Links for you. Science:

Top 6 questions answered about fall vaccines
Caltech’s latest STEM breakthrough: Most of its new students are women
Something’s Poisoning America’s Farms. Scientists Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals. A form of fertilizer made from city sewage has been spread on millions of acres for decades. Researchers say it contains alarming levels of the toxic substance.
More in U.S. Accept Covid-19 Vaccine Misinformation, and Willingness to Vaccinate Has Declined
Mind your h-index
Confused about the mpox outbreaks? Here’s what’s spreading, where, and why

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Journalists often didn’t communicate uncertainty of evidence on unproven COVID drugs
Confiscate Their Money. Taxing billionaires out of existence must become a mainstream idea.
Trump’s Supreme Court Trashes Student Debt Relief: The conversion of the high court into a body of opportunistic partisan hacks, courtesy of Trump’s three appointees, needs to be a bigger issue in the election.
Kamala’s interview was a masterclass in dodging traps set by Trump
Tim Walz Took a Big Step Toward Scrapping the Electoral College
‘Dangerous and un-American’: new recording of JD Vance’s dark vision of women and immigration. Trump’s running mate rants against feminism, immigrants and Ilhan Omar in a newly unearthed podcast from 2021
‘You Fascists’: White Stripes Singer UNLOADS On Trump For ‘Insulting’ Veterans, Vows Lawsuit Over Playing Hit Song
‘Silent killer’: Russia boosts grinding Donbas advance with chemical warfare
Trump Wants to Hide His Attempt to Assassinate Mike Pence from Voters
Smoke Pours From Cybertruck After It Crashes Into Fire Hydrant
Brazil’s X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky: Brazilian users seem to be turning to Bluesky in droves while they can’t use X
Sidewalk Cafes Are the Latest Target of N.Y.C. Outdoor Dining Crackdown. Under new outdoor dining rules, inspectors are ticketing some restaurants and coffeehouses that have a few chairs or tables outside but no formal structures. (Adams is a horrible mayor)
The wellness drink for sober people that some say they can’t stop drinking
Startup Alarmed When Its AI Starts Rickrolling Clients
Tim Walz’s communal patriotism is a striking contrast to Trump’s individualism. It’s a welcome antithesis to the Republican ticket, whose understanding of patriotism doesn’t have much to do with neighborliness.
Feds announce new round of free COVID tests
Why this Florida school literally threw LGBTQ-friendly books into a dumpster
State Legislators Say They Never Gave Hochul the Power to Pause Congestion Pricing. If the state legislature wanted to give Gov. Hochul power to “pause” congestion pricing, they would have written it into the law, a group of current and former state lawmakers said.
Tim Walz’s mentorship of a GSA highlights the GOP assault on LGBTQ freedom. The inspiring stories of Walz’s mentorship to his students highlight the two paths America could take for its LGBTQ kids in this election: one a warm embrace of freedom and equality, the other a cruel assault on their very humanity.
The Trump Campaign’s Rhetoric About Women Sounds a Lot Like Andrew Tate’s. As the Trump campaign overtly appeals to the manosphere, a WIRED investigation shows that the view of women espoused by alleged rapist and trafficker Andrew Tate matches perfectly with that of Trump and his allies.
‘I’ll be voting no.’ Trump clarifies his stance on the abortion amendment in Florida
As Maggie Haberman Unabashedly Joins the Kayfabe, Tim Walz Sings the Menards Jingle
Hiker left behind on mountain by coworkers during office retreat, stranded overnight amid freezing rain, high winds
A Trump judge ruled there’s a Second Amendment right to own machine guns
Donald Trump at Moms for Liberty says Ivanka ‘hired millions of people’: Republican candidate tells conservative group his daughter should have been UN ambassador and the ‘most brilliant leaders’ come from Scotland like his mother (“In a long, zigzagging and at times incoherent conversation…”)
What’s wrong with the fact-checkers? The DNC put the bankruptcy of the genre on full, painful display.