Links for you. Science:

Would You Eat This Cretaceous Turducken?
Crab Odyssey: Crustacean Wandered the Seas in a Bottle for Months, Scientists Find
Scientists Designed a Virtual Alien Lifeform to Hunt for Extraterrestrials
We asked a first grader to interview his hero: A bird scientist
Disparities in success rates at NIH: inequality across institutes, race, and more

Other:

Socialists Are Winning Because They Listen to People (excellent)
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill. Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling
Why Markey and Pressley’s free transit plan is going nowhere (I find that free transit is typically proposed by people who don’t use it, whereas increasing transit frequency–which is desperately needed, especially with buses–is favored by people who actually use it)
The SCREEN Act is a Christian Nationalist Nightmare
What Are You Banning When You Ban Influencers?
What this country needs is law and order, starting with elites
New York’s Use Of AI For Family Policing Summarizes The Last 30 Years Of City Politics
A Truce Is Still Possible. Factionalists contemplating “war” need to get a grip.
The Mystery Of Google’s Fixation On “The Transwoman In The WNBA”
Mamdani launches emergency grants for home-based childcare providers
Todd Blanche Wants to Finish What Dobbs Started
Software Giant SAP Stops Most Travel and Hiring Because of AI’s Soaring Cost
Trump’s Deregulation of Head Start Would Lead to Bigger Class Sizes, Lower Quality
Max Miller tests GOP tolerance of terrible men
The Summer A.I. Turned Pretty
GOP voters reluctant to abandon Rep. Max Miller over abuse allegations
Why a Flock Worker Quit: ‘They Lied’
I never thought the “We will target your group for removal, specifically” party would tagret my group for removal
Trump’s Reflecting Pool Fiasco Is About to Get Even Worse for Him
Heritage Foundation Staffer Accused of Bringing Ammo and Drugs Into Senate
Hang Elon Musk Around Susan Collins’s Neck. The billionaire wants to invest in the Maine incumbent’s Senate campaign. Democrats should be eager to drag her for the toxic association.
The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans