Links for you. Science:

Is It Safe to Eat Lettuce Yet?
Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is Entirely AI
Trump signs executive order with plan to reduce number of recommended childhood vaccines
AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive
The world’s rarest great ape is worse off than we thought
60,000-year-old ostrich eggshell engravings reveal a surprisingly sophisticated human mind
Americans Just Endured the Hottest Month in 132 Years

Other:

Democratic extremism? GOP spent a decade riding extremism to power.
THE TIMES WON’T ABANDON ITS PREFERRED NARRATIVE ABOUT DEMOCRATS JUST BECAUSE THE FACTS CONTRADICT IT
Forget the East Wing. The Real Demolition Has Only Just Begun.
What D.C. residents will remember from a year of National Guard occupation
They Spoke English, Wore U.S. Flags and Attacked Fishermen. Who Were They? Ecuadorean crews plying the waters of the Pacific have been targeted by a mysterious outfit equipped with drones. Some sailors appear to have lost their lives.
Water systems are ripe for cyberattacks, experts warn after suspected Iranian hacks
Miserable Failure
A Health Care Rant
‘I’ve definitely lost followers’: influencers face backlash over Meta ‘pervert glasses’ content
ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Trump is trying to derail the census—again
Staffers
Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln sailors have tried to go overboard amid extended deployment, families say
Trump’s airplane switcheroo proves he’s a selfish coward
DC-Area Inventory Hits Highest 7-Year High In July As Buyer Activity Cools
Democrats demand answers over 321-diamond ring gifted given to Trump
‘I will get ICE and police to your house’: Immigrant workers say they increasingly face wage theft, deportation threats
Farm linked to cyclosporiasis outbreak hadn’t been inspected in 7 years as FDA lags on foreign inspection targets
Moving past the commute: How WMATA’s off-peak improvements are reshaping regional transportation
What a year in D.C. has cost the National Guard
Donald Trump Invented a New Forever War
I Was Dick Cheney’s Cardiologist. Trump Has Not Looked Well, and We Should Know Why.
Nowhere to go: Chicago teens on ‘takeovers,’ curfews, and lost community spaces
A New Draft Rule for the Census Seeks Sweeping Changes to How Political Power Is Allocated
Trump to Supreme Court: Make Me
The Most Important Problem We Face
The Five Scandals Within the “Air Force One” Scandal
Notable
Don’t Look Up
Man accused of touching women’s hair on Metro convicted of assault (another stellar Jan6-er)