Links for you. Science:
I’m a climate scientist. Trump’s U.N. address is a fire hose of misinformation
In a first, Huntington’s disease is slowed by an experimental treatment
3 burning questions about the MMR vaccine, answered
Are bright blue lobsters as rare as once thought?
310-million-year-old fossil takes a bite out of fish evolution
Is COVID-19 Associated With an Increased Risk of Subsequent Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Adults? A Prospective Cohort Study (kids are associated with URTIs…)
Other:
Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America
Mourn, or Else
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Federal agencies blame Democrats for looming shutdown in apparent Hatch Act violation
The Trump administration’s Soviet approach to autism policy
Trump Makes It Very Clear They’re Going To Turn TikTok Into A Right Wing Propaganda Machine
Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia: AI Mode uncharacteristically pulls up a list of 10 web links instead of a written explanation.
Private Jet-Flying, Charlie Kirk-Wannabe Teen Sets Off MAGA Firestorm
Democratic Governors Can Arrest ICE Agents. What Are They Waiting For?
Who broke the appropriations process? Russ Vought popped the balloon
The other reason Democrats are taking Trump to the mat in a shutdown battle
Voters Elected Her to Congress. Mike Johnson Is Making Her Wait.
It’s Official: U.S. Has Finalized Exit Controls—Mug Shots Roll Out As Default For Permission To Leave The Country
The Republican Shutdown Argument is a Giant Lie
You don’t have to swallow frogs
In a Brutal Ruling Against Trump, a U.S. Judge Asked the Question That Will Determine America’s Fate
Hegseth wants to return the military to 1990 — a dark time in its history
Shutdown
Thanks to MAHA Stupidity, Whooping Cough Is Back
Threatened with jail, CEO agrees to shut down ride-hailing app in D.C.
They Want To Ruin Your Life
Legalized blackjack and poker among D.C. mayor’s proposals to boost economy
MAGA can’t expand its base — and Christian music tells us why
US government faces brain drain as 154,000 federal workers exit this week
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Copyright Infringement Machine Features Nazi SpongeBobs and Criminal Pikachus
RFK Jr. Loses Libel Lawsuit Over Neo-Nazi Party Ties
The Shutdown Will Make Trump’s Theory of Government–ICE but No Healthcare–Visible
Nazi interrupts Psych 210, receives predictable response
White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement to Get Funding Advantage
Zohran Mamdani wants to strip power from NYPD commissioner — revoking final say on officer discipline
mikethemadbiologist
“Democratic Governors Can Arrest ICE Agents. What Are They Waiting For?”
Anybody hoping local cops are going to protect us from federal cops is in for a big disappointment. At best, the locals are resentful and jealous that the ICE goons get to have all the fun.