Links for you. Science:

How Will Trump’s Covid Contrarians Handle the Next Pandemic?
Bird flu detected in second lot of raw milk sold in California, health officials say
Trump picks former congressman Dave Weldon of Florida to lead CDC
Child dead, 11 people infected by listeria linked to ready-to-eat meat brand
First bird flu case in a child in the U.S. confirmed in California
Wearing A Salmon On Your Head Is Back In Fashion For Orcas, After A 37-Year Break

Other:

Samoa’s perfect storm: How a collapse in vaccination rates killed more than 70 children (“Confronted by such consequences, anti-vaccine campaigners like Tamasese have struggled to deny responsibility…. In an extraordinary four-page letter to the Samoan prime minister, Kennedy suggested that the measles vaccine itself might be the true cause of the crisis, somehow creating a “mutant strain” of the disease.”)
I’ve been seeing some classic Monday morning quarterbacking as the necessity of #COVID19 lockdowns are being discussed once again. (excellent)
Pete Hegseth’s Mother Accused Her Son of Mistreating Women for Years
RFK Jr.’s Long History Of Embracing Junk Science And Spreading Dangerous Anti-Vax Disinfo
Why Kamala Harris lost: Around the world, incumbents are in trouble
The meaning crisis, and how we rescue young men from reactionary politics
So Long, Twitter: Why I’ve Moved to Bluer Skies
A long haul with long COVID: Why poor and middle income Americans are hit hardest
‘Prediction’: MAGA fans panic as they say Obama aides are ‘infiltrating’ Trump’s team (lol)
I read the education chapter of Project 2025. So you don’t have to
Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
State-level anti-transgender laws increase past-year suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary young people in the USA
Biden should order background checks of Trump’s Cabinet picks
Why Tech Billionaires Love the Author of Jurassic Park. And why Michael Crichton wouldn’t have loved them back.
Man Hiding Tarantulas, Centipedes and Ants Is Stopped From Boarding Flight
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world
Turns out the zombie apocalypse isn’t as fun as they said it would be – Rebecca Solnit on our dangerously disconnected world
At least 7 Oklahoma superintendents are refusing to show Ryan Walters’ video to students
The guide to fighting back against Trump 2.0
Silent Poems
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly ‘toxic’: Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
How To Achieve The Dark Cottagecore House Aesthetic – The Complete Guide
Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky: The social network has some unique and fun features to try.
Kamala Harris raised $1B-plus in defeat. She’s still sending persistent appeals to donors.
Trump’s army of social vigilantes are coming for payback: For four years, disciples of MAGA have been waiting for this moment, stewing on the need for social and political retribution. The wait is over—and we need to be ready.
Democrats need ‘shortcuts’ to reach low-information voters