Featured Links - December 19, 2022

Links to things I found interesting but didn't want to do a full blog post about. 

Swans on Frenchman's Bay

• What Is QAnon? No One Told You THIS About Conspiracy 2022. Here's a long article that explains what QAnon is and what its adherents believe. 
• Severe COVID could cause markers of old age in the brain. "Key genes that are active in the brains of older people are also active in the brains of people who developed serious COVID-19."
• On Joining Mastodon. "From my vast experience of three weeks, a guide to diving in" from journalism professor Jeff Jarvis. This is one of the best articles I've seen so far on how to get set up on Mastodon. 
• The best science images of 2022. "An almighty eruption, the cosmos remastered, swirling cells and more."
• Try Canva Docs — a new way to write visually. "Canva Docs is an intriguing new alternative to Google Docs. Along with text it lets you stick almost anything inside a document — slides, graphics, photos, and videos. Launched yesterday, Dec 7, it’s already more versatile than GDocs, Word and other traditional writing tools, though it has some limitations."
• Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2022. "Our reviewers each picked their top contenders for the best books of the year, ranging from glittering alternate history to meditative hopepunk, and elegiac science fiction to apocalyptic horror. We’ve got blood magicians, multiverse prophets, elven detectives, and much more."
• Brains, Braun, or Both: What Drove the Creation of Modern Dog Breeds. "Genetic variants associated with brain development help distinguish breeds designed for different physical tasks, a new study reports."