Links for you. Science:

An updated dataset of early SARS-CoV-2 diversity supports a wildlife market origin
Genetic diversity of pangolin coronaviruses reveals a key immuno-evasive substitution at spike residue 519
Calling All Mad Scientists: Reject “AI” as a Framing of Your Work
Birds Are Changing Color in Cities. Here’s Why
IQ-TREE 3: Phylogenomic Inference Software using Complex Evolutionary Models
1 in 7 US working-age adults report long COVID, with heaviest burden on the poor

Other:

How Politicians Get Their Bad Ideas. It’s almost always from people who think they’re savvier than the rubes who vote.
D.C. is planning $1.1B in cuts after House goes on recess
Trump and RFK Jr. Are Destroying a Generation of Knowledge. The gutting of the administrative state, of the universities, and of expertise is like something out of the Cultural Revolution.
Kennedy draws from misinformation playbook by touting an inhaled steroid to treat measles. Trump’s health secretary said budesonide was helping to “heal” measles patients. It’s reminiscent of the days when fringe doctors said ivermectin could cure Covid.
Association between Wealth and Mortality in the United States and Europe
Wilson Building Bulletin: A push to stop a stadium at RFK. The fight over the fate of a new football stadium at the old RFK site may soon be heating up.
‘It’s a shambles’: DOGE cuts bring chaos, long waits at Social Security for seniors
Facebook Pushes Its Llama 4 AI Model to the Right, Wants to Present “Both Sides”
Federal government terminates immigration statuses of six community members (Georgetown Univ.)
Sledgehammer-wielding Musk critics smash up Tesla in London art project
Commit to Not Being Stupid About Tariffs
Secretary Kennedy and his policies are a danger to the public’s health
Amid DOGE’s Failure to Find Fraud Committed by Entities Other than DOGE, DOGE Automates Deportation
9 Ways You Can Save the Internet Right Now: Because the danger to cultural preservation has never been greater.
Did Non-Voters Really Flip Republican in 2024? The Evidence Says No.
Major Toy Company CEO Says 80% of Toys Will Be ‘Twice as Expensive’ by Christmas Due to Tariffs (Trump take toys)
Trump Claims Nazis Treated Jewish Prisoners With “Love”
State Department tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’
‘The damage is done’: Trump’s tariffs put the dollar’s safe haven status in jeopardy
How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives
Trump border czar’s town stood up for 3 kids detained by ICE — and won
House Republicans Just Passed a Voter Suppression Bill That Would Disenfranchise Millions
Trump administration ends union dues collection for most feds without notice
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
What Kind of Business is X Now?
Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project