Links for you. Science:

Behold, Another Signal of the Coming Climate Apocalypse That Will Go Ignored by Half Our Political System
There Were 1 Billion Monarch Butterflies. Now There Are 93 Million.
Open-access bacterial population genomics: BIGSdb software, the PubMLST.org website and their applications
The Genes That Never Go Out of Style
Leading U.S. Science Organization Overhauls Its Policy on Sexual Harassment

Other:

My Rapist Apologized
Tales of DC’s Beach Week and the Debauched Private School Culture That Created Brett Kavanaugh
Three Hard Truths About American Collapse
U.S. Paid $1B to Contractor Accused of Bigotry at Iraq Air Base
A Better Way to Get New York’s Traffic Moving
Push for DC statehood reaches European Parliament
Here’s How a 24-Year-Old Former House Intern Finally Got Congress to Pay Its Interns
Brett Kavanaugh Is A Poster Child For The American Aristocracy (the lesser aristocracy/gentry class)
Asshole Culture has carved out a very clear, unsavory role in American film, literature and life
Dude Process
Is D.C.’s mayor letting politics come in the way of policy? (yes)
After the Kavanaugh Allegations, Republicans Offer a Shocking Defense: Sexual Assault Isn’t a Big Deal
One conservative group’s successful infiltration of the media
In new exhibit, photographer travels back through bygone DC
Bernie Sanders is tired of inside-the-Beltway liberalism
Majority of 2016 nonvoters wouldn’t vote again in hypothetical rematch
How Lisbon’s Dazzling Tile Traditions Continue to Thrive Today