Links for you. Science:
Boar’s Head expands recall to include 7 million more pounds of deli meats tied to listeria outbreak
Giant, Sparkly Clams Hide the Most Efficient Solar Panels Ever Found
The RND efflux pump EefABC is highly conserved within lineages of E. coli commonly associated with infection.
Comparative Genomics and the Salivary Transcriptome of the Redbanded Stink Bug Shed Light on Its High Damage Potential to Soybean
On the road to genomically defining bacterial intra-species units
Association between antimicrobial usage in livestock and antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli isolates from human urinary tract infections in the Netherlands, 2009–2020
Other:
The Horrifying Fascist Manifesto Endorsed By J.D. Vance: A disturbing book plans a ruthless total war against the “unhuman” left.
Trump Fans Furious Over His “Coward” Decision on Kamala Debate. Even Donald Trump’s most loyal fans think he made the wrong call on whether to debate Kamala Harris
Oh No A Stonks Emergency
Violent Southport protests reveal organising tactics of the far-right
The Most Banal Op-Ed of 2024. Let’s grade Jamie Dimon’s Washington Post op-ed!
Inside Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s support for private school vouchers
Sofa so bad for JD Vance as Trump’s VP pick faces swirling speculation
Trump claims he’s pro-worker. Project 2025 will gut labor rights
This GOP Senate Hopeful Is Railing Against Electric Vehicles. He Made Big Money Off EV Stocks. Eric Hovde is carrying out a run-of-the-mill pro-MAGA campaign that has included grumbling about electric vehicles.
The School Lunch Fee Racket: Consolidation and bundling leave parents with no option but to eat high fees.
Roy Cooper Reveals Why He Withdrew From Harris’ VP List
Taking over from the inside: How China became the superpower of seafood
Old Man Trump
The hidden role of public pensions in raising rents in California
The Fed is gambling with the job market
Women Laughing Alone On the Internet
The LOL Nothing Matters Defense
It Sure Seems as if Vladimir Putin Is Recalculating the U.S. Elections
There’s Something About Larry: For years, GE provided executives with a juicy dowry in retirement, bestowed at the sole discretion of the C.E.O. Then Larry Culp came along and started tinkering with the formula, spinning off the liabilities as he broke up Jack Welch’s empire. Now Culp is backtracking, but the damage has been done. “You can hear [Jack] screaming,” said one person involved in the litigation. “The company has changed culturally, and not for the better.”
The Dystopians
Trump Could Do a Mass Deportation. We’ve Done It Before.
HISD sees ‘unprecedented’ departures, with more than 4,000 employees leaving the district in June
Secretaries of state urge Musk to fix AI chatbot spreading false election info. Grok, the AI search assistant on Musk’s X platform, suggested that Kamala Harris had missed the ballot deadline in nine states. She hasn’t.
Leaked Documents Show Nvidia Scraping ‘A Human Lifetime’ of Videos Per Day to Train AI
With voting under attack, Arizona schools don’t want to be polling locations. As false information about elections continues to spread, many school leaders in Maricopa County have closed their doors to the democratic process. (under attack by whom?)
Law Professors Can’t Keep Carrying Water For the Supreme Court
