Links for you. Science:

Russell Vought is going destroy American Science: Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Strict Monitoring Could Delay Homecoming of Hantavirus Ship Passengers. Trump administration officials want local health authorities to constantly monitor the 18 passengers for another three weeks, a requirement that far exceeds typical protocols. (Bhattacharya’s hypocrisy on display again…)
Misinformation Masterclass: A Wall Street Journal editor packs a pandemic’s worth of confusion into just 102 words
Trump admin shutting key US researchers out of global virus response talks, documents and sources reveal
Language Models Need Sleep
Ebola at the World Cup? Here’s what we should actually worry about
AI general models and the future (?) of bioinformatics research

Other:

Why so much election analysis is basically useless
Blood Money: The Slave Fortune Behind Mayes Middleton’s AG Campaign. Six generations. One unbroken transfer of wealth. From a Louisiana slave plantation to the Republican nomination for Texas Attorney General. (excellent, must-read)
What Exactly Should a Project 2029 Be?
My Wife Disappeared Into El Salvador’s Prison System. When Will She Come Home?
The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech
Republican Rep. Bryan Steil Takes Credit For Funding He Voted Against
Fox News insists on being the villain in another superhero’s story
Pentagon recruiting troops to watch White House UFC fights, memos show
Trump Clears Way for Corporate Tax Dodge Hidden in the Fine Print
Texas School Police Pepper-Sprayed, Tackled and Tasered Students
Two “progressive” super PACs linked to House GOP
How Prediction Markets and Crypto Firms Steamrolled a Watchdog Agency
We Found 430 ICE Street Arrests in the New York Area. More Than 93% Targeted Latinos.
Proposed bill would tax New Yorkers who tap ‘anti-weaponization’ fund at 100%
‘It’s the Jews’: San Diego mosque shooters decried ‘the universal enemy’ in hate-filled manifesto
The Death of the Texas Political Machine That Bush Built
Retired Judges Call Out Trump’s “Unprecedentedly Fraudulent Scheme”
Anti-ICE Protesters Found Guilty in Case That Guts Free Speech Rights
Keystone Kash Sends Agents to Election Officials’ Homes in Key Swing State (but the Trump administration isn’t fascist something something)
DOJ subpoenas Reddit in effort to unmask Trump critics
Why The Filibuster Absolutely Has to Go
Project 2029 sure doesn’t look like an answer to Project 2025
The answer to rightwing sadism is the liberal Christian tradition. It’s why Mike Lee compared James Talarico to Moloch.
The Death of Political Machines: Is Adriano Espaillat the next Joe Crowley?
Trump’s Texas Senate Primary Win Is Going to Backfire Spectacularly
A Colorado UFO watchtower has been waiting for the government to catch up
Tom Steyer Is Prepared to Take On the AI Billionaires
In author’s debut novel, D.C.’s gritty music scene is a main character
Jim Crow Just Suffered a Temporary Setback—in Alabama
This big university system is embracing AI. Students and faculty aren’t all on board