Links for you. Science:

Felony charges after South Carolina high school filled with “fart spray”… for weeks (the science of stankyness)
New tool in fight against Great Lakes invasive species: muskrats
US measles cases surpass 1,500 as outbreaks grow in parts of Utah and Arizona
The Black Hole That Could Rewrite Cosmology
SimpleFold: Folding Proteins is Simpler than You Think (Apple enters the protein folding bidness?)
Infections of Drug-Resistant ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Are Surging in Hospitals

Other:

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
Lower Than Cowards: The surrender of America’s elites
Wilson Building Bulletin: Over overspending
Armed Guards and Muscle Milk: Senate Investigation Reveals DOGE Takeover Details
A statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands in D.C. is removed as fast as it appeared
Steve Bannon’s Podcast Is Top Misinformation Spreader, Study Says (guess who is was Number Two?)
Heritage Foundation Uses Bogus Stat to Push a Trans Terrorism Classification. By inflating numbers and narrowing definitions, Heritage promotes a false link between transgender identity and violence in its push for the FBI to create a new terrorism category.
MAGA voter ‘regrets’ voting for Trump after his Irish wife is detained by ICE and faces deportation
Musk, Bannon and Thiel named in new Epstein estate documents
GOP lawmaker calls for Dem congresswoman to be executed for urging Trump protests
Who Helped Jeffrey Epstein? Emails Detail His Private Support Network
What if the Post Office had its own A.I. model?
Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings
How Surveillance Firms Use ‘Democracy’ As a Cover for Serving ICE and Trump
Prosecutors move to drop federal case against DC lawyer accused of assaulting National Guard
It’s Not the President’s Military
A Trump Administration Playbook: No Data, No Problem
The HHS Officials Being Paid Six Figures to Do Nothing
They Held a Rally for Charter Schools. Then Came the Backlash. A large demonstration — and a hostile response — could signal a resurgence of a political battle over the publicly funded but privately run schools.
The Dirty Move Republicans Could Pull to Keep the House
SU students face hate crime charges after throwing pork inside Jewish fraternity
ICE arrests superintendent of Iowa’s largest public school district
Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say (given that some influencer-type political accounts use metrics to determine what topics should be covered and how they should be covered, I wonder if the bot farms also are being used to influence pundits)
He was body-slammed by immigration agents. Now a car wash owner has filed a $50-million claim against DHS (good)
‘Never come to the U.S. again’: U.S. border officials launch review after video appears to show officer yelling at Ontario driver
ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts
FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
Taking Tylenol
Members of Congress prepare to breach $1 billion threshold to gird against threats
Arias-Mendoza, arrested by ICE in Hyattsville Wednesday, had filmed an ICE arrest two weeks prior