Links for you. Science:

COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds
Why CDC health data are still reliable… even amid challenges to communications and integrity
Sparking ancient fires. New research helps to show the challenges of documenting ancient firemaking (more here)
Black Coffee and Cancer Hype Unsubstantiated
Save America from the MAHA Movement
FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the agency’s own analysis found 0–7. Dr. Vinay Prasad circulated a memo before FDA scientists finished their work. His conclusions overshot what the agency’s own analysts ultimately found.

Other:

If He Builds It, Tear It Down
Next target of trump’s wrecking ball: Irreplaceable New Deal murals by Ben Shahn and others
How the right-wing backlash to the Covid pandemic led to the FDA’s anti-vax turn
Impeach and Remove the Bastards
GOP will regret pushing Jasmine Crockett to run for the Senate
What the Dems Talk About When They Talk About A.I. With an A.I. profiteer in the White House and no congressional mojo, Democrats have been shockingly impotent on A.I., an issue that infuriates or scares the hell out of most Americans. Now, even as they muster some resistance, they risk being outflanked.
One Senate Primary Just Got a Lot More Interesting—and Poses Big Questions for Democrats’ Future
Seth Harp Talks About The Rot At The Core Of America’s Empire
Trump’s reality TV tricks can’t hide the affordability crisis
New Orleans Is Watching You, Fuckers.
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
The deeply personal reasons why many Indiana Senate Republicans said no to Trump
How the Trump Administration’s Most Wanted Man Finally Went Free
Top ADL civil rights lay leader quits, accusing group of being ‘useful idiot’ for Trump
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Ábrego García Case
Trump attacks on political opponents spur a surge of threats, NBC News review finds (Trump is a stochastic terrorist)
“I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off.” Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
DOJ report on D.C. police says chief created a ‘culture of fear’
A GOP senator broke ranks to defend Somali Minnesotans. Will anyone join him?
Professors are turning to this old-school method to stop AI use on exams (‘AI’ making education less efficient…)
Do you feel like a failure?
Amazon pulls AI recap from Fallout TV show after it made several mistakes
Where the Money Comes From
Will the 21st Century Nabobs Win Their War on Public Accountability?
You, Robot
Abolish the Texas Rangers
A band-aid on a festering hand wound. Something’s up with Trump’s health and we should really find out what it is.
The Lies Americans Tell Themselves to Justify State Violence Against Migrants
Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts
FDA finds new way to make COVID more deadly