Links for you. Science:

As rockfish population shrinks, Maryland shortens the fishing season
The Evolution of Modern Dogs: How our canine companions were carefully crafted by quirky, bored aristocrats, the self-proclaimed “doggy people” from Victorian Britain—and why their story can help us understand social change.
Ancient redwoods recover from fire by sprouting 1000-year-old buds
Are COVID Nasal Vaccines on the Way?
Mpox surge in Congo raises concerns world will ignore warnings again
Infectivity of exhaled SARS-CoV-2 aerosols is sufficient to transmit covid-19 within minutes

Other:

Trump is hiding his fascist plans in plain sight: Trump’s nightmarish scheme was leaked to the New York Times — and yes, it was on purpose (“…the media did this to themselves, by spending decades in the cozy-but-misleading framework of “bothsidesism.” By refusing repeatedly to adjudicate the factual claims of politicians, the media trained Americans to view all political rhetoric as equally suspicious… The result was a public that has come to believe everyone in politics is full of shit, and nothing anyone says about anything in politics is trustworthy.”)
This is a pandemic of attrition
Why Is It a Surprise That America Is Gloomy After a Devastating Pandemic? (IZ BEEG MYSTERY!; gift link)
D.C.’s Childhood Vaccination Rates Are Still Too Low
Elon’s Gordian Knot
How the surge in post-pandemic shootings has unfolded in the U.S.
Hostages released as part of Israel’s agreement with Hamas shared harsh testimonies about its treatment of captives. However, their main critique was aimed at the government: ‘It feels as though you have no idea what’s happening there at all. You claim there’s intelligence, but the fact is we were being bombed’ (gift link)
D.C. schools bar students from classrooms for missing vaccines. The mandates had not been enforced. Now parents are scrambling for medical appointments.
Acknowledging Economic Strength Doesn’t Undermine Progressive Goals
Is Shoplifting Really Surging? Claims that the U.S. is in the middle of a retail theft wave are exaggerated.
Florida says the purpose of school libraries is to “convey the government’s message”
The Rise, and Now Decline, of the Protective Mask: Two mask companies are shutting down as a once sought-after item becomes an afterthought.
Silicon Valley Icon Keith Rabois Doubles Down on Claim That Elon Musk’s X Has Prevented Second Holocaust
After long banning polio campaigns, Taliban declares war on the disease
The Dual Threat of Donald Trump: Bad things happen when political candidates fear personal consequences of an electoral loss.
Biden ban on menthol cigarettes to be delayed amid political concerns, officials say
RIP Norman Lear
How Harvard, Penn, MIT leaders answered — or skirted — questions on antisemitism
Conservative media figures are using homophobia and misogyny to attack surrogacy and IVF
With ‘conversion switch’ devices, machine guns return to U.S. streets
Make a home for affordable housing in Chevy Chase DC (it’s worth noting everyone in this housing would have a job, and some of the locals still don’t want them around…)
Zony Mash Beer Project abruptly cancels Hanukkah celebration, citing ‘external tensions’
The Age of Doom: Social media has convinced us that everything is awful all the time (related to this, there are a lot of fucked up people who vent online, but also are taken seriously)
Urbanism and Peace
The first results from the world’s biggest basic income experiment
How Democrats of faith see devout Speaker Mike Johnson
Tips Tricks Dampen Delivery Worker Celebration of New $18-an-Hour Wage