Links for you. Science:

“Methods-last” papers aren’t really methods-last
Australian scientists discover ancient ‘echidnapus’
Study shows enforced masking on long flights prevents SARS-CoV-2 transmission
Estimates of SARS-CoV-2 Hospitalization and Fatality Rates in the Prevaccination Period, United States
NCBI & NIAID Join Forces to Co-Host Virtual AMR Codeathon
The importance of including Long COVID outcomes when developing novel treatments for acute COVID-19

Other:

The U.S. Attorney’s hidden role in undermining DC’s gun laws. Damning new evidence about thousands of gun cases (“Whatever one thinks of those “progressive” prosecutors [in NYC and Philly], DC’s unelected Federal prosecutor is much more lenient towards people carrying illegal guns.”; the absence of statehood is literally killing D.C. residents)
Trump’s Stunning Guilty Verdict Shatters His Aura of Invincibility
How the U.S. ignored a chance to make TikTok safer. TikTok offered the Biden administration control over its U.S. operations and a kill switch if things went south. The Biden administration took a pass. (so craven, but Trump would do the same)
The Washington Post Tells Staff It’s Pivoting to AI
Angry at high drug prices? A letter in The Post is to blame (sort of).
Gonzales Barely Wins Republican Primary Runoff Against A “neo-Nazi”: Republicans’ radicalization was on full display in Texas this week.
Alito’s Aggrieved Letter to Congress Tips His Hand in the Jan. 6 Cases
Owner and Manager of Grimaldi’s Pizzeria Plead Guilty to Wage Theft. The owner, Anthony Piscina, 63, and the manager, Frank Santora, 71, pleaded guilty to stealing more than $32,000 in wages from 18 employees. (they sound like horrible people)
Two more US officials resign over Biden administration’s position on Gaza war. The officials accuse the administration of not telling the truth about Israel’s obstruction of aid to Palestinians in Gaza
MAGA Idiots Fail to Spin Away Embarrassing Fact on Trump Bronx Rally
Illinois takes a big step to protect abortion rights
A Mansion Tax Proposed For DC
Minnesota Just Passed a Law Making It Illegal for Libraries to Ban LGBTQ+ Books
The Donald Trump I Saw on The Apprentice. For 20 years, I couldn’t say what I watched the former president do on the set of the show that changed everything. Now I can.
The Washington Post Ignored a Distress Signal
The Forgotten History of Chinese Keyboards
Texas GOP Platform Endorses Death Penalty for Abortion Patients
Real steps to drive down gun violence. How to move from buzzwords to productive action
Want to Know What’s Bedeviling Biden? TikTok Economics May Hold Clues.
Jamie Raskin Has Made Getting Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas to Recuse Themselves His Personal Cause
He Won’t Do Either. But Alito Needs to Resign, Not Just Recuse
Perplexity will research and write reports: A new feature called Pages will do the searching, writing, and laying out of a report with just a prompt.
How a fed-up carpenter found his stolen power tools — and 15,000 others
Trump is no outlaw, just a grubby, sad criminal
Minnesota GOP Senate nominee Royce White’s 2022 campaign spent funds on strip club, travel, retail
What AI thinks a beautiful woman looks like