Links for you. Science:

Insect populations flourish in the restored habitats of solar energy facilities
Infection-control measures stemmed COVID spread in hospitals from 2020 to 2022
This $10 purchase can improve your sleep and boost your brain health
Multivitamins may slow memory loss in older adults
Blood transcriptomics reveal persistent SARS-CoV-2 RNA and candidate biomarkers in Long COVID patients
Undervaccination and severe COVID-19 outcomes: meta-analysis of national cohort studies in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales

Other:

Jan. 6 Cannot Go Down the Memory Hole (gift link)
Death spiral or new dawn: How did WMATA get here?
A Republican senator smeared a Biden nominee — and Democrats cowered (yet another way D.C. lacking statehood hurts residents of D.C.; gift link)
Trump’s Unwitting Enablers: They sound very different from the former president’s toadies, who lavish him with absurd praises. But they are part of the same project.
Holy Mother of God, Details from the DOJ Report on the Failures In Uvalde Are Disturbing
New EPA rule could save 4,200 lives a year. Industry warns it could cost Biden his reelection.
Las Vegas, Home Of Bad Ideas, Goes All-In On Elon’s Dumb Tunnels (reinventing the subway, but stupidly)
The “Need for Chaos” and Motivations to Share Hostile Political Rumors
House Republicans take another stab at cutting Social Security
The GOP Is Already Clashing Over Trump’s VP Pick: While Trump tries to sew up the nomination, his camp is already feuding about his future running mate — and hoping it isn’t Nikki Haley. (it’s the Night of the Long Knives all the way down with these assholes)
Super rich CEOs: ‘It won’t be the end of the world’ if Trump wins
Leaving The Real World: How I Escaped Andrew Tate’s Get Rich Quick ‘Cult’
E. Jean Carroll used to be somebody: Once you enter Trump’s world, your own world evaporates (gift link)
Leonard Leo’s Dark Money Groups Are Targeting AIDS Relief
It’s Astonishing That Any Governor and Mayor Could Bungle Their Budgets This Badly (too many local and state level executive branch Democrats are incompetent)
With Donald Trump’s Iowa landslide, evangelicals reveal who they really are
Bill Ackman Is a Brilliant Fictional Character: A close reading of his remarkable social-media posts
Right-wing figures fearmonger and push conspiracy theories about “Disease X,” a hypothetical pathogen: Some right-wing figures are trying to profit on the fear by promoting “medical emergency kits” that include ivermectin
With each update, tools like Midjourney promise us more realistic representations – but the reality these images represent has often little to do with the one we live in. Rather, they are best described as Platform Realism, a second-order aesthetic of generic images.
Trump’s Angry Rant About His Legal Mess Reveals an Ugly MAGA Truth. His immunity defense isn’t merely a legal argument. He’s priming his base to back wanton law-breaking if he wins back the White House.
The Death Cult of the American Car: It’s obvious how to make the roads safer for cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers alike. We just don’t do it.
It’s 2086. This Is What American History Could Look Like.
A Novel Theory Of Joe Biden’s Political Woes: The Supreme Court’s latest threat gives Biden a choice: silently absorb another setback, or fight
It’s Just a Water Bottle. No one can truly explain the Stanley cup.
Coup, Putsch, or Insurrection? A Response to Ross Douthat
Okla. lawmaker backpedals on bills’ controversial language one day after filing (local and state Republicans always have the mask off)