Links for you. Science:
Blame the gerbils
A Case of Vertical Transmission of Oropouche Virus in Brazil
For Wild Animals, the Bird Flu Disaster Is Already Here
Before RSV vaccine, virus caused substantial illness in US adults
I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life
U.S. and China renew science agreement as officials brace for new tensions
Other:
Musk and Ramaswamy’s DOGE Project to Eviscerate the Federal Government is a Legal Train Wreck
How measles, whooping cough, and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.’s watch
Biden gave ‘kids for cash’ judge clemency. That’s how broken this process is.
Democrats’ fundraising tactics aren’t just annoying. They’re backfiring.
Drones swarm Kyiv every night. These volunteers shoot them down.
Trump Has Little Room for Error
Over 120 House Democrats call on Biden to have Equal Rights Amendment ratified
The FDA Hasn’t Inspected This Drug Factory After 7 Recalls for the Same Flaw, 1 Potentially Deadly
Files from Aleppo intelligence facility show extent of Assad repression
SF tech CEO’s billboards are ‘dystopian.’ That’s how he wants it.
The reclamation of the Washington Commanders
Texas House introduces bill to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve
Start-up putting ammo vending machines in grocery stores plans to grow
A Mindset for the Trump Era: With authoritarianism rising everywhere, don’t forget about what the dissidents have to teach us.
Some N.C. residents distrust FEMA so much they’re hesitant to apply for hurricane aid
‘What a circus’: eligible US voters on why they didn’t vote in the 2024 presidential election
McConnell has the chutzpah to complain about Trump’s ‘America First’
Bernie Sanders Says Defeating Oligarchy Now Most Urgent Issue
Why Democrats lost more seats in Vermont than any other state
Why Are Democratic Candidates Being Pulverized In The Midwest, Particularly In Rural Counties?
RFK Jr. may sound like a liberal at times, but progressive senators are deeply skeptical
“Why do people keep voting against their own self-interest?”
The treacherous fem-bot that complicated AI ethics
Kamala Harris’ digital chief on Democrats ‘losing hold of culture’
D.C. Council committee recommends expelling Trayon White over rules violations
The Biden overtime rule was struck down. Now, some workers are losing pay raises
mikethemadbiologist