Links for you. Science:

Does Novavax’s Covid vaccine cause fewer side effects?
Orcas Pummel Boat After Crew Tries To Deter Them With Heavy Metal Music
Why your weather forecasts may soon become more accurate
Estimated Effectiveness of a Primary Cycle of Protein Recombinant Vaccine NVX-CoV2373 Against COVID-19
Argentina’s new president has nation’s scientists very, very concerned
Ladybugs are oddly vicious. Here’s how to keep them out of your house.

Other:

Work Attendance with Acute Respiratory Illness Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic, United States, 2018–2022 (“Hybrid and remote work policies might reduce workplace exposures and help reduce spread of respiratory viruses.” That means less absenteeism…)
The GOP doesn’t want you to know the true number of undocumented immigrants
Antisemitism Is Infecting My College Campus — And So Many Others. A neo-Nazi march. An on-campus assault. Dozens of antisemitic taunts and threats. Hatred is becoming more common on campuses like mine. And worse still, it’s viewed as acceptable.
A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft
The ADL and AIPAC are far-right lobbying groups
The 2024 Election Is About Real Things: It’s early still, but public perception of the candidates has lost touch with reality
How can Trump possibly be ahead?
When Trump tells you he’s an authoritarian, believe him
“the right’s quest to make politics toxic & to destroy citizens’ trust in basic political & media institutions is working.”
The ‘Georgists’ Are Out There, and They Want to Tax Your Land. Amid a crisis in affordable housing, the century-old ideas of Henry George have gained a new currency.
Inside the Chaos at OpenAI
Inflating our importance
Elon Musk on antisemitic great replacement theory post: ‘You have said the actual truth’: The X CEO posted approvingly of a dangerous canard
The Doomed Mission Behind Sam Altman’s Shock Ouster From OpenAI: The company couldn’t balance nonprofit goals with an expensive business and billions in commercial ties
Why ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt is praising Elon Musk as advertisers flee X over antisemitism
No, Bin Laden did not strike America to free Palestine (please don’t let this become a thing)
Feds fine crypto giant $4.4B, alleging it aided Hamas financing, violated sanctions
Jim Crow Is Alive and Well and Wearing Judge’s Robes
What Does Mustard Gas Have in Common with Crypto and Blockchain?
This Is Why Google Paid Billions for Apple to Change a Single Setting
Andy Shallal Bans Cora Masters Barry From Busboys and Poets Unless She Apologizes: He says she’s a bully. She says he’s racist.
In Some Northern Virginia Neighborhoods, Poverty Has Worsened Even As Region Prospers
Altman’s polarizing past hints at OpenAI board’s reason for firing him: Before OpenAI, Altman was asked to leave by his mentor at the prominent start-up incubator Y Combinator, part of a pattern of clashes that some attribute to his self-serving approach
The impact of crowd effects on home advantage of football matches during the COVID-19 pandemic—A systematic review
Elon Musk’s silly lawsuit offers a glimpse into the Musk-MAGA alliance
US has sent Israel data on aid group locations to try to prevent strikes (because people don’t read past the headlines, so of course this was misinterpreted onlline, the UN sent the data too)