Links for you. Science:
The impact of long-term levofloxacin on the bacterial gut microbiome of young South African children
How a Black fossil digger became a superstar in the very white world of paleontology
In America science-sceptics are now in charge
‘Do you love me?’: The Viking messages unearthed on Sweden’s rune stones
Controversial Danish vaccine research group faces new allegations
Hotel experiment suggests air mixing can help curb flu transmission
Other:
This Is Just Who Trump Is
‘Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms (welcome to the resistance, Comrade Gallego. Didn’t see that one coming)
Trump’s War on History
How to tear gas children. After ICE gassed a family-friendly protest in broad daylight, Portland is up in arms.
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
NE resident sent to hospital after protesting ICE
Inside the Minneapolis restaurant that has stopped charging for food until ICE leaves the city
New Mexico Senate approves bill to ban ICE detention centers
MAGA’s War on Empathy: This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement.
Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building. The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments.”
Democrats can’t simply react to polls. They must lead.
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
If You Hate Bad Bunny, I Have Bad News for You
DeLauro to pressing clergy: ‘I will not vote to abolish ICE’ (time for a primary; also, this is where I’ve noticed a real age gap in policy–older Boomers and Silents, on the whole–#NotAll…–simply can’t comprehend doing away with ICE)
Bitcoin Is Crashing So Hard That Miners Are Unplugging Their Equipment
California bill bans ICE agents from teaching, policing jobs
Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school
Undaunted from the Bench: Judge Ana Reyes calls out Trump regime racism
Marco Rubio Will Let 2.5 Million Children Die so Sarah Rogers Can Fund Far Right Extremists in Europe
I Know You are Exhausted But…
VA Speaker Don Scott Calls on Virginia General Assembly Republicans to Denounce Racist Trump Post
Now We Know What All Those People Got From Epstein
How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters (no mention of the 2023 protest by substackers against this though)
‘Gang Stuff’ and ‘Illicit Trysts’: How Epstein Sought Leverage With the Wealthy
From Epstein to Bezos, the Ruling Class Is Rotten to the Core
Royal colleges leave X because of “harmful content and abusive behaviour”
New Partnership for Public Service survey data points to profound loss of confidence among CBP, ICE employees in agency leadership
Border Patrol employee found ‘covered in vomit’ in St. Paul, charged with drunk driving
TrumpRx has a fundamental flaw
