Links for you. Science:

nf-core/pathogensurveillance is a population genomics pipeline for pathogen identification, variant detection, and biosurveillance
Genome synthesis in plants
Stone Age farmers’ households passed from mother to daughter
All childhood vaccines in question after first meeting of RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel
‘I’m Not Quite Sure How to Respond to This Presentation’: The discomfiting spectacle of RFK Jr.’s new vaccine-advisory committee
2,800-year-old royal tomb discovered near King Midas’ home in Turkey

Other:

Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency (this is murder)
Tiny Coffins Across America. Do you like your children to be alive? Evidently the new ACIP does not.
Andrew Cuomo Is A Future Of The Democratic Party
Republicans Prepare Sleeper Attack On Pre-Existing Conditions Protections
Up With Zohran
No Time For Theatrics
ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses (seems relevant for the recent Texas legal case about age verification for porn)
The Internet Needs Sex (speaking of which…)
What It Took To Win. Thoughts on Zohran Mamdani’s Popular Front
‘No Kings’ Protests Across Rural America Biggest To-Date
US citizen arrested during Ice raid in what family describes as ‘kidnapping’
Fruit and veggie stands and gardening projects canceled this summer as Congress targets nutrition funding
The End of Publishing as We Know It. Inside Silicon Valley’s assault on the media
Trump’s War On Knowledge Requires Re-inventing Academic Publishing
DOGE loses control over government grants website, freeing up billions
Tuberville says ‘inner city rats’ live off the American taxpayers: Trump should send them ‘back home’
ICE’s Military-Style Raid Of A Los Angeles Flea Market Netted Only Two Arrests
RFK Jr.’s Vaccines Axe Is Starting to Fall
‘Are you from California?’ Political advisor said he was detained at airport after confirming he’s from L.A. (the fascists want to isolate Americans)
Pastor films as masked federal agents arrest Iranian Christian asylum-seekers in LA
‘The Onion’ CEO on That Brutal ‘New York Times’ Op-Ed: ‘Expect Us in Weird Places’
The United States Is About to Embark on a Terrifying Experiment in Mass Statelessness
RIP, MAHA. Robert F. Kennedy promised to improve nutrition and reduce environmental toxins. How’s that going?
Each surrender makes the next one easier: UVA and the Trump attack on higher ed
Nancy Mace Is the Future of the Republican Party
Justice Department abruptly fires 3 prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 criminal cases, AP sources say
The Supreme Court Has Dealt Another Devastating Blow to Women
Will Democrats Learn Zohran Mamdani’s Lesson on Israel? (I think this overstates the importance of the issue in terms of deciding votes, but is accurate in that the issue isn’t a dealbreaker for Democrats)
Bill Moyers Kept the Faith in Democracy. We Need His Example More Than Ever.