Links for you. Science:

Gilead’s twice-yearly shot to prevent HIV succeeds in late-stage trial (according the press release: “There were 0 incident cases of HIV infection among 2,134 women in the lenacapavir group (incidence 0.00 per 100 person-years). There were 16 incident cases among 1,068 women in the Truvada group (incidence 1.69 per 100 person-years). The results demonstrated superiority of twice-yearly lenacapavir over bHIV (primary endpoint, incidence 2.41 per 100 person-years) and superiority of twice-yearly lenacapavir over once-daily Truvada (secondary endpoint), with p<0.0001 for both endpoints.") With sweeping NIH reform on the table, GOP previews new era of research scrutiny
Vaccination reduces central nervous system IL-1β and memory deficits after COVID-19 in mice
Coalition wages campaign for retractions of Richard Lynn’s racist journal articles
This Revolutionary New Observatory Will Locate Threatening Asteroids and Millions of Galaxies
Human SARS-CoV-2 challenge uncovers local and systemic response dynamics

Other:

The New York Times Is Failing Its Readers Badly on Covid. A pair of shoddy opinion pieces proves that the paper is letting its audience down and undermining the fight to improve our knowledge of the virus. (excellent; must-read)
Trump Just Revealed How He’ll Attack Biden at Debate—and It’s Vile
Police Departments Have Shrunk. Crime Is Plummeting. Now What? New, surprising data has lessons for all sides of the “defund” debate. (this headline was like a Rorschach blot on various social media; clearly, most hadn’t read it)
The Minneapolis Police Department Is Dismantling Itself
AI Is Already Wreaking Havoc on Global Power Systems
Trump’s memory ‘very foggy,’ says author who interviewed him post-presidency
“After I lost the election”: Legal expert says new Trump recording could be “admissible evidence”
John Roberts Did a Very Bad Job Cleaning Up the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment Mess
THE WORST THING WE READ™: A basket of nothing
Billionaire Grandson of Gilded Age Plutocrat Gives Trump Super PAC $50 Million
How to Clean Up Your Bluesky Feed
Getting death threats from aggrieved gamblers, MLB players starting to fear for their safety
The American Climate Corps officially kicks off (no difference between the two parties something something)
MLB at Rickwood Field: Reggie Jackson recalls racist treatment in Alabama in stunning interview
2 French boys are accused of raping a 12-year-old Jewish girl in an act of antisemitism
Samuel Alito may not love his wife’s Jan. 6 flags, but he sure agrees with their message
Here are 9 outrageous facts about Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law
Why Brett Kavanaugh Shot Down a Fake Case That Would Have Blown Up the Tax Code
Project 2025: The US Far-Right Plan to Undermine Democracy and Rights Globally
Left Out and Underrepresented: Low-Income D.C. Residents Are Convinced Voting Won’t Change Their Lives
As AI is embraced, what happens to the artists whose work was stolen to build it?
Calling A Confederate Monument A ‘Reconciliation Memorial’ Is Some 1984 Sh*t
There Will Never Be Another Willie Mays. Anyone who now ascends to the title of The Greatest Living Ballplayer will be forever just a placeholder.
Judge in Trump Documents Case Rejected Suggestions to Step Aside
Nearly half of Dell’s full-time workforce in the U.S. has rejected returning to the office. They’d rather work from home than get promoted
Donald Trump’s Get-Out-The-Vote Plan is Bonkers. The Trump campaign is tasking the far-right Turning Point network with spearheading its ground game despite having no track record of success.