Links for you. Science:

NIH-sponsored trial of nasal COVID-19 vaccine opens. Candidate vaccine could provide enhanced breadth of protection against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants
Detection of anaerobic and aerobic bacteria from commercial tattoo and permanent makeup inks
The Rubik’s Cube Turns 50. Mathematicians and hobbyists have had a half-century of fun exploring the 43 billion billion permutations of Erno Rubik’s creation. (gift link)
Bionic leg moves like a natural limb — without conscious thought
Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic ‘unfolding in slow motion’
Hurricane Beryl Is Coming, and It’s Coming Fast

Other:

Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court immunity decision: “We are in the process of the second American Revolution” (the full statement contains an explicit threat of violence)
Always In The Room Where It Happens (short, excellent)
What is the economy even for? (excellent)
She was a firebrand Democrat. Now, Cleta Mitchell is a rising star of Republican election denialism
Something important, subtle, and largely un-discussed is shaping the way all of us perceive what’s happening now. Shifts in editorial standards and a series of biases in reporting and especially amplification are herding the news in one direction. (very important)
Forcing Biden Out Would Have Only One Beneficiary: Trump (gift link)
Without ethical or legal restraints
It’s not your imagination: People are getting COVID again
Mr. President, Your Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card Is Ready
She won a Pulitzer for exposing how the country’s poorest state spent federal welfare money. Now she might go to jail.
The perfectly valid presidential-immunity murder hypothetical. Trump’s defenders (and some of his critics) are often missing the point of the argument.
‘We’ve all enabled the situation’: Dems turn on Biden’s inner sanctum post debate. The senior team’s management of Biden has grown more strictly controlled as his term has gone on. (I find Biden’s senior political/campaign staff to be more of an issue than Biden himself)
The Supreme Court’s War on Regulation Is Going to Tank the Economy. The right-wing justices declared open season on regulations that don’t just protect the environment, health, and safety, but the economy too.
Lawsuit: Northwestern’s law school is biased against White men in hiring
Strongman, Weak State: The dispiriting vision of American governance offered by the Roberts Court
The Supreme Court gets the stakes of presidential immunity backward (gift link)
The Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Is a Recipe for Utter Chaos
He never saw himself as disadvantaged. Then the government had him write an essay. It had never occurred to Curtis Joachim to blame racism for his professional setbacks until an SBA application forced him to think differently about his life.
Cities Planned Their Way Into the Retail Vacancy Crisis
Martin Mull’s overlooked layers of subversive genius. The comedian delivered his most cutting critiques of the American middle of the road with a guitar in hand.
A Wasted Opportunity for Biden (But Still Time for Redemption). Ronald Reagan overcame a bad debate that triggered panic about his age. Here’s how Biden can do the same.
The Supreme Court gives the right a huge victory over expertise (gift link)
Judges Rebel Against the Supreme Court
Arizona RNC delegation chair: ‘I would lynch’ county election official. Shelby Busch has framed her quest to unearth election fraud in the battleground state in the language of a religious holy war. (she seems nice!)
Apocalypse Not. The Democrats’ situation could be worse. If they’re not careful, it will be. (gift link)
The John Roberts Guide To Doing A Coup And Not Getting Caught