Links for you. Science:

COVID-related smell loss may last years
Archaeologists Stunned by Lavish Assyrian-period Tomb in Northern Israel
Taylor Swift, marine worms, and why basic science still matters
What Really Doomed Napoleon’s Army? Scientists Find New Clues in DNA
Scientists Explain Why ‘Harmless’ Sharks Devoured Swimmer in Chilling World First
Vaccine Skeptics Said That COVID Shots Would Cause Mass Death. We’re Still Here.

Other:

How a Fringe Movement of Gun Nuts, Backwoodsmen and Free Marketers Paved the Way for Autocracy
Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out. In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
Tin soldiers
Donald Trump’s Crypto Corruption Machine Is Whirring Along At A Stunning Pace
Can Anyone Rescue the Trafficked Girls of L.A.’s Figueroa Street?
Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI
Not simply good, but also hard
DC’s only outdoor statue of a Confederate general is back in a Judiciary Square park
I’m suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid
No Kings: One Week After
A No Kings Agenda For The Democratic Party
Fear, Greed, Civic Virtue and the Fall of the Elites
Between Democracy and Dictatorship: Where We Are and How Long We Have
A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Is Johnson blocking Grijalva to stop the Epstein files? Maybe
The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds
He’s Tearing Down the ENTIRE East Wing for THIS? Trump’s $250 Million Monument to Himself
Virginia Democrats seek to reshape House map to counter Trump redistricting push
Trump’s Argentina Bailout Is Bad for America but Great for His Hedge Fund Cronies
In Purple Hudson Valley District, No Kings Turnout Doubles
The Dupont Metro Sticker Wars
We’ve Entered the Gaslighting Phase of Covid in Prisons
AI Dataset for Detecting Nudity Contained Child Sexual Abuse Images
Brad Lander is making plans to challenge Goldman
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Company tied to Don Jr. randomly wins big Pentagon contract
OpenAI Catches Up to AI Market Reality: People Are Horny
Look out, Donald: Inflation and economic fears are coming for you
Do Predistribution People Know How to Read?
Trump’s Gilded Ballroom and the Fall of the American Republic