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Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin. Documentary

Impact of Lifting School Masking Requirements on Incidence of COVID-19 among Staff and Students in Greater-Boston Area School Districts: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis. “We estimate that lifting of school masking requirements was associated with an additional 44.9 (95% CI: 32.6, 57.1) COVID-19 cases per 1,000 students and staff over the 15 weeks since the lifting of the statewide school masking requirement, representing nearly 30% of all cases observed in schools during that time. “

You’re All Just Jealous of my Jetpack, cartoons by Tom Gauld

Chicago River. “Bubbly Creek: An Environmental Quagmire for Federal Agencies and Local Activists“
An Environmental Disaster Brought to You by Meat: Chicago’s Bubbly Creek

The Republican Attack on Citizenship: From Rhetoric to Reality by John Ganz

The Bactra Review: book reviews by Cosma Shalizi of What Is Intelligence? Beyond the Flynn Effect by James R. Flynn

The Bactra Review: book reviews by Cosma Shalizi of What Is Intelligence? Beyond the Flynn Effect by James R. Flynn

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Pioneer Panzer Brigade, the East German Boy Scout Tank Unit

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Compounded: the Peer Reviewed Edition! is a game about scientists grappling for recognition on the edge of known chemistry, and getting credit for their discoveries, all while competing for limited resources and striking deals with the competition to ensure their work gets done.

IU’s silence regarding Dr. Caitlin Bernard hasn’t gone unnoticed by Jeffrey C. Isaac. IU leadership silent on attacks on OB/GYN professor.

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More Guns, More Unintended Consequences: The Effects of Right-to-Carry on Criminal Behavior and Policing in US Cities. John J. Donohue, Samuel V. Cai, Matthew V. Bondy & Philip J. Cook.

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The Abortion Backup Plan No One Is Talking About: Even in states with the strictest abortion laws, pregnant people have a safe, inexpensive option to terminate their pregnancies. But few know about it. by Olga Khazan

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Every Republican Political Ad by Corey Forrester

Mechanical Watch site by Bartosz Ciechanowski
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Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies: Burn It With Fire(Nicholas Weaver)

Donna and Walt audio: A Series of Unlikely Events

Americans are split on buying a house where the prior owners were murdered
Nearly two in five Americans say they believe that ghosts (36%), demons (37%), and psychics (37%) exist. Less than half of Americans say each one doesn’t exist. Far fewer believe in the existence of vampires (7%) and werewolves (7%); more than 80% of Americans say vampires and werewolves do not exist.

Panic! On the Editorial Page: Breaking down a “cancel culture” scare story by Michael Hobbes

I’m a Longtime Professor. The Real Campus “Free Speech Crisis” Is Not What You Think. I’ve never seen classrooms like mine in the pages of the Times. by Lucas Mann

“Long-term cardiovascular outcomes of COVID-19”, Nature, Feb 7 2022

The Other Speed Trap: America’s traffic laws hurt the poor, and don’t really deter anyone. But what if traffic fines scaled with income? by Brett Simpson

How To Keep Enforcers Like Police, Military And Spies Under Control By Ian Welsh

The Huanan market was the epicenter of SARS-CoV-2 emergence, pre-print

Suburban Chicago McMansions Follow a Dark Logic Even I Do Not Understand

Which glue to use: This to That

Childhood Leukemia Was Practically Untreatable Until Dr. Don Pinkel and St. Jude Hospital Found a Cure: A half century ago, a young doctor took on a deadly form of cancer—and the scientific establishment

Orrery (Earth, Moon, and Sun) project plans By amandaghassaei

Built to Lie: A new book about the Boeing 737 MAX disaster exposes the company’s allergy to the truth. by Maureen Tkacik

“fuzzy Wuzzy” bath soap grew filaments of aluminum hydroxide, link.

36 Most Clever Cooking Tips I Learned This Yearby Hannah Loewentheil

COVID-19 vaccination by county vote in 2020

Designing a Workflow For Thinking by Steven Johnson
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Who Goes Fascist? A Political Psychologist Explains. Kristen Renwick Monroe looks at rescuers, bystanders, and perpetrators to understand why people do unspeakable acts. by Linda Mannheim

Reuters unmasks Trump supporters who terrified U.S. election officials by LINDA SO and JASON SZEP. Reporters track down criminals who made violent threats who police ignored.

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The ultra-wealthy have made full use of Roth individual retirement accounts. Here’s how you can do the same.

This Is How Many Calories You Burn on a Hilly Hike

60 Minutes Helps Andrew Sullivan’s Whitewashing: The blogger gets some prime time help with rewriting history by Jeet Heer

Raccoon Was Once a Thanksgiving Feast Fit for a President. Calvin Coolidge refused to cook the raccoon sent to him, but the critter was a beloved staple for many Americans. by Jason Daley

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I’m Confused Why All These People Are Quitting Jobs That Pay No Money and Make Them Want to Die by Chas Gillespie

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Why $15 minimum wage is pretty safe. And why economists changed their minds on the minimum wage. by Noah Smith

Frank Wilhoit: The Travesty of Liberalism: “There is only conservatism. No other political philosophy actually exists; by the political analogue of Gresham’s Law, conservatism has driven every other idea out of circulation. There might be, and should be, anti-conservatism; but it does not yet exist. What would it be? In order to answer that question, it is necessary and sufficient to characterize conservatism. Fortunately, this can be done very concisely. Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

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The Methods of Moral Panic Journalism: Scare stories on “left-wing illiberalism” display a familiar pattern. by Michael Hobbes