Links for you. Science:

Just how rare is a rare-colored lobster? Scientists say answer could be under the shell. Over the last year, fishers’ traps, supermarket seafood tanks, and scientists’ laboratories have seen a A wave of oddly-colored lobsters.
Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak at Assisted Living Facility in New York Leaves 3 Dead, More than 20 Hospitalized
The Gang’s All Here!
A gene-rich mitochondrion with a unique ancestral protein transport system
Long-COVID rates in kids fell from 23% after 3 months to 7% after 2 years, data reveal
Dozens of people sick across several states in salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs

Other:

Steve Silberman, who changed autistic lives with Neurotribes, has died. He captured ‘a civil rights movement being born’
A Year Without Fares: Lessons From New York’s Free Bus Pilot
Ten Times This: Some perspective on how much work the labor movement has to do.
The press corps is Trump’s assisted living program
The Never-Ending Grift of DC Influence Peddling. Right-wing fraudsters Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman got caught lying about their lobbying firm, but K Street has long been a breeding ground for bottom-feeding grifters.
Project 2025 is Already Here
After DOJ indictment, it’s clear: years of Russian propaganda made the Republicans weird
How to Debate Donald Trump (I actually don’t agree with this in part; at some point, you have to attack Trump personally, either in terms of his decency/ethics or his competency)
I Never Expected To Run For Office—Here’s What I Learned
Admit it. Trump has dementia
For Democrats, JD Vance Is the Gift that Keeps On Giving
Hollywood’s 10 Percent Problem
Don’t normalize Trump by presuming he’s of sound mind
JD Vance Does NOT Have Six Nipples …and other debunked rumors.
‘My Mind Is Blown’: City Hall Staffers Reeling After Top Adams Officials Raided by Feds
Concertgoing is the essence of fandom. Ticketmaster is making it impossible.
Nation’s Largest Police Union Likely To Endorse Convicted Criminal Who Released Cop Killer
Hamas murdered Americans. Its leaders must pay.
Michael Keaton Announces He Wants To Start Using His Real Name
State of Denial: Forget the presidency. The biggest battle in Arizona this fall is over reality itself.
Pavel Durov and Elon Musk are not free speech champions
How to lose friends and influence media
The unprecedented grand coalition
Hedge Fund CEO Dave McCormick Faces Scrutiny Over Mismanagement of Police and Firefighter Pensions
DeSantis’ election police questioned people who signed abortion petitions
Trump rants, resurfaces sexual assault allegations for 49 unfocused minutes. The Republican nominee spoke in an appearance billed as a ‘press conference’ that sometimes verged into a stream of consciousness that was hard to follow. He took no questions. (the headline alone is notable)