Links for you. Science:

Cockroaches Are Everywhere Now, And It’s All Because of Humans
Hawaii sees rise in COVID-19 positivity amid variant spread
A third U.S. farmworker infected with bird flu is the first to experience respiratory symptoms
SARS-CoV-2 infection as a cause of neurodegeneration
Clinical and CSF single-cell profiling of post-COVID-19 cognitive impairment
NIH documents show how $1.6 billion long Covid initiative has failed so far to meet its goals

Other:

How RFK Jr. and Shanahan help deliver false hope to parents of children with autism
Pressure from pro-Israel advocacy group after Rafah violence could explain Biden’s new plan (if parts of the left were honest with themselves, they should ask how parts of their movement and their rhetoric alienated–which is to say, terrified–Jewish allies that could have and should have been brought on board earlier, but that self-examination will never happen)
Neo-Nazi Known To Protest Drag Story Hours Predictably Found With Child Pornography
Trump’s conviction creates a test our democracy can easily pass
A national network of local news sites is publishing AI-written articles under fake bylines. Experts are raising alarm
City Paper Primary Prep: Who Will Win the Wild Race to Replace Vince Gray in Ward 7?
The Bible in Public Schools Isn’t Even the Wildest Plank of the Texas GOP Platform
City Paper Primary Prep: Can the Old Guard Best Younger Candidates in the Shadow Delegation Races? (vote Jain, not Kinlow, as Kinlow was AWOL when Congress fucked up needed crime legislation)
RFK Jr.’s Latest Random Thing: Emotional Attachment To A Confederate Statue
City Paper Primary Prep: Can Robert White and Trayon White Win Third Terms on the Council?
Survivors say Russia is waging a war of sexual violence in occupied areas of Ukraine. Men are often the victims
City Paper Primary Prep: Will Janeese Lewis George Waltz to Reelection in Ward 4?
“Moneyball” and the limits of journalism’s analytics revolution
Kenyan McDuffie Helped Create D.C.’s Troubled Sports Betting System. His Reversal Could Finally Reform It.
IF DEMOCRATS WON’T POLITICIZE TRUMP’S CONVICTION, THEY SHOULD AT LEAST POLITICIZE HIS FOLLOWERS’ REACTIONS
For The Women Who Accused The Trump Campaign Of Harassment, It’s Been More Harassment
Gendered Burdens: The constraints of the post-Dobbs era are part of a broader pattern
Democratic Operatives Keep Using Reporters as Their Therapists
At long last, ‘Teflon Don’ Trump couldn’t unstick himself from the legal system
An Apology to Harriet Miers
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Gets Ticketed Again For Rats At His Brooklyn Property
Saudi Arabia’s September 11 Connection and the Contradictions of American Foreign Policy
In Hebron, Palestinians Now Long for Apartheid as It Existed Before October 7
Luxury Brands Are Buying Our Cities. Conglomerates like LVMH are gobbling up whole neighborhoods to advance their own interests.
Democrats Need To Join The Fight Over The Trump Verdict Now
Donald Trump Was Convicted Because of Democracy—Not in Spite of It. Manhattan voters elected a district attorney who promised to apply the rule of law to a former president. He did just that.