Links for you. Science:

Transmission bottleneck size estimation from de novo viral genetic variation
Use of Doxycycline to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections According to Provider Characteristics
Sequence-based modelling of bacterial genomes enables accurate antibiotic resistance prediction (tuberculosis)
Discovery of a structural class of antibiotics with explainable deep learning
A new antibiotic traps lipopolysaccharide in its intermembrane transporter
Inferring Incidence of Unreported SARS-CoV-2 Infections Using Seroprevalence of Open Reading Frame 8 Antigen, Hong Kong (I’m reluctant to link to this because based on the estimate from the literature they cite for infection rates pre-Omicron, and the assumption that the specificity of ORF8 is 100%, they are overestimating the prevalence of asymptomatic cases, but it is definitely double-digits)

Other:

If Trump Is Not an Insurrectionist, What Is He? (gift link)
You Are Entering the Infernal Triangle: Authoritarian Republicans, ineffectual Democrats, and a clueless media (excellent)
Bill Ackman’s wife, academic celebrity Neri Oxman, plagiarized in her dissertation. Ackman just used plagiarism as a reason to push Claudine Gay out at Harvard. (WHEEEEEE!!!! Now do Ben Sasse…)
Another covid wave hits U.S. as JN.1 becomes dominant variant
Trump Received Millions From Foreign Governments as President, Report Finds (gift link)
AI May Not Steal Your Job, but It Could Stop You Getting Hired
What the Civil War Was About
A right-wing tale of Michigan election fraud had it all – except proof
I just want to describe a certain pattern/dynamic that has replicated itself over & over & over again, as long as I have followed US media and politics.
Gay couple sells Virginia restaurant at center of small-town dispute
Claudine Gay: What Just Happened at Harvard Is Bigger Than Me
There’s new evidence of foreign money going to a president: Trump
The Claudine Gay Debacle Was Never About Merit
Maryland’s economic woes predate pandemic, report finds. Comptroller’s first-of-its-kind report reveals a lack of affordable housing and child care as partly behind lackluster economic growth
The Persecution of Harvard’s Claudine Gay (gift link)
The bullies beat Claudine Gay. Black women in academia wonder if they will be next.
Facing Multiple Lawsuit Threats, Bowser Announces Plans to Reverse Course and Expand SNAP Benefits
The new downtown: A place for all of us
D.C. Mayor Agrees To Implement SNAP Increase After Threat Of Lawsuit
Florida Surgeon General Cites Debunked Claims In Calling For Halt Of COVID Shots
Jan. 6 was bound to be celebrated by Republicans — it was only a matter of time
The Ultrawealthy Are Sitting On $8.5 Trillion In Untaxed 2022 Profits: Thanks to a tax code slanted toward billionaires and centimillionaires, the government is missing out on huge sums that could help fund critical programs.
WHO leader says COVID-19 is “still a pandemic”: A World Health Organization leader says she is worried people are still too eager to move on from COVID
The Messenger Is Circling The Drain
America Must Face Up to Israel’s Extremism
How a Drag Queen Event That Never Happened Forced a Library to Shut Down. In April, Drag Queen Story Hour was announced. Protests erupted, and by September, the library was forced to close. It still hasn’t reopened.