Links for you. Science:

Researchers 3D-print fully-functioning microscope in less than 3 hours — total system costs around $60, including lenses, camera, and Raspberry Pi
Bird Flu Is a National Embarrassment. America should have more aggressively intervened almost a year ago.
LA’s wildfires sparked by rare collision of climate factors
D.C. area on alert after bird flu detected in poultry in Maryland, Delaware
USDA says Boar’s Head listeria outbreak was result of sanitation failures
On abhorrent science and the weaponization of genomic data

Other:

Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case
My mother had polio. We thought it was gone for good. If we repeal the public mandate for the vaccine, the disease could come back.
The Politics Show
The scumbaggery is the point
Mask mandates return at some Mass. health care facilities amid spike in respiratory illnesses
Health Care AI, Intended To Save Money, Turns Out To Require a Lot of Expensive Humans
In Los Angeles, people snap up air filters and wear masks against smoke pollution
Why Los Angeles was unprepared for this fire
The Pressure Campaign to Get Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Defense Secretary: Supporters of Donald Trump’s nominee have intimidated potential witnesses and suppressed the F.B.I. background check of the former Fox News host in the run-up to his Senate hearing.
Don’t Blame Libs or Progs for Driving Silicon Valley to the Right
Egg prices continue to climb amid the bird flu outbreak
What an unregulated school voucher program looks like
Can an entire team be clutch? The Commanders are making us wonder.
How you can help the incarcerated firefighters battling L.A. wildfires
Actually, Sarah McBride does have an agenda (“In this case, the disobedience is not claiming a toilet seat. The disobedience is claiming a seat in Congress and being in an institution where some people don’t want me here simply because of who I am. That’s the disobedience.”)
Incoming Trump Team Is Questioning National Security Council Staff Over Loyalty
Biden’s agenda had a big impact. Will history give him credit? As construction cranes rise above Trump-friendly towns, the trillions injected into the economy by Biden’s policies did little to boost his party’s fortunes.
Asking rents skyrocket as LA fires destroy homes
The Companies Behind D.C.’s Sports Betting Deal Will Pay $6.5 Million Over Charges They Misled Regulators
What Drove DC’s Population Increase?
One Jan. 6 rioter is rejecting MAGA culture—and a pardon from Trump
These Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain Why
Republicans see the LA wildfires as an opportunity to punish California
Why Skyscrapers Became Glass Boxes
How Well-Intentioned Policies Fueled L.A.’s Fires. The disaster can teach California how to rebuild, if the state will listen.
“DEI is deadly”: Fox News spin on California wildfires exposes MAGA’s total incoherence