Links for you. Science:

The Anti-Scaling Law in Biology, and Why AI Could Make Crowding Worse Before Making Drug Development Better
Virology Research is Not a Crime. Free Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe
You Are The Dancing Fly, Young And Spry, Just A Little Guy
A New Fossil Discovery Just Rewrote 150 Years of Evolutionary Theory
Eel Smuggling Is The Organized Crime Racket You’ve Never Heard Of
Scientists Propose Black Holes Don’t Exist, Are Something Much Stranger
At 1,000 years old, Sherwood Forest’s Major Oak is finally dead

Other:

The Dogmas of the Quiet Past (excellent)
How Janeese Lewis George Won D.C.’s Mayoral Primary. A message of change, an army of volunteers, and her opponent’s missteps all contributed to her victory. (this isn’t wrong, but it ignores that the constituencies McDuffie attempted to appeal to just aren’t the force they used to be; 15-20 years ago, he wins with the campaign he ran)
Rare Notable Exceptions (must-read)
Everyone is going to pay for Trump’s weakness. Impeach him
Looking For A Job Has Become An Alienating Humiliation Ritual
The U.S.-Iran Deal is Basically American Surrender
MLB Pride Nights Co-Opted And Consumed By Owners And Culture-War Freaks
U.S. Plans to End AIDS Funding for South Africa
Make the bad guys pay: A Democratic message for the white working class
Jumping the anti-war lane
There Is No Iran Nuclear Deal and There May Never Be. President Trump’s new agreement with the Islamic Republic falls short of the one he shredded
AI Economics for Dummies
Why Can’t We Indict Trump?
The grand finale (for real this time): My 30+ year column ends, its exit heralded by AI
Gasps as Trump’s birthday bash leaves White House grounds in ‘terrible’ condition
I wish people who aren’t from DC would drop this messaging line that the National Guard are all standing around doing nothing
The Wrong Voters (or why Rural voters are unreachable)
The Reflecting Pool Arrests Are an Attempt to Cover Up Trump’s Corruption
Jim Crow Hegseth
White House staff monitored Trump’s trash as he was sometimes throwing out high-end silverware, book claims
Empty Rooms and Plunging Prices: World Cup Tourism Is Off to a Slow Start
What if we covered Trump’s age the way we covered Biden’s?
What Your Favorite ’90s Rock Band Says About the Type of Bored Suburban Dad You Are Today
On AIPAC and bogeymen: AIPAC deserves serious criticism; but casting it as the prime evil in American politics summons antisemitic stereotypes
The Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week
Micah Lasher’s Campaign Treasurer Calls Lindsey Boylan a ‘Psycho Bitch’ (too many politicos think any conviction is a sign of insanity)
Aparna Raj wins the Ward 1 Democratic primary race
Susan Collins Is Going To Win Again, and Democrats Have No One To Blame But Themselves
Fun to Be In Charge
The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s