Links for you. Science:

NYC COVID cases up 250% in 2 months — and this variant’s harder to duck
microGWAS: a computational pipeline to perform large scale bacterial genome-wide association studies
The Yellowstone supervolcano destroyed an ecosystem but saved it for us
What to know about an aggressive tick species spreading across the U.S. Lone star ticks don’t spread Lyme disease, but they can transmit other serious diseases and are linked to a mysterious meat allergy. And the threat is growing.
Salmonella outbreak tied to raw milk products from often-implicated firm may have sickened 165
Gen X Faces Higher Cancer Rates Than Any Previous Generation. Researchers are investigating changes in cancer risks among young people as new data predict that rising rates of leading cancers, such as colon cancer, will overtake improvements

Other:

I said earlier the strongest element in media isn’t bias, but narrative. That’s what I’ve learned from 25 years in this industry. Let me give you a non-political example. Do you remember how journalists handled a “major” story in 2001? No, I’m not talking about 9/11. (excellent)
Could We Have Handled All Of This Any Better
A Guide for Progressives on How to Brand Project 2025
The Policies of Project 2025: A Guide for Progressives
Windmills blow away Trump’s denial of Project 2025 involvement
Trump’s Camp Says It Has Nothing to Do With Project 2025 Manifesto — Aside From Writing It
No Change: Evaluating the Short-term Impact of the Presidential Debate on Voter Preferences (interesting, because this is a poll that revisits respondents)
How Many New York Times Reporters Does It Take to Count to Six?
Don’t Be Fooled—the GOP’s New Abortion Platform Is Not “Softened” or “Scaled Back”
Auto doors now in full effect across all Metro lines, eliminating manual openings
How a surgeon general’s warning and a Supreme Court ruling may place gun control on the front burner
36,000 By August: DC Will Likely Hit Its Housing Production Target By Next Month
‘Do Something’ Is Not A Plan Or Wise Counsel Or A Way Out
‘I’m bored, so I shoot’: The Israeli army’s approval of free-for-all violence in Gaza
Montgomery County is figuring out how rent stabilization will actually work
Analysts warn Congress about dire threats to data gathering
Trump’s ‘secretary of retribution’ has a ‘target list’ of 350 people he wants arrested
Clarence Thomas Took Free Yacht Trip to Russia, Chopper Flight to Putin’s Hometown: Dems
How Comedy Central Fell Into Paramount’s Corporate Memory Hole
Debate continues in DC over establishment of recreational marijuana market (D.C. statehood now)
Trump Donors on the Brink of Civil War Over J.D. Vance for VP
The Rules of Journalism
AOC launches effort to impeach Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito
Trump’s Mental Acuity Was On Full Display At His Rally In Doral On Tuesday
A Remarkable Comeback: “This is the kind of thing that we couldn’t have even dreamed about five or six years ago,” one expert said about changes in some American counties. (gift link; it’s a good policy outcome, but it’s not being rewarded politically)
Biden readies more student debt relief, Republicans prepare to stop him