Links for you. Science:

The People Have a Right to Climate Data
Scientists find four new octopus species off Costa Rica
Scientists may have the key to treating tinnitus: Retrain the brain (gift link)
Persistent complement dysregulation with signs of thromboinflammation in active Long Covid
Study finds bigfoot sightings correlate with black bear populations
New Prehistoric Cat Species Discovered in Spain

Other:

The time for denial is over: Republicans are really nominating Donald Trump. Huge numbers of voters still don’t believe Trump will be the nominee — will New Hampshire be the wake-up call?
Covid, Year Four: Liberals are in denial. Conservatives are trying to destroy public health. And the virus is still raging.
Middlebrow Bullshitting
Cuts to DC Public Transit Would Be a Disaster, Especially for the Poor
Citing safety, dozens of Jewish families are leaving Oakland public schools
Going To Have To Shut Them Down Until We Can Figure Out What’s Going On
If you want to understand modern politics, you have to understand modern fandom
The end of workplace loyalty
Meatball Ron
Is the Vibecession Finally Coming to an End?
Did No One Tell Ron DeSantis That Trump Was Running, Too?
W.H. demands proof from Cabinet officials on return-to-office (Zients fucked up COVID policy, imagine what he can do to the federal workforce!)
What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation
The Supreme Court Is Now Complicit in Texas’ Armed Standoff With the Feds
A.I. & Its Times
Texas and the Second Nullification Crisis
UAW endorses Biden as he prepares to fight Trump for union workers
The White House has its own pharmacy—and, boy, was it shady under Trump. It wasted $750K during the Trump years and freely handed out Ambien and Provigil. (modafinil has been used by combat soldiers to stay awake, and it’s also used as a “smart drug” ; it’s clear a non-trivial percentage of elites are highly medicated)
New Transcript Blows Up James Comer’s Entire Hunter Biden Argument
Elise Stefanik’s Deranged Defense of Trump Offers Democrats a Lesson (it’s clear Republicans are terrified that Democrats will start calling Trump what he is–a rapist)
No Labels Sued by New York Donors Claiming ‘Bait and Switch’ (lol; gift link)
Where Are The Trumpers
Travel bans proposed in Tennessee & Oklahoma: States would send aunts & grandmas to prison as “traffickers” for helping teens
Nikki Haley Says She’s Only Just Begun to Fight, but She Is Wrong
HUD investigates whether D.C. landlords overcharge for voucher units