Links for you. Science:
Natives vs. ‘Nativar’ plants: Do pollinators notice a difference?
Trees That Have Lived for Millennia Are Suddenly Dying
ICs that go out of their way to injure extramural applicants during a CR
What The CDC’s New COVID Isolation Rules Mean For You
Florida health officials provide scant details on measles cases, worrying health experts
COVID-19 Tied to Increased Risk for Rheumatic Disease — Maybe not a form of long COVID, but a concern just the same
Other:
“They frankly laugh behind the backs of their own voters”: How Republicans bamboozle rural whites
The Golden Age of American Jews Is Ending
Behind F1’s Velvet Curtain: If you wanted to turn someone into a socialist you could do it in about an hour by taking them for a spin around the paddock of a Formula 1 race. The kind of money I saw will haunt me forever. (excellent, and this apparently was pulled by Road and Track–but the internet (sometimes) is forever!)
How RFK Jr. hiring a bird smuggler threw his environmental group into turmoil
Point/Counterpoint: Senator Kyrsten Sinema Retires
‘It’s an invasion.’ In towns across Eastern Mass., resistance grows against ambitious state housing law.
Inside the D.C. Council’s turn away from progressive crime strategies
Trump Says Israel Has To ‘Finish The Problem’ In Gaza After Months Of Silence
In New York City, trash has no dedicated space all its own. (gift link; good article)
Putin’s useful idiots won’t give up on their impeachment dreams
The Supreme Court’s ballot ruling is absurd. They don’t care.
In the Amazon, a new way to live off nature
Most Americans think Trump committed serious crimes. The New York Times says that’s good news for Trump. The Times is lying to you about its own poll.
Your tax return is secret by law. TurboTax wants you to give up your privacy.
The Supreme Court Just Erased Part of the Constitution
Food convoy carnage distills what’s gone terribly wrong in Gaza
UN team says rape, gang rape likely occurred during Hamas attack on Israel (full report here)
The Supreme Court Officially Picks Trump Over the Constitution
Allies urge Bernie Sanders to run for reelection: ‘We won’t let him retire’
Getting Real
D.C. Housing Authority director promises three-year recovery plan
Today’s Supreme Court is a threat to democracy — but activists plan to fight back
Nikki Haley, Abortion ‘Moderate,’ Says Frozen Embryos Are ‘Babies’
How the family fortune behind a major American pharma company has quietly funded conservative causes
We all live in a red state
The Brilliantly Profane Repo Man Turned Sci-Fi Into Punk Rock
mikethemadbiologist
Ray of hope: Youngsters affected by lead poisoning reached their peak in the late 1980s or early 1990s, and the crime rates dropped. Today’s lead-poisoned rulers may go away. I don’t know how many decades we have to wait.