Links for you. Science:

We Must Face Down the Expanding Anti-Reality Industry
Something Strange Happens to Wolves Infected by an Infamous Mind-Altering Parasite
When your job is to get a job, that’s your job
On the day of Dr. Fauci’s testimony, the NYT decides to run a deeply unethical op-ed with snazzy graphics and snappy headlines about the Lab Leak. The article itself contains multiple falsehoods and deep mischaracterizations.
The bird flu vaccine is made with eggs. That has scientists worried.
Giant venomous flying spiders with 4-inch legs heading to New York area as they spread across East Coast, experts say

Other:

The Most Ridiculous, Right-Wing Supreme Court That Dark Money Could Buy: The high court’s conservative supermajority is in your body, helping elect Trump, and in-your-face corrupt. No one is going to stop them
Inflexible Return-to-Work Policies will Hurt Public Sector Capacity: A new Romney-Manchin bill would shrink the federal hiring pool
The Bloody River: Consolidated liberal democracy is the only path to enduring peace. (very good)
‘Lock Her Up’ Was Not Just a Slogan
COVID’s Six-Foot Rule Made Scientific Sense at the Time. Attacks on Anthony Fauci over guidance on masking and social distancing issued during the COVID pandemic ignore the science on viral spread
Feds Accuse America’s Weirdest Media Company Of Being A Money-Laundering Front For The Falun Gong
Trump supporters try to dox jurors and post violent threats after his conviction
The Doubts Were Not Reasonable
Destructive investing and the siren song of software
On Cults, Part 1
Sad Emails From Nancy Pelosi
The Ghosts Of New Atheism Still Haunt Us
Should Biden Downplay His Own Success? (gift link)
Mailer Mania Defines the Closing Days of the Wild Ward 7 Council Race
Retired Federal Judge Regrets All Those Harvard Law Hires
The New ‘White Fortress’ Cities of the American South. The push to form the city of St. George in Louisiana is the latest example of residents from whiter, wealthier enclaves depleting resources from their surrounding communities.
Colorado Republican Party issues call to burn all Pride flags
The Age of the Drone Police Is Here. A WIRED investigation, based on more than 22 million flight coordinates, reveals the complicated truth about the first full-blown police drone program in the US—and why your city could be next.
Why Aren’t We Talking About Trump’s Plan to End the U.S. Dept. of Education?
Wendell Felder Triumphs in Ward 7, Capping a Primary Night Light on Surprises
Beware the Tory takeover of the Washington Post
Washington Post tries Tronc…?
U.S., but not Canada, joins countries ordering supply of bird-flu vaccine
The Baileys Strike Again
A War on the Nile Pushes Sudan Toward the Abyss (gift link)
New York Spends $225 Million on Its Own “Cop City” — to Make the Whole City Run on Cops