Links for you. Science:
Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation Approaching a Tipping Point?
Avian flu virus detected in South Dakota dairy herd
Susceptibility to Norovirus Might Depend on Blood Type
One herbarium’s thorny future: Duke to close century-old ‘gem’ of biodiversity research
Scientists Discover Hundreds of Unique Species in Africa’s Newest Ecoregion
A university cut tenured faculty’s pay. They’re suing
Other:
Crying Myself to Sleep on the Biggest Cruise Ship Ever (gift link; fun, in a dark way)
An Honest Assessment of Rural White Resentment Is Long Overdue (I would argue it’s the self-destructiveness of that resentment that’s the key issue)
Assorted Thoughts on the Chemerinsky Incident
Why No Labels Didn’t Stick: Its dream candidate was right in front of its face the whole time. (good, but ignores the reality that it was an extortion attempt by wealthy sort-of Democrats and a scam by others)
Biden Wipes Out Another $7.4 Billion in Student Loan Debt (remember: Trump could have done this. He and those around chose not to do so)
Trump Asks Advisers for ‘Battle Plans’ to ‘Attack Mexico’ if Reelected
Bankruptcy documents detail how GOP NC governor nominee Mark Robinson failed to file federal income taxes for 5 years: Mark Robinson claims Democrats have caused the “death” of “responsibility.”
Student dinner at UC Berkeley law professor’s house disrupted by pro-Palestine protester (as a post above notes, it’s not the dinner disruption that’s the big deal, it’s the antisemitic poster preceding it that was vile)
How did so many Americans’ retirement money end up in Bermuda?
Employees at D.C.’s Crime Lab Blew the Whistle to an Advisory Board. Lab Leaders Ousted All Its Members.
Battling Under a Canopy of Drones
There Is No More Middle Ground on Abortion
It’s Impossible to Be An Artist
The Infinite Dignity of Transgender Existence
Could two red states keep Joe Biden off the ballot?
The White House Goes to the Supreme Court to Help the Homeless (Trump wouldn’t do this)
Trump has just hung an albatross around his neck – abortion
The Dumbphone Boom Is Real
Latest “masculinity influencer”: Another dudebro guiding followers into deeper loneliness
Saying What Can’t Be Said: Israel Has Been Defeated – a Total Defeat
Where the Right Is Going on Abortion
Circulator bus service could end by March 2025, officials say. The cut comes after the mayor unveiled her proposed budget for the next fiscal year, which included slashes to several programs.
What if Putin Doesn’t Want Peace?
The Next Phase of Electricity Decarbonization? Planned Power Capacity is Nearly All Zero-Carbon
The Political Effects Of Policy Stem From Vibes, Too
Noah Feldman: ‘Many Jewish Families Will Prefer Not to Talk About Israel This Passover’
mikethemadbiologist
I’m fairly astonished you would publish a link to “What if Putin doesn’t want peace?” It’s pure war-mongering propaganda. The author is mystified by the claims that the US provoked the Ukraine war (as spelled out by John Mearsheimer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4)
The bellicose foreign policy that got so many Ukrainians killed includes the (US and UK) sabotage of the Minsk peace talks that would have avoided war, a refusal to renounce Ukraine’s NATO membership possibility, and NATO expansion in general.
Please, stop excusing the neocons and their policies.