According to a new study, Covid-19 immunity likely lasts for years after someone is vaccinated or recovers from infection. / MIT Technology Review

For one couple, a cancer diagnosis during the pandemic led them to move into a contemporary commune, to have more “OSOs” (Other Significant Others). / The New York Times

For people who love to dress, the pandemic has been a period of longing for clothes they already own. / The New Yorker

Los Angeles turns both Dodger Stadium (previously the nation’s largest testing site) and Disneyland into vaccination centers. / GQ, The New York Times

The FBI warns of armed protests planned in all 50 states ahead of president-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week. / CNN

GoFundMe bans supporters of President Trump from raising funds to attend inauguration-related rallies. / BuzzFeed News

Kaitlyn Greenridge: People say the Capitol attack "isn't America." Most Americans disagree. / Harper's Bazaar

Mike Davis: The Republican Party has just undergone an irreparable split. (Even in Orange County.) / New Left Review, OC Register

Ross Douthat envisions the split playing out. Bill Belichick tries to escape his friendship with Trump. Someone carved “Trump” into a manatee’s back. / The New York Times, Vulture, The Guardian

Jonathan Chait: “Why Republicans Are Finally Trying to Wash Off the Trump Stink.” / New York Magazine

A long piece on how Trump’s myth of victimhood will function in American life 15 years from now. / The New York Times Magazine

South Africa says it's ready to share with the US its experience of a peaceful transition to democracy. / News24

A rookie GOP congressman says Republicans who knew better voted against election certification out of physical fear. / Reason

Conservative radio network Cumulus orders its hosts to chill their election fraud talk or be fired. / The Washington Post

If Parler returns, it’ll be on Epik, the internet savior of the far-right. (Nearly all of Parler's content, including deleted posts and all associated metadata, has been archived.) / VICE, Gizmodo

One possible legal defense for rioters: "Trump said I could." / The Washington Post

Thanks to a de-escalation program two years ago, no police officer in Newark fired their weapon while on duty in 2020. / News12 New Jersey

Globally, last year ties with 2016 for warmest year recorded. That makes the last six years the warmest six on record. / Copernicus

What happened before the Big Bang? The answer from Stephen Hawking—there was no beginning—is increasingly a subject of debate. / Quanta

Three stories about book publishing—French feminism, American implosion, and a preview of 2021—that we liked this week. / The Morning News

FYI: It turns out that Tom Stoppard wrote "pretty much every line of dialogue" in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. / Kottke