Links for you. Science:

UTIs can lead to cognitive dysfunction, but there are ways to reduce risks
Want to help birds this winter? Plant native berries.
Ancient warning of a rising sea
Earth is taking a pounding from bigger ocean waves. Why this matters.
It’s Not That Hard to Stop Birds from Crashing into Windows
Comparing reactogenicity of COVID-19 vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Other:

The Great Barrington Declaration and “natural herd immunity” versus public health three years later
Israel, Gaza, and the Fracturing of the Intellectual Left: “A segment of the left’s moral compass seems to have broken.”
Why We’re Still Breathing Dirty Indoor Air
U.S. Offers Another Round of Free Covid Tests Through the Mail (go to https://www.covid.gov/tests; now let’s do masks too)
What I’m Reading: Pushing back on pandemic revisionism.
Debunking the Myth of a Shoplifting Crisis: States are passing new laws to combat retail theft, though government data doesn’t show that it is actually increasing. None of the new laws are likely to reduce crime and could disproportionately impact marginalized groups.
It’s Time to Talk About ‘Pandemic Revisionism’: The epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina takes stock of school closures, mask mandates and the pandemic response.
Sam Altman, Freed
The Unproductive Entrepreneurship of Silicon Valley. Or, Why I Can’t Be a Pure Techno-Optimist
A 30-Year Trap: The Problem With America’s Weird Mortgages. One big reason the U.S. housing market is broken: Owners don’t want to give up their cushy old loans.
NYC launches $4 million COVID vaccine campaign targeting poorer neighborhoods
Jezebel, a Peeing Device, and Me
Mike Davis wants to cage kids, put Trump enemies in a ‘gulag.’ He could be our next AG.
Chinatown In ‘Crisis Mode’ As Empty Offices, Safety Concerns Spur More Retail Closures (blaming exorbitant rents and being overleveraged doesn’t seem to have much to do with street crime)
U.S. Believes Netanyahu Will Eventually Support Palestinian Authority Controlling Gaza
But The Bad Orange Man Might Come Back
How Larry Summers’s Bad Predictions Hurt the Planet
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Just Walloped What Was Left of the Voting Rights Act
A Judge’s Ruling on Trump and Section 3 of the 14th Amendment Made My Head Spin a Full 360 Degrees
Pay Thousands to Quit Your Job? Some Employers Say So.
What The Shit Is Happening With OpenAI And Sam Altman? An Explainer
What happens after Donald Trump’s ‘final battle’?
Who’s Buying Nebraska? Corporations, investors grabbing giant chunks of Nebraska farmland
Twitter’s Former Head of Trust and Safety Finally Breaks Her Silence
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