Links for you. Science:
The Central Importance of Vaccines to Mitigate the Threat of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens
I gave the police access to my DNA—and maybe some of yours
As measles exploded, officials in Texas looked to CDC scientists. Under Trump, no one answered.
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
Potentials of Machine Learning in Predicting Key Features of Synthetic Antimicrobial Polymers (SAMPs)
Detection of antibodies specific to H5 avian influenza virus in a sheep in Norway, June 2024, eleven months after an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a nearby seabird colony
Other:
Celebrating The Life Of Charlie Kirk (“They certainly can’t hear his critics – the mostly black female college professors who Turning Point has been terrorizing for years, for example.”)
Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way
For some in D.C., first day of school to look different under Trump crackdown
Free DC: Inside the women-founded movement opposing Trump’s militarized takeover
Maryland Gov. Moore slams Trump’s threats to deploy National Guard to Baltimore, pull Key Bridge funding
Gavin Newsom’s Harsh Trump Takedown Nails It: “Wake Up!” As Newsom escalates his warnings about Trump, a critic of Democratic Party failures explains how Newsom is offering a new approach to the info-wars—and why it hints at an answer to MAGA authoritarianism.
Breaking The Mail
How China Influences Elections in America’s Biggest City
Distractions
Trump’s Intel Deal: Knowing the Price of Everything, and the Value of Nothing
Did crypto get unlikely help becoming a campaign kingmaker?
These People Are Weird. Something’s not right in Silicon Valley
You Need Way Less Range Than You Think
What’s Crypto Good For? Corruption, Exploitation, and Billions for Insiders
Kennedy Center cuts dance programming team, as top producers depart
Kitchen Table Issues
Trump gets a ridiculous badge for turning DC into a police state
Trump’s DC takeover is a modern day ‘Rebirth of a Nation’
This Map Is Not Upside Down
Women in Hegseth’s Military
80s Nostalgia AI Slop Is Boomerfying the Masses for a Past That Never Existed
Republicans could take midterm hit if Obamacare subsidies expire
The Right Is So Desperate to Prove ‘Go Woke, Go Broke’ That They’re Inventing ‘Woke’ Controversies Out of Thin Air
Inside the $7M project to save Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic masterpiece
You can criticize bad things because they are bad
The Cracker Barrel Hype(rreality)
A portrait of an artist as a young punk rocker: Mia Zapata of The Gits is still influential 30 years after her death
FEMA staffers warn Trump administration policies weakening disaster response
FEMA staff tell Congress inexperience of Trump officials risks Katrina-style disaster
I’m Tired of Anti-Heroes
We need a new theory of democracy — because this version has failed
We Are All Lisa Cook
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Antonio Regalado can go fuck himself directly in his choice of smug holes, and so can the people who sell those databases as well as the ones who break into them regardless of reasons.