Links for you. Science:

Measles is a ‘heat-seeking missile’ experts warn as Florida outbreak grows
Swiss variant update, another record is broken. (from Xitter)
A Spike in Heart Disease Deaths Since Covid Is Puzzling Scientists
Is measles making a comeback?
SARS-CoV-2 fragments may cause problems after infection
Cholera vaccine shortage reaches worst point yet, with experts fearing deadly outbreaks

Other:

Software Has Eaten The Media
Israel Is Losing Its Greatest Asset: Acceptance (gift link)
Adele vs. Taylor Swift, Covid, and Entertainment Industry Pandemic Insurance
The Deeper Problem With Google’s Racially Diverse Nazis. Generative AI is not built to honestly mirror reality, no matter what its creators say.
White House reverses West Bank policy, calling Israeli settlements illegal
$1 Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical School. Dr. Ruth Gottesman, a longtime professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is making free tuition available to all students going forward.
The case of Clarence Thomas’s new clerk taints the entire judiciary
The Mystery of White Rural Rage
AI ‘dream girls’ are coming for porn stars’ jobs
Housing First Can Work—If Done Right
He builds lifelike replicas of D.C. landmarks — brick by Lego brick
Who Paid For Sarah Sanders’ Six Figure Super Bowl Extravaganza? (smol billionaire fren?)
Hitler-praising Massachusetts GOP candidate pledges to ‘exile all Jews’ (she’s missing a lot of circuits in her head)
Key figure in fake electors plot concealed damning posts on secret Twitter account from investigators
The Auto Workers Go All In. By devoting $40 million to its campaign to organize non-union auto plants, the UAW is challenging not just corporate America but also labor’s status quo.
God Help Us, but Brett Kavanaugh Could Save the First Amendment
Florida surgeon general defies CDC recommendations as measles cases spread in state
Well-Connected Construction Contractors Are Targeting Brianne Nadeau Over a Popular Pro-Union Bill
Donald Trump’s dominating GOP primary performance doesn’t add up: Trump is weaker than the narrative that’s been laid out would have us believe
Compulsory voting can reduce political polarization in the US, study finds
Why Missouri’s proposed ‘electoral college’ for ballot measures could be unconstitutional
Majority of US voters want Gaza cease-fire. Do Jewish, evangelical faithful agree? (I take all of these polls with a huge grain of salt, unless they provide an option of supporting a ceasefire which co-occurs with a hostage release. I also suspect the numbers would be higher for Jews if a euphemism for ceasefire were used)
Why an ex-congressman is living in a ‘safe house’ from Trump
Majority of workers at Alabama Mercedes plant sign union cards in major breakthrough for UAW
Bowser, business leaders pitch $400M plan to fix D.C.’s ailing downtown
Even Republican voters don’t trust the GOP to save Social Security and Medicare