Links for you. Science:

RFK Jr.’s advisers had a plan to target covid shots. Then it fell apart.
Tiny Warty Frogfish Was Surprise Birth at Shedd, Is First-Ever Raised in Aquarium
Bumblebee Queens Can Breathe Underwater
The tropics may be getting even hotter than expected
This 2-pound dinosaur is rewriting what scientists know about evolution
Will there be a super El Niño later this year? Here’s what that would mean.

Other:

Elites Aren’t Much Savvier Than MAGA
50 Years of DC’s Iconic Metro
Here We Go Again: A War That Makes Me Ashamed to Be an American
A Running Tally of All the Times Robert White and Brooke Pinto Have Dunked on Each Other
The Smash-and-Grab Presidency Reaches Its Apex
Anthropic’s Lawsuit Should Absolutely Destroy the Pentagon in Court
Bam Adebayo Breaks The Concept Of Basketball, Scores 83 Points
Yeah, We’re Going to Have to Tax the Middle Class
Trump can quit when Iran says so
Trump says white South Africans are persecuted; some are returning to a better life
How the US far right bought into the myth of white South Africa’s persecution
I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here’s What They Had to Say For Themselves
US Lawmakers Move to Kill the FBI’s Warrantless Wiretap Access
‘AI Is African Intelligence’: The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back
Speaker Condemns Rep. Corcoran Targeting Jewish Colleague, But No Sanction
DOJ is Hiding Trove of Documents About Trump’s 13-Year-Old Accuser
Classical education: The feds are getting more involved in how D.C.’s public schools look
It’s peak crawfish season, but Louisiana peeling plants are empty: ‘I’ve lost all hope’
Sucker: My year as a degenerate gambler
Trump’s War Takes Unnerving Turn as Damning New Leaks Hit
How Epstein’s biggest financial client shaped millennial teen culture
In anti-Muslim post, Tuberville suggests New York’s Mamdani is ‘the enemy’
At 42, With Three Young Kids, I Got a Diagnosis That Would Have Me Dead in a Year. That Was Somehow Just the Beginning.
Democrats introduce ‘Justice for Hind Rajab Act’ as film about her death gains Oscar buzz
The Alternate Universe of Donald J. Trump
DOGE Bros Had More Fun Burning Down Government Than Testifying About It
Iran was nowhere close to a nuclear bomb, experts say
ICE Tried To Turn This Minneapolis Teacher Into An Informant
All 66 Democrats in Colorado’s legislature sign letter urging Jared Polis not to shorten Tina Peters’ prison sentence
What Was Grammarly Thinking?