Links for you. Science:
I Was Treated for Tuberculosis While Millions Were Robbed of Care
Cocaine Pollution Seems to Make Salmon Swim Farther Than Usual. Scientists Don’t Know the Long-Term Consequences
‘Why is publishing so expensive?’
The Destroyed Remnants of a Lost World Are Falling to Earth, Scientists Discover
Doctor, wife of acting U.S. attorney general, appointed to NIH advisory council
Trump fires all 24 members of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s governing body
A new way to stop global spread of pathogen once linked to Ireland’s Great Famine
Other:
It Is 2006… It is 2026…
Transit, school decisions are putting DC students in danger
D.C. child care workers got life-changing raises. Now they may be cut.
Trump’s Losing Streak Takes a Truly Humiliating Turn
The Trouble with Trump’s Bunker and Ballroom
Walking near a D.C. school raises the chance of being hit by a car, data shows
A Bad Look: Eight years ago, I argued the White House Correspondents’ Dinner should end. The years since have only made the case stronger. And Saturday wasn’t even the worst part.
Do Not Authorize The F@cking Ballroom. A message to frontline Democrats.
‘I was left unprotected’: Star golfer accuses school administrators of failing to remedy harassment from male teammates
Hegseth’s Useful Tool: Gen. Christopher LaNeve, the new chief of staff of the U.S. Army, has enjoyed a spectacular rise from obscurity, often at the expense of more popular generals that Pete Hegseth has purged—fueling suspicions that he’s become a proxy in Hegseth’s feuds and an active participant in his “slow-motion coup.”
A town of 7,000 planned so many data centers, it’s like adding 51 Walmarts
It’s time to fire Kash Patel
Making Sense of the Iran War
Originalist Judges Are Spitting On the Constitution and Think You Won’t Notice
HORRORS OF ZORRO: First claims of men being gang raped at Epstein’s Zorro ranch revealed in bombshell doc – amid probe over ‘buried girls’
Kick Him Right In the Ballroom
Elite impunity has fueled the fantasy that catastrophes are for other people.
A MODEST PROPOSAL: THE NEW YORK TIMES SHOULD FACT-CHECK ITS FOCUS GROUPS
Cultifying the U.S. Military
Tim Heidecker and Onion Chief Ben Collins on Their Infowars Takeover — and Bringing Down Alex Jones: “The Final Gasps of a Beached Whale”
Is the Justice Department lying about Saturday’s “shooting”?
‘The Apprentice’ Shows Donald Trump Morphing From Man to Cartoon
The Only Thing Americans Care About
Data Centers Reveal America’s Economic Development Brain Rot
Georgetown Law’s Finest
Mood in Russia turns bleak as war in Ukraine drags on and economy suffers
MAGA’s Strange Quiet After the Shooting
The hardest-working staff at the airport? These two good boys.
At Least The War Is Over
Pennsylvania Race Pits Corporate Defender Against Union Organizer. Ryan Crosswell is running to represent Pennsylvania’s Seventh District after a career helping bosses fight their workers.
