Links for you. Science:

Infrastructure neglect and poverty lead to parasites in the Mississippi Delta
Virological and antigenic characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 variants LF.7.2.1, NP.1, and LP.8.1
The Controversy Over Cannibalism
5 Things We Know and Still Don’t Know About COVID, 5 Years After It Appeared
Cruise ships hit by worst year for stomach bugs in over a decade, CDC data reveals
How AI is unlocking ancient texts — and could rewrite history. From deciphering burnt Roman scrolls to reading crumbling cuneiform tablets, neural networks could give researchers more data than they’ve had in centuries. (article highlights the could)

Other:

Democrats’ new push to stop RFK Jr.: Highlight Samoa’s measles outbreak
Canal/Broadway on Day 3 of congestion pricing. This is frankly incredible.
Democracy Dies As Awful Man No Longer Able To Freely Drive 18 Blocks In Manhattan
Meta’s ‘tipping point’ is about aligning with power
Melania Trump Documentary Scores Massive Amazon Payday: It’s 2025, and even the Walt Disney Co. is kissing Donald Trump’s ring. But it’s still stunning that Amazon is paying a whopping $40 million to license the Brett Ratner-directed Melania Trump documentary. (but it’s NOT a bribe…)
They say Musk has turned the GOP into the new punk rock but I say never mind the bollocks
Mark Zuckerberg Announces Meta Will Dump ‘Politically Biased’ Fact-Checkers
This is just going to go great
Republicans on North Carolina Supreme Court Block Certification of Democratic Justice’s Victory
Canadian PM Trudeau’s Resignation is Perfectly Normal
Zuckerberg Achieves Trump Lap Monkey Badge and other Platform News
The Question Remains
Vegas Cybertruck Exploder: Masculinity Is Good, DEI Is Cancer, And The Military Should Kill All Dems In Government. So … your average modern conservative.
We’re getting the social media crisis wrong. The bigger problem isn’t disinformation. It’s degraded democratic publics
Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’
Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
Well, Here’s a Report Trump Sure as Hell Doesn’t Want Released
Medical Debt to Be Removed from All Americans’ Credit Scores
Release Jack Smith’s Report
BMW’s new iDrive turns the whole windshield into a heads-up display (sounds awful and dangerous)
Mark Zuckerberg Is a Surrender Monkey
It’s Time To Start From Scratch: Let’s accept that the simplistic liberal view of the relationship between the economy and elections was wrong. It cost the world dearly, and it’s time for a rethink.
Under Trump’s Thumb, Mark Zuckerberg Has No F—s Left to Give. The F-Word Here is Facts
Ignore Aileen Cannon. Release the Jack Smith report, and then continue the fight for historical memory of January 6 every day.
Bias at NYT: Trans Former Employee Speaks Out
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days