Links 8/23/25

Links for you. Science:

Scientists Detect Unprecedented Energy ‘Tidal Wave’ from the Sun
Scientists fight back against Energy Department’s ‘antiscientific’ and ‘deceptive’ climate report
At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery
Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Forgotten AI Summit
A novel mobile genetic element with virus-like characteristics is widespread in the world’s oceans
Large Great White Shark spotted near Santa Monica

Other:

Former ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ worker describes ‘inhumane’ conditions inside
This conversation is being recorded — and so is everything else you do in San Francisco
This article on on NYC landlords unable to pay their expenses gives a foretaste of what I suspect the pushback to a rent freeze is going to look like (excellent)
The Death of the Fourth American Republic
A G.O.P. Congressman Faced Hometown Voters. It Wasn’t Pretty.
Tweens are about to feel the pinch of Trump’s tariffs
Post Fact Checker Glenn Kessler Exits in Disgust Alongside About 75 Colleagues in Latest Buyout
Where are all the Democratic donations?
Brown University is ‘functionally inaccessible’ to transgender students after Trump settlement
Trump may be off the hook for his 2020 election plot, but his allies aren’t
Brown’s Trump surrender shatters a dream
How rethinking stairwells could boost housing in Montgomery County
In draft congressional map, Texas Republicans bet big that gains with Latino voters will persist
On Redistricting
DC could be a garden city, with healing effects
The rewards of ruin: Societal downfalls loom large in history and popular culture but, for the 99 per cent, collapse often had its upsides
Christian Nationalism’s Plot on Civil Society: The Seven Mountains Mandate
Fighting Wildfires Is Hellish Work. It’s Even Worse Under Trump. As the Trump administration’s climate denial collides with its quest to incapacitate the federal workforce, wildfire fighters are taking a hit.
These Democrats Think the Party Needs AI to Win Elections (it’s bullshit all the way down…)
Why Your Team Sucks 2025: Dallas Cowboys
The eternal vacuity of reactionary centrism
Congressional Watchdog Publishes Aptly Timed Reminder That WH Budget-Slashing Scheme is Illegal
MAGA Diehards Say Loomer is on Big Pharma’s Payroll
A Big, Upcoming Fight Could See Dems Demand Congress Take Back Its Power
Women shouldn’t hold office, says GOP woman now running for office
Ignoring scientists’ pleas, RFK Jr. slashes investments in mRNA vaccines
Utah’s Senate president prompted law change that helped a teen charged with child rape (PedoCon theory at work)
RFK Jr. Cancels $500 Million In Funding For Vaccine Development
A Look Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan Lair

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