Links for you. Science:

Congress is reversing Trump’s steep budget cuts to science (still misallocating $500 million to a stupid vaccine development plan instead of better technologies though)
California is adding a supplement to tortillas. RFK Jr. calls it ‘insanity.’ California now requires corn masa flour to contain folic acid to reduce birth defects among Latinos. Some conservatives oppose it, citing government overreach.
We can’t just burn carbon now and suck it out of the atmosphere later
Scientists find new clues to why female fertility declines with age
The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
The Flu Really Is That Bad

Other:

Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins. Jackson Fire Department rules arson at Beth Israel Congregation, the city’s only Jewish house of worship.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s True Colors
Depraved Murderous Liars (“…any journalism which obfuscates this about the Trumpers, which they themselves gleefully boast about regularly, consistently, does not prioritize informing readers.”)
When Everyday Life Becomes Domestic Terrorism
Better Things Aren’t Possible (The Audacity of Nope)
Local Quisling Accused of Drunken Affair with Subordinate (more here)
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer under investigation for ‘inappropriate’ relationship with employee
Inside the Telegram Channel Jailbreaking Grok Over and Over Again
Alex S. Vitale on Mamdani, ICE Raids, and Abolishing the NYPD Gang Database
HarperCollins Will Use AI to Translate Harlequin Romance Novels
The Only “Domestic Terrorists” On Our Streets Are ICE Agents
Grok’s AI CSAM Shitshow
If You Mean Your NYT Colleagues You Should Say That
Is the A.I. “Frost” Coming in ’26?
The State of Anti-Surveillance Design
Grok, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Tony Dokoupil Is Making ‘CBS Evening News’ All About Tony Dokoupil
The Future of Democracy Depends on the Republican Party
You’re Writing a Book. So Stop Writing a Movie.
Trump is getting routed in the battle for public opinion
Protests
Abolish ICE? DHS Too. It’s Time
I WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR YOOOOOUUUUUUU
Remigration, Recolonization, Rechristianization, Restoration: How Some of America’s Most Extreme Christian Nationalists See the New (Old) World Order
Somalis Fled Civil War and Built a Community. Now They Are a Target.
Vanishing act: How UVA’s presidential search missed what took us an hour to find
Furious AI Users Say Their Prompts Are Being Plagiarized
What the Politico story got wrong about automated traffic enforcement, and what it got right
Housing Authority Internal Auditor Put on Leave Amid Her Probe of Contracting Misconduct and Financial Mismanagement
Housing shortage and rising rents pose growing economic risk for greater DC region, report says