Links 2/4/24

Links for you. Science:

PandoGen: Generating complete instances of future SARS-CoV-2 sequences using Deep Learning
Mutational signature dynamics indicate SARS-CoV-2’s evolutionary capacity is driven by host antiviral molecules
Virome Data Explorer: A web resource to longitudinally explore respiratory viral infections, their interactions with other pathogens and host transcriptomic changes in over 100 people
Emergence of KPC-2 and NDM-5-coproducing hypervirulent carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae with high-risk sequence types ST11 and ST15 (damn, this is nasty)
Rapid identification of enteric bacteria from whole genome sequences using average nucleotide identity metrics
Something Strange Happens to Wolves Infected by Infamous Mind-Altering Parasite

Other:

In Vino Veritas
Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not
KOSA isn’t designed to help kids.
Linking Geographically Mediated Racial Threat and Racial Resentment
Inside the weird, nicotine-obsessed subculture that’s lurking within the Republican party
Why Sen. Brian Schatz thinks child safety bills can trump the First Amendment
Joe Biden’s Patience Is His Biggest Strength And Weakness. His willingness to indulge bad-faith actors sometimes wears them down, but sometimes lets them get the best of him
How to Comment on Social Media
A Rainbow Coalition of Haters: Some Republicans appear hopeful that the party’s right-wing gender politics will lure Black and Latino men away from the Democrats.
Why Trumpers are losing it over Taylor Swift: Swift goes to football games to support her boyfriend, shattering MAGA brains.
AI Companies Lose $190 Billion After Dismal Financial Reports
Life without a post office leaves Montpelier area residents scrambling (DeJoy still sucks hard)
Nikki Haley says Texas can secede from US if it wants but ‘isn’t going to’: That view contradicts centuries of history and precedent. (‘moderate’ though…)
Activist who led ouster of Harvard president linked to ‘scientific racism’ journal
A Notorious Pitchfork Reviewer Was My Biggest Musical Influence
‘Incompetent’ Alina Habba dubbed ‘deep state plant to destroy Donald Trump’ in new theory (they are such fucking weirdos)
There Is No Overstating How Frightened White Loser MAGA Republicans Are Of Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift is going to be the thing that pushes them over the edge. And we get to point and laugh at it.
Michigan’s Arabs and Muslims push to defeat Biden in critical state
Rhyming AI-powered clock sometimes lies about the time, makes up words. Poem/1 Kickstarter seeks $103K for fun ChatGPT-fed clock that may hallucinate the time. (hi-tech pet rock)
Donors to Adams’ 2025 Campaign Say They Were Secretly Reimbursed Thousands of Dollars
Patrimonialisation
She was reprimanded for teaching a book on race. Then she tried again. (gift link)
In the Shadow of Silicon Valley
Another impeachment witness tells the GOP what it doesn’t want to hear
Workers At A José Andrés Restaurant In D.C. Are Moving To Unionize
USAID’s Samantha Power, genocide scholar, confronted by staff on Gaza

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