GOP candidates’ Trump Test: If The Donald is beating you by the first debate, drop out: A modest proposal for GOP hopefuls: Just quit politics forever if you can’t beat Trump. DROP OUT of public life. Forever. You are, in the words of Trump himself, a LOSER. How much more clear cut could this message possibly be? (Salon)

Everyday plastics plunge men into fertility crisis: Society should be ‘very worried’ by studies showing falling sperm quality in men. Plastics have caused a sharp decline in fertility among men, leaving only one in four with “good” sperm, scientists say. (Times of London)

Jeb Bush’s Candidacy Is Like a Hollywood Sequel No One Wants to See: No one in America remembers anything, but surely our national amnesia doesn’t extend to Jeb’s lineage no matter how much he tries to bury it.  (New York)

Some Urban Homesteader Is Living In A Bucolic Cabin On A Roof In Manhattan: Is there anything more enviable in the real estate racket of NYC than a house on a regular old apartment building’s roof? (Gothamist)

Why Bernie Sanders Is The Perfect Candidate For This Moment in American Politics: Sanders’s laser-like focus on inequality is perfectly in sync with the nation’s current political climate. (In These Times)

Bea Arthur’s Estate Selling Her Long-Time Home in the Brentwood Wilds For $16 Million: Recently the former home of the Golden Girls actress rented out for $60,000 a month. (Curbed)

Japan lifts ban on late-night dancing: For 67 years, the country was discouraged from busting a move in public past curfew! (Consequence of Sound)

David Simon Reveals Plans for 1970s Times Square Porn Project at HBO: The mastermind behind HBO’s The Wire and Treme, along with his frequent collaborator George Pelecanos, is developing a potential series about the porn industry for the premium network. (Hollywood Reporter)

Australia’s robot-led future puts squeeze on humans: Almost 40% of Australian jobs that exist today could disappear in the next 10 to 15 years thanks to advances in digital technology. (BBC)

Record labels attack Apple deals that would leave them ‘completely screwed’: Independents claim they could be forced out of business by free trial of new streaming service and withhold popular artists such as Adele (Telegraph)

Hulk Hogan on Gawker Sex-Tape Trial: “I’ll See This Through to the End” Gawker’s Hulk Hogan sex tape story is turning out to be a very expensive one.
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Dave Davies Says He Isn’t Holding Up a Kinks Reunion: According to Ray Davies, the oft-rumored Kinks reunion can’t happen until his brother Dave settles a long-simmering feud with drummer Mick Avory. As has been so often the case in their famously fractious history, Dave disagrees. (Ultimate Classic Rock)

Wal-Mart Has $76 Billion in Undisclosed Overseas Tax Havens: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. owns more than $76 billion of assets through a web of units in offshore tax havens around the world, though you wouldn’t know it from reading the giant retailer’s annual report. When the Revolution happens, it will not be kind to the Walton family. (Bloomberg)

On June 27, 1979, accompanied only by her harmonium, Nico performed a stunning rendition of “Genghis Khan” on French television: