Links for you. Science:
Antibody titers and the risk of infection during the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron phase in Bizen City, Japan
Detection of OXA-181 Carbapenemase in Shigella flexneri
Researchers have found an amphibian that makes milk for its babies
There’s never a good time to drink raw milk. But now’s a really bad time as bird flu infects cows
Lab mice might be doing their own experiments
How Whales Could Help Us Speak to Aliens
Other:
How Conservative Policies and Rhetoric Kill People. Study after study says it: Right-wing policies and rhetoric lead to more homicides and suicides. Why don’t more people know this?
Claiming high user satisfaction, IRS will decide on renewing free tax site
Managing Up
Rent caps may end in Prince George’s. Tenants are organizing a fight.
RFK is now openly gunning for Trump voters — and Republicans are starting to worry
D.C. says axing Circulator won’t hurt riders much. Some riders disagree.
The Conspiracy’s The Thing
Loss of federal protection in Idaho spurs pregnant patients to plan for emergency air transport
Once a Doctor Has Minimized Literal Death for Young People, Should We Value Their Opinion on Any Topic Less Consequential Than Literal Death?
Tax Breaks Can’t Save Local Journalism
An abortion fight in Beverly Hills exposes the limits of California’s ‘reproductive freedom’
The tax sharks are back and they’re coming for your home
Challenge to Fashion Merger Shows a New Antitrust Philosophy in Action
The specific process by which Google enshittified its search
When Your Profession is On Fire
You ask your nonprofit boss for time off during the holidays
Five Major Climate Policies Trump Would Probably Reverse if Elected
The only thing university administrators had to do was NOTHING.
People Are Slowly Realizing Their Auto Insurance Rates Are Skyrocketing Because Their Car Is Covertly Spying On Them
Kathleen Hanna’s Music Says a Lot. There’s More in the Book. (gift link)
You are the fuel that energises Elon Musk’s hate machine
Administrators, student demonstrators reach agreement to end encampment (Northwestern)
My Dinner With Andreessen
The Anti-Defamation League Has Abandoned Some of the People It Exists to Protect
The Transportation Department’s New Path
The Trumpification of the Supreme Court
mikethemadbiologist
in the distant past, when i had a question or problem with my taxes, i found the people in the local irs office to be helpful, friendly, and kind, so i was really stoked about trying the direct file thing this year. then i went to the site and the first thing it told me to do was to set up an account with id.me. lol, no! nope, nope, nope, not gonna.