Links for you. Science:

Bearded Vulture nests found to have hoards of cultural artifacts—some up to 650 years old
Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures
Long COVID Syndrome Prevalence in 2025 in an Integral Healthcare Consortium in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona: Persistent and Transient Symptoms
How to rapidly search the world’s microbial DNA
Filamentous cheater phages drive bacterial and phage populations to lower fitness
1,500th Bat Species Discovered in Africa’s Equatorial Guinea

Other:

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
Large Language Muddle: It’s OK to be a Luddite!
The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia. It turns out that edgy free-speech warriors will scuttle their principles for a check from a brutal autocratic regime.
It Is Only Going To Get Worse
The Government Shutdown Is Based on a 16-Year-Old Lie
Does Coverage Reflect This
Immigration attorney says federal officials confiscated his cellphone at Logan
‘We’re just beaten’: For beleaguered federal workers, shutdown is last straw
Stonewall National Museum, facing deep cuts, may need a new home
A Venezuelan singer won asylum. ICE detained him for two more months.
Inside the Minds of Young Israelis Mocking Gaza’s Suffering on TikTok
States fed up with high drug prices are cracking down
Kids need more independence. If only Massachusetts law would allow it.
Punk’s next frontier: Revolutionizing the rock-and-roll memoir?
Trump’s Tariffs Are Hurting The People Who Voted For Him
Canadians with ‘X’ passports warned they could face problems at U.S. border
Winter is coming. So are tariff-induced price hikes on tomatoes and other produce.
I Thought Fears of Antisemitism in the U.K. Were Exaggerated. Then My Dad’s Manchester Synagogue Was Attacked
Trump makes MIT an offer, one many on campus hope the school can refuse
Trump, Like Sauron, Is Not Inevitable—but Only if We Refuse Despair
JD Vance’s shutdown bet: MAGA loves racism more than health care
Clarence Thomas Admits That He’s Coming for Our Rights
Grim Visions Emerge From The Riyadh Comedy Festival
Hegseth’s Quantico Farce: Terrifying, or Oddly Reassuring?
RFK Jr.’s Tylenol attack insults women’s intelligence
Leave the Military Now. What does courage demand?
Saudi Arabia’s All-Consuming Maw Devours Electronic Arts
18 Lawyers Caught Using AI Explain Why They Did It
Winning Isn’t Everything
White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland
Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan
Chris Van Hollen Is Angry—at Trump, and at His Party’s Lame Pollsters