Links for you. Science:

Without Predators Ecosystems Become Zoos
Causal evidence that herpes zoster vaccination prevents a proportion of dementia cases
XBB.1.5 monovalent mRNA vaccine booster elicits robust neutralizing antibodies against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants
Resurrecting ancestral antibiotics: unveiling the origins of modern lipid II targeting glycopeptides
Anthropogenic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from Humans to Lions, Singapore, 2021 (TEH BIG KITTEHS!)
Clade I–Associated Mpox Cases Associated with Sexual Contact, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Other:

Why Elon Musk’s ‘f— yourself’ Dealbook moment wasn’t the worst part of the interview: The fact that his most offensive comments were easily overlooked highlights the danger of the moment.
Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago: A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings. (gift link; Haaretz has reported this over the last month several times, the first in an interview with female soldiers who survived the Oct. 7 massacres)
The Lesson Henry Kissinger Took When He Liberated the Concentration Camp That Held My Grandfather
‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza: Permissive airstrikes on non-military targets and the use of an artificial intelligence system have enabled the Israeli army to carry out its deadliest war on Gaza, a +972 and Local Call investigation reveals.
Bidenomics and the Guys in the Bar
Elon, After Personally Driving Away Advertisers, Tells Them To Go Fuck Themselves (Repeatedly), And Says ‘Earth’ Will ‘Judge’ Them For Killing ExTwitter
The Christian Right Wants to Force Teachers to Out Trans Kids
Most users on X never see Community Notes correcting misinformation
Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler, husband of Moms For Liberty cofounder, accused of sexual battery by alleged menage a trois lover (it’s self-projection all the way down)
Ex-Rep. Merner Arrested, House COO Knew He Was Serving Illegally Before Session Began (this could have led to different legislative outcomes)
Inside the Biden White House’s aggressive back-to-office push (Zients is such a fucking asshole)
Henry Kissinger Only Cared About One Thing
Every accusation is a confession
Advertisers Say They Do Not Plan to Return to X After Musk’s Comments
‘She got so mad at me’: book on the ‘Squad’ details AOC-Pelosi clashes
Israel Must Clarify: No Expulsion of Gazans. No Israeli Settlements in Gaza
Pizzagate Rears Its Head Again, and Not Just Because of Elon Musk: A shape-shifting conspiracy theory that’s grown ancient by internet standards finds a new audience, again, with help from the world’s richest man.
Despite Fearmongering and Congressional Pushback, D.C. Could Soon Have Its First Noncitizen Elected Official
My Kissinger story.
Members of Israel’s Ruling Likud Party Once Planned to Assassinate Henry Kissinger: A radical faction within the Likud party plotted to kill Kissinger in 1977, according to a news report from the time.
Biden blasts Boebert in her home district as he touts economic agenda at expanding wind tower plant
Twitter Is Worth More to Elon Musk Dead Than Alive
Linda Yaccarino’s Very Unmerry X Mess
How Biden’s Israel Mistakes May Actually Help the U.S. Restrain Netanyahu
Capital One Arena Forever Changed Chinatown. Can It Reverse Downtown’s Post-Pandemic Slump?
My Father, My Faith, and Donald Trump: Here, in our house of worship, people were taunting me about politics as I tried to mourn.
No Laws Protect People From Deepfake Porn. These Victims Fought Back