A federal court pauses the new vaccinate-or-test rule for businesses with over 100 employees. / The Washington Post

The partisan nature of US politics has gotten so extreme, public health groups hide news of emerging science for fear of backlash. / BuzzFeedNews

See also: A new book from NextDraft's Dave Pell about the news cycle of 2020. / Bookshop

Nicolás Maduro stays in power in Venezuela: "His regime has also shown that, when it is at risk of losing an election, it will cheat, ignore the results, or both." / The Economist

Gas prices fall in Europe after Russian gas flows resume to Germany. / Reuters

The proportion of electricity the United States gets from solar and wind nearly quadrupled between 2011 and 2020. / The Washington Post

If the solar industry can pivot away from crystalline silicon, it could get a whole lot cheaper. / Free Think

Within three years, new cars will have to be fitted with advanced drunk driving detection systems. / Ars Technica

See also: From May, a live-blogging attempt to catalog every coffee consumed in Twin Peaks. / Data Muggle

Ketamine, the party drug known as "Special K," has been repurposed to treat depression. Still, many experts do not believe patients should be self-administering. / The New York Times

Staff at Travis Scott's "Astroworld" were instructed to refer to any dead concert-goers as "Smurfs." / The Houston Chronicle

A new study of "gifted" canines suggests that when dogs tilt their heads, it's a sign of concentration and recall. / Science

Related: Want to be a philosopher? Try farming. / Lapham's Quarterly

Scottie Pippen on Michael Jordan and his Netflix documentary: "He couldn't have been more condescending if he tried." / GQ

"He has a self-imposed mandate to plaster the message wherever he goes." Not every artist wants their art to make money. / Dirt