Links for you. Science:

New mutations help the H5N1 bird flu virus infect cows but not people
Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.
What a 5,000-mile long marine heat wave means for summer in the U.S.
Neanderthal males and human females had babies together, ancient DNA reveals
Could a vaccine prevent dementia? Shingles shot data only getting stronger.
Yes, Canada has a ‘fungus bank’ — and it just got saved by a massive donation
Scientists make breakthrough in solving mystery of volcanic lightning

Other:

Trump Holds the American People in Total Contempt
With no end in sight to their deployment, National Guard troops roam Washington
Top Trump counterterrorism official placed on leave after ex claims she solicited funds from ‘sugar daddies’
Spanish speakers learn strategies to pass English-only driving test in Florida
As Measles Takes Toll on Kids, Anti-Vaxxers Have Change of Heart. Enough parents are quietly embracing the MMR that it’s helping to slow the outbreaks.
UC Berkeley strips all political art from trailblazing multicultural center (including a poster of Martin Luther King, who, for now anyway, has both a federal holiday and a national monument commemorating him)
6 Navy photographers and the shots seen round the world: ‘Our team succeeded’
Pack the Union: A Proposal to Admit New States for the Purpose of Amending the Constitution to Ensure Equal Representation
Two Iranian Women in ICE Detention Are Not, In Fact, Related to Qasem Soleimani, Documents Show. After Laura Loomer pointed to two women she claimed were connected to the late Iranian military commander, they were arrested and remain in immigration detention. One is now gravely ill.
Democrats in four states seek to bar ICE employees from future civil service jobs
Trump team’s counterterrorism picks are pretty damn terrifying
THE PEOPLE DO NOT YEARN FOR AUTOMATION
TMZ Era
RFK Jr.’s rejection of germ theory debunked in Senate hearing (by Democrats)
What Happened To Consumer Sentiment? The vibecession came for Donald Trump—then he started a war.
If America’s So Rich, How’d It Get So Sad? Or: How the 2020s broke our brains
Why Militaries Vaccinate
Lost Pages of a Medieval Manuscript Recovered, Revealing New Testament Text
Aftermath: Wall Street Is Lying to Itself
Washington Enters Its TMZ Era
‘Easily the Worst President in U.S. History’
The Disappearance of the Public Bench: Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest.
“Seemed Questionable”
Billionaire philanthropist warns US democracy ‘won’t survive’ AI race
Robotaxis could soon be legal in D.C. under new bill (solving a problem we don’t have…)
Palantir’s Manifesto Promises a Dystopian Future
I’m getting used to it now
Now tempted to run a casino out of my house
LLMs Corrupt Your Documents When You Delegate
Trump Says He’s Renovating ‘Filthy’ Reflecting Pool on the National Mall (lmfao: “The president said he would be using a contractor he knows from his years in real estate.” Of course he is.)
RFK Jr. Defends Trump’s Mathematically Impossible Drug Discount Claims