Links for you. Science:

NIH announces launch of clinical trial for nasal COVID vaccine
Trends in Sudden Cardiac Death in Pilots: A Post COVID-19 Challenging Crisis of Global Perspectives (2011-2023)
Cold, Flu Virus Can Trigger Long COVID Relapses
The Misplaced Incentives in Academic Publishing. Scientists who spend time peer-reviewing manuscripts don’t get rewarded for their efforts. It’s time to change that.
Three-year outcomes of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19
Top virologist warns new Covid variant is hitting dangerous ‘sweet spot’ as UK hospitalisations soar

Other:

Is This Going Well
The Absurdity of the Dump-Biden Uprising. Nervous Democrats mount an antidemocratic campaign against their own president. (very good)
The Extremely Simple Reason MAGA Wants President Joe Biden to End His Campaign. If you’re a Democratic or independent voter who’s been suckered into the idea that Biden ending his campaign would do anything but ensure a second Trump term, it’s time to awaken from the fever dream. (very good)
The Supreme Court Has Murdered the Constitution. America’s founding document is now an all-but-meaningless scrap of paper. Happy Fourth!
Gettysburg’s Lost Cause Problem
The Case Against Judicial Review. If Democrats don’t bring the Supreme Court to heel, Americans will live under judicial despotism for the foreseeable future.
A Rare Cross-Section Illustration Reveals the Infamous Happenings of Kowloon Walled City
Project 2025 will rob veterans and active duty troops of billions in benefits
Modern-day ‘Comstocks’ look to police travel, information as another strategy to end abortion
The target of the right’s ‘revolution’ is pluralistic democracy itself. The president of the Heritage Foundation said, “We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
The pundit class needs to get a grip. Politics isn’t fantasy football and there’s no One Weird Trick to beat Trump.
Times Gonna Times
Tempers flare as Trump reviews revised abortion plank for Republican platform
If You Come For The King
Economy adds 206,000 jobs in June, reflecting continued resilience in labor market
Abortion Bans Are Also Terrible for Babies. A huge increase in infant deaths under Texas’s SB8 is the best evidence yet of how cruel such laws are.
8 policies that could be vulnerable to new legal challenges
When Assessing Presidential Fitness, Consider Racism. An excavation of Trump’s “Black jobs” claim
Federal judge temporarily blocks rule banning noncompete contracts
The Biden news coverage requires less hysteria, more journalism
Uncovered: 428-year-old secret dossier reveals Elizabeth I’s network of spies
Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump’s campaign — but it may be backfiring instead
The Media Rigs The 2024 Election. History Continues To Repeat Itself
Listen Closely to the Men Crafting the GOP’s Anti-Abortion Policy. The main dispute within Trump’s Republican Party is not about how severely to punish women for having abortions, but merely how to “frame the argument.”
“Do Something” Beats “Do Nothing,” Every Time. Politicians Are The Employees Of The Public
What the internet looked like in 1994, according to 15 webpages born that year. The earliest web pages are a far cry from today’s cyber wastelands.