Links for you. Science:
Want to Call CDC to Report a Possible Disease Outbreak? Fuhgeddaboutit
World’s largest rays may be diving to extreme depths to build mental maps of vast oceans
First locally acquired US case of more severe clade 1 mpox identified in California
Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation
Discovery of molecular signature of long-term psychiatric sequelae in COVID-19 through proteome profiling of dried blood spots
Mysterious Rocks Could Rewrite Evolution of Complex Life. Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought—and possibly more than once
Other:
The AI Ouroboros: Nvidia and other companies are paying startups to buy their products.
Top White House official selling Arlington home after activists write chalk messages on sidewalk
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a chemtrail? New conspiracy theory takes wing at Kennedy’s HHS
The Supreme Court Left No Doubt: It Will Gut the Voting Rights Act
Trump and Musk made up—so now some rich schmuck might land his dream job
Beyond all reason. Long COVID patients are constantly harangued about our requests for COVID safety. Yet what we’re asking for is far less than what we’re called on to do to survive. (the last five, short paragraphs make a very good point)
Eventually, Trump’s constant threat to shoot the hostages loses its punch
Events DC Owes the District Government $68.7 Million, DC Auditor Says
How Crypto Became a Trump Trade
Democratic Establishment Targets Maine Working-Class Senate Candidate Graham Platner
Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault
The Last Enemy Is Death: Prophetic Visions, AI Slop, and How the Politics of Immortality Could Shape Our Future
John Roberts is slowly dismantling America. Twenty years of the Roberts Court has wreaked shocking damage. Is the Voting Rights Act next?
No One in the GOP Hitler Chat Was a “Kid”
MAGA as Psychological Profile
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Microsoft is rewriting Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to.
The Government Shutdown Is Endangering Domestic Violence Survivors
Top Silicon Valley Democrat breaks with Marc Benioff as rift deepens
‘Godfather of Silicon Valley’ Quits Board Over Benioff’s Backing of Trump
Revenge of the “Lib Tard:” Jeanine Pirro Wins First Humiliating Acquittal
China has copied America’s grab for semiconductor power
Reddit’s AI Suggests Users Try Heroin
Trump bends the knee to ‘No Kings’
Sure Why Not
Cat Returned to Shelter Twice Hugs Her New Humans To Reassure Herself That She’s Found a Loving Home
Buddies Of Big Balls
75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’
How America Got Hooked on Ultraprocessed Food
Hackers Dox Hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ Officials
mikethemadbiologist
Regarding that story about Steven Miller in Arlington, some of the messages scrawled on the sidewalk such as “hate has no home in Arlington,” and “no white nationalism,” were likely written by folks too young to recall that Arlington VA was the longtime home and headquarters of the US Nazi Party founded by George Rockwell on Randolph Street.
Can I meet the owner?