Links for you. Science:

How to create a firefly-friendly backyard
Amid roadkill epidemic, California builds world’s largest wildlife bridge (gift link)
The oldest tree in the world: Meet ‘Methuselah,’ a literal hidden gem.
SARS-CoV-2 Disease Severity and Cycle Threshold Values in Children Infected during Pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron Periods, Colorado, USA, 2021–2022
2nd Michigan farmworker has contracted avian influenza from cow, health officials say
Little bugs live in our eyelashes. Should we be concerned? Most of us have mites living on our faces, including in our eyelashes, but usually they are not a cause for concern.

Other:

Donald Trump Should Drop Out: We’ve had months of calls for Joe Biden to drop out because of middling poll numbers. The grounds for a Trump withdrawal are far firmer.
What if This Is Our Last Real Election?
Top Down Messaging
Metro Red Line closure begins Saturday. Here’s what you need to know.
Angry homeowners in affluent California city demand faster action on insurance crisis
IRS Direct File is here to stay. All 50 states are invited. The Biden administration hopes to eventually make the free tax filing site an option for most Americans. (“Taxpayers must remember that Direct File is on the ballot in November.”)
Do You Do Disgusting, Crass, Nasty Politics About The Fact That Your Opponent Is A Convicted Felon?
Musk wants to help Trump stop nonexistent voter fraud. What could go wrong?
INSATIABLE DEMAND: Since 2020, 55 million square feet of warehouse space has sprung up in the Philly area. Here’s how it’s reshaping jobs, traffic, and landscapes.
Mendelson Tries to Appease Progressives, End D.C.’s Sports Betting Mess With Budget Changes
The Alito Flag Story and Other Journalistic Botched Calls
Denmark’s genius housing fix
Queens man convicted
IRS opening free online tax filing program to all states
Neighbors say Alitos used security detail car to intimidate them after sign dispute. Emily Baden says after a disagreement over political lawn signs with the US supreme court justice’s wife, a black car began parking at her mother’s home
The United States Senate Would Like a Word with Chief Justice John Roberts
Trump, Defeated: The man who believed himself above the law has been laid low by it.
Trump Hush-Money Verdict: No Acquittal. No Hung Jury. Just “Guilty” Thirty-four Times. Left alone with the evidence and their own common sense, the jury brought strength and clarity to the proceedings, to themselves, and, one hopes fervently, to the country as well.
Tips and Tricks for Bluesky Search
Trump Wishes His Trial Were Rigged: But instead he got a fair one, and was convicted by a jury of his peers.
Alvin Bragg Was Right, His Critics Were Wrong. A jury of his peers agreed that Donald Trump deserved to be prosecuted in the Stormy Daniels case.
AI Is a False God. The real threat with super intelligence is falling prey to the hype
Donald Trump fucked around, and Donald Trump found out
Louisiana is sixth state to let schools teach right-wing revisionist history
She Made an Offer on a Condo. Then the Seller Learned She Was Black. (gift link)
Sen. Joe Manchin Leaves Democratic Party, Registers As Independent. Manchin has long been an outspoken critic of the Democratic Party and an obstacle to many of President Joe Biden’s legislative priorities.