Links for you. Science:
Genomic resistance in historical clinical isolates increased in frequency and mobility after the age of antibiotics (very cool)
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Confirmed in Commercial Poultry Flock in Georgia, All Poultry Activities in Georgia Suspended
A new kind of urban firestorm
Snake Antivenoms, Computed
Replication kinetics, pathogenicity and virus-induced cellular responses of cattle-origin influenza A(H5N1) isolates from Texas, United States
As Global Temperatures Rise, Lizards Have Harder Time Feeding And Foraging
Other:
Kennedy Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout
The Crisis of Democratic Governance: State Democrats have failed to deliver what the American people want.
Pressure builds on RFK Jr. as confirmation hearing remains unscheduled
Mob Rule: On Social Media and the Universal Experience of Poverty
Replit CEO on AI breakthroughs: ‘We don’t care about professional coders anymore’
The world is an objectively worse place because of tech-bro oligarchs
A Tech Overlord’s Horrifying, Silly Vision for Who Should Rule the World
Brussels orders X to hand over documents on algorithm
Trump launches meme coin, apparently makes more than $25 billion overnight
CBS executives consider using frivolous lawsuit as a pretext for giving Donald Trump a massive bribe
Marc Andreessen Seems to Think Hillary Clinton Was Actually President: The New York Times made a sneaky edit to its own transcript to make Andreessen sound more coherent.
AI Scams Are the Point: Propaganda and deceit are a feature of AI, not its downfall.
The Slop Society
Prebut Donald Trump. No more inside voice, or inside game. Just beat him to the punch for once.
The Tatte resignations could just be the start: Employers, immigrants on edge amid growing scrutiny of unauthorized workers
Critiques of artificial intelligence abound. Where’s the utopian vision for what it could be?
The Bunny Museum, a quirky monument to an L.A. love story, lost in fire
How to Save the Democrats
3 Things Trump Wants You To Forget Before He Takes Power
Harvard University hires lobbying firm with close ties to Trump
A key ‘weakness’ in L.A.’s wildfire strategy went unaddressed for years, Post probe shows
IDF in Crisis, Despite a Cease-fire: Why Fewer Israelis Were Turning Up to Fight in Gaza
California isn’t the only place where insurers are dropping homeowners
Banning TikTok could be a boon for free speech
It’s not dumb luck: The Commanders mastered the walk-off win
AOC Says Democrats Can Win on LGBTQ+ Issues if They “Throw a Damn Punch”
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On the topic of the Slop Society, it’s important to remember that Meta’s bots did not *admit* that they were trained by a bunch of white people, they *claimed* that they were trained by a bunch of white people. LLM chatbots don’t suddenly start getting things right just because they’re making admissions against their operator’s interests, after all.