Links for you. Science:

Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
A Life-Saving Vitamin for Babies Is Getting Swept Up in Vaccine Backlash
The Evolution of Biomineral Armor in Fungus-farming Ants
The Paradox That’s Supercharging Climate Change
How climate change could be driving ‘killer’ cold outbreaks in oceans
Excruciating tropical disease can now be transmitted in most of Europe, study finds

Other:

The Quintessential Epstein Files Email
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
‘Show Up for Us’: 13 Democratic Voters on Trump, ICE and Their Frustrations With the Democratic Party
Epstein pal will reportedly keep cushy new gig at CBS News
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Amid FCC Scrutiny, Posts Interview on YouTube Instead
Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies at 84 (and he had a sense of humor)
30 Years Later, It Looks Like Jesse Jackson Won the Economic Argument
New details emerge about in-flight blow-up between Corey Lewandowski and pilot
2 Live Crew’s Luther Campbell challenges Democratic congresswoman in South Florida
RANDY FINE MIGHT BE THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
Republicans Are Much Much More Corrupt Than Democrats. But most people either do not know this, or refuse to admit it.
Turning Our Back on Clean Energy
The Problem With AI Is Shitty Human Beings
Trump wants to prosecute anti-fascists as terrorists. This Texas trial will test his power.
Jesse Jackson – a life in pictures
We Dare You to Figure Out What Our Nonprofit Does
12-hour days, no weekends: the anxiety driving AI’s brutal work culture is a warning for all of us
Trump somehow got worse on public health after covid (somehow is named HHS Secretary Kennedy)
New Zealand Declares Prediction Markets Are Gambling
Please don’t Bari me
After being cancelled by the woke mob for several minutes, Peter Attia has found redemption at the Bari Weiss Network
Homeland Security Hires Labor Dept. Aide Whose Posts Raised Alarms. A young aide behind social posts that echoed white supremacist messaging will help run social media for the much larger Homeland Security Department.
Noem’s use of Coast Guard resources strains her relationship with the military branch, sources say. Some early decisions by the homeland security secretary, including to divert Coast Guard resources from a search and rescue mission to the deportation of immigrants, set the tone early.
MyPillow guy isn’t losing sleep over scamming his donors
Makers Are Building Back Against ICE
Hegseth sets alarming conditions for AI company’s contract
Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and Chicago icon, dead at 84
The Worst-Case Future for White-Collar Workers
Trump’s New Voter I.D. Threat Is His Gravest Attack on Democracy Yet
What if everyone had to prove their citizenship to register to vote?