Links for you. Science:

Study finds removing school mask mandates contributed to 22,000 U.S. COVID deaths in a year
A surprise find in Michigan shows the extent of ancient Native American agriculture
The MAHA Report: I Read it so You Don’t Have to. Part I: In the Beginning
Massive NIH study challenges use of race as a proxy for genetic ancestry in research
The MAHA Report: A Generation at Risk? Part II of Reading the MAHA Report so You Don’t Have to
U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language

Other:

You Don’t Get To Burn It Down If You’ve Never Built A Damn Thing (excellent)
Inside the Billion-Dollar Effort to Make Trump Feel Good About Himself
What Is Centrism? The mystery at the heart of DC’s centrist extravaganza.
DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts
We don’t know anything!!
Elon Musk is a Disgusting Abomination
D-Day and Our Debt to the Greatest Generation
Trump’s budget bill puts Project 2025 into law. It’s a tyrants dream come true.
Trump preparing large-scale cancellation of federal funding for California
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
Welcoming Their Hatred
Trump administration races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people
Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats
Jake Tapper is the reason America is doomed
Direct File is ‘beloved by its users,’ internal IRS report says
Don’t Scold Us For Laughing At Trump and Musk. Democrats, your talking points are not a suicide pact.
Forcing Bank Deposits to Subsidize Stablecoins: the GENIUS Act
The Private Citizens Who Want to Help Trump Deport Migrants
Here are the people Trump doesn’t want to exist
D-Day and Our Debt to the Greatest Generation
Lawsuit: DOGE, HHS used “hopelessly error-ridden” data to fire 10,000 workers
The hidden time bomb in the tax code that’s fueling mass tech layoffs (“To make the 2017 bill comply with Senate budget rules, [Republican] lawmakers needed to offset the cost. So they added future tax hikes that wouldn’t kick in right away, wouldn’t provoke immediate backlash from businesses, and could, in theory, be quietly repealed later.”)
Three Serbs charged over paint attack on France’s Jewish sites, Russian involvement suspected
What Happens When People Don’t Understand How AI Works
How to rank the NYC Democratic mayoral primary candidates
Harvard author Steven Pinker appears on podcast linked to scientific racism
Crytpo: There’s just no legit use case for it. But, man, are these bros lobbied up.
Musk already lost his war against Trump
‘We Are Taking Away Elon’s Friends’
Trump wants a concentration camp nation
More From America’s Worst Democratic Governor