Links for you. Science:

Young tyrannosaur found with baby dinosaurs in its stomach. Gorgosaurus’s last supper represents most complete remains ever found of bird-like species
Archaeologists Find 2,000-Year-Old Monumental Tomb of Roman Elite in Turkey
The best free-throw shooters share these biomechanical traits
Precision Genome Editing Unveils a Breakthrough in Reversing Antibiotic Resistance: CRISPR/Cas9 Targeting of Multi-Drug Resistance Genes in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Cerne Abbas giant is Hercules and was army meeting point, say historians
Sensitive and error-tolerant annotation of protein-coding DNA with BATH

Other:

How death threats get Republicans to fall in line behind Trump: The insidious way violence is changing American politics — and shaping the 2024 election. (Democrats don’t fear the left, construed somewhat broadly in the same way Republicans fear the right)
Homicides Are Falling In Other Major Cities. Why Are They So High In D.C.? (also need to consider the D.C. water crisis of 2000-2004)
How the ‘Visionaries’ of Silicon Valley Mean Profits Are Prioritised over True Technological Progress
Thousands of Israelis Protest in Tel Aviv and Northern Israel for Netanyahu’s Ouster
Is This How Amazon Ends? An open embrace of cheap foreign products has helped Amazon take over the world. It also might guarantee Amazon’s eventual obsolescence.
Why Was It So Hard for Nikki Haley to Say ‘Slavery’? History Has the Answer
What Nikki Haley Didn’t Say
Testing Tesla’s Autopilot recall, I don’t feel much safer — and neither should you. On the streets of San Francisco, the updated version of Tesla’s driver-assistance software still took the wheel in places it wasn’t designed to handle, including blowing through stop signs
Biden’s 2024 chances are much stronger than people realize: Two things have happened to Trump since 2020 that are going to make it very hard for him to win in 2024.
We can’t hit the snooze button on 2024. The country is on the line.
Pro-Palestinian protesters in car caravan disrupt Christmas caroling in Washington Square Park (this is not helping; also, they can’t be locals, since no local would think a car caravan through Manhattan would be a good idea)
Can New Haven’s Legendary Pizza Joints Play on the National Stage?
The End of Snow
Cornel West Is the Charlatan of the Year: The independent candidate for president doesn’t care that he might spoil Biden’s reelection—because all he cares about is himself.
Who Will We Be After the War in Gaza Is Over?
LaPierre, Longtime N.R.A. Leader, Faces Trial That Could End His Reign
For the Safety of Jews and Palestinians, Stop Weaponizing Antisemitism
Most Israelis Oppose Meeting US Demands to Shift to New Phase of War: War in Gaza Survey 8 (December 25-28, 2023) (starting to understand how the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds arose)
My Unraveling: I had my health. I had a job. And then, abruptly, I didn’t.
Shenna Bellows’ decision to disqualify Trump is thoughtful and brave
In rare apology, Israeli minister says she ‘sinned’ for her role in reforms that tore country apart: Distel Atbaryan appeared to accept the argument that the internal divisions created perceptions of weakness that encouraged Hamas to attack.
Republican loyalty to Trump, rioters climbs in 3 years after Jan. 6 attack (gift link)
D.C.’s poorest ward aims anger at Leonsis as Mystics eye move downtown
Is This Who We Are
Colleges are home to many left-wing ideas and activists. That’s fine.
Trump cannot run for office. According to the U.S. Constitution