Links for you. Science:
Why ‘chaos wheat’ may be the future of bread
Mystery of disappearing ospreys might have controversial explanation
Starlink’s new satellites emit 30x more radio interference than before, drowning cosmic signals
Second health care worker tied to Missouri bird flu case had respiratory symptoms
Is bird flu spreading among people? Data gaps leave researchers in the dark
The tide is ‘wicked high.’ It’s a glimpse into Boston’s future if climate change continues to worsen. A perigean spring tide pulled the ocean about 2 feet higher than normal causing minor flooding.
Other:
A digital tsunami is coming. The National Archives is in trouble. The National Archives and Records Administration has been starved for resources for many years.
This is what happens when a MAGA billionaire goes down a conspiracy theory rabbit hole
How a grocery store fight fractured a Maryland town along racial lines. All residents of tiny Snow Hill wanted was a better grocery store. The efforts to get one reopened generational wounds.
Kamala Harris Calls For Cap On Family Child Care Expenses
Driver who hit 12-year-old girl in D.C. charged with reckless driving. Earl Darryl Curtis, whose car has more than $20,000 in unpaid D.C. tickets, was initially given a citation for colliding with a pedestrian on Capitol Hill.
A GOP Gov’s Harsh Takedown of Trump and Vance Exposes MAGA’s Ugly Core
As Taliban starts restricting men, too, some regret not speaking up sooner
Activist with far right ties fronts Marco Rubio-linked anti-immigration effort
In rural Wisconsin, a tangle of facts and fears over faraway refugees
Inside the Billionaire Bunker: It’s America’s wealthiest town. Approach at your own peril.
Tim Walz is the perfect foil to the GOP’s performative anti-elitism
What the New Right Wants: The Heritage Foundation has reinvented itself to include a new generation of conservatives at odds with their elders. Project 2025 lays bare the contradictions.
TikTok’s Rough Day in Court
Who Lost Texas?
Closing schools is painful. But in Boston, it’s essential.
Trump, Once The Man Who Couldn’t Be Bought, Is Now Up For Sale
AOC Goes All In With Her Brilliant New Housing Plan To Get Right At The Meat Of the Problem
Trump’s Alarming Use Of A Word With A Deep Fascist History. Most people didn’t notice when the former president used the term in a Truth Social post. But white nationalists did.
This Is Life in America’s Water-Inequality Capital. It Might Be About to Change
The GOP’s Obamacare Agenda Just Reemerged From Hiding
It Was Delicious
The Political Economy of Trad Dad Populism
Alarm as Trump Judge Sides With Company Claiming NLRB Is Unconstitutional
States’ Endless Pursuit of Gambling Revenue Is Bad for Everyone
How Trump’s Tariffs Would Radically Redistribute Wealth Upward
Where the sea wall ends
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