Links for you. Science:
‘It looked like something out of Star Trek – I expected it to go at warp speed’: the incredible marine life of the Azores – in pictures
Small amounts of misassembly can have disproportionate effects on pangenome-based metagenomic analyses
Where have all the sperm whales gone? Scientists think they know
The flu shot is different this year, thanks to COVID
Archaeologists Explore Life After Dark in the Ancient Night
Can an icy Jupiter moon sustain life? NASA’s biggest space probe will investigate.
Other:
D.C.’s ranked-choice voting initiative, explained. Here’s everything you need to know about Initiative 83, appearing on your ballots this fall.
Here’s how Donald Trump would lower grocery prices
‘He’s Not Well’: Trump’s Bizarre Off-Topic Ramble Raises Alarm Over ‘Mental Capacity’
Transit systems are targeting fare evaders to win back riders leery about crime
‘Rape,’ ‘Dumb Women’ And ‘Bad Genes’: Inside Trump’s Week Of Unhinged Rants
Secret documents show Hamas tried to persuade Iran to join its Oct. 7 attack
What Real People Get About Kamala Harris’ Big New Idea That The Political Set Can’t Grasp
Donald Trump Is Both Candidate And Insider Threat
Run a Left Wing Democratic Primary Candidate in 2028. No Matter What.
The Case Against Bedwetting. I’m a bit more bullish on Kamala Harris’s chances of winning than polls and models suggest I should be. Here’s why.
The Sound of Silence, One Year Later. For many American Jews in the entertainment and music industries, the anniversary of the horrific October 7 terrorist attack in Israel is a stark reminder of their isolation in a culture that is terrified of speaking up, or speaking out, in support of the very community that built Hollywood as we know it.
She can do it
The Harris-Trump Endgame Is On: Is It Time to Panic Yet?
Tomorrow Will Be Worse
Alabama cities with Haitian populations take lessons from Springfield
Fear and Suspicion in Appalachia
I’m a Jew of color. Ta-Nehisi Coates can’t apply US lessons to Israel.
For Trump and the GOP, no collective fate in times of crisis
The Danger Is Greater Than in 2020. Be Prepared.
Black Men Will Vote for Harris—White Men Are the Problem
Donald Trump’s Fascist Romp. After the former president described American citizens as “the enemy within,” Glenn Youngkin reveals his own complicity.
Don’t Let This Man Have The Last Laugh
Trump Breaks Down Onstage
Trump’s Favorite John Deere Story Is Totally Made Up
Keith Ellison: Seeing Red
A New York Times reporter tells on his own newspaper
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