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Thursday Morning Links

This and that for your Thursday reading.- Ajit Niranjan reports on Climate Action Tracker's latest assessment that we're making minimal progress toward any climate commitments, while Damian Carrington reports on…

Monday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Jessica Glenza reports on a new survey showing that the overwhelming majority of U.S. youth are (rightly) worried about the climate crisis. Pamela Swanigan…

Wednesday Afternoon Links

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Francesca Paris examines the cognitive disability facing many younger American adults (among others) as a result of long COVID. – Trish Hennessy discusses…

Friday Afternoon Links

Assorted content to end your week. – Qiulu Ding and HanJun Zhao study the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the brain, including lasting effects on function and memory. Ida Mogensen…

Tuesday Afternoon Links

This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Nippon.com discusses a new survey indicating that a large majority of people in Japan continue to mask regularly to protect their own…

Tuesday Morning Links

This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Piers Forster reports on new research showing that both greenhouse gas emissions and temperatures continue to push past all recorded records. Andrew…

Thursday Morning Links

This and that for your Thursday reading. – Umair Haque discusses the absurdity (and manufactured idiocy) that results in us continuing with extractive business as usual as we enter a…

Sunday Evening Links

This and that for your Sunday reading. – David Cox talks to Akiko Iwasaki about the reality that we’re still far from being done with major harm from COVID-19. Keith…

Friday Morning Links

Assorted content to end your week. – Linda McQuaig discusses how the Biden administration is providing the Trudeau Libs with an example to follow in ensuring that the ultra-wealthy contribute…

Tuesday Morning Links

This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Aria Bendix examines the state of current knowledge as to how likely people are to suffer from long COVID after being infected…

Thursday Morning Links

This and that for your Thursday reading. – Luke Savage points out that even biased right-wing polling is finding broad support for stronger social programs and limitations on corporate domination…

Wednesday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Chinta Sidharthan discusses new research on COVID-19 reinfections, showing that subsequent infections tend to produce similar immediate effects to a first one but…

Sunday Morning Links

This and that for your Sunday reading. – Nicholas Frew reports on the wholly-unsurprising news that the XBB.1.5 COVID-19 variant mad its way into Saskatchewan before the holidays with zero…

Saturday Afternoon Links

Assorted content for your year-end reading. – Allison Maher et al. study how COVID-19 causes fundamental changes to a person’s immune system, resulting in far greater vulnerability to other infections.…

Saturday Afternoon Links

Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Umair Irfan writes about the implications of COVID-19 having been allowed to spread and mutate to the point where monoclonal antibodies are ineffective…

Monday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Lisa O’Mary discusses the sharply increased risk of severe outcomes from a second (or later) COVID -19 infection. Lauren O’Mahoney et al. examine…

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