Links for you. Science:

In which I fruitlessly beg NIH grant-seeking folks to focus on what is actually important.
New Flu Variant Could Bring Another Severe U.S. Season
Washington resident dies of complications from bird flu strain never before reported in humans
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
CDC data confirms US is 2 months away from losing measles elimination status
How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland

Other:

Today is the day Trump lost control of the Republicans
MAGA Disarray And The Accumulated Debt Of Corruption. They’d bring America down rather than face accountability, but accountability is not optional.
Olivia Nuzzi Addresses The Worm
You Won’t Have Marjorie Taylor Greene To Kick Around Anymore
Basketball Is Too Hard For All This Soft Tissue
Imagining A Lame-Duck Power Grab
Joe Rogan Subreddit Bans ‘Political Posts’ But Still Wants ‘Free Speech’
Shocker: Appointing A 29-Year-Old Derelict Pet Store Owner With No Politics Experience To San Francisco Board Of Supervisors Not Actually A Masterstroke
Ukraine Is Jamming Russia’s ‘Superweapon’ With a Song
How a Cash-Strapped Louisiana is Profiting from Trump’s Deportation Frenzy
Larry Summers Recedes From Public Life Due To His Gross Emails With Jeffrey Epstein
“I shouldn’t have done this.”
Hollywood’s A.I. Doppelgänger Hunters
Musk and Epstein in Hell
A lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don’t want to spend
A Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much.
The online clip factory that’s radicalizing teen boys. How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create “so many more incels”
Raising taxes on the ultrarich: A necessary first step to restore faith in American democracy and the public sector
Trump had a bad week. Fox News polling suggests things are going to get worse.
The Glen Powell Paradox
Donald Trump is relishing his pardon power — and using it
Not-So-Private Ryan: Congressman Pat Ryan, a Democrat from the deep purple heart of New York’s Hudson Valley, thinks his party has a lot of work to do despite its off-year election win. Herewith, he makes the case for a broad Democratic coalition, praises the pugnacity of A.O.C., and explains why Trump isn’t a lame duck—yet.
How Trump’s MRI spurred the Epstein vote
Rep. Tlaib’s Economic Dignity for All Agenda Would Bring Economic Security for Millions
‘Maybe It’s Time to Pick a Fucking Side,’ Says Murphy After Trump Calls for Execution of Lawmakers
Grand jury investigating potential misconduct in probes of Trump critics (Night of the Long Sporks)
‘Time for Them to Leave’: Charlotte Communities Rise Up Against ICE Invasion
Charlotte raids expose hollow core of Trump’s immigration crackdown
‘The Main Course Is Inflation’: Thanksgiving Costs Surge Under Trump
The Way Billionaires Are Using AI May Cause Concern They Have Actual Brain Damage
The trustbuster advising Mamdani who could bring aggressive approach to affordability
Is This Finally and Blessedly the End of the Larry Summers Era?
Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses