Links for you. Science:

56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly
The Mirror Test Is Broken
The Truth Behind the Deathwatch Beetle’s Creepy Tap-Tap-Tapping
Is Our Picture of Evolution Still Stuck in the Past?
Death toll climbs in Ethiopia’s Marburg outbreak
The Role and Safety of Aluminum Adjuvants in Childhood Vaccines Open Access

Other:

Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
No, Progressives Don’t Want “Purity.” They Just Want Some Courage.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.
How Zohran Mamdani Won, and What the 2025 Election in New York Can Teach Us About the National Political Environment
Trump releases racist blueprint for the world
How Trump Secretly Knifes His Cabinet Suck-Ups: Wolff
They Were Supposed to Save Europe. Instead, They’re Condemning It to Horrors. (notable because the NYT published something that could have been stated on ‘mainstream’ Bluesky)
FDA instability, alarm over agency’s direction escalate after top regulator exits
Broadview conspiracy defendants want to see if White House played a role in their case
It’s Time to Save Silicon Valley From Itself
Frank O. Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96
CDC panel makes most sweeping revision to child vaccine schedule under RFK Jr.
Thank God for Bluesky. A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis.
Trump fired this regulator. She’s fighting him to the Supreme Court.
Meet the Connectors
Elon Musk’s X Hit With $140 Million Fine in Europe
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man’s Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
Pete Hegseth Is Seriously Testing Trump’s ‘No Scalps’ Rule
Sexual Hypocrisy, Pious Corruption, And Why Russ Vought Is So Damn Mad
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
…And What Have We Done?
The Data Center Backlash
THE TWILIGHT ZONE STORY THAT EXPLAINS GOP SUPPORT FOR RFK JR.
Trump orders review of childhood vaccine schedule, calls U.S. an ‘outlier’
America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe. Trump’s new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
Dollar Stores: Where Trumpian Sleaze Meets Affordability
Under RFK Jr., the CDC provides a megaphone to the anti-vaccine movement