Links for you. Science:

I see Lauer is still pretending he had no role in the NIH grant award hellscape (important; accessible for non-specialists)
The OMB and the Politicization of Science
How long Covid’s scientific stalemate made it politically erasable
Watch sharks use manta rays to scratch unreachable itches
Better data, better trees: GenBank-GISAID deduplication and source-specific artifact masking in viral genomics
When science is under siege, history offers a playbook. It’s a complicated time to be a young scientist in America. Lessons from history can tell us what the future might hold
Adaptation and genomic erosion in fragmented Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations in the sinuses of people with cystic fibrosis

Other:

A Declaration for a Second Reconstruction
The SpaceX IPO Is A Giant Unworkable Con Orchestrated By An Overt White Supremacist Huckster
President Trump Lost This War
Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse: How the defining figure of the manosphere built a fortune—and became a political force—by systematically exploiting women. (the Trumps have protected these vermin)
Their Lies Must Be Their Undoing. Running against the GOP culture of lying opens the door to every Republican vulnerability.
The Kennedy Center Is a Metaphor for De-Trumpification
What Sort of AI Bubble Are We In?
A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears. (““We believe in Adam and Eve,” he said.”)
Notes on the End of the $5 Uber Era of “AI”: MONDAY MAMLMs
The world’s first trillionaire is a killer
RFK Jr. melts down over NYT report, admits he blacklists reporters
JD Vance’s sad book tour shows why his 2028 hopes are fading
Results for D.C.’s First Ranked-Choice Election Could Take Days
Meet the New Bosses, Worse Than the Old Bosses
Trump presides over spectacles of violence like a dysfunctional Roman emperor
What If Everyone Saw Your Whole Digital Life?
OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, With Spending Hitting $34 Billion
Iran coach says team ordered out of US right after 2-2 draw with New Zealand in World Cup opener
Knicks Give Their City Something New: Impossible Joy
Donald Trump Put America in a Cage Match With Itself. We Lost.
Uruguay players face unusual sniffer dog checks at World Cup before Saudi Arabia clash
Trump is fighting the green energy revolution. He’ll lose.
The Myth of Gerontocracy
A Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by AI Overviews
Kash Patel may have a ‘personal slush fund’ of taxpayer dollars to pay loyalist agents, says Raskin
Speaking of Kash
Man who hates paying taxes loves government handouts
Netanyahu Wanted This War. He’s Getting Trump’s Peace
Noncitizens can vote in D.C.’s local election, but many are afraid. Amid an upsurge in immigration enforcement, many are hesitant to head to the polls.
Democrats Vow ‘Day One’ Epstein Hearings if They Flip House. Top Oversight Democrat Garcia previews investigations into Trump family business, federal workforce cuts.