Links for you. Science:

Study shows 12% long-COVID prevalence following Omicron infection
Voyager 1 is back to life in interstellar space, but for how long? (gift link)
Here’s how to know when it might be dangerously hot outside
It’s officially going to be Too Hot Out There
NWS HeatRisk
Scientists try to solve bird flu mystery: Why there’s so much virus in Michigan wastewater

Other:

‘Cheapfake’ Biden videos enrapture right-wing media, but deeply mislead. The Republican National Committee posts a clipped video. Then the New York Post, the Telegraph and other pro-Trump outlets follow suit with the same deceptive framing. (gift link)
The fast-food industry claims the California minimum wage law is costing jobs. Its numbers are fake
Republicans promise that, this time, they’ll find all the illegal voting
A Post Mortem
A school board reinstated Confederate names. It split the community again.
Feds Sue Adobe for ‘Trapping’ Customers in Long, Expensive Subscriptions
Voice assistants and AI chatbots still can’t say who won the 2020 election
Good riddance! Corrupt New Jersey Democratic power broker George Norcross indicted
How ruinous floods put Vermont at the forefront of the climate battle
America’s Deadbeat
Short on troops, Ukraine is freeing criminals to fight: Not all convicts qualify and those who do are required to join assault brigades, which engage in some of the most deadly fighting.
The Hard Problem
Most Americans approve of DEI, according to Post-Ipsos poll (gift link)
House GOP lawmakers try to put brakes on DC speed cameras
Signs your Sinclair station is injecting propaganda into local news (gift link)
Call MAGA’s Jeffrey Epstein Bluff
How Biden’s big mistake on inflation could cost the election. America’s child-care crisis isn’t over. Democrats need to revive the care-economy agenda.
American Leaders Should Stop Debasing Themselves on Israel
Maryland governor to pardon 175,000 marijuana convictions in sweeping order (former Republican Gov. Hogan didn’t do that…)
The Democrats Are Doing Self-Destructive Oversharing Again, This Time About Hunter Biden
Here’s what the Christian right wants from a second Trump term
Democrats respond to Supreme Court gun ruling with new bill to fix it
The Hunter Biden and Trump trials were a litmus test. Only the Bidens passed.
Uh-oh. Matt Gaetz is in trouble again
Republicans would really prefer to run against 2022 Biden. If only the past two years didn’t matter! (gift link)
Trump vows more tax cuts for the rich. Democrats have a different plan
Donald Trump didn’t spark our current political chaos. The ’90s did. (gift link)