores and the Power of Parental Anxiety
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