Links for you. Science:

A UCLA doctor is on a quest to free modern medicine from a Nazi-tainted anatomy book
Ancient Genomes Reveal Which Children the Maya Selected for Sacrifice
Coinfecting phages impede each other’s entry into the cell
World Health Organization overturns dogma on airborne diseases, but the CDC may not act on it
How COVID-19 ‘breakthrough’ infections alter your immune cells
Bird Flu Tests Are Hard To Get. So How Will We Know When To Sound the Pandemic Alarm?

Other:

Threatening Jews is now acceptable — so long as you call them Zionists. This past week saw a new escalation of violent threats against Jews in New York City, in the name of anti-Zionism
The Other Big Problem With AI Search: What if plagiarism is the whole product? (“It also sheds some light on why publishers, with some exceptions, have been so keen to accept its terms: because the future first envisioned by AI firms didn’t include them at all.”)
The Supreme Court just effectively legalized machine guns. On a party line vote, the Court legalized “bump stocks,” which convert semiautomatic guns into fully automatic ones.
Biden preparing to offer legal status to undocumented immigrants who have lived in U.S. for 10 years (but there’s no difference between Biden and Trump something something)
The Supreme Court Made America’s Next Mass Shooting a Little Easier
“Could not keep a straight thought”: CEOs worry about Trump’s mental decline after “meandering” talk
Trump floats eliminating U.S. income tax and replacing it with tariffs on imports (this is a massive tax cut for the gentry class and on up, and a huge increase for everyone else)
Trump’s Bonfire of the Dignities
Hochul and Adams Agree: It’s Time for a Mask Ban on the Subway
Hybrid working from home improves retention without damaging performance
Jan. 6 offenders have paid only a fraction of restitution owed for damage to U.S. Capitol during riot (they’re hoping Trump pardons them)
How Women Defined Both the Hunter Biden and Donald Trump Trials
A judge orders Alex Jones to sell personal assets, but Infowars can continue for now
Being a loving father is admirable. Unless you’re a Trumper.
The Chilling Reason You May Never See the New Trump Movie (this is how knuckling under happens in the run-up to fascism)
Project 2025: The Trump presidency wish list, explained
MAGA Senate Candidate’s ‘Crime Map’ Only Shows Drinking Fountains
Call Your Local Wizard
Kamala Harris Is Gaining Swing-State Voters’ Trust to Step In for Biden (gift link)
Trump promises Libertarians a cabinet slot — and to free a notorious drug kingpin
No water, no shade: How homebuilders, farming companies and construction firms got politicians to reject heat rules for outdoor workers in Florida
A Tiny Museum Takes the High Road and Shows the Way Forward (gift link)
Cryptocurrency companies have raised over $135 million to influence US elections this cycle, and they’re just getting started. As election season kicks into high gear, we need to watch how cryptocurrency companies are influencing US politics.
To Understand the Trump Verdict, Look at the Case Against Shukhratjon Mirsaidov
COVID lulls aren’t being earned by policy; they’re being bought with infections and deaths
Donald Trump’s Income Tax Cut Would Cost Average Family $5,000