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~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics, Stefanik files ethics complaint against Merchan, Greenhalgh publishes ginormous, magisterial study, stomps anti-maskers and droplet dogmatists, “trust your immune system.” ~

The Rafah operation is speeding the pace of genocide in Gaza. That looks to be its primary aim.

Science publication has become so corrupted that entire journals have been shut down over running fake research. How did we get here?

How the UK is using the extremist label to act against people holding mainstream views. The US is not far behind.

US policy towards the homeless becomes ever more mean-spirited, apparently to justify not dealing with the problem of unaffordable housing.

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics, Trump trial winding down, Biden’s path to victory, a one-liner to revert Google search results to a list of blue links again ~

For those looking for the libretto to the Middle East version of Gotterdammerung, a compact retelling of the First Intifada.

“We have found ourselves in a situation where we feel the need to move forward unilaterally because the European response has been so weak.”

An important new paper contradicts Democratic pundits, showing that most workers lost in real wage terms under Biden

Why coal’s share of US energy output has not fallen as far as the ecologically-minded had hoped.

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Pandemics, wastewater data debacle as Bionbot ends its wasterwater visualization, Michael Cohen stole $30,000 from Trump, interviews with Kennedy voters, small beer ~

In “The Internet of Animals,” Martin Wikelski highlights what insights humans can learn from creatures great and small.