Links for you. Science:
Transoceanic pathogen transfer in the age of sail and steam
Is COVID endemic yet? Yep, says the CDC. Here’s what that means
Beer and salt among Roman ‘mega-industries’
CompactTree: A lightweight header-only C++ library for ultra-large phylogenetics
Scientists hail ‘smart’ insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time
Finland is offering farmworkers bird flu shots. Some experts say the US should, too. Some experts say the U.S. should vaccinate farmworkers against bird flu.
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Hey, So That Couch-Fucking Thing Is Officially Counterdisinformation Now. It’s couches all the way down, so keep up the great work, America!
Fact check: Walz retired from Army National Guard after 24 years to run for Congress
Trump Spews Lies, Disparages Harris’s Intelligence, Insults Jews, and Rambles About “Insane Asylums” in Unhinged Press Conference
Jim Jordan Demands Advertisers Explain Why They Don’t Advertise On MAGA Media Sites
Study Finds Consumers Are Actively Turned Off by Products That Use AI
The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans. As Donald Trump tried to disavow the politically toxic project, its director, Paul Dans, stepped down. But the plans and massive staffing database that he prepared — to replace thousands of members of the “deep state” with MAGA loyalists — remain.
World’s largest 3D-printed neighborhood nears completion in Texas
The Swiftboating of Walz is Sick, Inacurate, and Will Fail
What’s in a Pill? An inside look at the shifting risks to safe abortion providers
After Ben Affleck’s daughter urges everyone to wear a mask, the teens who say they NEVER stop wearing one
Deplorables
Courting Disaster
The Ballad of Coach Tim Walz
Putting free tampons in all school bathrooms is hardly a radical idea
Tim Walz and the Weird Politics of Free School Lunches
Tim Walz is one of the nation’s most forceful climate advocates
What’s Wrong and Right with Project 2025: If the actual left wins, should it leave its enemies in power?
Utah’s Famed ‘Double Arch,’ Made Of 190-Million-Year-Old Navajo Sandstone, Collapses
Judge Rules Google Is a Monopolist
America runs on dumbness: MAGA is now boycotting donuts
A new Idaho law is keeping child sexual assault victims from receiving care
There are no trans women athletes at the Paris Olympics. So bigots manufactured them.
Tired of spammy political donation texts? You’re not alone
The skatepark was thriving. Then a right-wing YouTuber bought it.
Vivian Jenna Wilson on Walter Issacson’s Musk biography
The Trump Hack Could Extend Far Beyond a Hack-and-Leak
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