Links for you. Science:

COVID-19-Associated Hospitalizations Among Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Adults 18 Years or Older in 13 US States, January 2021 to April 2022
One Data Point Can Beat Big Data
What Makes Your Brain Different From a Neanderthal’s?
China and India approve nasal COVID vaccines — are they a game changer?
World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds
Poop and pee fueled the huge algae bloom in San Francisco Bay. Fixing the problem could cost $14 billion

Other:

What if we’re fighting inflation all wrong? Who loses in the battle against inflation. (excellent)
Fasc in the pan
Biden’s speech worked: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans agree MAGA is a threat to democracy
Countercyclical Aid Is Not Enough to Fix the Broken US Approach to Public Health Financing
Stuck on the Rufo Road. Why Democratic power brokers won’t fight for public education
Michigan Republicans Stumble in Dress Rehearsal for Overturning Future Elections
There’s No Argument About What Trump Did. The Only Argument Is Over What to Do About It.
REPUBLICAN ELECTORAL FRAUD WILL BE RAMPANT THIS YEAR, WON’T IT
Liberal Arts Colleges Too
Warren Holmes Company, J.W. Sexton High School (1939-42) Lansing, MI
Moon Landrieu Dies at 92; New Orleans Mayor Championed Integration
Washington’s New Crisis of Diplomacy. At a time when America needs its allies more than since the Bush years, some of our most important embassies remain empty—a foreign manifestation, naturally, of a very domestic crisis.
Why do the Republicans keep proving their ‘semi-fascism’?
Overconfident in minority rule, the Republicans forgot how to compete democratically
How the Democrats Got Their Groove Back
David Brooks and the decay of white boomer politics
In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush with Public Money
Led by Tucker, Fox News amplifies far right’s stochastic terrorism against transgender Americans
New book on Seth Rich case reveals a dirty MAGA cop put a key witness at risk
New York set to force ultra-Orthodox schools to teach secular subjects
Some Wisconsin quarters have an error. The rare coins could sell for far beyond 25 cents.
Does Australia Receive Enough Cocaine To Meet Demand?
When bitcoin plunges, Buttcoin cheers: the online community praying for the end of crypto
Democrats are finally running a full-on campaign against Trumpism