Links for you. Science:

On reforming the NIH (excellent, must-read; accessible to non-specialists, and why parts of the “Abundance” agenda are ill-formed hooey)
Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus
Hantavirus Isn’t Just a Threat. It’s a Test. (“…the most pressing question for health leaders isn’t how worried we should be, in part because the threat remains effectively zero for anyone who hasn’t come into close contact with those on board. The question is how seriously health officials are taking the disease, since they are the ones in a position to keep the outbreak small and contained.”)
LLM hallucinations in the wild: Large-scale evidence from non-existent citations
Prokaryotic Pangenomes Are Bet-Hedging Devices
Real-life Snuffleupagus found swimming in the Great Barrier Reef
Virologist accused of starting COVID-19 will fight U.S. ban on funding

Other:

How the 120th Congress Can Crush the Gerrymandered Maps. Democrats will have—and in Virginia, do have—the tools to win the redistricting free-for-all. (regardless, Democrats should still remove the VA Supreme Court)
Democrats still hope ‘the people’ will do their work for them
No one wants a permanent gerontocracy
Institutional Rot And The Death Rattle Of America
Rather Than Whining About the Media, We Should Fight to Win
You’re paying Kash Patel to … go snorkeling?
Meet the candidates for an At-Large seat on the D.C. Council
A Nonprofit Accusing Janeese Lewis George of Ethics Violations Has a Board Member With Ties to Kenyan McDuffie’s Campaign
Library holds taking forever? You’re not alone.
Mamdani Announces Balanced Budget Without Cuts. Buoyed by billions in assistance from the state, real talk about what it takes to run New York City, and some taxes on the rich, the mayor closed a historic leftover budget deficit.
Behind the Claude Frenzy That Ate Up All the Mac Minis
The revolt against i-Ready: Private equity-backed software faces parent, teacher and student fury
The clippening
Why it took 65 years for L.A. to build its most important rail line
The DOGE-ing of the Humanities Is Being Reversed
What Suddenly Made Jon Ossoff Into Such a Democratic Rock Star?
‘McCarthyism with a Texas Accent’
RFK Jr.’s next vaccine moves could upend White House election-year messaging (and kill people too…)
Meet the Sad Wives of AI. Are you married to a man who’s obsessed with AI? I’m so, so sorry.
Whiteness is a pay cut. That’s the lesson America should learn but won’t.
The Supreme Court Has Unleashed ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ As The South Rolls Back Black Representation
Could Brain-drain Leave Israel Brain-dead?
Trump’s National Prayer Event Features Speakers Who Smeared Catholicism, Islam
‘Are You a Zionist?’ Why This Question Is No Longer Relevant
‘Outright Lies’: House Dem Posts Receipts After Eric Trump Denies Family Investments
How the Military Mindset Has Crushed Our Country’s Men
Federal Agents Target Immigrant Rights Volunteers With 3 A.M. Home Raids
Trump Is Rooting Around in the Public Trough
Hospital Will Open The First ‘Detransition Clinic’ In Settlement With DOJ
What the Dissents in the Mifepristone Case Tell Us About What’s to Come
RFK Jr. Wants Teens To Be Able To Use Tanning Beds — And The Logic Behind It Is Bonkers