Links for you. Science:

This ‘spider megacity’ may be the largest web ever found. But what’s inside is even more extraordinary (one of the weirdest ecological communities I’ve ever heard of)
Intracellular Salmonella hijacks the mitochondrial citrate carrier to evade host oxidative defenses
Landscape-wide cosmogram built by the early community of Aguada Fénix in southeastern Mesoamerica
A confidential manifesto lays out Isaacman’s sweeping new vision for NASA
Appeals court judges seem skeptical of Trump administration’s defense of capping NIH overhead payments
Robert Kennedy Jr. Must Go

Other:

Chuck Schumer Is Not Fit to Lead the Democratic Party
Why America’s Government Shutdowns Exist and How to End Them
The GOP War Over Which Jews to Hate
Federal Judge Blasts Border Patrol Boss For Lying, Extends Order Restricting Use Of Force
The Roman empire built 300,000 kilometres of roads
‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
The Democratic Tea Party Is Here: The party’s base is energized and mad as hell. And their rage isn’t just aimed at Donald Trump.
DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout
America Begins Clapping Back at Donald Trump
The 2024 Trump “realignment” is already over
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump
Voters report aggressive behavior at polls over petition to ban trans students from girls sports
Zohran Mamdani’s Next Big Battle Is in Albany
Is your electric bill going up? AI is partly to blame
Traditional Media Never Took the Christian Right Seriously
To Preserve Records, Homeland Security Now Relies on Officials to Take Screenshots
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Iowa doesn’t have enough OB-GYNs. Is the state’s abortion ban part of the problem?
What Really Happened in Portland Before Trump Deployed the National Guard
The Nonprofit Doing the AI Industry’s Dirty Work
Washington DC, America’s bluest city, is building more homes per capita than Houston—not with bottom-up zoning reform but with top-down government action. (most YIMBYs I know want this too; seems a bit of a straw man)
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech
Feds Tell Faith Leaders ‘No More Prayer’ Outside Broadview Facility
Fascists Don’t Get To Claim Whatever Symbols They Want
‘They destroyed us’: East Chicago woman with schizophrenia who opted for deportation now missing in Mexico
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People From Now On
Air Traffic Controllers Are Resigning Due To Shutdown Stress, Union President Warns