Links for you. Science:

The Quiet Expert Who Stood Between Us and a Flu Pandemic
This Ridiculously Simple Trick Might Stop Gulls From Nabbing Your Lunch
An ‘astonishingly’ large new dinosaur species has been discovered in the Sahara
Baboon Raiders: In Cape Town, Can Big Primates and People Coexist?
A bumper berry harvest has New Zealand’s weird flightless parrot in a rare mood for romance
Yacht-wrecking Orcas whales are ‘teenagers not afraid of anything’ after being abandoned by relatives
MAHA’s next target: Metals in vaccine ingredients

Other:

Ruling by Ruling, the Supreme Court Is Undoing the Civil Rights Movement
After the Harper’s Letter
MAHA moms learn hard lesson about Trump
The Logic of NACHO: The only available deal is no deal
ChatGPT as a cognitive crutch: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial on knowledge retention
Ethiopian girl reportedly guarded by lions
How Normie Pundits Paved the Way for the Supreme Court Voting Rights Disaster
The Hallmarks of Pseudoscience: An attempt at modernizing the distinguishing features of pseudoscience that have been debated for decades.
How the Voting Rights Act reshaped Black representation in Congress
The long shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic creeps into the race for Ohio governor
Trump administration asked NFL’s Commanders to run historic D.C. golf course
‘I Was Married Off at 16, Hadn’t Worked a Day in My Life. Now I Own a Solar Energy Company’
An abruptly postponed Smithsonian show of African LGBTQ+ art is now open
‘Looksmaxxing’ influencer is accused of sexual abuse at his parents’ Cape Cod home and injecting underage teen
Trump fundraiser shares plans for ‘Garden of Heroes,’ golf course as takeover looms
Don’t Give MAGA Defectors Credit They Haven’t Earned
The reason planes are still required to have ashtrays
In Quincy, the line between church and state is being chiseled away
Georgia resident used phony office for millions in D.C. contracts, lawsuit says
How AI killed student writing (and revived it)
Trump Brings This Upon Himself—And Us. Occam’s razor doesn’t require us to assume false flags. Conspiracy theories are tempting, because Trump is not above that kind of manipulation. But his low character tells the story.
Why Supreme Court map ruling won’t lead to new congressional districts for SC
Trump flouts lower court rulings in unprecedented display of executive power
In Mississippi, a Democrat Challenges the Senator Who Blocked His Judgeship
Congress Has Become Almost Totally Irrelevant. The way Republicans are managing the Department of Homeland Security budget shows that Congress is now just something to work around.
With Mills out of Senate race, Democrat David Costello hopes voters give him a look
The Chief Justice and His Wife Took $20 Million From Firms He Rules On. I’m Filing for His Disbarment Today.
Why NYC wants to ban armed police robots
The Last Days of Butter Ridge
“A model that produces code which compiles and passes the tests it was given is not the same as a model that produces correct, secure, maintainable, well-architected software”