Links for you. Science:

James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic
The Scientists Who Popularized Carbon Capture Have a Warning About It
An Information Pandemic Is Supercharging Anti-Science Forces
Phenotypic Heterogeneity Shapes Phage Resistance and Cocktail Efficacy in Klebsiella pneumoniae
‘It was a horrible scene to witness’: How bird flu has decimated elephant seal populations

Other:

There Are Two U.S. Senates—and Only One Knows How to Get What It Wants. While Republicans in the upper house advance agendas and build their base, their Democratic counterparts are mostly bystanders to their own demise.
The Dumb Truth at the Heart of the Epstein Scandal. When QAnon meets Veep
Professor Stephen Macedo: How Does it Feel to Have Elevated MAGA/MAHA Propagandists?
Shutdown Deal Kills Rules to Prevent Food Contamination and Foodborne Illnesses
The New York Times Lies for Trump: Who Needs Fox News?
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
Jeffrey Epstein Was The Unofficial Advice Columnist For The Elites
Gersh Drops ‘Succession’ Actress Dasha Nekrasova After Podcast With White Nationalist Nick Fuentes
Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment
What a Diabetes Diagnosis Taught Me About MAHA
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
Meet the man who built RFK Jr.’s kitchen cabinet
Can the Golden Age of Costco Last?
This Wreckage Courtesy of the Enshittification Administration: Notes On Late-State Trumpism
‘Dictator-for-life vibes’: our architecture critic on Trump’s bulletproof ballroom bling
Tariffs are coming for your holiday wine
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
Phillips Collection will sell O’Keeffe and other masterpieces, sparking backlash
“We Have Breath Again”: Black Americans on Leaving the US for Mexico
Trump said gangs invaded this city. Voters booted the officials who agreed.
The Heartbreaking Banality of Racist Chat Reveals
Russians confront wartime internet cuts with public shrug, private fury
The MAGA War on City Dwellers Is Backfiring
One key to the NFL’s global growth? Translating its lingo.
Democrats Should Have Let Republicans Kill the Filibuster
Preservationists sue Trump over plans to paint Eisenhower building
Dear New York: A Love Letter From Jackson, Mississippi
The cheap health insurance promoted by Trump officials has this catch