Links for you. Science:

Ambitious project to develop low-cost genome sequencing for pathogens known and unknown
Colossal Biosciences Can’t Have It Both Ways
U.S. reports cases of new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in China
#OpenToWork: how laid-off US scientists are coping with shattered careers
How political attacks could crush the mRNA vaccine revolution
Physicists Say We Were Completely Wrong About How Gravity Works. They’ve come up with a new “theory of everything.”

Other:

THE NEW YORK TIMES IS PRACTICALLY BEGGING US TO GET ANGRIER ABOUT TRUMP’S CORRUPTION (I have been saying for years this is a slam dunk–and it doesn’t require news organizations to join the anti-fascist coalition; it’s ‘just a scandal’)
I’m A Psychologist Who Specializes In Narcissists. Here’s What We Need To Do To Stop Trump.
Harvard scientist accuses Homeland Security of violating due process rights, seeks to prevent further detention
Speaking Of The Game
Scientists Explain Why Trump’s $175 Billion Golden Dome Is a Fantasy
In Defense Of Thinking
Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online
Leaving Vichy Biglaw
Sweden Expands Anti-Sex Work Law to Criminalize Paying for Custom OnlyFans Clips and Camming
Who Do You Think You’re Talking To?
Hacker Conference HOPE Says U.S. Immigration Crackdown Caused Massive Crash in Ticket Sales
Strongman Economics Are Piss
Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels
‘Mission: Impossible’ Must Finally Reckon With Tom Cruise’s Ego
FEMA faces backlog of emergency aid requests as hurricane season nears
Welcome to Casino Capitalism 2.0
Mara Corday, Hollywood starlet of the 1950s, dies at 95
In the Aftermath: Rebuilding Los Angeles after the fires
How Elon Musk’s ‘truth-seeking’ chatbot lost its way
Trump Is Holding International Students at Harvard Hostage. In its quest to wreak vengeance on Harvard, the administration may ultimately fail at punishing the university—but it will harm thousands of young people.
Federal spending cuts cause a labor market riptide in D.C. area, data shows
RFK Jr. is laundering Christian right views as MAHA: Christian conservatives know they have a branding problem with women
D.C. police, synagogues enhance security in wake of Jewish museum shooting
Judges Weigh Taking Control of Their Own Security Amid Threats
Fox News Sets Sights on Latest Enemy: Kermit the Frog (weird)
The F.D.A. May Restrict Covid Shots. Who Will Be Able to Get Them?
Blog Posts From The Glorious Future: The End Of Social Media
Imagine if the mental state of a very elderly president became a big news story
Joe Biden winning the 2020 nomination was probably suboptimal, but it was not an elite conspiracy