Links for you. Science:

Tattoo ink induces inflammation in the draining lymph node and impairs the immune response against a COVID-19 vaccine
The costs of competition in distributing scarce research funds
Ten species comprise half of the bacteriology literature, leaving most species unstudied (some caveats should be added to the study, but general point is valid)
Doctors Thought They Knew What a Genetic Disease Is. They Were Wrong.
Murderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll − scientists struggle to stop this gruesome new behavior
The U.S. surgeon general wants cancer warnings on alcohol. Here’s why

Other:

The #Resistance Is Dead. Welcome to the #Surrender.
Landlords are accused of colluding to raise rents. See where.
The Militia and the Mole
Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta’s Llama team the OK to train on copyrighted works, filing claims
Lifeboat Capitalism: Some burn, some drown, and some make money either way.
The Gender Competence Gap: Are incompetent men driving down marriage rates?
The Readers Knew
The US’s Worst Fears of Chinese Hacking Are on Display in Guam
The Most Powerful Man in America is a Nazi Sympathizer
We Need to Talk About Kay Granger
Don’t Tell Me This Is a Functional Country. My conversation with an EMT and what it reveals about American economic life.
How Trump nominees could make Project 2025 a reality
House speaker sneaks in GOP’s transphobic bathroom rule
The L.A. Apocalypse Was Entirely Predictable
Remember When President-Elects and Supreme Court Justices DIDN’T Call Each Other on the Phone???
Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location
No windmills, more rakes: Trump’s archaic climate politics return
As Los Angeles Burns, Conspiracy Peddlers Lie About—and Celebrate—the Danger We’re Living Through
More than 15,000 doctors sign letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr. as health secretary
How Jimmy Carter’s so-called betrayal of evangelicals led to MAGA
A delusional Emperor Trump fiddles while LA burns
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta makeover: MAGA grandpa is about to get much worse
What the fuck are we doing anymore. Yes this is about social media
‘It’s Total Chaos Internally at Meta Right Now’: Employees Protest Zuckerberg’s Anti LGBTQ Changes
It’s remarkably easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs
Federal Court Rules In Favor of Forcibly Detransitioning Transgender Inmates In Florida