Links for you. Science:
Blood donor study finds 21% incidence of long-term symptoms attributed to COVID-19
Study identifies inflammation and symptom patterns in long COVID
These Women Came to Antarctica for Science. Then the Predators Emerged
They’re young and athletic. They’re also ill with a condition called POTS. Since covid-19, diagnoses have increased, researchers and doctors report
How fast are viruses spreading in the wild?
Lessons in persistence: New Long Covid trials aim to clear lingering virus—and help patients in dire need
Other:
Trump’s Brain Is Not Okay. An expert’s view of Trump’s mental slide into dementia. (and the claims about Biden were self-projection)
The NIH hopes to make TMJ ‘bearable.’ It has a long way to go.
A narco revolt takes a once-peaceful nation to the brink
Steve Bannon Accidentally Wrecks One of Trump’s Worst Lies About Biden
This disruptive late-night train commuter is … a horse
US Cities Struggling With Office Vacancies: St. Louis in Doom Loop, New York Eyeing Residential Conversions
Browbeating Jewish voters hasn’t yet worked for Trump (gift link)
The Republican Position On Abortion
Castaways rescued after writing ‘HELP’ with palm leaves on remote island
Do We Really Want a Food Cartel?
The D.C. region needs to build 87 new homes per day. It’s not close. (Montgomery County’s Mark Erlich is an asshole)
Many Patients Don’t Survive End-Stage Poverty (gift link)
D.C. opioid overdose deaths surge past 500 in worst year on record
Ohio and Alabama Are Playing Ballot Games With Biden
Tradwives, stay-at-home girlfriends and the dream of feminine leisure
Coaching Great Dawn Staley Defends Trans Athletes
How one city pulled public transit from the brink — and what the rest of the country can learn from it. There’s no substitute for better service.
GOP-run states are warning that they could keep Biden off the ballot
O.J. Simpson Was Always More Than Polarizing
Health professionals defend Biden’s fitness, warn of Trump’s decline
$10 billion long Covid ‘moonshot’ is being floated by Bernie Sanders
We Need to Talk About Trader Joe’s
Biden rule will require more gun dealers to run background checks
The Sports Betting Industry Thinks You’re a Loser
Facebook’s AI failure wiped out Kansas Reflector links. Even Facebook may not know what went wrong.
Gig workers are writing essays for AI to learn from
