Links 5/15/24

Links for you. Science:

Researching COVID to enhance recovery (RECOVER) pediatric study protocol: Rationale, objectives and design
A visual of the eclipse insect blacklight results.
Can We Exhume Gender From The Long-Dead?
New mRNA cancer vaccine triggers fierce immune response to fight malignant brain tumor (worth remembering this was the original application for mRNA vaccines, not infectious disease)
Everything You Need To Know About The Cicadas, As Well As Some Additional Cicada Information That Is Less Crucial But Still Provocative
How to Check If You’re Immune to Measles

Other:

A State Supreme Court Justice Decries the “Horrors and Treachery” Coming From SCOTUS (“…when precedent is for suckers and we don’t know whether settled law will become unsettled every June, it’s really hard for the judiciary to function.”)
A GOP Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. Then she read the curriculum. (I’m glad she changed her mind, but there’s a whole Leopards Ate My Face thingee here)
Is the Group Working to Recall Charles Allen Breaking the Law? Allen’s Supporters Think So. The group fighting recall efforts in Ward 6 claims their opponents are breaking campaign finance rules.
The ongoing violent threat of election denialism
I’m the Word “Utilize” and I’m Loving Every Moment of Your Overblown Rhetoric
Web publishers brace for carnage as Google adds AI answers (gift link)
Open letter to the “Genocide Joe” crowd
Is Biden in ‘Denial’ about the Polls? (gift link)
Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker’s Inspirational Message To Graduating Catholics: Be Worse
After decrying ‘disinvestment’ in the MBTA, proposals by Healey and the Legislature fail to fully fund the agency
If Kevin Roose Was ChatGPT With A Spray-On Beard, Could Anyone Tell?
Tariffs Give U.S. Automakers a Fleeting Chance
Are home prices still rising? See how prices have changed in your area.
You Might Hate Your Job, But at Least You Don’t Work for Rep. Nancy Mace
Secret Hamas Files Show How It Spied on Everyday Palestinians
“The songs for people after the protest”: Kathleen Hanna makes clear she’s a “musician not activist”
Judge Cannon represents the rot and corruption of the judicial system
Trump eyes even more tax breaks for the wealthy, big corporations (no difference between the two parties something something)
The Big Money Behind Chris Rufo’s Right-Wing Agitating: “I ❤️ billionaires,” the far-right activist said. (he gives the game away, yet he’s still taken seriously by too many major media outlets)
Landlord Legislators Carved Themselves Out of Good Cause Eviction (don’t vote for landlords, ever)
Is Trump orchestrating a new criminal conspiracy?
Will A.I. Ever Live Up to Its Hype?
Far-Right Group Recruits Followers To Overwhelm Election Offices With Voter Roll Challenges
Trump said men would see his mistreatment of Stormy Daniels as “cool.” His trial suggests otherwise
Journalist Says He Saw Trump Editing Speeches For His Stooges To Give Outside Court
NYT-Siena Obsessing Addendum

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