Links for you. Science:

Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.
Like mother, like boar: Fukushima pig escape reveals a genetic fast track
Mexico reports more human New World screwworm infections
An mRNA Refusal to File
FDA declines to review Moderna’s mRNA flu shot
Why US-funded vaccine trial plan for babies in Guinea-Bissau caused outrage

Other:

Platner vs. Stratton: Do we want progressive policy or anti-establishment branding? (“…an obsession with anti-establishment branding favors white guys and novice candidates. As a result, it makes it difficult to coordinate support for progressive candidates like Juliana Stratton who are not white guys and who have taken traditional paths to seeking office.”)
The less voters knew, the more they liked Trump in 2024. Not Anymore. The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
The FBI seizure of Georgia 2020 election ballots relies on debunked claims
The Median Voter Theorem is a Clarity Trap
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens
The Occupying Army Retreats
High achievers and low performers figure in Metrorail’s post-pandemic world
Member of US Marshals Service shoots, kills person in DC’s Mayfair neighborhood
For these clergy, Trump’s immigration blitz became a call to action. Jewish leaders at a D.C. conference learned how to take on more prominent roles protesting ICE operations in their communities.
Cardinal Cupich says feds stopped priests, demanded citizenship proof
As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused
Bezos could have saved the Washington Post’s local news and sports reporters
Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
ICE Leader Thrown in His Own Jail Over Strangling Claims
Evers National Monument Never Removed Brochures ‘Not One Second,’ Superintendent Says, Disputing Reports
Mystery of the missing minute from Epstein jail video solved
CFPB Fires Employee Over a Confrontation With DOGE a Year Ago
Republicans just f*cked D.C.’s tax-filing season. City leaders could fight back.
From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis
Bad Bunny’s dancers, Kalshi, and the insider trading problem
Ohio State Professor Put on Leave After Wrestling Filmmaker to the Ground (conservative diversity hire lacks the self-discipline of a typical LGBTQ+ grad student)
Meet the baby-faced bigot behind Homeland Security’s icky social media
What it was like to be a bush at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance
We are all going to regret Kalshi and Polymarket.
Candace Owens Gets Inside TPUSA’s Head. Her nutty theories about the killing of Charlie Kirk have won over some of his organization’s employees.
The FBI’s Fulton County Raid Was Based on Debunked Claims By Election Deniers
These are the high schoolers taking a stand against ICE: ‘You can’t let despair take over’
The Fall of the House of Assad
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”. Fuentes: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women. … So they go to the gulag first. They go to the breeding gulags.”
Forget Congress—the Real Leaders Who Might Stop ICE Are Local