Links for you. Science:
NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths
CRISPR is used in landmark treatment to correct genetic misspelling of a single patient
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory
AI, Materials, and Fraud, Oh My!
Feds yank funds from Harvard breast cancer, fertility, antibiotics research
Long covid patients are desperate for treatments. These trials may help.
Other:
I Thought David Horowitz Was a Joke—but He Foreshadowed the Trump Coalition
‘Free Speech’ GOP Threatened Billboard Company To Remove Democrats’ Ads About Medicaid Cuts
They All Signed the Harper’s Letter. Where Are They Now?
How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring
Teleoperation
Staff cuts forced this forecast office to shut overnight. Then, a tornado hit.
Republicans voted to kill ‘woke’—only to hurt their own communities
Under Trump, life is going to get shorter and more painful. Liberals must explain what happened
Most Pell Grant recipients to get less money under Trump budget bill, CBO finds
What to Get in the Next Uprising
Consumers are getting hit by surprise tariff bills
The Simulation Says the Orioles Should Be Good
26 hours and 33 failed amendment votes: This is Democrats’ masterclass in resistance
Who Broke the Internet? Part II
Netflix Keeps Ruining Action Movies
Kanye’s Nazi Song Is All Over Instagram
‘There is America enough for everyone’
Elon Musk’s Idiot Chatbot Goes Full Boer
Automatic for the People
American Schools Were Deeply Unprepared for ChatGPT, Public Records Show
A Dumb New Way To Think About The Dismantling Of The Federal Government
The Wall Street Journal Admits It—Capitalism is a Miserable Tyranny
Why Did Grok Start Talking About ‘White Genocide’?
The Myth of the Marxist University
On “unleashing” the police: Donald Trump doesn’t really want cops to be unrestrained. He just wants to be the one holding the lead.
Putin Is More Powerful Than Ever
Hope Sinks: Under Trump, it’s open season on queer and trans rights
Dem & Dumber: Despite Trump’s unpredictable, anxiety-provoking, market-rattling, ethics-pulverizing first 100 days, the latest Puck/Echelon poll shows he’s still more popular than Democrats with voters.
