Links for you. Science:

Every COVID Infection Increases Your Risk of Long COVID, Study Warns
The predictable task that eats up valuable time in outbreaks. How can we avoid a monumental duplication of effort?
Visiting the Kraken at Home. Researchers have captured what might be the first known recording of a colossal squid living freely in its natural habitat.
Harassment of scientists is surging — institutions aren’t sure how to help
Limited testing of raw milk for bird flu leaves safety questions unanswered
Biden’s got a plan to protect science from Trump. The White House has told the National Institutes of Health to safeguard its work from political interference.

Other:

The Ludicrous System That Makes It So Hard to Fight Crime in DC. The feds blame local D.C. for crime, but the city can point the finger right back. Is this any way to run a capital? (D.C. statehood now)
Trump’s Ugly, Hateful Attacks on Media Suddenly Take a Dangerous Turn. His posting of a video of a man cursing at Joe Scarborough sends a broader message: If elected, he’ll use state power to come after countless other Americans.
The rightwing plan to take over ‘sanctuary’ cities – and rebuild them Maga-style
The young and the hawkish: Generational differences in conflict attitudes in Israel (18 years of Likud brainwashed an entire generation)
Working from home isn’t going away, even if some CEOs wish it would
Pronouns and tribal affiliations are now forbidden in South Dakota public university employee emails (Republican Gov. Noem is so petty)
Idaho Drag Performer Wins Over $1.1 Million in Defamation Suit Against Blogger
As reservoirs go dry, Mexico City and Bogotá are staring down ‘Day Zero’
After 5 years without drinkable water, Santee asks: When will our tap water be safe? The Santee Sioux Nation reservation in northeast Nebraska has been under a no-drink order since 2019. Leaders hope a new state law could jumpstart funding needed to fix the problem.
Border Vigilantes Are Blurring the Lines of Law Enforcement
Coward of the County
Mexico City’s water ‘Day Zero’ may come even for the wealthiest residents
Chatbots Don’t Know What Stuff Isn’t
Professoring: Drowning in Paper
Google’s AI really is that stupid, feeds people answers from The Onion
YouTube has now begun skipping videos altogether for users with ad blockers
The Stench of Climate Change Denial (gift link)
Bosses mandated them back to the office. They took legal action instead.
D.C.’s Most Chaotic ANC Is at the Center of a Controversy Roiling the Ward 8 Council Race
Nearly everything Americans believe about the economy is wrong
The Circulator is dead. Long live the Circulator!
How geography and religion drive America’s blue vs. red divide
Cracking the Christian nationalist code: A glossary for the confused. The Christian right has a clearly anti-democratic agenda — but it’s concealed with deliberately confusing terms
America’s best decade, according to data
Senators’ latest telework legislation could imperil remote work. A new bill from Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., would cap all telework at 40% of an employee’s work hours, potentially endangering the federal government’s nascent remote work program. (maybe make your shitty states places people want to live and you wouldn’t have this problem)
Va. went all in on solar. Then its powerful utility changed the rules. After Dominion Energy required expensive upgrades, many solar projects were put on hold. (Dominion Energy has been awful for years–I wrote that piece in 2012)