Links for you. Science:
Green crabs have invaded habitats. Sea otters might be the solution.
U.S. whooping cough cases soar to highest level in a decade
Increasing community prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in urine is associated with increasing district-level antibiotic consumption
NASA Is Watching a Vast, Growing Anomaly in Earth’s Magnetic Field
Scientists debate fleeing America because of Trump — or risk their research being censored
To conserve or cull? Life in Australia’s crocodile capital
Other:
What We’re Missing About the Los Angeles Wildfires: A scientist explains the role of climate change, infrastructure, power lines—and goats.
The right is building a firebreak of falsehoods around the L.A. fires
The Great Crypto Crash: Trump will usher in a speculative frenzy.
Biden to block oil drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters
Some Things Offer No Retreat
Fires and the facts: The breaking-news experience is awful for consumers.
The Economics That Define Social Media
West Virginia legislature vacates lawmaker’s seat after his arrest for terroristic threats
A New Suburban Politics
There’s a very interesting connection between Mark Zuckerberg’s right-wing turn and the guy who might be the most powerful person in American media.
Why American Cities (Actually) Suck. My response to Noah Smith’s case for Carceral Urbanism explaining what actually ails U.S. cities and it’s not primarily law enforcement.
The Unbelievable Story Of The Plot Against George Soros. How two Jewish American political consultants helped create the world’s largest anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.
How Jay Graber Is Making Sure Bluesky Never Turns Into Elon Musk’s X
The X-ification of Meta
Going Backwards
Jason Snell: ‘Apple Intelligence Summaries Might Get Warning Labels. That’s Not Enough.’
Governing
Do you celebrate sneckdown season?
Councilmembers Bow to Bowser’s Demands to Change a Climate Law, Fearing She’d Blame Them for Cold Schools
Pornhub pulls out of Florida, VPN demand ‘surges 1150%’: State masks up finally – its IP addresses, that is
Trumpists will argue as he attempts to strip birthright citizenship protections “on day 1” that when the birthright citizenship clause of the 14th Am was ratified in 1868, because there were no “illegal aliens” at the time since migration was unregulated. That rationale is incorrect and ahistorical.
Is There an Insanity Premium on Interest Rates?
Greenland and Trump’s desire to be colonizer-in-chief: He is signaling his desire to return the United States to its colonizing roots — and his refusal to rule out using violent means should shake to their core all Americans who know our nation’s history.
Wilson Building Bulletin: A predictable start to 2025
Surprise! The media just discovered Bidenomics works. Trump is getting a strong economy. If only the media had explained the Biden economic achievements.
I Saw the Beginning of Hell: What started as small flames engulfed my city and my life.
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