Links for you. Science:

The Year 536 AD Was So Bad It May Have Been the Worst Time in Human History to Be Alive
Saving the Scarlet Macaw in Narco Country
What to Watch As Screwworm Enters U.S.
The Trump Administration’s New Census Data Rules Are a Policy Disaster
Scientists stunned by signs of ancient life in a place no one expected
Women finish Ranger School in better physiological condition than men, study finds
Speaking of Rats – “Kingman Park Launches Year-Long Rat Fertility Control Study”

Other:

Through a Pool Darkly
The Supreme Court’s Corruption Must Be Broken
“One Crazy Lefty”
Another ICE threat visit: How did agents track down this critic on his vacation?
Efforts to end school vaccine mandates hit a wall in Florida
The Supreme Court Once Again Endorses Trump’s Racism
The Prayers of Devils Fill the Midnight Sky
Establishment Democrats Are Embracing Loserdom
Get an inside look at the future Metro 8000 series trains, and how you can see them too
The Supreme Court Loves Religious Freedom—Just Not for Rastafarians
Hospitals Are Using AI to Detect Intimate Partner Violence. That’s a Problem.
The Rolling Coup: Unless we begin to act, our democracy will likely be destroyed.
In a dark 2026, a Summer of Love breaks out
Why urban Democrats love socialists now
European Soccer Fans Marvel at the Splendor of America’s Suburbs
Trump’s ‘Triumphal Arch’ Is Already Buckling — Just Like Everything Else He Touches
Why home values in this Bay Area city have plunged more than anywhere else (weird framing of what is a good thing)
When Narratives Meet Facts. The anatomy of a political earthquake — and the failed efforts to discredit it
Inside the Food Truck Mafia Wreaking Havoc Around the National Mall. Turf wars. Food and fire hazards. $15 ice-cream cones. How an organized network of unlicensed food trucks took over America’s Front Lawn.
The U.S. Is Still Killing People In Illegal Boat Strikes
Bright Nights
SCOTUS Officially Kills Precedent that Protected Agencies from a Vengeful President — But with Special Federal Reserve Carveout
Are Public Libraries Becoming Children’s Libraries?
Will the Mamdani effect make 2028 the year of the leftwing president?
Libraries Not Doing Pride Displays Say They ‘Shouldn’t Be Judged’
The Court Sides With Dictatorship — and Chaos
Wikipedia Cofounder Larry Sanger Banned From Site for ‘Canvassing’
Paris mortuaries overwhelmed as France counts victims of devastating heatwave
Hillbilly Blasphemy
MAGA Senate candidate called out for visiting Iceland with ‘some lady who’s not his wife’