Links for you. Science:

How Climate Scientists Saw the Future Before It Arrived
‘Involved sequentially’: leopard sharks observed mating for first time in wild have threesome
World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life
Scientists Discover Why Alcohol Blocks Liver Regeneration, Even After You Quit
The island that banned hives: can honeybees actually harm nature?
NASA safety panel warns Starship lunar lander could be delayed by years

Other:

Charlie Kirk was a fossil fuel industry plant. Big Oil’s money gave Kirk a larger platform to spread baseless climate conspiracy theories—as well as other extremist views. (the George Soros bullshit is self-projection all the way down)
Pentagon demands journalists sign pledge not to gather certain information
The Dems’ Biden Flu: Amid enduring party anger over Biden’s decision to stand for reelection despite his decline, Democrats are trying to figure out what to do with well-funded, institutionally coddled elderly members who have no intention of stepping aside.
Why AI Safety Officials Keep Quitting Their Jobs
Trump is breaking US diplomacy, State Department staffers say
The old SF tech scene is dead. What it’s morphing into is far more sinister.
The data doesn’t back up Trump’s claims that the left is more violent
A self-driving car traffic jam is coming for US cities
DC Council member Robert White says he will bring ‘fire’ and ‘energy’ to DC Congress seat
Church and State: A Trump administration report claims that anti-Christian bias is pervasive inside the State Department. But multiple Christian employees say they never felt targeted—and now they worry members of other faiths are being targeted instead.
Proof of AI Garbage In, Garbage Out: Incorrect Results Traced to Reddit and Quora
On the Origins of Dune’s Butlerian Jihad
The Plutonomy Is Still Going Strong
Return to pre-COVID routines has brought Atlanta unhealthier air
Republicans Want to Scare You off Mass Transit. Cars Are Scarier.
D.C. mayor calls House hearing ‘disgraceful’ for GOP’s depiction of crime
Eleanor Holmes Norton is facing her most serious political threat in decades
Dozens of workers penalized after Charlie Kirk shooting, from journalists to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s Border Czar Reportedly Accepted $50,000 from Undercover Agents. Somehow He’s Getting Away with It.
What Are We Saying Here
Why Trump’s directive to AG Bondi should be seen as an impeachment-level scandal
One For The Museum
Many Americans can’t buy homes, get jobs or move in this stuck economy
Elon Musk Is Out to Rule Space. Can Anyone Stop Him?
California bans federal agents from using masks to hide their faces
One Vigilante, 22 Cell Tower Fires, and a World of Conspiracies. Inside the mind of the most prolific anti-5G arsonist in the world—and the incoherent, very online political violence of our era.
An alligator mysteriously appears in waters off the Potomac River
The Weakness and Incompetence of American Authoritarianism
What the Mayor Got Away With Has Already Changed America
Only an Idiot Would Think We Need Anti-Abortion Democrats. It’s beyond time to stop listening to Ezra Klein.
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong. Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact. (when the propaganda finally wears off…)