Links for you. Science:

Protection conferred by COVID-19 vaccination, prior SARS-CoV-2 infection, or hybrid immunity against Omicron-associated severe outcomes among community-dwelling adults
Scientists discover receptor that blocks COVID-19 infection
AFRbase: a database of protein mutations responsible for antifungal resistance
UKHSA detects human case of influenza A(H1N2)v
Long COVID Now Common in U.S. Nursing Homes (paper here)
After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine: Popular Science magazine shifted to an all-digital format a couple of years ago, and now even that’s gone.

Other:

History and Enthusiasm (excellent; gift link)
The Blueprint: The far right has a plan to remake America. They even wrote it down.
The Case of the Missing Lawsuits: Several Capitol Police officers and Rep. Eric Swalwell sued Trump and his minions for their role in the insurrection, but the ruling has mysteriously vanished in the judges’ chambers. (related post here)
Major news outlets gave much less coverage to Trump’s “vermin” attack than they did Clinton’s “deplorables” remark
A fraught battlespace awaits Israel after the pause
Bosses thought they won the return-to-office wars by imposing rigid policies. Now they’re facing a wave of legal battles
Where we build homes helps explain America’s political divide
Donald Trump goes on odd rant about how he’s not suffering cognitive decline
For released Palestinian prisoners, a complicated homecoming
Here’s what happens if Donald Trump dies while running in the 2024 presidential election
A hungry beaver is chomping on the Tidal Basin’s cherry trees
The five ‘extremely excruciating’ weeks of talks that led to the Hamas hostage deal
‘Zoom fatigue’ may take toll on the brain and the heart, researchers say
A rural post office was told to prioritize Amazon packages. Chaos ensued.
Election poll shows Gantz at 43 seats, Netanyahu’s Likud at 18, Smotrich out: Wartime survey finds coalition parties would crash to 41 seats, opposition parties would skyrocket to 79; respondents prefer Gantz to Netanyahu as PM, 52%-27%
Elections bring change to Virginia county torn over Confederate statue
Sure, Joe Biden is pretty old: Listen, could you do what he’s doing?
A lovers’ tale of romance, fidelity and the aviary netting keeping them apart
Isn’t It Nice When a Scandal Isn’t An Existential Threat to the Republic? This one involves meddling, greed, Jared Kushner’s dad, the president’s power to pardon, weed, and predatory lending, just like in the old days. (loan sharking…)
OpenAI and X: Promises of populist technology, shaped by a single man
Fascism’s most powerful backers: The Mercers may go all in on the coup-attempting Trump
When Stewart Copeland met Sting and the Police were born
Hunter Biden Just Scrambled a Bunch of Congressional Brains: He announced that he won’t appear before Rep. James Comer’s trained-seal act unless it’s public. (Hunter Biden might be a fucked up failson, but he’s not stupid–lots of squandered potential; that could be a disaster for Comey et alia)
Trump won’t need more Black votes. He just needs Black voters to stay home again.
Roger Waters: Stop Denying the Hamas Atrocities of October 7
Grand Ole Opry in Glasgow to vote over use of Confederate flag