Links for you. Science:

Texas farmers say sewage-based fertilizer tainted with “forever chemicals” poisoned their land and killed their livestock
Timekeeping Is on The Verge of a Giant Leap in Accuracy. Here’s Why.
‘Disease X’ Outbreak Widens as UN Sends Health Team to Congo
Predicting Drug Resistance In Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Using A Convolutional Network — Paper Review
Bivalent boosters and risk of post-acute sequelae following vaccine-breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection: a cohort study
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variations reveal mechanisms controlling cell entry dynamics and antibody neutralization

Other:

Trump’s NIH pick wants you to believe he’s a victim of government censorship. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya made his name by claiming he was censored during the Covid pandemic. But it never happened.
D.C. Council quietly renames bills to avoid scrutiny from Trump, Congress. The approach is part of a strategic effort across the District government to avoid provoking Republican ire as the GOP assumes control of the House, Senate and White House.
How a Strongman Gets Stronger: The downward spiral of small compromises.
The phony comforts of useful idiots: On Casey Newton and the shallowness of anti-skepticism.
Did Big Potato collude to keep tater tots expensive? One grocery store thinks so
What’s America’s largest ethnic group, and why did we get it wrong for so long?
The Oil Industry Is Helping to Spread Misinfo About Whale Deaths
404 Media Objects to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Subpoena to Access Our Reporting
New Jersey becomes latest state to prohibit bans on books in school, public libraries
Biden goes AWOL as Trump begins right-wing takeover
Biden shrinks from view ahead of Trump’s return to Washington
Are ‘ghost engineers’ real? Seeking Silicon Valley’s least productive coders.
Brian Thompson’s death has elicited little sympathy. I don’t need to spell out why
Dems’ Pitchfork Uprising: The House Agriculture Committee, along with Judiciary and Natural Resources, has become the epicenter of a generational revolution within the Democratic caucus as rising stars like Angie Craig and A.O.C. come after their party elders.
Your Bluesky Posts Are Probably In A Bunch of Datasets Now
An elephant tranquilizer is killing Americans – Trump’s election will do nothing to stop it
Data brokers may be banned from selling your social security number: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to rein in the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal and financial information.
The F.B.I.’s Kash Conundrum: With Trump bent on revenge and having appointed the ideal henchman to carry it out, F.B.I. honchos are dusting off their résumés while field officers cross their fingers. Two bureau veterans—Frank Figliuzzi and Andrew Weissmann—explain how worried we should really be.
FTC Bans Location Data Company That Powers the Surveillance Ecosystem
Trump’s Pre-Inaugural Stock Slump
Moderators Across Social Media Struggle to Contain Celebrations of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Assassination
Sick Unto Death
U.S. Government Tries to Stop Data Brokers That Help Dox People Through Credit Data
Manchin, Welch unveil bill placing term limits on Supreme Court
Toronto artist creates Loser Lane an unwinnable video game to protest bike lane removal
Waiting for Trump: Norms, Trash Talk and the Cold Hand of ‘Militant P#$%ydom’
How Rep. James Clyburn Protected His District at a Cost to Black Democrats (in light of his recent statement that Biden should pardon Trump)