Links for you. Science:

New Covid virus found in wild Brazilian bats. The discovery of a ‘furin cleavage site’ suggests the mutation which helps the virus adapt to humans is naturally occurring (pour one out for the lab leak hypothesis)
Ad hoc, post hoc and intrinsic-hoc in bioinformatics
Waning immunity drives respiratory virus evolution and reinfection
The real danger to kids is RFK Jr.’s anti-vax quackery
RSV season is here. Here’s what you need to know
Mount Pleasant’s sidewalk astronomer might have to leave his home (We shouldn’t be deporting this guy, we should be giving him a scholarship.)

Other:

What It’s Like to Watch an Internet-Based Ideology Break Containment
Harrisburg’s Catholic bishop apologizes for ‘notorious symbol of hate’ on Halloween float (it’s a K-8 school, so the parents of these kids had to have been involved)
Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
James Gunn’s American Project
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Farm-state Republicans finally reach their breaking points
Eviction By ICE? Federal immigration agents appear to have targeted Chicago tenants in “deliberate and systematic ways.” They’re still searching for answers about their landlord’s role in the raid.
Without Online Trolls, There Would Be No Donald Trump
Vaccine Skepticism Comes for Pet Owners, Too
Why Is Trump Autocracy Rising? These Dems Have an Unnerving Answer.
Trump L’œil: The White House Ballroom, MAGA Aesthetics, and the Meanings of Trump’s Newest Building Project
This tight-knit community was recovering from a cultlike leader. Then measles got in.
The web that tried to steal the presidency
Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces ‘dislikes’ beta
Unreality
I Thought Graham Platner Was Finished. What I Saw in Maine Changed My Mind.
Chris Murphy needs blue America to wake up
Andrew Cuomo Is Going Out the Way He Came In: as a Vile Bigot
FDA limits fluoride tablets for children, stopping short of ban
Trump’s Tony Soprano Presidency Is Bleeding the Country Dry
Trump’s abortion-related cuts prompt Maine clinics to end primary care
The Soccer Mom Who Strikes Fear Into the Heart of ICE
ICE and Border Patrol’s use of tear gas injures, sickens and tests the law
Maine’s Case of Platner Fasciitis
Some South Korea firms pulled projects after Hyundai immigration raid
America doesn’t need Trump’s $40 million statue collection. We already have one that the states paid for.
Trump Throws Lavish Halloween ‘Great Gatsby’ Party On Eve Of SNAP Running Dry
The war against drugs is a war of economics that is unwinnable.
Blue State SNAP Webpages Are Giving The GOP A Taste Of Its Own Medicine
One of Boston’s two remaining strip clubs wants to move. Chinatown is leery.