Links for you. Science:

It’s Time For God’s Ugliest Little Bugs To Be Represented In The Beautiful Tradition Of Haiku
Human Disease due to Mycobacterium bovis Linked to Free-Ranging Deer in Michigan
Eclipses for the ancestors. Culture shapes our experience of these astronomical events, and would have done so for Neanderthals and other ancestral hominins.
Official investigation reveals how superconductivity physicist faked blockbuster results
Hyper-sexual “zombie cicadas” that are infected with sexually transmitted fungus expected to emerge this year
101 studies flagged as bogus COVID cure pusher sees career unravel

Other:

“Donald Trump did this” (1 min video)
Biden Should Suspend Offensive Military Aid to Israel Immediately
Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Most Bonkers Response to Upcoming Eclipse
Donald Trump Is Not the Victim of ‘Lawfare.’ He’s a Crook. Republicans used to be very aware of this.
How Republicans Screw Workers
Major mail delivery delays raise concerns about voting in the 2024 elections
Airman who self-immolated in Gaza protest grew up in secretive religious community on Cape Cod
A Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea’s Internet. Now He’s Taking Off His Mask
An unexpected glimmer of hope in a dark political moment
The logical contortions required to encourage Sotomayor to risk being replaced with a Republican
Tough luck, bosses, AI is coming for your job, too
On Fire Departments: Long untouchable, fire departments are causing death and homelessness in American cities by advocating for bad policies
Biden moves to defang political assaults on federal workforce. The move is widely seen as a response to former President Donald Trump’s efforts to root out what he called a “deep state” that thwarted his policies.
Why is the Press Making Trump Seem More Normal? Believe it or not, much of the political press has an inadvertent pro-Trump bias
70% of the land in Britain is still owned by 1% of the population, largely descended from William the Conqueror’s army
McCaul to Action: A bracing conversation with Michael McCaul, the G.O.P. head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on the complex task of convincing House Republicans to help save Ukraine.
Likud Minister Stumbles When Asked on MSNBC About Israeli Funding for Hamas. It’s not every day that a politician digs his own grave when faced by a sharp journalist who relentlessly leads his prey to a trap, but that’s exactly what viewers witnessed during MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough’s interview with Likud Minister Nir Barkat (gift link)
Every Time Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Talks About COVID, He Proves He Was Totally Wrong About COVID
The Fake Electors Scheme Could Finally Have Its Day In Arizona Court. Representatives Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs have both been subpoenaed.
How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I. (again, good training data are expensive)
The Basketball Star Who Got Elected Sheriff of Sin City
Cruz’s corrupt bargain
Boeing’s long fall, and how it might recover (another victim of the abstraction economy)
Trump’s $175 Million Bond Is Even Shadier Than It Looks
What Exactly Do the Christian Nationalists Want? (fucking weirdos)
‘They Shot Me in the Stomach for No Reason’: Israeli Teen Recounts Captivity in Gaza
House Intelligence Committee chair says Russian propaganda has spread through parts of GOP