Links for you. Science:

Wildflower folk remedy shows modern potential for tackling antibiotic resistance
Remembering public health pioneer Barry Bloom: a scientist, a mentor, a mensch
Analysis: Why the research money isn’t flowing from NSF and NIH
Lyme disease vaccine shows over 70% efficacy in phase 3 trial
Why mathematicians are boycotting their biggest conference
World’s oldest dog identified at ancient hunter-gatherer site

Other:

Kristi Noem husband’s cross-dressing was ‘an open secret in DC’: While the ousted DHS secretary’s initial statement expressed shock, White House and Homeland Security officials had been gossiping about Bryon Noem’s alleged fetishes for months, according to a report (no outlet covered this while she was the head of our national security apparatus–and her husband could be blackmailed, which has national security implications.)
‘Amateur hour at the U.S. attorney’s office’: L.A. prosecutors face more losses in protest cases
Red Lobster Set to Bring Back Endless Shrimp That Drove It to Bankruptcy
Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
I Had the Literary Scoop of the Year. The New York Times Stole It from Me
More than 3,700 immigrants arrested during Operation Metro Surge, per new data
DHS staff celebrate as ‘glamour shots’ of Kristi Noem that lined the halls are finally removed
IN DEFENSE OF MIDDLE-CLASS WHITE RESISTERS, AND THE WORD “NORMIE”
How to Measure the Good Life
ICE Barbie’s Alleged Lover Fired in Middle of Exotic Getaway
American Airlines Center opens investigation into Nazi salute by Stars fans
Small Businesses Are Being Left Out of Tariff Refund Process, CBP Data Suggests
Is It Wrong to Write a Book with A.I.?
Over 9.9 Million Are Floored By This Tweet From A MAGA Voter Who Says Her Son Won’t Talk To Her Anymore
What Happened to the SPLC—and Me. Union breaking, Gaza, and fear of MAGA turned the SPLC into an organization that abandoned its own civil rights principles.
Grandmother Faces Trial in Alabama for Wearing Penis Costume to No Kings Protest
Blocking Trump’s replacements for Alito and/or Thomas
CBP: Border wall will go through National Butterfly Center
The most overlooked Epstein email
The Incel Global Order: modern autocracy as a cult of masculinity
Trump’s dollar coin is pathetic
Tenn. library director fired over refusal to move LGBTQ+ books to adult section
‘It’s been terrible’: Tough year for maple syrup production in Eastern Mass.
Their tiny church is on the cover of JD Vance’s new book. They don’t know him.
The secret life of Boston’s street corner fire alarm boxes
The Supreme Court Absolutely Shredded Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Case
Sorry, Pam Bondi. Trump has no loyalty
Fact-Checkers Anonymous: Getting a job at The New Yorker felt like an arbitrary stroke of luck. Getting fired was quite the opposite.
Christian Nationalism Is Thriving, and “We Should Be Concerned”
Tiger Woods Plus Donald Trump: A Tragedy Made in the USA