Links for you. Science:

Genomic epidemiology of the ongoing 2026 Bundibugyo Virus Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Land of Milk and Money
With 61 new cases, US measles outbreak fast approaching last year’s total
MAHA Doctors Promised Kennedy Would be the Savior of Vaccines. What Happened Next?
Trump, Ending Decades of Protection, Opens Wild Habitats to Drilling and Mining
Your Cat Is Being Nice? Think Again. A new study finds that sometimes cats groom each other specifically to be annoying.
President Trump expected to shrink Grand Staircase and Bears Ears National Monuments as soon as Monday, sources say

Other:

DOGE Ended on July 4, But the Workers Whose Lives Musk Upended Are Still Reeling
New push to get the National Guard out of Washington
Why American ambulance rides are so expensive
Hey Dems! Swing Voters Want You To Tax The Rich And Get Them Medicare For All! Isn’t That Nice?
Make no mistake, Graham Platner was ‘grown in a vat’ by political hucksters. The more we learn about his rise and fall, it’s clear he was swooped up by outside consultants, disdainful of “the establishment,” who chose him like they were casting a role, with little vetting.
Why was the pundit class so quick to defend Graham Platner?
They Could Still Tout It
The End of Reading Is Here
An Inconvenient Moment for an Extreme Global Heat Wave
Another Atrocity
“AI Agents”
Something Incredible Every Single Game
How Two Punk Icons Are Giving the Cramps a Second Life
Dem lawmakers want Kash Patel to answer for his spending — but this time they’re not alone
Man Killed by Federal Agent in Houston Was Not the Target of ICE Search
The Swing Voters of the 2026 Midterms Want Democrats to Tax the Rich
Second Person in a Week Killed by Federal Task Force in Memphis
Bryan Johnson is Dying
How to Identify a National Guard Member’s Home State
When in Doubt, Moderates Veer Left
The Mamdani-Hochul Bus Plan: Priority Corridors, Bus Rapid Transit, Lane Enforcement And, Finally, All-Door Boarding
Apple sues OpenAI alleging trade secret theft, says scheme was ‘at every level’ (shocking behavior from a company whose entire business model is built on a foundation of theft)
AI Fiction Is Easy to Detect Because It’s Stupid and Bad, Research Finds
Why America has fallen for Erling Haaland, football’s most likeable superstar
The Logo for Donald Trump International Airport Appears to Be AI Slop
Republicans ask WNBA to protect Caitlin Clark from possible ‘racially motivated’ attacks (like creationists, words have no meaning to movement conservatives)
Estonia Won the War on Fentanyl. What Came Next Was Even Worse.
A sentient collection of red flags
Half of Americans struggle to afford groceries and gas, exclusive poll finds
MAGA Republican who claimed to have killed people as a child wins Colorado GOP primary