Links for you. Science:

Pathogen genomic surveillance as a scalable framework for precision phage therapy
NASA says Voyager 1 is back online months after it stopped making sense. The deep-space probe is now sending back data from all four of its scientific instruments.
Reading dies in complexity: Online news consumers prefer simple writing
Pasadena Sees Surge in Typhus Fever Cases, Health Officials Warn
In New England, a tree-killing worm may spell the end of autumn’s yellow hues. As a parasite infects beech forests in the Eastern United States, a team of researchers is trying to fight back — before it’s too late.
The Boston hippies who developed technologies that Silicon Valley wouldn’t dare to make. Today’s self-proclaimed tech ‘disrupters’ have nothing on the countercultural nerds working out of a Lewis Wharf lab in the 1960s.

Other:

The GOP’s Finely Tuned Bribery Machine. It’s playing out right before our eyes, but the secret 2025 agenda it’s facilitating is even more scandalous.
Why Plutocrats Are Rallying to Trump
Congestion pricing: How do people get to Hochul’s favorite Midtown diners? Mainly by foot and transit
Israeli Student Activists Are the Foot Soldiers of Their Right-wing Government. Not content with the erosion of Israel’s global standing, local politicians, as well as some student leaders, seem intent on turning universities into pariahs
Opponents of Hochul’s Move to Halt Congestion Pricing May Go to Court (gift link)
Raising the Minimum Wage Comes Cheap. Studies overwhelmingly show that the effect of increasing the minimum wage on employment rates is basically zero.
An All-out War in Lebanon Promises Nothing for Israel but Digging Deeper Into the Mud
The Supreme Court Wants More People to Die in Mass Shootings
A Tel Aviv Suburb Gave in to a Creeping Orthodox Takeover. Then the Liberals Joined Forces
Hillary Clinton Just Made the Wrong Choice in One of 2024’s Most Crucial Races
Trump’s habitual incoherence caught top CEOs by surprise. How is that possible?
Elon Musk’s Creepy Workplace Is Techno-Feudalism in Action
Basic faith in law enforcement is Trump’s biggest challenge
How Republicans Bootstrap Lies And Conspiracy Theories To Gain Power At The Expense Of Functioning Democracy
Hunter Biden’s conviction proves Trump and the GOP are lying
Republicans Are Revealing Their Own Weaknesses
The Bloody River
Boston’s mojo ain’t working. Can Mayor Wu and business leaders get it back?
The Hammer, Not the Handshake: Your own labor power is the only thing they can’t take away from you.
We’re thinking about productivity wrong. We can do less and get more done. Computer scientist Cal Newport talks about how the modern office worker is primed for professional burnout and how hybrid work makes it worse.
In Trump’s second act, say goodbye to public media
What’s in a name? In Ireland, a host of letters that Americans find hard to pronounce
Are People OK
Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city
Conservative group challenges Biden dishwasher, washing machine rules
Flagging Martha-Ann Alito’s right-wing flag-flying antics