Links for you. Science:
For 300 Years, a Jewish Kingdom Flourished in Africa. This Israeli Archaeologist Set Out to Find It
We’ve Got Uranus All Wrong
The changing roles of scientific journals
One Health bottom-up analysis of the dissemination pathways concerning critical priority carbapenemase- and ESBL-producing Enterobacterales from storks and beyond
Metabolites from intact phage-infected Synechococcus chemotactically attract heterotrophic marine bacteria
California Dengue Cases Prompt Swift Response From Public Health Officials
Other:
‘Maybe now I have to worry’: Wall Street execs freaked out over Trump announcement
It’s time to become a public health superfan
No, Trump Did Not Win in a Landslide—nor Did He Secure a Mandate
The X/DJT Merger Deal Book
Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate
What I learned after helping vet Pete Hegseth for the RNC in 2016
Matt Gaetz Is the Best Possible Outcome for Attorney General
Woman told House Ethics panel she witnessed Gaetz having sex with minor, lawyer says
Skip the Inauguration, Kamala (and Everybody)
“Feral and not trained” emus Thelma and Louise on the loose in South Carolina as state’s monkey search continues
Democratic Governors Join Forces to Resist Trump’s Extreme Policies
Democratic turnout plummeted in 2024 — but only in safe states
Democratic senators call for probe into Musk’s Russia calls
Trump’s intel pick Tulsi Gabbard, her surfer husband Abe Williams and their bizarre ties to Hare Krishna ‘cult’
Vive la Résistance!
The boys in our liberal school are different now that Trump has won
What Senate Democrats Can Still Do to Promote the General Welfare
Special education is becoming more expensive for schools. That’s one reason why they can’t pay educators more.
Acquiescence
The ‘science’ of polling is broken
Another Death Knell For The Florida Democratic Party, Which Is Officially Worse Than The Ohio Dems
President Biden should pardon his son Hunter. With a weaponized Justice Department, Trump’s retribution agenda won’t stop with political opponents and their families.
Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Feed You More AI Slop
Don’t Be Gaslit— Trump’s Victory Was Very Narrow Compared To Every President Since Nixon’s In 1968
Trump moves to burn down the rule of law
The Democrats’ Refusal to Break With a Broken System Cost Them Dearly
mikethemadbiologist
That article on the Jewish kingdom in Ethiopia didn’t mention Judith the Falasha. When we were in Tigray in 2019, we visited a number of the churches carved into the rock walls of canyons. We didn’t go to any of the ones that required scaling rock walls. In at least two of the churches, there were signs of burning, and we were told that this was done by Judith the Falasha, the queen of a neighboring Jewish kingdom. (I won some brownie points with one of the priests by having learned enough of the local writing to recognize Michael Gabriel on one of the paintings.)
Thanks for a great article on archeological work that may possibly resurface the Judith’s kingdom. I met my first falasha when they integrated my public school. She was the first black Jew I had met. I was old enough to be surprised but not old enough to be properly curious. Israel evacuated most of the remaining Jews from Ethiopia decades back, so I imagine that a lot of them took their stories with them.