Stuff to read:
- White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany accidentally referenced the Armenian genocide, which would have been great if she had any clue why the Turkish embassy immediately demanded she apologize.
- Paul Krugman says that we lost the war on Covid-19 because of our leadership, not because of our culture.
- Crain's reports that Illinois had its best month ever in legal marijuana sales, and yes, they made a bad pun in their headline.
- NPR reports that phase transitions, the physics concept, may help explain how ALS damages cells.
- WBEZ explores why my neighborhood became an entertainment hub in the early 20th century.
- Writing for The Atlantic, Helen Lewis explores "how JK Rowling became Voldemort."
Finally, last June, Jennifer Giesbrecht wrote that "Babylon 5 is the greatest, most terrible SF series." She's mostly right.