Links for you. Science:
Unraveling the mystery of long COVID
Google unveils ‘mindboggling’ quantum computing chip
Could Primordial Black Holes Be Hiding in Plain Sight?
How Much Do We Know About Really Old People?
Was This Half-Billion-Year-Old Wrinkled Sack With No Anus, Previously Believed To Be Our Earliest Ancestor, Actually A Baby Penis Worm?
Why a two-year surge in global warmth is worrying scientists
Other:
Politicians, power, and the people’s health: US elections and state health outcomes, 2012–2024
Donald Trump Will Need a Police State to Implement His Agenda
Here’s Trillions in Federal Waste the DOGE Bros Could Actually Target
The strange alchemy of scandals in Trumpland
Most Americans distrust Trump, RFK Jr. on health: Axios-Ipsos poll
Obeying in Advance: The Christopher Wray Story.
BREAKING and End of an Era for Firehook Bakery BUT A New Era Begins with coming Dupont Coffee Collective
Liberals should defend civil rights — not cower based on election results
App makes one of DC’s biggest libraries more accessible for blind, low-vision patrons
Where are all the bureaucrats?
Surprisingly Blunt From The NYT
NY Times Doesn’t Want You to See Shooter’s Face: Times management directs staff to “dial back” Luigi Mangione headshots
I used to do health insurance company PR. Here’s what I think the backlash is missing
FBI missed ‘basic step’ when gathering intel in the lead-up to Jan. 6, DOJ watchdog finds
Spin Time Records Has Opened a Physical Store. The Capitol Hill record store specializes in music from DC-area artists.
Bluesky has an impersonator problem
Civic Life Kinda Sucks. A Memoir of Trying to Get Involved
The ‘Ghost Gun’ Linked to Luigi Mangione Shows Just How Far 3D-Printed Weapons Have Come
Trump officially fires Lina Khan, replaces her with generic pro-corporate Republican hack
This New Jersey representative faked his Spotify Wrapped results to look like more of a Springsteen fan
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace Calls Police on Prominent Foster Youth Advocate; Eyewitnesses Dispute Her Assault Allegations
Why Trump won: Democrats have a coalition, Republicans have an ecosystem
How AARP Shills for UnitedHealthcare
RKF Jr. wants a Trump gig for his daughter-in-law too
Report finds ‘substantial evidence’ Trayon White violated D.C. Council rules
Trump picks conspiracy theorist Kari Lake to be his Voice of America
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