Links for you. Science:

First U.S. case of human bird flu in 9 months confirmed in Washington state
Species that save us
Archaeologists Crack Century-old Mystery: What Were Clay Cornets Used for 6,000 Years Ago?
What James Watson got wrong about DNA
“Teaching the controversy” and other terrible takes on COVID-19 origins
The CDC Diaspora Fights Back

Other:

Democrats Become High On Their Own “Affordability” Supply
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
Not Beating The Charges
The Monks in the Casino: A brief theory of young men, “the loneliness crisis,” and life in the 21st century (the last bit is a reach, and the piece overthinks things, but still worth a read)
Predictions markets and the suckerfication crisis
Pete Buttigieg Has Blunt Take On Whether JD Vance Is A Fascist
Want to open a restaurant in Boston? Think again.
New Database Reveals Startling Extent of Rome’s Roads: We Only Know 3%
Why top colleges should cut back on early decision admissions
Losing the Republican Base, Israel Pours Millions to Target Evangelicals and Churchgoers
Why JD Vance and Erika Kirk’s hug made tongues wag
Veterans Day, Vonnegut and the consequences of war
OpenAI Can’t Fix Sora’s Copyright Infringement Problem Because It Was Built With Stolen Content
Alone in the Manosphere
Border agent died of overdose weeks after his arrest in assault on Long Beach officer
Major Porn Studios Join Forces to Establish Industry ‘Code of Conduct’
Dan Driscoll’s Army of One. J.D. Vance’s man in the Pentagon is a rare Trump appointee who commands bipartisan respect and affection. Naturally, this doesn’t sit well with his boss, Pete Hegseth, who doesn’t.
We Didn’t Kill American Manufacturing—We Let It Die
DHS Is Deploying a Powerful Surveillance Tool at College Football Games
It’s FAFO time for these 5 Trump-loving voters
Only a Failing System Could Produce Chuck Grassley
Ford CEO says he has 5,000 open mechanic jobs with 6-figure salaries from the shortage of manually skilled workers: ‘We are in trouble in our country’
Cory Doctorow Explains Why Everything is Getting Shittier
If Democrats regain the White House, Trump’s ballroom could be an early casualty. From tearing it down to making it a museum for the study of corruption and autocracy, Democrats pitch alternative uses for President Donald Trump’s beloved ballroom.
One way the shutdown deal might actually help Democrats
Seal hunted by killer whales escapes by jumping onto photographer’s boat
The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge. Scott Bessent Used It Anyway.
Why Is This Man In Charge of Anything?
Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51