Links 4/23/24

Links for you. Science:

Hunters Die After Consuming CWD-Infected Venison
Kids don’t need to get sick to be healthy. We have forgotten how many children used to die before their fifth birthday
USDA faulted for disclosing scant information about outbreaks of H5N1 avian flu in cattle
Whole-genome duplication in the Multicellularity Long Term Evolution Experiment
Evaluating and improving the representation of bacterial contents in long-read metagenome assemblies
Non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals are toxic against Escherichia coli with no evolution of cross-resistance to antibiotics

Other:

Sky-high home prices? Blame the National Association of Realtors. NAR policy pursuits have contributed to high rents, high home prices, the housing shortage, exclusionary zoning, economic inequality, and even the repeal of Roe v. Wade.
The U.S. just changed how it manages a tenth of its land (gift link)
Why So Many People Seem To Be Taking Adderall These Days
This senator wants an online privacy law. She’s slowed efforts for years.
Less than half of nursing home residents up to date on COVID vaccines
Biden administration cancels another $7.4 billion in student loans
Is 2024 the year of the Instagram moms?
Here’s why Uri Berliner couldn’t stay at NPR
This G.O.P. Senate Candidate Says He Grew Up on a Family Farm. Not Exactly.
Puerto Rico’s Unnatural Disaster
Law Is Bigger Than Politics. And that’s why Donald Trump is on trial
RFK Jr. Called Nader a Spoiler in 2000. Now That’s His Role.
GOP Congressional Hopeful Wished Her State Had ‘Eliminated All Abortion’ In 2020
25 Years After the Columbine Massacre, Is There Any Hope to End America’s Epidemic of Gun Violence?
The Shanahan Persuasion Campaign
Why do white rural voters vote for Republicans?
A Protest in Berkeley Escalated Into Antisemitism
Trump Eyes Social Security Cuts By Slashing Payroll Tax
Trump Privately Rages About His Sketch Artist, Courtroom Nap Reports
Meet The Dead-Enders Still Trashing The Biden Boom. Media now agrees the Biden economy is roaring. But a number of extremely influential doomsayers will likely keep consumer sentiment in the pits. (excellent, but behind a paywall)
Israel’s Last Gatekeeper Must Have the Courage to Probe Netanyahu’s Tycoon Ties
The mystery of falling prices in Belmont, Brookline and more swanky suburbs
From Gaza to Iran, the Netanyahu Government Is Endangering Israel’s Survival
How do we fix the Steward Health Care disaster?
U.S., EU Sanction Prominent Far-right Israeli Activists, NGOs That Fundraised for Previously Sanctioned West Bank Settlers
Supreme Court has a duty to end homeless encampments
RFK Jr. Denounced By Environmental Colleagues, Urged To End Campaign
Why America’s Leftist Literati Loves to Fetishize Hamas Brutality
Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Join UAW In Historic Labor Win
Taylor Swift Strikes Out Looking on The Tortured Poets Department

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