Links for you. Science:

Eastern Australian humpback whale population now well above pre-whaling levels, report finds
Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront
A Genome-Based Pipeline for Digital Siderophore Typing in Pseudomonas Iron-Interaction Network
RFK Jr’s third Tylenol-autism study is just run-of-the-mill bad research
After a summer respite, bird flu is back
Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming

Other:

The dried-out subdivisions of Phoenix
Are Readers Getting An Accurate Impression Of Reality
Will Anti-Woke Comedy Recover From the Riyadh Festival?
Trump Held ‘Antifa’ Roundtable To Protect America From Dancing Unicorns
Trump’s war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups
Will A.I. Trap You in the “Permanent Underclass”?
Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses
ICE blamed me for assaults on agents — rather than the agency’s own recklessness
Kristi Noem praised for ‘staring down’ Antifa. It was a dozen reporters and a guy in a chicken suit
Sure Why Not
Trump’s secret police get even more secret
AI models can acquire backdoors from surprisingly few malicious documents
Trump’s University Compact demonstrates weakness, not strength
McKinsey wonders how to sell AI apps with no measurable benefits
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US? (ignores that vehicle size within classes, like sedans, also has increased)
The Hitchhikers Guide to Building A Lot of Subways
Budget cut means D.C. Streetcar will shut down in March
Crypto Bros Want to Create Micro Landlords
Dingus of the Week: Bari Weiss
Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It
Democrats shouldn’t bail out Trump as the government shutdown drags on
Mamdani mental health plan resonates in former Adams strongholds as NYC election nears
Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment. Paul Ingrassia has been investigated for allegedly harassing a lower-ranking colleague, according to administration officials. Fearing retaliation, the woman later withdrew a complaint, and Ingrassia denied wrongdoing.
Survey Professionalism: New Evidence from Web Browsing Data
Veterans, Who Saw One of Their Own Arrested by ICE and Charged, Say Feds Are Undermining Democracy (“Briggs, of Rockford, was protesting on Saturday outside the two-story ICE building in Broadview when he was accused of making contact with a border protection agent’s arm while trying to hand his cellphone to another protester, allegedly “causing pain” to the agent’s wrist.”)
They’re making a sequel to ‘The Beekeeper’
The Rift in American Socialism
Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
Everything Is Television
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
From Medicine to Mysticism: The Radicalization of Florida’s Top Doc. Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits. (fucking weird)