Links for you. Science:

California, nation’s largest milk producer, discloses possible bird flu outbreaks in three dairy cow herds
Why Anti-vax Doctors Are Ordering 23andMe Tests
Oceanographers find underwater mountain bigger than Mount Olympus
Favorable Antiviral Effect of Metformin on SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of COVID-19
Myocarditis complications more common after COVID infection than vaccination, 18-month data suggest
New Hampshire reports fatal EEE case

Other:

It’s Important For Harris To Answer Important Policy Questions
Pro-Trump official in “key” Georgia GOP position complained about Jewish people “controlling everything”: Georgia GOP district chairwoman Kandiss Taylor also streams her show on the pro-Hitler and Holocaust-denying Stew Peters Network (she seems nice)
In a listening session last night, young people confirmed what was clearly the DNC’s thesis in bringing creators to the convention: many watched the convention via clips on social rather than cable/by reading traditional news.
Prominent Republicans Are All Horrible Freaks, HOWEVER…
Harris interview shows she’s ready—it’d be nice if the media could rise to her level
The Biggest Success Story the Country Doesn’t Know About. Yes, inflation has been punishing. But there is a mountain of good news that media have barely reported. Here’s the real record the Democrats can run on.
At Arlington, it’s not a controversy. It’s a crime
“Simply put, they are out of their minds”: Kamala Harris won’t let Republicans hide their misogyny
Trump’s Arlington Cemetery Campaign Event
Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
Local Georgia officials equip election workers with ‘panic buttons’ to combat rising threats
Political parties are divided on abortion rights. American women aren’t.
The Media’s Double Standard Favors Donald Trump, Not Kamala Harris: Conservative complaints about bias miss the point.
X’s move on cemetery news shows ‘how damaging this explosive story is to Trump’: experts
Johnson pulled strings to get Trump into Arlington — and now the scandal is spreading
The tragedy of MAGA’s conspiracy theory about Tim Walz’s “fake” dog
Why the Times has such outsized influence on American politics.
Are Trump’s campaign rallies energizing his base – or sowing doubt?
Why Republicans Don’t Think Working for the Government is a “Real Job”: The Democratic ticket has two career public servants, and their opponents can’t stand it.
How Congress Could Start Small With Supreme Court Reform: The justices rely heavily on clerks to do their jobs. Maybe too heavily.
Michael Shear and Reid Epstein Feign Stupidity about Trump’s Decade-Long Pitch for Authoritarianism
Trump’s Angry New Rant Over Arlington Scandal Should Wake Up Dems
Ads for Republican and Democratic groups appear under pro-Nazi, racist posts on X
The Beltway Media Got Its Harris Interview. Can We Move on Now?
Elon Musk is out of control. Here is how to rein him in
Mark Zuckerberg Will Never Win