Links for you. Science:

It’s never ‘just’ a concussion. Your brain is injured.
The hidden value of vultures: Researchers believe a massive die-off of the birds led to over 100,000 additional human deaths per year in India.
A rumble echoed around the world for nine days. Here’s what caused it.
Cave discovery in France may explain why Neanderthals disappeared
Amazon River Dolphins Are Facing Mass Die-Offs In Brazil
These birds are almost extinct. A radical idea could save them.

Other:

Larry Hogan’s ‘independent’ pitch comes with an asterisk in Maryland. Are Republicans trying to elect Maryland’s Larry Hogan because they believe he’ll be an “independent” vote in the Senate? Probably not.
The disaster no major U.S. city is prepared for
What Happens When a School Closes Its Library? A year after Texas turned school libraries into discipline centers in Black and Latino neighborhoods, librarians have lost their jobs and teachers are quitting.
Taliban begins enforcing new draconian laws, and Afghan women despair
How America Can Break Its Highway Addiction. In the 1980s, an unlikely alliance slowed the construction of nature-destroying dams. We just might be able to pull it off again.
Empty Downtowns Are Still Depleting Local Coffers
Why some Silicon Valley billionaire bros want Trump to be the ‘CEO of America’
Wyden Says Trillions in Taxes Dodged by Ultra-Rich Could Fund Social Security Until 2100
The Federal Reserve Is Caving to the Big Banks—Again
How Roberts Shaped Trump’s Supreme Court Winning Streak (it really neglects why he did this in the first place)
The Limits of Harris’s Family Policy
Goffstown Turns Down Gift and Sues Families Over Lunch Debt Instead
Only half of Americans plan to get Covid or flu vaccinations this year – study
Rep. Mark Green Accused by Wife of Affair with Younger Woman. The Congressman from Tennessee filed for divorce last month to pursue the new relationship, according to his wife of 35 years. (lolwut: “Satan has rewritten our marriage in his mind”)
The Springfield bomb threats are a natural byproduct of MAGA’s moral panic playbook
J.D. VANCE AND CHRIS RUFO’S PET-EATING “EVIDENCE”: I CALL BULLSHIT
Trump’s Two Campaigns
Elon Musk Secretly Funded ‘Pedophile’ Fliers, Attack Ads Against Texas Prosecutor
Trump promises crypto bros he’ll set the creator of Silk Road free if elected. That’s a terrible idea
Liz Cheney blocked January 6 scrutiny of Ginni Thomas, book says
Liz Cheney and the Problem of the Anti-Trump Republican
How the False Story of a Gang ‘Takeover’ in Colorado Reached Trump
How the Last Eight Years Made Young Women More Liberal
The Supreme Court’s Effort to Save Trump Is Already Working
Are sheriffs special in America? Definitely — but not the way the far right claims
Texas AG Ken Paxton is harassing counties he perceives as Democrat to suppress votes