Links for you. Science:

In Defense of Science
Neutralising antibody activity against SARS-CoV-2 VOCs B.1.617.2 and B.1.351 by BNT162b2 vaccination (the key figures are in the supplemental materials…)
Seattle scientist digs up deleted coronavirus genetic data, adding fuel to the covid origin debate
Two million people may have suffered ‘long covid’ in England, government-backed survey indicates
What we know about the ‘fleeting’ spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant in Sydney

Other:

Republicans Want You (Not the Rich) to Pay for Infrastructure
Stop Hoping the G.O.P. Will Play Ball
The Biden team is making terrible excuses for keeping Trump’s secrets buried
Japan proposes four-day workweek as idea gains purchase amid pandemic
Which D.C. Restaurants Are Distancing Themselves from Tipping?
The Appetite for Political Violence Is Growing on the American Right
What It Means That Kickstarter Is Trying a 4-Day Workweek
Inside the extraordinary effort to save Trump from covid-19
Joe Manchin is about to extract his pound of flesh. Here’s what Biden must do now. (“The idea that Sanders might be functioning as a canny inside player — on behalf of securing big progressive gains, no less — is hard for many observers to swallow. But it just might end up happening.”)
Judge rebukes GOP for downplaying US Capitol riot as he hands out first sentence in insurrection
OAN is ready for ‘tens of thousands’ of Americans to be executed in support of Trump’s Big Lie
Economics in a Post-Truth Nation