Links for you. Science:

The test that reveals Covid has made us more stupid… and what you can do about it (covered this before, but mostly interesting to see how the non-highbrow press covers this)
Two retracted studies at the Supreme Court this week
The Evolution of Microbiome-Mediated Traits
Predicting Increased Incidence of Common Antibiotic-Resistant and Antibiotic-Associated Pathogens Using Ensemble Species Distribution Modeling
Comparative diagnostic utility of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen and molecular testing in a community setting
Comparison of Daily versus Admission and Discharge Surveillance Cultures for Multidrug-Resistant Organism Detection in an Intensive Care Unit

Other:

Donald Trump, COVID-19, And The Francis Scott Key Bridge Calamity. If he becomes president again, he’ll extort Maryland and Baltimore rather than be president for all Americans—just like last time. (“And voters deserve to know: Will Trump do what’s right? Or is Baltimore too black to be worthy of federal help?”)
For RFK Jr., measles outbreak was key moment for career as vaccine skeptic. Now he’s downplaying his activism. In 2019, he and his allies publicly undermined vaccine safety and lobbied lawmakers
Americans Really Don’t Like Trump’s Health-Care Plans
There Are Four Postelection Scenarios, and Not One Is Good
Our Poor Misguided Little Boy
Not Everything Is About Gender
Tim Wu Does Not Understand the Welfare State
Is the GOP Gonna Break Down? (gift link)
The Political Economy Of Normalization: Mainstream institutions keep rehabilitating enemies of democracy because enemies of democracy are now normal; they’ll only stop when we abnormalize them again.
Baltimore Drive-By: The Bridge, the City, and Infra-Structural Racism. Let’s also mourn the people who die every day from structural violence.
The Psychological Roots Of Trump-Impunity Politics: His loyalists feel aggrieved and accountability figures dupe themselves into thinking bark equals bite.
Shari’s Apollo Landing & Trump Coupon Murmurs (the second part is interesting)
Nebraska Senator Calls For Censure Of Republican Colleague Who Used Her Name In Rape Scene (fucking pigs)
‘We Won’t Give Up’: A Prominent Atlanta Rabbi’s Bid to Save Crumbling Jewish-Black Alliance
Ex-Federal Judge Blasts Judiciary And Entire Nation For Not Calling Out Trump More
Israel’s Secular and Religious-messianic Publics See October 7 Very Differently. Is Civil War Looming?
IT WOULD BE FINE IF CHRIS CHRISTIE ENDORSED BIDEN, BUT HE PROBABLY WON’T
Why Did This Guy Put a Song About Me on Spotify? The answer involves a remarkable — and lucrative, and ridiculous — scheme to game the way we find music today.
RNC Gets Win In Effort To Toss (Disproportionately Democratic) Mailed Ballots In Pennsylvania
They came for Florida’s sun and sand. They got soaring costs and a culture war.
The Corrupt Trifecta of Yass, Trump, and Netanyahu
More Republicans are literally demonizing opponents. We laugh about the Satanic Panic, but we’re living through something much worse.
Screen Time for Kids Is Fine! Unless It’s Not
Why We Can’t Stop Arguing About Whether Trump Is a Fascist
NYC will allow companies to test autonomous vehicles on its streets
Republicans Attempt to Invalidate Democratic Policy Because It’s Democratic