Links for you. Science:

Firefly species may blink out as US seeks to list it as endangered for first time
Bears have learned to open doors in California town
Getting the COVID vaccine during pregnancy protects newborns from hospitalization
This fish’s legs are made for walking — and tasting the sea floor
Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first
Deadly Marburg virus: scientists race to test vaccines in outbreak

Other:

Trump mixes up words, swerves among subjects in off-topic speech. The Republican nominee appeared tired and complained about his heightened campaign schedule. (gift link)
None of us should even know who JD Vance is
Trump’s ageing is as real as Biden’s
Why conservatives get suspended more than liberals on social media (article here)
Microsoft exec reassures staff there’s no plan for Amazon-style RTO
Why JD Vance’s abortion debate answer sounded eerily familiar
The Council Passed Eviction Reform to Aid Affordable Apartment Owners. Will This Bill Really Help?
A Third Of All Drivers Are Underwater On Their Cars
‘Judges are horrified’: Powerful judge warns elections are under attack in her swing state
Vance says immigrants caused a housing shortage. Economists disagree. The housing market has been upended since the pandemic, but for different reasons.
How Arizona Republicans’ voter purge scheme blew up in their faces: analysis
Jack Smith Filing Reveals Crucial Detail About What Trump Knew in 2020. Donald Trump chose not to listen to a single adviser after the 2020 election.
The Rise of the Right-Wing Tattletale
How the North Carolina Legislature Left Homes Vulnerable to Helene (the Republican-dominated North Carolina Legislature…)
Documents Show Son of Former GOP County Chair Threatened ‘LGBTQ and Other Races’
Pollsters are weighting surveys differently in 2024. Does it matter?
11 damning details in Jack Smith’s new brief in the Trump election case
New Yorker’s ‘Social Media Is Killing Kids’ Article Waits 71 Paragraphs To Admit Evidence Doesn’t Support The Premise
Trump election conspiracist Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years in prison by Colorado judge
Nobody Wants This Mean-Spirited Depiction of Jewish Women in Nobody Wants This
Most of Us Do Not Recognize How Hard the Corrupt Supreme Court Republican Majority, the “New York Times”, & so Many Others Are Working to Elect Donald Trump
Jack Smith’s Roadmap To Donald Trump’s Corrupt Mind. In addition to placing Trump on trial, he’s teaching Democrats how to think like Trump, and be prepared. Are they listening?
Breaking a Child’s Will: The Evangelical family’s twisted obsession with corporal punishment. (one reason this is allowed to persist is because this often is referred to as spanking, when it’s so much more violent and pervasive than that image conjures up)
President Levin’s first order of business: abandoning academic freedom
‘American Death Squads’: Inside Trump’s Push to Make Police More Violent: Trump’s recent call for a “violent day” of policing is part of his plan to push cops to be as brutal as possible and shield them from accountability
Republicans expect to confirm even more Supreme Court justices if Trump wins (but both parties are the same something something)