Jamelle Bouie: It's time the Democrats take up the mantle of an opposition party, if they even understand what that means. / The New York Times [+]

Texas Gov. Abbott has purchased billboards in Mexico and Central America warning migrants they risk being raped if they cross the border. / San Antonio Current

Texas has been trying to build a border wall since 2021, but resistance from landowners has so far limited construction to just 6% of the length of the border. / The Texas Tribune

See also: After removing the Bible from school libraries as part of a ban on sexually explicit materials, a Texas school district reversed course once the state intervened. / KVII

The New European's person of the year is Gisèle Pelicot, who has "changed the rules, reversed the language, and given women permission to reject shame." / The New European

"An entity claiming to be United Healthcare is sending bogus copyright claims to internet platforms to get Luigi Mangione fan art taken off the internet." / 404 Media

See also: According to alleged editorial chats, the New York Times has been telling staff to "dial back" photos of Luigi Mangione. / Hyperallergic

Earlier this year, the Biden administration extended Medicaid and CHIP to cover some traditional Native American healing practices. / Cronkite News

"Questioning the science is seen as invalidating people's trauma." What the most famous book about trauma gets wrong. / Mother Jones

Researchers are using AI to detect and study bird calls, changing the ways we track, understand, and protect migratory bird species. / MIT Technology Review

Google Street View captured the moment a man was loading what is purportedly a body into the back of a car, helping police crack a murder case. / BBC News

The authors of a study on black plastic cookware acknowledge a math error that overstated the amount of toxins that can leach into food, but still conclude the utensils pose a danger. / Ars Technica

Some online casinos have set up shop on Roblox, where children as young as 12 have been gambling using their in-game currency. / Sky News

The first-known rip of Yukio Ninagawa's 1984 Medea performance "took about 6 months and at least 3 destroyed VCRs to do correctly." / Internet Archive

See also: "I feel like the Coffee Mate decision makers really took away the wrong message from these morality plays." On the White Lotus + Coffee Mate collab. / Sprudge

A fascinating math explainer of the Moon. / Bartosz Ciechanowski