Linkage

• The Martian Jewish Calendar – Draft Discussion (Torah.Works) Someone with too much free time. H/t Bear who Swims.
• Dear Reviewer 2: Go F’ Yourself - Peterson - 2020 (Social Science Quarterly)  For the life of me, I cannot tell if this is serious or satire, "The objective of this study was to empirically test the wide belief that Reviewer #2 is a uniquely poor reviewer."  
• Does Private Equity Investment in Healthcare Benefit Patients? Evidence from Nursing Homes (NBER) High finance f%$#s everything up, always, "PE ownership increases the short-term mortality of Medicare patients by 10%, ……… while taxpayer spending per patient episode increases by 11%."
• My story of working with Governor Cuomo (Medium) Former Cuomo aide goes public with allegations of sexual harassment. (There is now a second accuser.
  
• Cherokee Nation Addresses Bias Against Descendants of Enslaved People (New York Times) The Cherokee had African-American slaves, now called, "Freedmen,"and until now, they have been denied full tribal membership, until now.
• Mechanistic transmission modeling of COVID-19 on the Diamond Princess cruise ship demonstrates the importance of aerosol transmission (PNAS) Short version:  Aerosols are a huge part of Covid transmission, particularly on cruise ships. 
• What the Neera Tanden affair reveals about the Washington DC swamp (The Guardian) A very good summary of just how awful, and completely unqualified, Tanden is, and how the conflict over her nomination to head OMB addresses none of this.
  

Bernie Sanders opens up a can of whup ass on Alan Greenspan: (I love the guy in the background, Warren Gunnels,  trying not to chuckle)