Links for you. Science:
Accelerated brain age in young to early middle-aged adults after mild to moderate COVID-19 infection
The Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines
How scientists traced a mysterious covid case back to six toilets
Bats are in trouble. That’s not good for anyone who likes mezcal, rice or avocado
Landmark Study Confirms Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is ‘Unambiguously Biological’
215 million-year-old crocodile ancestor that pre-dates dinosaurs identified
Other:
No labels, no candidate, no logic
Trump asked if U.S. was better off in his last year. In many ways, the answer is no.
Cancel culture has gotten so extreme you can’t tell lengthy scatological jokes in class anymore
In a new book, Breyer makes the case for setting originalism aside
Wearing masks is easy but taking them off is difficult – A situation in Japan during COVID-19 pandemic and after
You think Trump was good on the economy? 2020 wants a word.
Bill supporting $20K grants for first-generation homebuyers might not be enough for Arlington, experts say
I’ve Been Working On This For 22 Years And He Just Tweeted It Out
Cas Mudde on the media and the far-right: a dangerous liaison worth breaking
The Navalny Prisoner Swap Deal That Wasn’t
Spies, War, Trump: We Still Don’t Really Understand What Paul Manafort Is Up To
Thousands of disabled people died after ‘Covid treatment withheld’, inquiry to probe (I think the word eugenics is bandied about far too often, but there’s no other word to describe this horror)
Oh No Retirement
Teenage Riot: The usual suspects in Washington fear that young voters could protest the 2024 election if Biden bans TikTok—a supposition accepted at face value by pundits, despite the available evidence. Yes, there are polls showing young people oppose a ban. But that’s not predictive of how Gen Z will vote.
How The Far Right Engineered An Assault On Abortion Access, Even In Blue States
No City Needs Subway Soldiers
For Those With Stutters, Trump Mocking Biden’s Stammer Is Frustratingly Familiar
The Gigification of Publishing
‘Babar’ Heir And Author Laurent De Brunhoff Dies At Age 98
Supreme Court grants Gov. Greg Abbott’s wish to turn Texas into a far-right dictatorship
The Welfare State
Newly released transcripts reveal a MAGA betrayal: Donald Trump never cared about Ashli Babbitt
The other failure of the Republican investigation into Biden
Nancy Mace Calls It A ‘Huge Honor’ To Receive A Donation From White Nationalist Laura Loomer
D.C. AG to Leonsis: Caps, Wizards can’t leave arena for 23 years
The next time I want to see Timothée Chalamet, I’ll do it from the comfort of my couch
Women are getting off birth control amid misinformation explosion (gift link)
Another Shady Impeachment Witness Exposes The GOP’s Twisted Game
Biden’s stutter surges into the presidential campaign