Links for you. Science:

Why virologists are getting increasingly nervous about bird flu
A ‘golden age’ of rat research may be here. What the often unwanted companions can teach us about us
Tiny Hippos And Elephants Once Roamed Cyprus, Until Humans Arrived
AI and Biology
What Happened to Easter Island? New Research Refutes Best-Selling Population Collapse Theory
Wars are breeding superbugs that will spread ‘everywhere’

Other:

You sell the people hate so that you can give capital — the actual ruling class — as much of the pie as it can shovel into its face.
The Olivia Nuzzi Scandal Is an Indictment on Journalism
Trump fan targets MAGA foes with menace – and gets away with it
Senate Republicans block bill to ensure IVF access for second time. Measure falls short of 60-vote majority as Democrats highlight election issue after Alabama court decision (it’s not a 60 vote majority, it’s a 60 vote supermajority)
Harris hasn’t sealed the deal. Focus groups with young voters show why
How the Republican War on Women Extends to Voting Rights
FTC Sues PBMs for Jacking Up Insulin Prices: The case against Caremark, Express Scripts, and Optum Rx is the first against this element of the pharmaceutical transaction chain. (this will come to a grinding halt if Trump is elected, but there’s no difference between the candidates something something)
Why a “Black Nazi” Fit Right in With the Modern GOP
The Right is Where the Money Is
Kamala Harris Is Winning the Teamsters Endorsements That Really Matter
Vance Lets Slip: He and Trump Are Coming For Your Health Care
The 2024 Presidential Race Is Not A Toss-Up …
Self-styled “black Nazi” Mark Robinson seems nice
Why isn’t Trump campaigning for real? Harris lives in his head
Polish Wisconsinites issue letter condemning Trump’s stance on Ukraine and backing Harris
The last thing undecided voters want to hear about is policy
The Trump Lie Machine Is Broken. Trump’s signature methods of smearing, exploiting, and pandering are suddenly getting him nowhere.
In The Club
Israeli Soldiers Should Consider if It’s Justified to Fight in Gaza
Why Trump’s and Harris’s proposals to end federal taxes on tips would be difficult to enact
Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce
51/51
David Attenborough narrating the “evolutionary disadvantaged” Cybertruck.
JD Vance Can’t Even Bullshit Properly
Microsoft deal would reopen Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI. The owner of the shuttered Pennsylvania plant plans to bring it online by 2028, with the tech giant buying all the power it produces.
Students Deserve Better Than Active-Shooter Drills