Links for you. Science:

Experimental and In Silico Analysis of TEM β-Lactamase Adaptive Evolution
Scientists found a major clue why 4 of 5 autoimmune patients are women (paper here)
First-ever sighting of a live newborn great white
How do otters protect salt marshes from erosion? Shellfishly
Community context influences the conjugation efficiency of E. coli
Early Estimates of Updated 2023–2024 (Monovalent XBB.1.5) COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Against Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection Attributable to Co-Circulating Omicron Variants Among Immunocompetent Adults — Increasing Community Access to Testing Program, United States, September 2023–January 2024 (cuts symptoms by 54%; I would argue that would mean it also lowers transmission, just not enough such that vaccination by itself can curtail spread–and the low uptake rates don’t help)

Other:

US government failure to protect frontline workers from COVID led to thousands of deaths (paper here)
Reminder To Democrats: Donald Trump Is One Of America’s Worst People. Joe Biden, by contrast, is pretty good
The Polling ‘Disaster’ That’s Starting To Terrify Team Trump
YouTube Takes Action on Banning Andrew Tate’s ‘Heir Apparent’
Carl Weathers, Who Played Apollo Creed in the ‘Rocky’ Movies, Dies at 76
While touting “family values” agenda, the Zieglers were on the “hunt” for threesome partners, police report reveals
Democrats Are Ceding Control of the Judiciary Because of… Tradition
Gazans Report Resurgence of Hamas Civilian Governance in Areas of North Gaza Vacated by the Israeli Army
Sacramento Keeps Throwing Money at Its Housing Crisis. It’s Not Getting Any Better.
Running Postwar Gaza Will Require Many Who Worked for Hamas
Texas Is Spoiling for a Civil War
Displaced and Depressed: Responding to the Wartime Distress of Israel’s Refugee Teenagers
The Party of Lincoln Is Really the Party of Calhoun
Dalal Abu Amneh Is a Successful Singer and Neuroscientist. Israel Is Out to Destroy Her Life
A new start for Faneuil Hall? New operator takes over historic marketplace.
Netanyahu’s Greatest Victory Is Against the People of Israel
Larry Kessler, the pioneering AIDS activist, changed thousands of lives
Sinn Fein Irish Nationalist To Lead Northern Ireland’s Government For First Time
In Byron Rushing, Boston has a steward for its Black history
House Republicans Are Such A Mess They’re Accidentally Doing Bipartisanship
A Banker’s View of Media M&A in 2024
‘He Was Magic’: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger Pay Tribute To Carl Weathers
Citizen Stewart
Why A Second Trump-Biden Matchup Won’t Be A Rerun Of The 2020 Election
Will AI save us from customer-service hell?
What Biden *really* says about Trump behind closed doors