Links 4/5/24

Links for you. Science:

Iowa Fertilizer Spill Kills Nearly All Fish Across 60-Mile Stretch of Rivers. Officials in Iowa and Missouri estimated that nearly 800,000 fish had died in waters that flow into the Missouri River. (gift link)
Erratic Fish Behavior In Florida Prompts ‘Emergency Response’ From National Agency
The Race to Reinvent CPR (gift link)
Do COVID Shots Increase Your Risk of Getting COVID?
Multispecies interactions and the community context of the evolution of virulence
Fun with Excel, or: Steve Kirsch is an antivax fool

Other:

Nearly Two-Thirds of Abortions Were Done With Pills in 2023. Trump Could Ban the Drug.
‘They’ll never vote for Trump again’: Voters in GOP strongholds souring on ex-president
What Do Professors Do?
Arizona Lawmaker Who Shared Abortion Plans on Senate Floor Had to Endure State-Mandated Counseling: Arizona state Sen. Eva Burch shared her plan to get an abortion on the Senate floor last week—she also shared what state law required her doctor to tell her before she could receive the procedure.
Texas federal judge blocks updated fair lending rules
The Telling Backstory of One Doctor-Plaintiff in the Mifepristone Case
Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments
Trump Fatigue
Joe Lieberman and the Venality of Elite Bipartisanship
Republicans Still Want Us to Die Sooner
Conservatives Wasted No Time Getting Wildly Racist About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Sure Why Not
How the press enables Trump’s second stab at dictatorship
Project Ghostbusters: Facebook Accused of Using Your Phone to Wiretap Snapchat
The next Clarence Thomas? Abortion pill case spotlights rightwing judge and his wife’s shadowy connections
Biden Is Building a ‘Superstructure’ to Stop Trump From Stealing the Election
Vets fret as private equity snaps up clinics, pet care companies
Michigan Republican congressman suggests nuking Gaza, ending humanitarian aid
Even Neil Gorsuch Is Ready to Call Shenanigans on Rogue Lower-Court Trump Judges
The Shameless Oral Arguments in the Supreme Court’s Abortion-Pill Case
The Forced-Birthers Finally Went Too Far Even for This Supreme Court
DoorDash Discourse
Ronna’s Out. But the Folks Who Hired Her Remain at NBC News.
Nonstop Hollywood Movie Show
Trump Will Skim $32 Million Big-Donor Dollars Away From RNC, If Fundraising Tracks 2020
Israeli company transforming trash into new type of plastic eyes Massachusetts for recycling plant

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