Links for you. Science:

Long COVID: Alice Evans, Brucellosis, and Reflections on Infectious Causes of Chronic Disease (excellent, accessible to non-experts)
Vaccines reduce the risk of long COVID in children. A study shows that US children who received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have some protection against developing long-lasting symptoms of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. (meeting abstract here)
How Much Vitamin D Do You Need to Stay Healthy? Most people naturally have good vitamin D levels. Overhyped claims that the compound helps to fight diseases from cancer to depression aren’t borne out by recent research
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The postdoc experience is broken. Funders such as the NIH must help to reimagine it (high housing prices, cited in the article, are screwing up everything)
Self-copying RNA vaccine wins first full approval: what’s next?

Other:

Biden Pardons Thousands Convicted Of Marijuana Charges On Federal Lands, D.C.
Wisconsin leader pivots, says impeachment of state Supreme Court justice over redistricting unlikely
It’s Time for the U.S. to Give Israel Some Tough Love
NYC councilmember says Adams tried to stop policing bill by horse-trading budget cuts. It failed.
How Biden Averted a Second Front by Convincing Israel Not to Attack Hezbollah on Oct. 11
Gazans Start to Voice Dissent Against Hamas as War Grinds On
The Street and the Elite Can Unite to End Israel’s Criminal War
Ackman’s Harvard Admissions
The Medieval-ness of Mark Zuckerberg
The 10 Commandments of Movies in 2024
Texas’s Latest Act of Anti-Immigrant Cruelty Is Blatantly Unconstitutional
Biden’s Reversal of Fortune: Yes, Gen Z has soured on the 81-year-old president. But Democratic strategists see a “reverse coattails” effect emerging in the data: an opportunity for the White House to tap local outrage to set up a national win. (gift link)
The Real Tragedy of Rudy Giuliani: The disgraced former mayor was a racist authoritarian—even back when he was being celebrated by the mainstream media.
The public scandal around Claudine Gay and Liz Magill, among others, has distracted us from the real problem here: Elite institutions should focus less on press releases and more on their power to convene experts and host well-facilitated discussions. This is hard work, but it is desperately needed.
The Contempt for Democracy Driving the Anti-Abortion Movement
The Journalist Who Most Understands George Santos Explains How He Made It To Congress
U.S.-Israeli Hostage Killed In Gaza: Gadi Haggai was captured by Hamas on Oct. 7 along with his wife, Judi Weinstein, who allegedly remains in the militant group’s custody.
Point And Laugh
Would Israel Be Any Different Without Netanyahu?
Jan. 6 rioters the far right claimed were antifa keep getting unmasked as Trump supporters
Angry About Your Kid’s After-School Satan Club? Blame Clarence Thomas.
Reflections on flag-worship.
Putin Quietly Signals He Is Open to a Cease-Fire in Ukraine
Militant Democracy vs Donald Trump
Florida district pulls many Jewish and Holocaust books, including Saul Bellow’s ‘Herzog’ and ‘Black, White and Jewish’
Don’t Ignore the Polls: Israel Is Increasingly Seen as a Liability in the U.S. It may be premature to define the current period as a definitive inflection point in U.S.-Israeli relations, but the ominous signs are clearly visible if you choose to see them (good, but doesn’t realize that Netanyahu is seen as an ally of Trump)