Links for you. Science:

Here are my favorite mushrooms of 2024
Concurrent Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Outbreaks on Multiple Fox Farms, China, 2023
The association between baseline viral load and long-term risk in patients with COVID-19 in Hong Kong: a territory-wide study
Soil health is big business, but some research shows fungal products don’t work as promised
In Missouri, 9% of kindergarten students are not vaccinated against measles, polio
Eight Clams Control This Polish City’s Water Supply

Other:

Democrats Lost on the Economy. What Voters Felt That the Politicians Missed.
Elon Musk and the right’s war on Wikipedia
How Clarence Thomas Got Away With It
Twenty-five years ago today, Americans—along with the rest of the world—woke up to a new century date…and to the discovery that the years of work computer programmers had put in to stop what was known as the Y2K bug from crashing airplanes, shutting down hospitals, and making payments systems inoperable had worked.
That Elon Musk ‘Adrian Dittmann’ screenshot is almost certainly fake. Is Elon Musk secretly his biggest superfan? Who knows. But an X source says a screenshot demonstrating it is doctored.
How Sheriffs Might Power Trump’s Deportation Machine
As MAHA Looms, a Look Back on MAGA’s Big HCQ Lie
Republicans’ Assault on IRS Resources Gives Away Their Fake Populist Game
L.A.’s Twin Crises Finally Seem Fixable
Effects of conditional cash transfers on tuberculosis incidence and mortality according to race, ethnicity and socioeconomic factors in the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort
The saga of RFK Stadium, explained
21 states are getting minimum wage bumps in 2025
Why I’m quitting the Washington Post: Democracy can’t function without a free press
Did Drinking Give Me Breast Cancer? The science on the link is clear, but the alcohol industry has worked hard to downplay it. (for some context on the recent announcement by the Surgeon General–note the date of the article)
Renters hate to pay broker fees. Could this be the year those fees go away?
‘Fatal Mistake’: Democrats Blame DOJ As Trump Escapes Accountability For Jan. 6
Micro-apartments will become a cost-effective solution for renters — eventually
For disruptors like Elon Musk, the statement of intent is all. What happens next – such as running a new US government department – is distressingly boring.
Why Are Publications Sugar-Coating Livilsberger’s Political Minifestos?
How Trump “Won”: The Anesthetized Anti-MAGA Majority
The DOGE Bros Win a Battle Against the MAGA Faithful
To Make It Through the Next Four Years, Stop Hoping Someone Saves Us
The real Adrian Dittmann: An Elon Musk fan in Fiji tricks the world (it’s The Spectator, so coonsider the source…)
Can Fairness Fix the US Economy?
The Plutocracy Wins Another Round Against MAGA Nation
In the GOP Civil War Over Immigration, Both Sides Are Racists