Links for you. Science:
Nowcasting epidemic trends using hospital- and community-based virologic test data
CDC to end all monkey research
‘A little bit of joy’: can tiny rafts save endangered sparrows from rising seas?
Unique videos show how trawling restrictions bring back life to the sea
Despite Trump chaos, NSF avoided feared dip in research financing
As Federal Government Retreats, A Private Fund to Save Sea Otters Steps in
Other:
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls
“Embarrassing” and “Horrifying”: CDC Workers Describe the New Vaccines and Autism Page
These teens are trying to save go-go. Can the music save them, too?
Mamdani’s NYC Can’t Afford NYPD Commissioner Tisch. With ICE on its way, how can we expect an ICE collaborator to protect New Yorkers? Here’s a compromise: make Tisch sanitation commissioner again
When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest. Republicans created a special $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals stay afloat, but the biggest impacts may be in cities. (more here)
How DC Resists Through Protest Art. Posters, go-go bands, murals, and more: Washington has a long history of fighting the power—and the government—through creative and colorful dissent.
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend
Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney
Senator whose wife was shot fears for safety after Trump sedition accusation
Why Americans are giving up on Sweetgreen (because most Americans, even in cities, don’t really like salads?)
Millennials Are Stuck in an Old, Lazy Story
Man Who Trump Pardoned for Fraud Is Headed Back to Prison … for Fraud
Senate Democrats are investigating the Kennedy Center for ‘cronyism, corruption’
How Do Americans View Childhood Vaccines, Vaccine Research and Policy?
Kennedy Katch and Kill
Many Top MAGA Trolls Aren’t Even in the U.S. Elon Musk’s new X feature has been very revealing.
Why car insurance costs have soared (and what drivers are doing about it)
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
New York Gets Serious About Food Prices
Israelis are moving abroad in record numbers due to fear and discontent
How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
12 Enchanting Holiday Light Displays and Attractions Around the DC Area
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Plunder New England: The Louvre heist grabbed attention, but smaller museums are the more likely targets
The Math Shows Jackson Pollock Painted Like a Child Would
Unleashed dogs in Boston are a source of frustration for some people, and citations have risen
Border Patrol’s Charlotte sting reaches into country clubs, upscale shops
In the Gilded Age 2.0, the rich aren’t just different — they’re intolerable
mikethemadbiologist
I had sweetgreen roughly once a week for around two years (DMV)
Two consecutive orders had moldy greens.
Haven’t been back since, which sucks since cava is nasty.
There’s an asian restaurant near me I haven’t ordered from since before the pandemic because they once sent me broccoli with weevils.
There are certain basic lines that a foodservice business should never cross. There’s no excuse for it.