Links for you. Science:

Impact of community mask mandates on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Ontario after adjustment for differential testing by age and sex (very important; masking prevented far more infections than realized, in large part, because screening undercounted infections in all but the oldest people)
Norovirus cases continue to climb in the US, especially in the Northeast, CDC data shows (not an unusual amount of disease though)
I discovered a way to identify the millions of species on Earth after a lightbulb moment in the supermarket
Did we overcount COVID deaths? No. In the US, we likely undercounted COVID deaths.
How Repeat Covid Infections Can Harm Your Health
CDC tracking BA.2.87.1 SARS-CoV-2 variant

Other:

Dr. John Gartner on a tale of two brains: “Biden’s brain is aging. Trump’s brain is dementing.” “This is a fundamental breakdown in the ability to use language,” the renowned mental health expert says of Trump (like many who understand that Trump is a stone cold narcissist, he predicted Trump would not cede power peacefully)
The Dystopias of Yesterday: Looking back on the disaster scenarios of vintage sci-fi. (excellent and fun)
There Is Only One Way for Biden to Fulfill His Promise to “Restore Roe”: If the president truly wants to protect reproductive rights, he’s going to have to do what he’s so far refused even to consider: expand the Supreme Court.
The Real Housewives of Peacock
It’s Time to Get Over Biden’s Age
Sussing the Trump Estate Sale
Why Do Men in Government Keep Telling Women to Have Kids?
What If We Didn’t Consider Criminalization an Option?
Alabama’s IVF Ruling Is Christian Theology Masquerading as Law: The ruling is clearly unconstitutional, but don’t expect the Supreme Court to come to the rescue.
A convention fight is a pure pundit’s fantasy: It’s time to shelve the childish fantasies and focus on the task at hand.
Donald Trump’s Cynical Abortion Feint Carries Important Lessons
The other ‘Great Replacement’: When the GOP embraced conspiracy theories, voter fraud fantasies, and class war, they replaced people who vote with an electorate that doesn’t always – or can’t always – vote
Kaiju Look: Godzilla’s radioactive origins
The Hunter Biden story has done a total 180 but the MSM is in denial
Alabama’s IVF ruling is spotlighting the anti-abortion movement’s long game
Has Christian Nationalism Intensified or Faded? Comparing Survey Data from 2007 and 2021
‘Tranq’ and other drugs are causing harder-to-revive overdoses across Mass.
Now there’s a 28,000mAh battery with a phone in it
I’ve reported on the health of every president since Reagan. Here’s what I think about Biden and Trump.
Trump’s ‘Show Me the Money’ Campaign—Full YOLO in 2024 (gift link)
And now they’ve come for IVF. An Alabama ruling declaring embryos ‘extrauterine children’ is part of a plan to control every uterus in the country
House Speaker Mike Johnson Says He Supports IVF. His Past Might Imply Otherwise.
The housing market is a nightmare. An Andover startup wants to use robots to help fix it.
The Other Issue That Could Make Or Break Michigan For Joe Biden
Marc Pachter, who revived National Portrait Gallery, dies at 80
Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassky had a blunt response for the pro-Palestinian protesters who disrupted her talk at New York’s Jewish Museum last week, calling her drawings depicting the October 7 Hamas attack ‘imperial propaganda’