Links for you. Science:
Prevalence of persistent SARS-CoV-2 in a large community surveillance study (accessible to non-specialists, and very important)
Impact of community mask mandates on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Ontario after adjustment for differential testing by age and sex (“Under-testing in younger individuals biases estimates of SARS-CoV-2 infection risk and obscures the impact of public health preventive measures.”)
See the dozens of new species this deep-sea robot just discovered. Alien-looking lobsters, sponges, urchins, sea stars and sea lilies are among the creatures deep-sea explorers found off the coast of Chile
Neanderthals’ usage of complex adhesives reveals higher cognitive abilities, scientists discover
Universal antivenom for lethal snake toxins developed by researchers
Protection of natural infection against reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 variant
Other:
Samuel Alito Opened the Door to Reproductive Hell (gift link)
Can DC Reporters Overcome Their Trumper Shock-Training? (gift link)
Will Democrats Really Shrug Off The GOP’s Latest, Biggest Betrayal? Republicans teamed up with Russian intelligence to smear Joe Biden; they inflicted serious political damage on him over YEARS; Democrats can’t let bygones be bygones
Nex Benedict’s mom raises doubts about police statements: It’s a “big cover”
A nonbinary teen is dead. The cops aren’t helping.
Alabama’s targeting of IVF is the Christian right’s attempt to control motherhood
DO THEY REALLY INTEND TO BAN CONTRACEPTION? CAN THEY GET AWAY WITH IT? (yes, maybe)
How No Labels’ Spoiler Bid Suddenly Entered Full Meltdown Mode
No one is replacing Joe Biden, ffs. The bed-wetting needs to stop.
Mitch McConnell Wants to Hand Wisconsin’s Senate Seat to a California Banker
This NYT Headline About Student Loan Forgiveness is an Exercise in the Paper’s Absurdity. How a simple headline about student debt relief turned into a prime example of Times editorialization.
The Neglected History of the State of Israel. The Revisionist faction of Zionism that ended up triumphing adhered to literal fascist doctrines and traditions. (I guess I’m unusual in being old enough to know leftist Israelis who called Likudniks terrorists and fascists, but this is likely surprising to many people).
Debunking the conquest narrative. Facing one of the hardest narrative arcs in the Bible armed with the truth of what really happened
Lara Trump turns RNC into latest Trump grift—and Republicans are nervous
Solving the puzzle of Long Covid
Florida Defies CDC in Measles Outbreak, Telling Parents It’s Fine to Send Unvaccinated Kids to School
Every warning of post-Roe America is coming true, and there’s worse ahead
Alert: Trump’s Vision for a Christian Nationalist U.S. Revealed
Ron DeSantis hired an anti-vaxxer, and now Florida kids are paying the cost
Black Infant Mortality in D.C., Part Three: Where Do We Go From Here? More than 330 Black infants in D.C. have died in the past six years. Local legislation and programming aim to address the causes.
Eager for Christian votes, Trump stokes religious insecurity
“Not all cultures are equal”: Libs of TikTok creator endorses great replacement conspiracy theory
Face It: This is a Weak Showing for Trump in South Carolina
The Right-Wing Pretexts of Parents’ and Children’s Rights
The talk of spring training this year? Somehow, it’s the pants.
Hit Trump on Theocracy, Not Hypocrisy
mikethemadbiologist
“The Revisionist faction of Zionism that ended up triumphing adhered to literal fascist doctrines and traditions.”
Except they didn’t end up triumphing – what the heck is he talking about? Two paragraphs in he admits it was Labor Zionists who won. Which is why there are 20+% of Israeli citizens who are Arab. The Mandate for Palestine made it LAW that the civil rights of all peoples in Israel were to be preserved. Countless quotations from Israeli leaders make this clear.