Links for you. Science:

Taste dysfunction in Long COVID
NOAA was developing a tool to help communities prepare for future rainfall. Trump officials stopped it.
EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs
San Jose State loses NIH and NSF training programs
The First Human to Undergo In Vivo CRISPR 2.0 Personalized Genome Editing
Novel Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (A)H5N1 Triple Reassortant in Argentina, 2025

Other:

Centrist Democrats Are the Actual Traitors to Their Party. While progressives often get accused of undermining the Democratic Party, the evidence shows that it’s the moderate wing that most often violates the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” principle.
Rent Control Is Fine, Actually
a16z-Backed AI Site Civitai Is Mostly Porn, Despite Claiming Otherwise
Donald Trump Risks Turning Iowa Into a Swing State: ‘People Are Pissed Off’
Hackers Can Remotely Trigger the Brakes on American Trains and the Problem Has Been Ignored for Years
You Could Just Not Deport People
“A Pal Is A Wonderful Thing” – Why We Must Lean Into, Not Run From, The Epstein Scandal. The”Trump” strongman brand is getting awfully wobbly
Howard Lutnick’s Ties to Jeffrey Epstein Come Under Scrutiny
There’s a Lot We Still Don’t Know About Jeffrey Epstein. Amid the conspiracy theories, the totality of Epstein’s crimes—and how he made his fortune—is still a disturbing mystery.
File & Fury
A journey in vibe coding
The Chanos Big Short: Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin repository, now known as Strategy, is enjoying a 2x premium on its BTC holdings. Is this legit, or simply erogeny for Bitcoin maximalists? The legendary short Jim Chanos has another idea
Months of Trump’s tariffs are shifting supply chains and diplomatic ties
82 Year Old Green Card Holder Disappeared And Deported By ICE
A new era of floods has arrived. America isn’t prepared.
Three Traps for Zohran
Stephen Colbert’s Cancellation Is Exactly What It Looks Like
Ghislaine Maxwell believed Trump would save her, now she’s documenting everything behind bars: jail source
Donald Trump Is Having One of His Worst Weeks, Ever
Code to Nowhere: A new study confirmed what many artificial intelligence skeptics have long championed, and what its own researchers didn’t expect: A.I. coding tools don’t always speed up users’ workflow. In fact, the technology can slow them down. As one MIT researcher put it: “The need for people to gain deep expertise in the topics they work on is not going away.”
In GOP-led states like New Hampshire, communities feel the fallout of staying silent on Trump’s funding cuts
State Expectations–Guess what: The mass firing of 1,300 career State Department officials has resulted in the predictable chaos, anger, recriminations, and occasional bouts of gallows humor at town halls and on message boards. Naturally, everyone inside Foggy Bottom only expects things to get worse.
An Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files
Why American Jews No Longer Understand One Another
Trump’s endless toying with conspiracy theories has finally come back to bite him
If you don’t understand Oklahoma, you can’t understand America
New U.S. Postal Service head says he doesn’t believe in privatizing the mail agency
RFK Jr. Wants to Change a Program That Stopped Vaccine Makers From Leaving the U.S. Market. They Could Flee Again. (note Kennedy’s massive conflict of interest)
America doesn’t allow secret police; ICE agents need to identify themselves