Links for you. Science:

Information Aversion
It’s going to take a lot more ice buckets to fill the NIH funding gap
California Trees Nailed As The Source Of Mystery Infections (paper here)
Dash of Salt Does No Harm. Extremes Are the Enemy.

Other:

Joan Jett, Debbie Harry, David Johansen & Joey Ramone, 1977
Why Charter Schools Have High Teacher Turnover
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Skewers High Court For Forsaking Fight Against ‘Real Racial Problem’
INTERVIEW: Why Pro Wrestler ‘MVP’ Made the Trip to Ferguson (very interesting, really)
The Wrong Question: ‘Where Are the Athletes on Ferguson?’
ISIS Post PR Photos They Took With John McCain (and 48 percent of U.S.-ians voted for this moron)
The case against school vouchers in one blistering court ruling
White privilege: An insidious virus that’s eating America from within
Sale of the century: the privatisation scam
Two Countries, Two Vastly Different Phone Bills
Darren Wilson’s first job was on a troubled police force disbanded by authorities
The End of Liberal Zionism: Israel’s Move to the Right Challenges Diaspora Jews
The Wall Street Journal’s Choleric Rant about Cholera and Bank Fraud Epidemics