Links for you. Science:

Evidence suggesting that earth had a ring in the Ordovician
Missouri water lily holds 142 pounds of sandbags, wins worldwide contest
Decades later, string theory continues its march toward Einstein’s dream
‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman
First imported Cases of MPXV Clade Ib in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Implications for Global Surveillance and Transmission Dynamics
Phage susceptibility testing methods or ‘phagograms’: where do we stand and where should we go?

Other:

The Washington Blade interviews President Joe Biden: Oval Office sit-down was the first for an LGBTQ newspaper
I’ve Traveled Across The Country To Attend Trump Rallies. Here’s What You Won’t See On TV. “The real action takes place while everyone is waiting for the rally to start, not during the actual speech.” (“These individuals fully embrace the former president’s crass, offensive, disrespectful way of speaking, and imitate it, too. The mainstream media does not show the obscenity and profanity of these rallies, but it is everywhere and, for me, a defining characteristic of these events… The people I chat with drop slurs into our conversations, often with the glee of teens testing their parents’ boundaries.”)
The Man Who Made Nike Uncool
My former friend JD Vance has aligned with something far worse than MAGA
How the news media privileges dangerous and hateful Trump-Vance lies
MAGA Senate Candidate Caught Lying to Voters About His Money
The YIMBYs Won Over the Democrats
Donald Trump and JD Vance Are Attempting Domestic Terrorism by Proxy
The presidential campaign is not real life: The electoral college distorts the voting process and how we see the country
A Perceptual Black Hole
GOP candidate’s social media posts: climate denial, homophobia, and musings on ‘white pride’
How Republican or Democratic is your name?
Kamala Harris Gets It
These people have seen Harris in the Situation Room. Here’s what they have to say.
How Democrats Can Compete With The Trump Incitement Machine
Harris can end the Trump-Vance culture wars. Here’s how.
How to Think About Politics Without Wanting to Kill Yourself
What A Lie Is For
Trayon White Pleads Not Guilty, Makes Plans to Fight Federal Bribery Charges
The New Plan to Power Data-Hungry AI: Sink Server Farms Into the San Francisco Bay
We’re Getting Sick of Noise Pollution
Democratic Senators Call on Fed to Cut Rates by 75 Basis Points
Yes. Trump Started The Fire. And Everyone Knows It.
Freeze Peach
JD Vance’s one job is to clean up after Donald Trump — but he keeps making a bigger mess
Vance Lets Slip: He and Trump Are Coming For Your Health Care