Links for you. Science:
Long range segmentation of prokaryotic genomes by gene age and functionality
Glowing Sea Creatures Have Been Lighting Up the Oceans for More Than Half a Billion Years
A Simple Act of Defiance Can Improve Science for Women
Clear Space for Bees: Why Pollinators in Your Yard Need Access To Bare Ground
Detection of hemagglutinin H5 influenza A virus sequence in municipal wastewater solids at wastewater treatment plants with increases in influenza A in spring, 2024
Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny
Other:
A Few Thoughts on the Situation in Israel-Palestine and on the Campuses (very good; gift link)
We can have a different web. Many yearn for the “good old days” of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was.
The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (the House should have used this as the definition of antisemitism)
Brown University encampment ends, Corp to vote on divestment from Israel in October
Tradwife influencers are quietly spreading far-right conspiracy theories
Inside the Higher Ed Scam, debt forgiveness edition
The Campus Protests Are Not Helping
Trump: women need to be under constant surveillance to ensure the state can violently coerce them to carry pregnancies to term
‘We Want All of It’
What cannabis reclassification means for the United States
I Was an Attorney at the D.A.’s Office. This Is What the Trump Case Is Really About.
Why headlines matter and news outlets fail at them
How a Few Secret Donors Are Fueling the New Right-Wing Infrastructure
“College was called ‘Babylon'”: A former “stay-at-home daughter” exposes Christian patriarchy
Duane Eddy, Whose Twang Changed Rock ’n’ Roll, Dies at 86
The FAFSA fiasco is a huge problem for students and colleges
MTG Cites Antisemitic Fable Jews ‘Handed Over’ Jesus To Be Killed. The example of “classic antisemitism” was her reason for opposing a bill aimed at preventing antisemitism.
Republicans Step Up Attacks on Scientist at Heart of Lab Leak Theory (gift link)
Airlines are ordered to give full refunds instead of vouchers and to stop hiding fees
School Board Cancels Gay Actor’s Anti-Bullying Talk Over His ‘Lifestyle’
I’m a UCLA professor. Why didn’t the administration stop last night’s egregious violence?
How the arrival of iodized salt 100 years ago changed America
New maps show how fragmented our regional politics was, even at the dawn of colonialism
A Campaign Contractor is Suing Veda Rasheed, Roiling Her Ward 7 Council Bid
How a Connecticut middle school won the battle against cellphones
‘The working class can’t afford it’: the shocking truth about the money bands make on tour
