Seven Quick Links for Wednesday Noonish

Russia's FSB (the modern-day version of the KGB and under the control of Putin) tried to assassinate opposition leader Alexei Navalny back in August. Navalny was able to fool an FSB operative into telling him all about the attempt for 49 minutes. [bellingcat.com]

Good thread by @trvrb on the variant of SARS-CoV-2 that has emerged in the UK. Looks like it spreads more rapidly but we don't know by how much and exactly why yet. [twitter.com]

The death rate in the US increased by ~15% over last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. "That would mark the largest single-year percentage leap since 1918" (WWI + flu pandemic). [apnews.com]

Symptomatic people who have tested positive for Covid-19 are out there flying on commercial airlines like 300,000+ people haven't died in the US. [nytimes.com]

An Ode to the Before Times. [nytimes.com]

When we can travel safely again, I would like to go to Muncie, Indiana to visit the Bob Ross Experience, a permanent exhibition dedicated to the painter and his iconic show, The Joy of Painting. [thisiscolossal.com]

From NiemanLab: Predictions for Journalism 2021. "Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and media what they think is coming in the next 12 months." [niemanlab.org]

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