Links 7/24/25

Links for you. Science:

Dr. Vinay Prasad is Repeatedly Undermining RCTs. Why?
Medicine’s rapid adoption of AI has researchers concerned
Attacks on science are attacks on making and keeping America great
GenomeFISH: genome-based fluorescence in situ hybridisation for strain-level visualisation of microbial communities
Open Letter to Anti-Trans Science Journalists
FDA grants full approval to Moderna’s Covid vaccine for children but limits eligibility

Other:

‘It’s a pigsty’: GOP split as Trump threatens D.C. takeover (it’s really not a pigsty)
The Democratic Party is as Socialist as European Social Democratic Parties
MAGA cares more about Jeffrey Epstein than dying without Medicaid, which explains everything
Worst case scenario
Someone Is Closely Front-Running Trump’s Trade Announcements
A clinic blames its closing on Trump’s Medicaid cuts. Patients don’t buy it.
The Little-Noted Trump-DOJ Move That Should Scare the Hell Out of You
Tariffs give the U.S.’s only native caffeinated plant a shot at stardom
Did fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County?
Budget woes jeopardize plan for costly new D.C. Archives building
The exploding MAGAspiracy on MAGA violence over Epstein is making them burn their hats
MAGA comes for one of its own: Pam Bondi
Florida lawmakers allowed into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ say detainees packed into cages
U.S. Attorney’s Office Quietly Drops Case Against American Citizen Arrested In Montebello. When the agent questioned U.S.-born Javier Ramirez about his citizenship, the feds claimed that Ramirez refused to talk to them, despite video footage showing that Ramirez repeatedly told agents he had his passport on him.
Nursing homes struggle with Trump’s immigration crackdown
Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns
Trump appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from privatizing weather forecasts
A life was snuffed out in the pursuit of a quota
THIS IS HOW TRUMP THINKS HE’LL TURN THE PAGE ON EPSTEIN?
Agenda Journalism
Democrats Can Finally Stop Pandering to Farmers
And They Came To That Conclusion All By Themselves
Will the real MechaHitler please stand up? Why did Elon Musk’s Grok go nuts?
The Tony Robbins A.I. Power Within
GOP warning sign in new poll: Trump’s voters don’t love his tariffs
Utah Sen. Mike Lee touts selling off federal lands as a solution to housing crisis
Hardly Workin’: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is on life support, and consumer scam complaints are surging as a result. The Trump administration wants to pull the plug.
What Do Commercials About A.I. Really Promise?
How the Better Bus network overhauled naming conventions

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