Sunday assorted links

1. The missing 200,000 cows?

2. Why were Venetian glass beads in Alaska so early? And some commentary.

3. How we should distribute the J&J vaccine.

4. Scott Sumner on middlebrow.  And the Jason Crawford guide to Scott Alexander.  And Scott Alexander himself.  A devastating reply, though I think the screw-up is less competent than a conspiracy.  Do notice Scott’s Straussian choice of photo.  Here is Matt.  A very good piece.  I can’t recall the last time I saw such near-unanimous and bipartisan and also highly reasoned condemnation of a feature profile.  And Douglas Murray.  Those last two paragraphs are a doozy.

5. Is it the humidity inside the mask that protects you?

6. Art on the blockchain.