Links for you. Science:

Long Beach’s Shark Lab at risk due to funding challenges
Short- and long-term neuropsychiatric outcomes in long COVID in South Korea and Japan
And Now Xylitol
“Panel stacking”: John Ioannidis versus a Delphi consensus statement on COVID-19
New strain of monkeypox causes miscarriages and spreads rapidly without sexual contact, experts warn. The mutant variant, clade 1b, is described as ‘undoubtedly the most dangerous strain of mpox yet’
USDA finds unusual twist: Bird flu moved from dairy cows to poultry in Michigan

Other:

This Clarence Thomas Dissent Reveals His Favorite Tactic for Constitutional Mayhem
Norway starts stockpiling grain again, citing the pandemic, war and climate change
Why Can’t America Build Enough Weapons? The debasement of the U.S. defense industrial base began, ironically, under Ronald Reagan, and won’t be reversed until we abandon the free-market fundamentalism he introduced.
GOP congressman hilariously cries election fraud in primary
Poverty, Inc. Government’s decades-old experiment in letting corporations deliver social services has been a disaster—for taxpayers and the poor.
Texas’s Grim Infant Mortality Rate Is (More) Proof That Abortion Is Indeed Healthcare
How Netanyahu is playing Biden on Israel’s cease-fire proposal
Elon Musk Begs Advertisers to Return as Twitter’s Revenue Plunges
Generative AI Can’t Cite Its Sources. How will OpenAI keep its promise to media companies?
Star Wars behind the scenes: Creating the unique aesthetic of The Acolyte
Why JD Vance is the absolute worst pick for Trump’s running mate
Stop allowing MA plans to use AI to deny care without review, lawmakers urge CMS
Despite Covid surge, Los Angeles mayor considers mask ban at protests
Harrison Mann on Escalation in the Middle East. The U.S. Army major and intelligence analyst recently resigned over Gaza. With Lebanon in the balance, he walks FOREVER WARS through some nightmare scenarios
The MAGA Republicans on the Supreme Court will overturn marriage equality
Joe Biden’s Climate Law Has Created More Than 300,000 Clean Energy Jobs
Texas abortion ban linked to 13% increase in infant and newborn deaths
Top newspapers fixate on Biden’s age. Over the past five months, five of the top US newspapers have published nearly 10 times as many articles focused just on Biden’s age or mental acuity as focused on just Trump’s
Why You’re Paying Your Veterinarian So Much (venture capital fucks everything up)
Donald Sutherland Didn’t Disappear Into Roles, and That Was a Good Thing
Trump allies test a new strategy for blocking election results
If Oklahoma allows Bible class “released time,” Satanists are eager to pounce
Where support for American democracy is the most wobbly
DC should rethink its approach to daytime commercial loading zones
Rural voters don’t trust Biden. Do progressives even care?
Republicans know how to win this time, even if they don’t get the votes
Trump’s unqualified VP faves might mean a Palin redux for the GOP