The Trump campaign is attacking Tim Walz for a policy that allows felons to vote, conveniently forgetting that Trump is also a convicted felon. / The New Republic
Harris picking Walz as her running mate is a big win for the right-to-repair movement. / Gizmodo
How we are watching the Olympics this time around may be highly fragmented, but the tech is stable and it all still feels like a singular event. / WIRED
See also: Why the word “Taiwan” is banned at the Olympics. / The Guardian
“The severe restriction of movement at the border is an interspecies problem—one that requires an interspecies solution.” / The Drift
Why you should take your dog on a “sniff walk.” / Boing Boing
“You see so many abandoned citrus groves on the highways. Most of those trees are just dead now.” Can Florida's orange growers survive another hurricane season? / Grist
Why you should choose white rice over brown: There's less arsenic, and otherwise they're practically identical nutritionally. Also, you know you want it. / Heavies
Billy Bean, the second openly gay Major League Baseball player, has died at age 60. / NPR
See also: “It hurts that I never got to meet you.” Bean's video letter to Glenn Burke, the first openly gay MLB player. / YouTube
To bring the Michelin Guide to Houston, the city's tourism department is required to pay $90,000 a year for three years. / Eater Houston
“Cortisol face” is the latest dermatological obsession that's 1) fueled by how much we see our faces on screens now; and 2) not as real as we think. / The New York Times [+]