Links for you. Science:

Multidrug-resistant Shigella flexneri outbreak associated with a high-mortality spillover event into nonhuman primates (bacteria can really move around)
Preliminary report on genomic epidemiology of the 2024 H5N1 influenza A virus outbreak in U.S. cattle (Part 1 of 2)
Preliminary report on genomic epidemiology of the 2024 H5N1 influenza A virus outbreak in U.S. cattle (Part 2 of 2)
Association Between Social Vulnerability and Streptococcus pneumoniae Antimicrobial Resistance in US Adults
NIH director expresses support for Asian researchers 6 years into its ‘China initiative’
This Tiny Fossil Links Wine With The Death of The Dinosaurs

Other:

Trump’s ‘Gish Gallop’ Debate Tactic Comes from Creationists. A dishonest creationist debating tactic shouldn’t go unchallenged in American life. Or in national politics (as some asshole with a blog has put it for nearly 20 years, “Nothing in movement conservatism makes sense except in the light of creationism.”)
In Defense of Bidenomics. Joe Biden’s economic record is good, actually.
The rise of the “Brat Pack” — and a new Democratic political style
Secret Service finds protecting Trump is extraordinarily challenging (gift link)
Democrats Are Saying No to Leslie Knope Politics
‘This was a coup.’ Trump primes supporters to challenge a Harris win. Amid a tight presidential race, Donald Trump has tried to delegitimize Kamala Harris’s nomination and undermine confidence in this year’s election.
Inflation has come for one of Japan’s most beloved cheap eats: Ramen
About Time: Biden-Harris Wants Companies to Stop Putting You Through Unnecessary Hassles
D.C. Council member Trayon White took tens of thousands in bribes, U.S. says (gift link)
The Onion’s Front Page Archive
Having a lot of children made me less Republican
‘Sitting empty’: Vast expanse of federal land eyed for new housing
Far-right influencers turn against Trump campaign. Hard-right provocateurs take aim at how the former president’s aides are positioning him for the November vote — though not at the Republican candidate himself.
Conservative Republican endorses Harris, calls Trump a threat to democracy
TRUMP ISN’T THE ONLY REPUBLICAN WHO’S ADDICTED TO FAN SERVICE
Long COVID delivering a multibillion-dollar economic hit
He found a Project 2025 duffel bag. Then police showed up at his house.
Finger On The Pulse
Inside an arcade’s stuffed-animal claw machine, a real live groundhog
We Used to Wait
Cinemark rises to the top of a struggling theater industry
Kamala’s giant bag of Doritos and the coming gender gap election
How to transform city streets — without losing your parking spot
DC Councilmember Trayon White faces allegations of $156K bribery over contract renewals
Latest scientific research points to long COVID in Australia being a significant and growing problem
Biden tells America ‘I gave my best to you’ as he places his legacy in Harris’ hands