Links for you. Science:
Scientists just confirmed the largest bird-killing event in modern history. A marine heat wave in the Pacific Ocean that began a decade ago killed some 4 million common murres in Alaska, researchers say.
Dogs may be able to communicate by pressing buttons, research suggests
Whooping cough cases skyrocket in Michigan, as vaccinations decline
RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary will be a catastrophe for public health and medical research
Trump’s CDC pick wouldn’t let go of false theory vaccines cause autism
Artemisinin Partial Resistance in Ugandan Children With Complicated Malaria
Other:
RFK Jr. Is Giving Infectious Diseases a Promotional Tour. We nearly eradicated polio with a vaccine in the 1950’s. But the probable new leader of the HHS has plans that will bring back such life-threatening illnesses.
Walkable This Way: How Fashionista Derek Guy Became One of the Nation’s Best-Known Urbanists
You Could Resign
Crypto is for Criming
“Advanced Technology”
Explaining the Right: Why is MAGA obsessed with drinking raw milk?
Embracing Violence
Dozens of luxury condos, hotels in Miami sinking at ‘unexpected’ rates, new study reveals
Someone is buying up a historic coastal city. Is it the next California Forever?
Holding To Account
The Circle Of Trust
Was ABC right to settle with Trump?
She didn’t get an apartment because of an AI-generated score – and sued to help others avoid the same fate
Momentum Is Building for Trayon White’s Expulsion. Can a Lobbying Campaign Sway His Colleagues?
D.C. Council recommends expelling Trayon White
The Democrats Are a Social Club for Gerontocrats Who Love Losing
Jamelle Bouie Has It: The New York Times columnist has done something few other writers have done: tame TikTok.
Trump’s Time interview provides a sobering reminder
Democratic Capitulation Is Contagious. Who’s going to stand up to Trump if his actual opponents have embraced “strategic silence” regarding all of his spiraling abuses?
Ugh
Companies issuing RTO mandates “lose their best talent”: Study
There is a political solution
MAGA Official Makes the Dumbest Claim About the Drones Yet
Yes “Anticipatory Obedience” Would Be Harder If Democrats Weren’t Cowering
Trump’s Silicon Valley advisers have AI ‘censorship’ in their crosshairs
The Great Fluffening of 2024
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