Links for you. Science:

A.I. Is Learning What It Means to Be Alive
Livestock industry co-opts academics to downplay its climate impact, study says
Deforestation, climate change may endanger North American lizards
On the impact of mass screening for SARS-CoV-2 through self-testing in Greece
Silicon Valley is pricing academics out of AI research
Scientists Discover 100 New Marine Species in New Zealand

Other:

3 COVID Experts on Why the CDC’s Isolation Guidelines Are Bad for Public Health
Four years of COVID: Fewer people are dying but the virus ‘is still with us’
My Robotic Doppelganger Is The Grim Face of Journalism’s Future!
Did Google, Facebook, and Amazon Endorse Jim Crow?
Reminder: Trump’s Last Year in Office Was a National Nightmare (gift link)
LGBTQ+ voters look a lot like swing voters
Biden hoped to be a peacemaker. Now, he knows he must be a warrior. (gift link)
Why you shouldn’t wear a green shirt on TV
Forget ‘polarization.’ It’s the GOP’s radicalization. (gift link)
Palantir’s NHS-stealing Big Lie
It shouldn’t take a lawsuit for D.C. to do right by disabled students: City officials have long known that unreliable school bus service is disrupting families and keeping children from arriving at school on time or at all
Former advisers sound the alarm that Trump praises despots in private and on the campaign trail
Why not require a civics test as a rite of passage for all Americans?
Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies
If Congress doesn’t act now many Americans might lose broadband access
Biden said Republicans oppose women’s rights — Katie Britt’s “tradwife” response proved him right
New York Times employees fighting over Chick-fil-A? Sounds about right.
Voter turnout, 2018-2022
Early polling of Biden’s State of the Union doesn’t quite match the hype (yes, but it backed off Ezra Klein, aka ‘David Brooks the Younger’, and other pundits, so it served a very important purpose)
Reporters Missed Katie Britt’s Huge Lie; What Else Are They Missing?
Soaring mobile-home rents anger Arizona voters
The untold story of Kickstarter’s crypto Hail Mary—and the secret $100 million a16z-led investment to save its fading brand
Trump floats ‘cutting’ retirement spending, drawing quick pushback from Biden
The ACLU Is Trying to Destroy the Biden NLRB. It is also trying to force more workers into mandatory arbitration.
Some journalists seem bored by the biggest story of our lifetimes
The Supreme Court’s War on Affirmative Action Was Never Just About Schools