Links for you. Science:
Lonely? Playful? Why are dolphin attacks rising in Japan?
Chain retraction: how to stop bad science propagating through the literature
An Olympic-Sized Miss in Managing COVID-19
Our Very Strange Search for “Sea Level”
An even more contagious COVID strain is ‘just getting started’ amid California wave
Too hot for trout: Why some anglers are rethinking their approach to fly fishing
Other:
I know I keep saying this, but Trump’s brain is oozing like a banana
How Kamala Harris can fight the renegade Supreme Court — and win. Sure, expanding the Supreme Court would help — but limiting its powers is even more important
Steve Silberman Has Died. His Work on the Grateful Dead and David Crosby Is Eternal. The music and tech writer, and author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, died this week at 66
Don’t Underestimate Donald Trump’s Coalition of the Weird
A guide to the streamer dipshits Trump keeps appearing with
Trumpism Will Outlast Trump
Misogyny Makes You Stupid: Fact-checking the fact-checkers who fact-check the fact-checkers who fact-check the fact-checkers who fact-check the
It’s Not Too Early to Ask: Who Should Replace Merrick Garland?
Trump’s disastrous visit to Arlington was too much for the press to handle
The Right Hates Kids. It’s Weird.
Trump was reportedly ‘stunned’ and ‘troubled’ at flood of negative Vance coverage
Roberts’s Rule of Disorder in Voting Rights Law
Kamala Harris Moderated Because Donald Trump Stopped Being President
The ’25 K Street Draft Lottery
24 Thoughts On Trump Accountability: If Kamala Harris wins, turning the page on Trumpism will have to include consequences for it’s enablers. Here’s what that might look like.
The Durov Delusion: The billionaire Telegram founder, now a cause célèbre among the Russian opposition following his arrest in France, is not quite the free speech hero he is made out to be.
The best defense is a good offense
Judges Rule Big Tech’s Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over
Loudoun considering letting students carry Narcan to reverse overdoses
In Massachusetts, the once-thriving beer biz is losing its fizz
Trump Backtracks, Says He’s Voting No On Florida Abortion Amendment
‘A hidden secret.’ What you need to know about the surprisingly hot primary battle for the Governor’s Council.
‘There Is No Limit’: Trump Resorts To Gross Sexual Slurs As Harris Rises In The Polls
After decades of anti-vaccine rhetoric, RFK Jr. pivots to chronic diseases — and gets Trump on board
Democrats grow concerned Republicans are planting seeds with legal suits to overturn a Trump defeat
An ugly case of ‘false balance’ in the New York Times
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The ugly case of false balance. I couldn’t see more than the headline and the teaser, about Harris’s and Trump’s plans for affordable housing. Apparently, economists are skeptical of both — mass deportations versus tax cuts and other aid.
At least the Onion is open about its farce.