Links for you. Science:

Paper says: To all microbiologists everywhere – deposit your strains in public collections – I agree (related thoughts here)
Blame where it’s due
‘Extinct’ Fish Washes Ashore (sturgeon)
“Take Another Good Look at the Data”: The Bimodal Distribution that Wasn’t
Review: Geographic population structure analysis of worldwide human populations infers their biogeographical origins

Other:

Problem Solving Skills (excellent)
Artists Transform Beach Sand Into Trippy Optical Illusions
How to Starve the For-Profit Prison Beast
It’s not what you know. It’s not who you know, either. It’s who knows what about you
Flying Train
Do school ‘reformers’ really believe in accountability? Let’s look at Florida.
ALLEN WEST GETS THE FJM TREATMENT AND OWES ME FIVE DOLLARS
Whitewash: How the ‘NY Times’ Just Rewrote the History of Sports
Teachers are losing their jobs, but Teach for America’s expanding. What’s wrong with that? (related thoughts here)
What Helped Bring Donald Sterling Down? A Threatened Strike Against Racism
Working Families Party joins the anti-Airbnb brigade
The Sterling Ban: 10 Takeaways From Adam Silver’s and Kevin Johnson’s Press Conferences
Look Who the Folks Who Took Down ACORN Are Targeting Now: Right-wing operatives with links to big retailers going after worker centers like the Restaurant Opportunities Center.