Links for you. Science:

Lanternfly honey has arrived. Just don’t ask how it’s made. The impact of spotted lanternflies is showing up in a less obvious way: It’s changing honey. Exactly how that change happens may not be the best selling point.
Dr. Marty Makary: Mad Scientists, Biowarfare, Nazi War Criminal Doctors, Half Rat-Deer Carcasses, and How COVID, AIDS, & Lyme Came from A Lab.
Resurrecting a Global Killer: ACIP’s Hep B Vote
An Asteroid Threatening Earth Is Teeming With Ingredients for Life, Scientists Discover
Learning from the omicron BA.4/5 dominance: Strategies for future vaccination preparedness
Shark scientists want their research to help save threatened species, but don’t know how. Our new paper can help.

Other:

Candace Owens and the Decay of the American Brain
Met Council members oversee Twin Cities transit, but rarely ride it
Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out.
What If Both Sides in the Birth Rate Debate Are Wrong?
Military commander forbids “woke” Hanukkah decorations, claims Maccabean Revolt happened after Jesus
“Scale Is All You Need” is dead
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance
The Myth of the Constitutional Sheriff
Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
ACLU claims Cuban detainees were beaten for refusing removal to Mexico
American Catholicism
Tysons needs over 10K new homes in next 15 years, report estimates
The Supreme Court Is About to Give Trump His Crony State
How Sick Is He? The physical and mental health of the president is a state secret
The Perriello Way: In the wake of Congressman Tom Perriello’s loss, it’s tempting to conclude that politics based on conviction simply doesn’t work. But that would be the wrong lesson to take away.
OpenAI Staffer Quits, Alleging Company’s Economic Research Is Drifting Into AI Advocacy
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
Public Health Needs a New Motto: No Apologies, No Surrender
Legislation aims to address unpaid rent in DC, but critics fear a worsening of eviction crisis
How much are they going to take?
Mamdani won. So why aren’t the wealthy fleeing New York City?
Obamacare Is The Minimum
Even self-loathing gay MAGA is imploding
Bye Bye Dan
FDA Slow Walking a Long-Awaited Abortion Pill Safety Study
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Filthy Matters
Jared Polis Promotes White Supremacist and Child Porn Defender as “Intellectuals”