Links for you. Science:

RFK Jr. Will Not Be Good for America’s Health. Kennedy has criticized fluoride, vaccines and the FDA. And that’s just the start.
Sporadic distribution of a new archaeal genetic code with all TAG codons as pyrrolysine
NASA Wants to Bring Welding Back to Space After 50 Years—This Time With Lasers
The Shower Beef Between Elephant Mary And Elephant Anchali, Explained
Reconstructed influenza A/H3N2 infection histories reveal variation in incidence and antibody dynamics over the life course
Robert Kennedy Jr. & His Doctor Friends May Just Be Getting Started

Other:

Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won? It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer.
Donald Trump’s Second Term Is Joe Biden’s Real Legacy. How the President’s protracted refusal to step aside as the Democratic nominee has imperilled his policy achievements—and the country.
Ties Together Some Themes Nicely
Notes from a classroom
The National Archives Museum Is Under Fire for Allegedly Scrubbing Difficult Historical Events
The Cowards Are Already Making Plans
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Here’s the Plan to Fight Back
Trump Supporters Exult in the NYC Neighborhoods Where He Gained the Most (Leopards are gonna eat their faces!)
This Is a Simple and Satisfying Way to Fight Trump and Musk
Why Are So Many Right-Wing Podcasts at the Top of the Charts? It’s Grim.
America’s political discordance: The Trump voters who want progressivism
Democrats Need To Compete In The New Media Landscape — Or Keep Paying The Price
California’s attorney general readies the fight against Trump’s extreme agenda: ‘We’re prepared’
‘You Are the Media Now’: Can legacy media compete against a choose-your-own-adventure reality?
Trump’s win could accelerate the privatization of Medicare
‘Trump presidency = 4B’: Women contemplate bringing the 4B movement to the US after Trump election
“Roevember” Won’t Save These Vulnerable Abortion Clinics
With Ready Orders and an Energy Czar, Trump Plots Pivot to Fossil Fuels. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team for climate and the environment is considering relocating the E.P.A. out of Washington and other drastic changes.
Taylor Swift Fans Are Leaving X for Bluesky After Trump’s Election
Tony Todd Dies: ‘Candyman’ Star Whose Hundreds Of Credits Include ‘Final Destination’ Films & ‘Platoon’ Was 69
Not going back: How Harris failed to turn the page on Trump in her 107-day sprint
Progressives Urge Senate Dems To Confirm All Of Biden’s Court Picks In Lame Duck
Why Did Trump Win? These Dems Have Discovered a Very Disturbing Answer
Catastrophic Health Expenditures for In-State and Out-of-State Abortion Care
Why Biden’s Team Thinks Harris Lost: Embedded in their autopsies was their own unstated faith that they could have done better.
Democrats Need to Clean House Before They Screw Up Again