Links for you. Science:

Getting Ready for More mRNA Vaccine Fear-Mongering: A Compendium
A generalisable risk factor: Socioeconomic status and multi-resistant organism colonisation
A deadly parasite turns jaguar conservation into a human health priority
1,329 tiny snails released on remote island
Nasty Norovirus Is Back In Full Force With U.S. Cases Spiking
On modes of disease transmission and the hidden shape of pandemics: A review of Asymptomatic by Joshua Weitz

Other:

Will the federal government become a toxic employer? Sorting fact from fiction on mass firings, relocations, and return-to-office policies
America’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal
Eugenics Isn’t Dead—It’s Thriving in Tech
Trump is barred by the 14th Amendment from serving as President—why aren’t Democrats raising this?! Time to take the FIGHT to Trump!! (made a related point here, without all of the exclamation points)
Choose Your Fighters
FBI says it seized largest cache of homemade explosives in its history at Virginia home
A textbook example of shifting the standards of evidence to suit its authors’ needs: New congressional report: “COVID-19 most likely emerged from a laboratory”
‘Trump is a little guy, Musk is a big guy’: historian predicts trouble for president-elect
US poised to see dramatic drop in homicides for 3rd straight year. More than 5,000 fewer homicides have been recorded this year compared to 2023.
Pornhub Is Now Blocked In Almost All of the U.S. South
Louisiana’s Governor-Elect Wants To Withhold Funds For New Orleans’ Decaying Water Infrastructure Until Women Who Seek Abortions Are Prosecuted
Porn access in Florida is limited as new state law takes effect. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill requiring people to verify age to access online porn.
“On the production of fresh wingnuts” revisited
America’s Forgotten Generation (of Prosperity)
Newborns are being left in dumpsters in Texas, but Republicans don’t seem to care
Black MAGA ends 2024 among the year’s biggest losers
China’s Economy Is Burdened by Years of Excess. Here’s How Bad It Really Is.
Monster of 2024: Food Delivery Customers. Get Your Own Damn Food!
I Guess They Know Something
Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M
NO, ORANGE MAN GOOD
Trayon White’s Bribery Scandal Adds an Uncomfortable Edge to Council’s Swearing-In Ceremony
Carter’s presidency is a failed party story
The Progressive Evangelicalism of Jimmy Carter
Let’s try something different in how we deal with polio. Finding middle ground is hard. Why not just give ground instead!
Trump Has Promised to Build More Ships. He May Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them.
Meta’s AI Profiles Are Indistinguishable From Terrible Spam That Took Over Facebook