Links for you. Science:
The state of the Arctic: High temperatures, melting ice, fires and unprecedented emissions. The Arctic tundra has switched from a carbon sink to a source of emissions, according to a NOAA report.
‘It felt very icky’: This scientist’s name was used to write fake peer reviews
An eye for science: Q&A with Bryan W. Jones: The researcher explains how the beauty of the retina drew him into the vision field and why photography reminds him of the value of that work.
Advice for U.S. Government Scientists: Lessons Learned From the ‘Muzzling’ of Their Canadian Counterparts
Scientists ponder the peat bog to fight TB
Long-term carbon storage in shelf sea sediments reduced by intensive bottom trawling
Other:
The Difference That Matters Most Isn’t Between Left and Right
What Comes After The Gun?
With ABC News caving to Trump, Dems need their own media now
If Less Than 115,000 Votes Had Switched in Three Battleground States, Harris Would Have Beaten Trump
A Gang of Asylum Seekers’ Children Is Menacing a Gentrifying Tel Aviv Neighborhood. Children of asylum seekers and migrants who grew up in the slums around Tel Aviv’s Central Bus Station and have virtually no chance of integrating into Israeli society, are being tempted to join violent gangs in their neighborhoods. A tale of fear and loathing in the southern reaches of the city
In shutdown fight, House Dems show grit — and future hope. Signs they are no longer putting governance over politics.
Jewish authors confront growing backlash in literary world
Joe Biden Just Beat Donald Trump On This Extremely Important Metric
Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees
Senate Review Of Supreme Court Ethics Finds More Luxury Trips, Urges Code Of Conduct
‘You feel like you’re at war with an enemy you can’t see.’ As porch pirate thefts mount, residents feel besieged.
As you consider Kash Patel, remember J. Edgar Hoover’s Cointelpro
Bigots Don’t Know Ball
Inside the sudden death and complex legacy of an ex-D.C. drug kingpin
‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine
These steelworkers want a U.S. Steel sale. Biden and Trump don’t.
Revenge Revisited (‘Rebel Ridge’ is a very good action-esque movie)
Doctors are ethically required to provide healthcare that is consistent with modern medical standards. If the law requires them to provide worse care—such as what’s happening with restrictive abortion laws—then the law is unjust and must simply be disregarded.
Voter turnout in 2024
LA County to eliminate $500 million in medical debt for thousands of residents
Donald Trump’s transition team seeks to pull US out of WHO ‘on day one’
The Ghosts in the Machine: Spotify’s plot against musicians
Cotton Swabs and Grievance Myths: Do Not Invite Republicans to Express Support for Kash Patel’s Witch Hunts
Trump’s Billionaire Cabinet Is Unprecedented
‘Missing’ GOP Congresswoman Not Seen For Six Months Finally Found Living at Dementia Care Home
America’s Next Water Crisis? A Lack of Experienced Workers
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Apropos of nothing but… Greenland? The U.S. military already has a base there, an early cold war radar base north of the arctic circle at Thule. Still an active radar facility I think. Called something other than Thule now, I believe. Built on the ice if I recall on a cost+ contract. Hope the ice doesn’t melt out from under the giant radar towers.