Links for you. Science:

The secret to pigeons’ incredible navigation was hiding in their liver
Why AI Agents Keep Failing in Production
Scientists thought brain inflammation was driving long COVID but the scans told a different story
What Is RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)?
Tiny blue octopus identified as new species
Why is Inference Slow and Expensive?
When funders interfere in the conduct of the science

Other:

Hyperfascism: Some notes toward a theory of Trumpism
Graham Platner and the Rise of Democratic Toxic Masculinity
The Creep of Politicization: A new assault on science highlights a broader pattern
The $1.75 Trillion Smash-and-Grab
The Biggest Tell That Something Was Written by AI
West Coast Cities Turn to Vacancy Taxes to Grapple with Housing Crisis
Scott Pelley Accuses CBS News Boss of ‘Murdering’ ‘60 Minutes’
How Did A C-Tier WWE Guy From Germany Become One Of The Most Popular Luchadores In Mexico?
Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List
Trump’s Corrupt IRS Shakedown Backfires Badly as GOPers Turn On Him
Mamdani and Menin Blame Each Other For Delays to Fix Outdoor Dining
US Construction Spending on Data Centers Eclipses $50 Billion
Oregon governor halts undercover license plates for ICE
Starbucks quietly retired its AI agent just months after deployment after it miscounted coffee shop inventories and slowed down baristas
This Is What Trumpian Self-Dealing Looks Like
Was This the Moment That AI Psychosis Began?
AI Savings Misses ‘Should Be Making Executives Uncomfortable,’ Bain Says
Carneyism without Carney
The Supreme Court Keeps Pretending Trump Is a Normal President
Pentagon hires convicted Jan. 6 rioter for sensitive counterterrorism job
A stadium can’t be transit first without transit infrastructure
What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?
Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Military Budget is $11,200 per Household for His Dementia Dreams
These AI models are free, private, and will never say ‘no’
Nonfiction Book Publishers Aren’t Remotely Ready for AI
Why did the press ignore a gathering of the world’s leading fascists?
The Trump Administration Is Spending $5 Million to Coat Horse Statues in Gold
Trump’s $250 Greenback Is a Gift to the Criminal Class
Gen Z’s political gender divide is now showing up in schools
New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani. Honoring three far-right Israeli ministers was an indefensible political choice