Links for you. Science:

COVID study: 40% of children still infectious after symptom resolution (paper here)
Once They Were Pets. Now Giant Goldfish Are Menacing the Great Lakes.
Herds of Mysterious ‘Glacier Mice’ Baffle Scientists
High fusion and cytopathy of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.640.1
Study: 4% of US collegiate athletes developed long COVID (no vaccinated atheletes did, but the study period was from spring 2020 to fall 2021, so it’s unclear what that means with respect to the Omicron variant cluster; paper here)
Fairfax County relocates fish, eels affected by government center pond dredging

Other:

Republican voters know Trump isn’t joking with his “dictator” remarks — it’s why they love him (important)
Lawmakers vote in favor of plan to bring Capitals, Wizards to Virginia (Bowser really fucked up here)
That Insufferable Billionaire Tyrannizing Harvard Enriches Himself by Tyrannizing the Bond Market: Meet Bill Ackman, the perfect embodiment of America’s growing oligarch scourge.
This is the inside story of how the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion. (I like this because the reporters treat them as the political actors they are, not as Masters of Jurisprudence)
The real reason three university presidents embarrassed themselves before Congress: They spoke the language of lawyered-up, untouchable university leaders, while Stefanik and others spoke the language of moral absolutes.
D.C. sold properties for affordable housing. Half are still vacant.
Not Gonna Read That
Turf War: What the pickleball drama tells us about American cities.
How Republicans convinced themselves America was meant to be a “Christian nation”: Most Republicans now support Christian nationalism. This was not the case during the Obama years
America is killing its mothers: Motherhood doesn’t have a marketing problem. It has a mortality problem.
Substackers Against Nazis
How Bill Ackman’s Campaign to Oust Harvard’s President Failed
On Substack Nazis, laissez-faire tech regulation, and mouse-poop-in-cereal-boxes
Jack Smith Is A Model For All Anti-Trump Forces: Democrats should emulate his willingness to force confrontation and expose duplicity
The Biggest Threat to America’s Universities
Plan to move Capitals, Wizards to Virginia draws transportation worries
As the Caps and Wiz Plan to Move to Potomac Yard, the Blame Game in D.C. Begins. How Much Responsibility Does Bowser Bear?
Andre Braugher Was One of the Greatest Actors Of His Generation
The Republican leading the probe of Hunter Biden has his own shell company and complicated friends
Giant food companies are quietly ruining your favorite snacks — and hoping you don’t notice
I WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR YOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUU
Who Is J.D. Vance When He’s at Home? A first-term senator from the minority caucus presumed to address a friendly sovereign government on how to respond to a domestic crisis.
In Bogotá, a transit experiment inspired imitators worldwide. But that wasn’t the end of the story.
The mystery of the missing binder: How a collection of raw Russian intelligence disappeared under Trump
Take It to the Spank Bank: AI comes for the skin flick
The weird world of celebrity training: how Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Madonna get in shape for their shows