Links for you. Science:
We’re about to turn night into day. Is that a good idea?
They came to Massachusetts to cure disease. Now they’re packing up their labs.
A Tragedy of Early COVID Has Finally Been Explained
FDA declines to review Moderna application for new flu vaccine
An ecological disaster has been unfolding on Australia’s coast
How COVID and H1N1 swept through U.S. cities in just weeks
4 times as many measles cases in few weeks than US typically averages in year: CDC (in the pre-vaccine era, measles surges usually occurred in late winter/early spring, so we might not even be at the worst of it yet…)
Other:
Computer, Enhance. People keep running crime footage through AI thinking they’re helping. They’re not.
Instead of Pandering, Democrats Should Try Changing Voters’ Minds
‘New one for you’: Inside Steve Tisch’s transactional friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
Musk-Epstein: Year One (eww)
ICE is pushing Minneapolis underground. After ICE raids, tear gassing protestors, and two killings, DHS “border czar” Tom Homan arrived in the Twin Cities to announce a winding down of immigration enforcement. But the battle has merely moved from the streets to the underground, and the city remains under siege.
Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet ($32.50 per hour, assuming it takes two hours including transit)
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash (bullying works!)
Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid (they are all so weird)
A pilot fired over Kristi Noem’s missing blanket and the constant chaos inside DHS (again, they are all so weird)
Utah Sen. John Curtis is sinking Jeremy Carl’s nomination for a State Department post (weird!)
Jesse Watters: “Epstein got his money from two Jewish billionaires” and “the Jewish banking dynasty, the Rothschilds” (ok, not weird, flat out antisemitic)
Dr. Oz Becomes the Latest Trump Official in the Epstein Files
ICE Is Strangling the Minneapolis Economy
OpenAI Claims DeepSeek Distilled US Models to Gain an Edge
Schwalb Targets Alleged Slumlord Network in First-of-Its-Kind Racketeering Lawsuit
After 75 years, hand dance is still bringing Washingtonians together. The history of D.C.’s official dance.
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece
Why is ICE seizing people’s phones and documents?
Is Warner Bros. sidelining an anti-ICE wrestler?
Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties
New Medicaid work rules likely to hit middle-aged adults hard
This isn’t Trump’s “Golden Age” — it’s ours
How the Democrats Can Play Offense on Immigration
‘Not the same town anymore:’ ICE surge hit businesses in Worthington, where 1 in 3 are immigrants
Laughing ICE Goons Seize Dad Who Fled Ukraine War at Walmart
The lying is out of control. People need to go to prison.
Here’s How Many Jobs HHS Has Lost Since RFK Jr. Took Over
The Supreme Court Lives in Fox News’ America. A Court that does not share a common factual world with the people it governs is untethered from democratic reality.
Kansas City developers halt sale of warehouse for ICE detention center as public pressure mounts

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