Links for you. Science:

Identification of a measles variant displaying mutations impacting molecular diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland, 2023
Further identification of a measles variant displaying mutations impacting molecular diagnostics, Northern Italy, 2024
What Is a Species, Anyway? (gift link)
Nasal commensals reduce Staphylococcus aureus proliferation by restricting siderophore availability
Multidrug resistance plasmids commonly reprogram the expression of metabolic genes in Escherichia coli
Phage-plasmids promote recombination and emergence of phages and plasmids

Other:

A Bigger Story Than You Can Possibly Imagine (gift link)
Tax records reveal the lucrative world of covid misinformation (gift link)
In Support of Universal Admission Testing for SARS-CoV-2 During Significant Community Transmission (it also allows us to get prevalence estimates that are better than wastewater concentration)
Israeli Rape-Crisis Group Report Finds ‘Systematic’ Sexual Violence on and After Oct. 7 (gift link)
How One Error May Haunt Biden’s Foreign Policy Legacy. The president’s foolish trust in Netanyahu was a terrible mistake. It’s not too late to correct—barely—but tough medicine is required.
Google reneged on the monopolistic bargain
Maryland Could Follow D.C. With Ballot Initiative On Tipped Minimum Wage
Something’s Fishy About the ‘Migrant Crisis’: The federal government’s dysfunction leaves immigrant-friendly cities feeling overwhelmed.
Biden’s Record on Income Growth
The most prevalent form of degradation in journalistic life
What’s Up With This? Flotsam of the Smirnov case
Arizona Refuses to Send Murder Suspect to New York Over Bragg’s Policies
Four-day week made permanent for most UK firms in world’s biggest trial
Biden can end the bombing of Gaza right now. Here’s how
“Do We Stay or Do We Go?” The Impact of Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation on the HIV Workforce in the South
A new lens into the ongoing folly of Republican ‘Russia hoax’ rhetoric
Fairfax County Executive Hill proposes 4-cent property tax hike in budget
Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration (gonna infuse some shigatoxigenic E. coli into your salad…)
Virginia labor unions come out against plan for new Caps, Wizards arena
Your Questions About The Massive D.C. Crime Bill, Answered
Second manager suspected in family’s serial Chinatown Walgreens robberies (this was used as evidence that shoplifting was out of control)
Alabama’s I.V.F. Ruling Shows Our Slide Toward Theocracy (gift link)
Shock, anger, confusion grip Alabama after court ruling on embryos
Help!—AI Is Stealing My Readers: I thought piracy was bad, but I’ve now seen something much worse
Soul-searching and recriminations after teen’s death in Oklahoma