Links for you. Science:

Huge ancient lost city found in the Amazon
Outer membrane vesicles produced by coral-associated Vibrio coralliilyticus inhibit bacteriophage infection and its ecological implications
Why The Magic? (paper here)
Ancient Skeletons Give Clues to Modern Medical Mysteries: DNA fragments from thousands of years ago are providing insights into multiple sclerosis, diabetes, schizophrenia and other illnesses.
How Covid-19’s symptoms have changed with each new variant
COVID-19-Associated Chemosensory Loss Continues to Decline

Other:

Va. officials warn of possible measles exposure at Dulles, Reagan
“Blood Libel?”: On the Question of Genocide in Gaza. Assessing South Africa’s accusations with David Scheffer, a founding father of the International Criminal Court. (gift link)
Biden’s January 6 Speech Was The Template For A Winning Campaign
Michelle Wu doubles down on the politics of ‘free,’ from the MBTA to museums
“Miami’s slow-motion infrastructure meltdown is already apparent”
Don’t Believe Everything You See Online: Especially when it comes from a man named Dick Stroker.
Mike DeWine Is Following the Right’s Vicious Abortion Playbook on Trans Health Care
Concordance in Medical Urgency Classification of Discharge Diagnoses and Reasons for Visit
‘Gas-Station Heroin’ Sold as Dietary Supplement Alarms Health Officials
In Florida, New School Laws Have an Unintended Consequence: Bureaucracy
The Conservative Legal Movement’s Latest, Wildest Attack on Government As We Know It
Pete Buttigieg Refuses to Reform a Dangerously Unsafe Airline Industry
When even text messaging is a struggle: The pain of being a teenager who can’t read well
Eric Adams’s Suit Against Texas Bus Companies Is an Embarrassment
Biden Crackdown Hauls In $520 Million In Back Taxes From The Ultrawealthy
California Gets One Step Closer to Universal Healthcare
Getting AI ready for the real world takes a terrible human toll
Why I’m Running for Commissioner of Agriculture in North Carolina
Half a Million Gazans Are Suffering From Acute Hunger. Let That Sink In
The challenge of closing BPS buildings, and what Boston can learn from D.C.
‘The Biggest Irony Is With Queerness Itself’: LGBTQ Israelis Shunned by Global Community After October 7
A Top Biden Official Is Pushing An Urgent Post-Gaza Plan That’s Alarming Some Insiders (the role subordinates play in determining if the Biden Administration is so obvious, ranging from someone like Lina Khan to someone like McGurk)
A War With Hezbollah Is Inevitable. But Should Israel Initiate It?
GOP Congressman Stands By Accusation Some Fellow Members Have Been Compromised
‘Worst Crisis Ever’: Jewish-Muslim Partnership Groups in U.S. Become Another Victim of Gaza War
Bill O’Reilly Is Furious As His Own Titles Get Removed After Supporting Florida Book Bans (leopards eating face etc.)
At Int’l Court of Justice Hearing, Israel Presents Robust Defense Despite Half-wit Politicians: The genocide case at the Hague was not triggered by a disproportionate military response or the high number of Palestinian casualties. It is the direct result of an Israeli political trait: reckless and incendiary verbosity, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condoned. He even added some gems of his own