Links for you. Science:
A Virus Takes Flight
Huge crater under North Sea was created by asteroid impact, scientists say
COVID vaccine tech could limit snakebite venom damage
We are former CDC officials. RFK Jr.’s change to vaccine guidance is propaganda.
One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants
How long can one RSV shot protect seniors? Study shows surprising two-year shield
Other:
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims. More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that. (important)
Taking “Affordability” Seriously …but not literally. (very good)
Has Marjorie Taylor Greene Really Seen the Light?
America Is Finally Starting to See Trump for the Bullsh*t Artist He Is
X’s new location transparency feature unleashes questions about origins of MAGA accounts
Crypto Crash Erodes Wealth for Trump’s Family and Followers
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Why Trump Turned Gooey
What Harvard Is Whispering About Larry Summers Post-Epstein
Requiem for Early Blogging
Trump Is Weak and Failing, and Media Is Finally Saying So. As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
DHS’s pack of liars
Rolling Back
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
US turkey flock shrinks to a 40-year low as Thanksgiving costs soar (Trump take turkey)
In pictures: National Guard’s unnerving months in DC (this ran before the shooting of two National Guardsmen)
Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration
Lost in the slop layer
The Rent Is Too Damn High: Did Trump Just ‘Bless’ Using AI to Jack Up Rents?
Bowser bows out, saying she won’t run for a fourth term as mayor
Mayor Muriel Bowser Won’t Run For a Fourth Term
The Very Big Business of Lying To You
On Places: Repurposing—and Queering—an H Street Corridor Carriage House
The Republican Brain Doesn’t Want To Understand Health Care
Trump now wants what the Democrats wanted on health care. Just one problem: his party.
“Even More Vulgar”; Elon Musk’s Dystopian Nightmare
Trump and Hegseth’s Hysterical Reaction to an Ad
