Links 1/19/25

Links for you. Science:

A Secret Way to Fight Off Stomach Bugs. It isn’t hand sanitizer.
New nasal test said to ID asthma subtypes in kids
Bats use storm fronts to ‘surf’ the skies when they migrate, study finds
A Norovirus Vaccine May Be Coming
NIH postdocs, graduate students win union contract
On abhorrent science and the weaponization of genomic data

Other:

There are a lot of billionaire tech entrepreneurs who were first movers (which, yes, here’s your pat on the back) just by throwing shit against the wall if they had any tech skills at all and a little bit of timing and luck (excellent)
Do Not Welcome Our New Misfit Overlords: “Oligarch” is too cryptic; “tech bro” conveys too much affability; these people are misanthropes, and we can’t allow them to dictate the future to us.
RFK Jr. Secretly Got Rich Off of “Public Health” Efforts
It’s MAGA’s problem now: Living with the consequences imposed by a woefully uninformed electorate
It’s Time For A Democratic Barry Goldwater: Extremism In Defense Of Sanity
Democrats Will Regret Helping to Pass the Laken Riley Act
The Wonder Of The Regional Art Museum
Zuckerberg Proves Meta Is Too Big. One monopoly company should not have the power to decree which speech is permissible and which isn’t.
Uninsurable Futures: Adapting to a constrained American dream.
Ah, Well, Nevertheless
Trump’s Team of Economic Yes-Men
“Rigging the system”: Pam Bondi consistently sided with corporations that gave money to Republicans
Pete Hegseth Wants to Wage War—Against the Left
American ‘Oligarchy’ Decried by Biden Gained $1.5 Trillion in His Term
Why This OnlyFans Model Posts Machine Learning Explainers to Pornhub
After more than 50 years, Boston area’s only typewriter store will close in March
Meta just flipped the switch that prevents misinformation from spreading in the United States
America’s youth longs for Chinese e-commerce
Influencers Are Peddling Detoxes to Wildfire Victims
Jack Smith’s report demands Merrick Garland be held accountable for failing America!
Will Lewis’s first year at ‘Washington Post’: Cancellations, red ink and an exodus
Doctorow Has the Best Idea for How Canada Should Retaliate to Trump’s Tariffs + Make It So Americans Can’t Drive
Innumeracy
Twin Peaks film director David Lynch dies at 78
Democrats have one weird trick to release the rest of Jack Smith’s report
Canada shouldn’t retaliate with US tariffs

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