Links for you. Science:

For-profit biomedical institute, backed by billionaires, launches in Cambridge to speed drug discovery
2023: The year that the evidence-based medicine (EBM) paradigm was weaponized against vaccines and public health
The relationship between gut and nasopharyngeal microbiome composition can predict the severity of COVID-19 (small sample sizes though)
The origins of the Guinness stout yeast
Enzyme that helps make urine yellow may lead to insights on gut microbiome
Mystery of why “the greatest primate to ever inhabit the Earth” went extinct is finally solved

Other:

Insulin Just Got Cheaper Thanks To Biden. Will Voters Take Notice? Let’s talk about how Democrats have brought down the cost of this lifesaving drug, because somebody really should. (BuT ThErE’S nO dIfFeReNcE bEtWeEn BiDeN aNd TrUmP)
A Series of Failures Proves That Israel’s Security Concept Is Obsolete: Intelligence has failed time and again, now a war is being fought on two fronts and the civilian rear is subject to an unprecedented offensive. The IDF’s deterrence worked against the threats of the 1960s, but different solutions are needed today. The old system is bankrupt
How the Biden administration helped avoid a coup in Guatemala
Palestinians in Gaza Are Being Held Hostage by Israel and Hamas
Americans oppose most Trump policies
In Israel It’s Always a Countdown to the Next Horror
Biden’s ‘democracy’ message is self-serving — but true (gift link)
The Chickenshit Club
Steroid to Heaven
A New Plan to Lower Recidivism: Stimulus Payments to Formerly Incarcerated People: A bill filed in Colorado aims to break the cycle of incarceration by giving people up to $3,000 upon release from prison.
The Hidden World of Undersea Cables: The internet largely runs beneath the oceans. Here’s how it works—and why it matters.
Ecuadoreans Split on President’s Drastic New Measure to Combat Drug Gangs
Among Democrats, support for Israel has cratered
The Red and the Black
The Shoplifting ‘Epidemic’ is a Lie
Rebels with a Cause
Elise Stefanik’s Ugly “Hostages” Barb Points to Serious GOP Mayhem Ahead
Why the Media Narrative on Donald Trump’s Legal Woes Is Wrong
Death Panels for Women
Musk uses megaphone to promote misleading claims about voting, push for severe restrictions
Is Economic Pessimism the Media’s Fault? Americans say the economy is worse than it is. According to a new study, so does newspaper coverage. (one reason for the poor news coverage might be the economic insecurity within the news industry)
In Massachusetts’ richest towns, many top-ranked schools cling to outdated methods of teaching reading: Massachusetts’s wealthiest school districts are also, strangely, the most likely to stick with a reading curriculum the state frowns on, one which leaves many students struggling with an essential life skill.
‘It will be the end of democracy’: Bernie Sanders on what happens if Trump wins – and how to stop him
New Florida standards teach students that some Black people benefited from slavery because it taught useful skills
Scientist cited in push to oust Harvard’s Claudine Gay has links to eugenicists. Christopher Rufo, credited with helping oust school’s first Black president, touted critic associated with ‘scientific racists’
Bill McKibben On Global Heating, Capitalism, Insurance, And Social Friction