Links for you. Science:

Five Reasons Why It Still Wasn’t a Lab Leak (excellent, must-read)
Do you have the new Covid variant, flu or other virus? Look out for these symptoms
NASA is shooting for the moon. A guide to the Artemis II mission.
Scientists Create Plant That Produces Ayahuasca, Shrooms, and Toad Psychedelics All At Once
CDC pauses dozens of types of lab testing during evaluation and in wake of downsizing
Experimental SARS-CoV-2 infection using horseshoe bats

Other:

Neutrality, Authoritarianism, and Thoughts on the Cult of Both Sides
DC Council Advances “One Front Door” Act, Opening the Door to Taller Single-Stair Buildings
Trump Is The Status Quo
Why Liberals Should Maybe Hope the Republicans Nuke the Filibuster
Hitler’s Edifice Complex
Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown. A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history.
One Billion Buildings: The case for thinking bigger (about why we don’t have megacities)
Trump’s rage at NATO allies is binding them together — against him
Trump’s justice department dropped 23,000 criminal investigations in shift to immigration
Plan to reinforce sewer pipe was delayed for years before Potomac disaster (there’s a clear bias here; what’s critical to note aare all of the unknown reaasons why the process took six years)
Data center growth adds to ‘perfect storm’ of risk to Potomac River drinking water supply
We Need a Word for What’s Happening to Jewish Women
The thought of Sen. Graham Platner distresses me (my thoughts here)
Go Ahead and Use AI. It Will Only Help Me Dominate You.
The Fights Of 2027 Start Now
Privacy Advocates Ambush Himes Over Clean FISA Push
U.S. Forest Service to close Portland headquarters, research station, open Salem office
Florida scrub-jay may lose protected status if aspiring homebuilder gets his way
RFK Jr. tells Joe Rogan he’s used peptides & will un-ban them soon: why it’s a terrible idea
Pete Hegseth lifts suspension of Kid Rock Army helicopter flyby crews after Trump comments
Big change for California small businesses: No more SBA loans for non-citizens
DHS staff used spy-blocking bags and sound machines to hide from Kristi Noem
The Nonsense Case Against Birthright Citizenship
Blood Money: The Anthropic Settlement
How Rural America Impacted No Kings and No Kings Impacts Rural America
We Won, Or We Think We Did
Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump gets prison sentence for possessing ‘enormous child pornography collection’
Border Patrol chief Michael Banks hit with prostitution allegations by agents
Trump Is Trying to Override Our Voting System
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series. J.K. Rowling has made it abundantly clear that she will continue using her fortune to harm trangender people.