Links for you. Science:
An overview on viral interference during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
The Sahara Desert Used To Be a Green Savannah and New Research Explains Why
A Systematic Review Of COVID-19 Misinformation Interventions: Lessons Learned
Good news on COVID-19 may be just a nose away
Five new soft-furred hedgehog species discovered
Other:
The campaign to remove the President of Harvard is about DEI, not plagiarism
Tipping Is Immoral: But, for now, it’s all we’ve got.
The coming dystopia will be a robust public-private partnership
New D.C. Council Bill Pushes Research-Backed Solutions To Violence
Migrants are Begging in Brooklyn Neighborhoods That Voted for Trump, Sparking Hostility and Help
U.S. Steel’s acquisition will end a difficult marriage that forged — and constrained — Pittsburgh’s identity
Technology Is Secretly Stealing Your Time. Here’s How to Get It Back: Technology is supposed to save us time, right? Turns out, it’s stealing some of our most precious time, but it’s not too late to get it back
The Law and High Politics of Disqualifying President Trump: Whether courts can disqualify presidential candidates under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment is a legal *and political* minefield that the U.S. Supreme Court will now have to navigate
‘It’s Like Trying To Run A Clinic On A Foundation Of Quicksand,’ Maryland Abortion Provider Says
Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington
Police have recovered second Ziegler sex video, sources say
The Colorado Ruling Changed My Mind: The strongest argument for throwing Trump off the ballot is the weakness of the counterarguments. (Conway is an asshole, but he’s not wrong)
DontMuteDC Launches Campaign To Stop The Wizards, Capitals From Moving Out Of D.C.
This Is Still Fascism—Only Worse: His Nazi-esque remarks about undocumented immigrants hint at just how brutal an authoritarian he will be if elected to the White House again.
Journalism needs to learn how to defend itself
Will Claudine Gay Keep Her Job?
Rudy Giuliani’s 90s-era war on art and dancing shows he didn’t change — he was MAGA before MAGA
The Real Reason for Marriage Polarization: Banning abortion has made dating political.
Mike Johnson owes “the secretive networks that form the backbone of the American Right” big time
Why Stop With Donald Trump? There Were Other January 6 Insurrectionists.
What’s the Matter with (right-wing) Men? The same factors driving shocking levels of male violence also drive conservative politics. And the Republican Party is fueling the bloodshed and disorder.
Mike Johnson Is the Christian Nationalist We Should Have Seen Coming (some of us have been warning people about them for many years though…)
