Links 8/3/25

Links for you. Science:

Western quolls and brushtail possums thrive in national park a decade after reintroduction
Math Is Quietly in Crisis over NSF Funding Cuts. A 72 percent reduction in federal funding is devastating to math research. The American Mathematical Society is offering $1 million in backstop grants—but it’s likely not enough.
Weary from COVID deaths, Hispanic Texans embraced vaccines. It saved their lives.
The White House Says Trump Has Been Diagnosed With Chronic Venous Insufficiency. Here’s What That Means.
Global dissemination of npmA mediated pan-aminoglycoside resistance via a mobile genetic element in Gram-positive bacteria
Why Do Flamingos Eat So Weird?

Other:

Advising the Next Generation. What to tell undergrad and grad students about political science and public policy
Trump officials accused of defying 1 in 3 judges who ruled against him. A comprehensive analysis of hundreds of lawsuits against Trump policies shows dozens of examples of defiance, delay and dishonesty, which experts say pose an unprecedented threat to the U.S. legal system.
A US citizen and Army veteran was detained at an immigration raid and held for 3 days. His family scrambled to find him
Teen models, powerful men and private dinners: when Trump hosted Look of the Year
Trump, Who Owes His Freedom to Due Process, Is Destroying It for Everyone Else
Inside Trump’s Atlantic City Mobbed-Up Empire (the intelligence agency related stuff is meh, but a very good summary of Trump’s mob ties–and I wonder if that is what scares him about the Epstein Files, anything to do with the money laundering)
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Does Coverage Reflect This
Why Democrats Must Think Hard About Voting to Fund the Government
Permission Structure
When tech CEOs are like grumpy ducklings
Restaurants Are Trying to Tariff-Proof The Menu
Why tech billionaires want a ‘corporate dictatorship’
Barack Obama’s False Dilemma
The Collins Pressure Campaign
A feeding frenzy finally feasts on Trump
MAGA’s tantrum over “woke” Superman is nastier than their usual whining
Trump’s Defense Attorney Todd Blanche Will Meet with Sex Trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to Make a Deal for His Client
The Obama-Russia bait-and-switch
All These Stories About Trump Making the Epstein Files a Winning Issue Have a Funny Thing in Common
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory
U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans misrepresented family’s immigration history
Prosecutors for Ken Paxton cut this alleged sex trafficker a deal. He was just rearrested
Ozzy Osbourne dies just weeks after farewell show
The Road to MechaHitler
FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices
ICE Agents Are Harassing the Courthouse Volunteers Who Assist Besieged Immigrants
Tulsi Gabbard Uses The Twitter Files Playbook To Mislead Gullible MAGA Fools
The tech bros are making themselves sick

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