Links for you. Science:

Antibiotic used in COVID patients tied to increased signs of antibiotic resistance
Somebody Finally Stood Up to RFK Jr. A federal judge’s ruling highlights the ways Kennedy’s anti-vax agenda is putting public health at risk.
More than 150,000 uncounted COVID-19 deaths occurred early in the pandemic, a study finds (paper here; I have some doubts about the assumptions of the model, but still interesting)
Lineage dynamics of invasive Escherichia coli isolates in the Netherlands from 1975 to 2021: a retrospective longitudinal genomic analysis
Rising Death Rate for Gen X, Elder Millennials Is ‘Genuinely Alarming’
What does the appendix do? Biologists explain the complicated evolution of this inconvenient organ

Other:

Despair
Iran, Slopulism, and the Eternal Innocence of the American People (excellent)
Ol’ Donny Trump Has Really Stepped in It This Time (excellent)
Trump’s War With Iran Is a Product of His Deep Stupidity
F—k Kash Patel and his $tupid shoes
What We Forget About Covid Will Shape the Next Pandemic
Afroman’s Defamation Trial Is Going About As Well For The Deputies As Their Original Raid Did
The fight over transgender rights in America has entered a new phase
The Men Obsessed With ‘High T’: Fueled by the manosphere, men are boosting their testosterone levels through natural and synthetic means, with some competitively swapping test results on a regular basis.
Trump Case for War Undermined by Bombshell as MAGA Breaks
Feds Drop Charges Against Disabled Woman Arrested For Standing Up At State Of The Union
The Algorithm Is Your Asshole Boyfriend
The AI boom is dangerously dependent on helium
Aurora ICE detainees are malnourished and forced to work, advocates report (BuT ThEy’rE NoT CoNcEnTrAtIoN CaMpS)
Straight women are rewriting the rules of heterosexual life
Why Knight Foundation Invested in Bluesky
The Supreme Court Just Heeded One of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Sharpest Dissents
College Republicans Chapter Sues School for Right to Make Nazi Salute
President Trump isn’t making sense
Democratic Turnout Surges in Mississippi’s US Senate Primaries, Nearly Matching GOP Vote Total
The 49MB Web Page
My dogs helped when I was sad
Pentagon plans to keep National Guard in DC into 2029, 2 US officials say (this ends if Republican governors refuse to send troops)
For Gen Z Republican men, sex is solitary. Young conservatives’ anger at women is taking a nihilistic turn
Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story
I’m Sorry to Burst Your Bubble: You Are Being Fooled About AI, and You Will Soon Feel Really Stupid
House Republicans move to kill D.C. traffic cameras — despite some using them back home
FEMA disaster chief claims he is able to teleport: ‘I landed in a ditch by a baptist church’
With sharp attacks and high stakes, the mayoral race kicks into gear
Chicago hires D.C.’s Housing Authority head, surprising leaders in both cities