Links for you. Science:
Largest-ever marine reptile found with help from an 11-year-old girl
Common cold viruses circulating in children threaten wild chimpanzees through asymptomatic adult carriers
First Patient Begins Newly Approved Sickle Cell Gene Therapy
Antigenic Characterization of Novel Human Norovirus GII.4 Variants San Francisco 2017 and Hong Kong 2019
Molecular surveillance to monitor the prevalence of tetracycline resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Life boomed on Earth half a billion years ago. You can thank magnets.
Other:
Virginia school board to vote on restoring names of Confederate leaders to schools (ugh)
What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign. Donald Trump has pledged to scrap President Biden’s policies on electric vehicles and wind energy, as well as other initiatives opposed by the fossil fuel industry.
Medical residents are starting to avoid states with abortion bans, data shows
The New Sundown Towns: As Grants Pass, Oregon—and the nation—await a Supreme Court ruling on just how far cities can police the homeless, a volunteer mayor and her unhoused constituents try to weather the backlash.
How Abortion Bans Exacerbate Domestic Violence
I’m Jewish. Here’s why I voted against the Antisemitism Awareness Act.
Pedocons
Top Republicans, led by Trump, refuse to commit to accept 2024 election results
Two political consultants plead guilty in Henry Cuellar bribery case
A beloved alley cat now lives in the Watergate. Was she kidnapped, or rescued?
Whoopsie Doodle
Dennis Thompson, MC5 drummer and ‘last man standing,’ dies at 75
Who Would If They Have Choices
COVID-19 an ‘occupational disease’ triggering workers’ comp benefits, appeals court rules
Cutting the Spigot
A dad review of San Francisco’s self-driving Waymo taxis
Their first baby came with medical debt. These Illinois parents won’t have another.
Does Joe Kahn Trust the New York Times?
“Reaching her expiration date”: How Marjorie Taylor Greene fell so fast from MAGA stardom
Strapped down, blindfolded, held in diapers: Israeli whistleblowers detail abuse of Palestinians in shadowy detention center (Israeli media reported on this months ago, however)
After College Presidents, Republicans Are Coming for Liberal Donors
Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna reveal bill to ‘cancel all medical debt’
Are R.F.K. Jr. Signature Gatherers Misleading New Yorkers for Ballot Access?
mikethemadbiologist
Maybe they should grant doctors qualified immunity like policemen. They can kill all the unborn babies they want as long as they shoot them or stand on their necks for a few minutes.