Links for you. Science:

Does Ozempic Burn Fat or Just Reduce Appetite? A New Study Offers a Clue
A Kansas tuberculosis outbreak has infected dozens of people in Wyandotte County so far
Royal Society facing calls to expel Elon Musk amid concerns about conduct (why did they let him in to begin with…)
Pan-pathogen deep sequencing of nosocomial bacterial pathogens in Italy in spring 2020: a prospective cohort study
AI scientists have a problem: AI bots are reviewing their work
How U.S. Farms Could Start a Bird Flu Pandemic

Other:

Why Bill Clinton’s amazing statistic about jobs and Democrats matters. Bill Clinton made a bold claim this week about U.S. job growth under Democratic presidents. It also happened to be true.
RFK Jr. Was My Drug Dealer. Kennedy’s endorsement of Donald Trump raises an awkward question.
To Become Leader of the Free(dom) World
How Kamala Made Trump the Incumbent
Exposing CNN Misinformation: CNN “Undecided Voter” was a Trump Supporter all along…
My Son and Gus Walz Deserve a Champion Like Tim Walz
Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest (““There is no place for a teacher with a liberal political agenda in the classroom,” Walters had wrote.” There is, apparently, a place for a conservative agenda though)
FTC Ban on Worker Noncompete Deals Blocked by Federal Judge
Sam Altman doesn’t care about you: The OpenAI CEO wants to extend his life by 10 years, but doesn’t care the poor die 15 years earlier than the rich
Expanded Police Surveillance Will Get Us “Broken Windows” on Steroids
Trump wrote grateful note to Putin after Russian nerve agent attack in UK, new book claims
No one’s ready for this: Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to go up in smoke.
New York midwife pleads guilty to destroying 2,600 COVID-19 vaccines and issuing fraudulent cards
Monumental Site-Specific Installations by Morag Myerscough Stoke Community and a Sense of Belonging
MAGA Mocks Tim Walz’s Son For Crying During DNC Speech
Conventional Wisdom V
Is Trump OK? Unhinged reaction to rise of Harris worries supporters
The Right Hates Kids. It’s Weird.
Democrats Find Confidence Without Complacency
JD Vance Is the Wrong Answer To a Very Real Problem Facing Men
Why Fact Checkers Mangle Facts To Provide Donald Trump Cover
Arizona and Nevada Have Become Ground Zero for Partisan Polls
The Electric Slide & A Tesla Fallacy. Our third annual check-in with energy guru Dan Yergin about how the U.S. ended up with an oil and gas surplus, an electricity deficit, and what can make up the difference.
Harris Aces Her Second Chance to Make a First Impression
Our Man in Rappahannock. Dimitri Simes, the Kremlin TV host and Russian-American political analyst now living in Moscow, opens up about the mysterious F.B.I. raid on his Virginia home.
Though out of the race, Kennedy will never run out of easy marks