Links for you. Science:

Congo outbreak could rival the largest Ebola epidemic on record, CDC warns
After massive die-off of sea stars, biologist sees a surprising ‘baby boom’
Let Birds Masturbate
Sulfonamide resistance as a global one health challenge
An Eponym for Scientific Censorship in America: Bhattacharyaism
Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration
Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now!

Other:

For affordable bills, we need to put people first, not Pepco. As mayor, I’ll implement a comprehensive, 10-point plan to lower the cost of our energy bills. (Lewis George’s final pitch)
Escape From Trumpism
DC’s federal troop surge is growing fast, but rules for holding them accountable haven’t kept up
D.C.’s Utility Watchdog Keeps Failing Ratepayers
Slop, productivity, and why the AI-fueled world is going nowhere mighty fast
AI: just one big trade
Working class neighborhoods are resisting data centers at 5 times the rate of wealthy ones
Remaking the Vans Warped Tour
The Dress Rehearsal for 2028
Google Is Quietly Buying Code From Play Store Developers to Train AI
Etymology Today: LIBERAL
AI Grifters Are Making Anti-Data Center Slop With AI
On Platner
Why MAGA buys Trump’s perfect health lie
Trump’s New Rules for Radicals. The State Department spent Tuesday trying to convince diplomats that antifa is the new Al Qaeda—but Foggy Bottom isn’t buying it.
Texas Senate race shows the rot runs deeper than Trump
The A.I. Bubble Truthers Cry Wolf. As several of the leading A.I. companies prepare to go public and see their valuations soar above the $1 trillion mark, a number of Wall Street contrarians are trying to remind everyone that we’ve seen this movie before.
The Butlerian Jihad Has Begun
Why That Next Hamburger Is Going to Cost You
A noxious orange cloud looms over the World Cup
Even in purple Colorado, Republicans can’t find a normal candidate
The Virtual OS Museum lets you relive over 600 operating systems right on your desktop
Ken Paxton’s Impeachment Defense Lawyer Endorses James Talarico
Looking to a New Reconstruction
Fire Bari Weiss!
Badass
WelcomeFest’s Moderate Politics Are Stuck in the Past
What Congress would look like without gerrymandering
Just Say No to Bernie Sanders’s AI Sovereign Wealth Fund
The unlikely corporate winners of AI
Trump says ‘not possible’ for Pratt to fall short in ‘rigged’ LA mayor’s race. He’s wrong.