Links for you. Science:

Shame! Another front in the libertarian war on the FDA: Rational Vaccines’ unethical offshore herpes vaccine clinical trial
What can we say about the role of climate change in the unprecedented disaster that is unfolding in Houston with Hurricane #Harvey?
This Lab Replicates Weapons to Reveal Stone Age Feats of Engineering
Most people doing genomics not actually doing genomics (funny)
Climate change did not “cause” Harvey, but it’s a huge part of the story

Other:

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Lifting the Veil on Another Batch of Shadowy Trump Appointees
I criticized Google. It got me fired. That’s how corporate power works.
The Founding Fathers made our schools public. We should keep them that way.
Sandy to Harvey: will lessons from day laborers be learned or forgotten?
Put Them in Prison: The ugly Wells Fargo saga takes an uglier turn
An Update from The Kushner Swamp
A Serf on Google’s Farm
Black Lives Matter Is Bringing Food To Victims Of Harvey, But People Are Sharing A False Story About BLM Blocking Relief Efforts (by ‘people’, they mean conservative propagandists)
Why Is Everyone So Craven?
Federal Judge Strikes Down Overtime Rule, Leaving Trump Labor Dept to Decide What Follows
Before Harvey, Houston Sought Funding to Mitigate Floods — But Congress Refused
Lurking in the Shadows: Lobbyists and influence peddlers are shaking our coffers for every loose dime
How the MLK Library’s Closure Has Displaced D.C.’s Homeless
It’s Time To Ditch The Concept Of ‘100-Year Floods’