Links for you. Science:
The US slashed research for cancer, Alzheimer’s, mental health — and nearly everything else
“Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen” – Bizarre New Insect Discovered in South America Stuns Scientists
WHO releases guidance for urgently needed new antibiotics
Capturing dynamic phage–pathogen coevolution by clinical surveillance
Accounting for Defective Viral Genomes in viral consensus genome reconstruction, application to influenza virus
RFK Jr’s pick to review Covid vaccines authored misleading research, experts say
Other:
The Republican Party’s Nazi Problem Is Getting Worse. It Should Care
Brian Schatz’s Signals of Comfort With Big Money. The Hawaii senator and heir apparent to Chuck Schumer attacked a bipartisan housing bill without trying to fix it, merely to show support for private equity.
Utah measles outbreak speeds up but there are few changes to daily life. Health officials in the outbreak’s epicenter are relying on social media and talk radio to reach residents. Many aren’t listening.
Elizabeth Warren’s Amazingly Progressive Housing Bill
BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI
Trump Surprised To Find He’s At War in Iran. Once his not-even-half-baked plan failed to materialize in Iran, it’s clear that there’s no Plan B.
How the money spent on Trump’s Iran war could have helped Americans
The Trump Administration Floats a New Way to Humiliate the Legal Profession
The Removed DOGE Deposition Videos Have Already Been Backed Up Across the Internet
Change in Data Sources Led to Lower Inflation Reading
A Federal Judge Just Called Out the DOJ for Politically Motivated Prosecutions
MAGA infighting erupts after Laura Loomer apologizes for ‘racist’ remarks
Is Trump Building ‘Concentration Camps’? These Experts Have No Doubts
How Epstein lured girls to his Zorro Ranch and kept authorities away. At least 10 women and girls say they were groomed at what was once Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico.
They came to build China’s EV future. Investigators found conditions akin to ‘slavery.’
Using Bigotry to Hide an Authoritarian, Christian Nationalist Agenda
After a brief scare, National Zoo’s rare baby elephant to make her debut
Jamie Raskin Just Told John Roberts: “The Emperor Has No Clothes”
Black history was made on this golf course. Some fear Trump will erase it.
Should Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Run for President in 2028?
The enduring truth of Tupac’s ‘money for wars, but can’t feed the poor’
It’s become too easy to use your data against you
One-third of Americans skip meals or other needs to afford health care
Secretary Of Defense Hegseth Promises Iranians ‘No Quarter’ – A War Crime
Facing deficit, D.C. to wait-list families seeking child care subsidies
People are spending hundreds of dollars at IV drip bars in Boston. Are they worth the hype?
If Iran Becomes ‘Israel’s War,’ American Jews May Pay the Price
Just six days of war in Iran cost us $11.3 billion. ‘What the [expletive] is wrong with us?’
Trump’s Pick To Represent Him In Florida Statehouse Doesn’t Even Live In The District
Vindicated At Last In My Years-Long Loathing Of Grammarly
MGB researchers create AI models to detect domestic abuse in patients (paper here)
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