Links for you. Science:

Bernie Sanders Finds How Much Trump Has Cut in Medical Research Funds
Two New Nasal Sprays Could Stop the Next Bird Flu Pandemic Right in Your Nose
Updated PASTEUR Act reintroduced in Congress to boost antibiotic development
Rapid gene exchange explains differences in bacterial pangenome structure
That’s a wrasse! Rare fish spotted for first time since 2009 in kelp forest in Western Australia
Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny

Other:

The Tulsi Secret
Camp Bar to host benefit show to cover lost wages after canceling controversial comic: ‘F— them, obviously,’ Ben Bankas said after the club pulled the plug on his six sold-out shows
Former ICE Facility Worker ‘saw people laying in feces’ at Baltimore Detention Center
What Are We Going To Talk About Today, Brain?
Will Lewis to no longer get paid for not doing any work
All laws are local
MAGA’s “People’s Capitalism”
Republicans rarely criticize Trump in his second term. A racist post briefly changed that (notable for the AP using the word racist)
A Conspiracy Fueled Report Preceded ‘Black Pill’ Tulsi Gabbard’s Fulton County Election Raid. Trump’s spymaster is a hero to the MAGA fringe after extraordinary ballot seizure that followed up on their longtime fixations.
January 31, 2026
A SWAT Team Killed My Dad. There’s 1 Thing Missing From Conversations About ICE Right Now.
Voters Are Worried About The Cost Of Housing. But Trump Wants Home Prices To Keep Climbing
‘Beyond Crazy’: FBI Summons State Election Officials to Secretive Meeting After Trump Threat to ‘Nationalize’ Midterms
Say I am a 20-year-old man in a rich farming household in Central France in 456. Do I get any sense that the (Western) Roman Empire is in the process of “falling”? How different is my day-to-day life compared to my great-great-grandfather in the 350s, and to my great-great-grandson in the 550s?
Trump Loses the Super Bowl – and His Culture War
Trump Rages at Bad Bunny—and Accidentally Exposes a Big MAGA Weakness
‘Together, We Are America’: Bad Bunny’s critics said his Super Bowl halftime show would be divisive. They were totally wrong.
Immigration raids in South Texas are starting to hit the economy
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
WE’RE RACIALLY DIVIDED SO REPUBLICAN VOTERS WILL REMAIN DISTRACTED
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
Trans People Saw the Nancy Mace Crack-Up Coming Long, Long Ago
Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad
Does America Really Want to Pick a Fight With Greenland?
It Feels Great, Dude
NY Democratic House Candidate Worked for Palantir Partners Pushing AI Border Surveillance
Carjackings Have Fallen An Incredible Amount
Writers Who Use AI Are Not Real Writers
Confirmed: Todd Blanche Locked Ghislaine Maxwell into a False Story, Then Rewarded Her
MAGA attorney general candidate vows to strip Houston lawmaker of citizenship