Links for you. Science:

Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional (one solider might have died from the flu, but that is unclear)
‘Most famous tree in the world’: Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies
Agentic AI Comes to Medicine
New antibiotic attacks bacteria in never-before-seen way (paper here)
The Corn of the Future Is Hundreds of Years Old and Makes Its Own Mucus
Cervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality data
The AI Chemist: To be trustworthy, LLMs need to show their work. Good scientists reveal how they do their experiments and report their results; so should any machine-driven research

Other:

New Documents Detail Nine-Figure, Silicon Valley–Funded Abundance Movement
Collective Effervescence (great writing)
The Real Reason Trump Never Stops Talking About Voter Fraud
Why Does Trump Want the Save America Act? The Answer Should Worry Us.
Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society
Elissa Silverman makes a comeback in the At-Large special election
U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding: Full Text (point #1 is actually very vague)
‘It’s Like Hell’: 60 Lawsuits Detail Alleged Medical Neglect at ICE Detention Center
A senior U.S. official read the text of the fourteen-point memorandum of understanding with Iran over the phone to reporters today, and there’s a reason it has ignited a firestorm. (“First of all, after months of the White House insisting Trump does not need congressional approval for his strikes against Iran because they did not constitute a war, the MOU straight up calls the conflict “the current war.””)
Tesla Allegedly Showed Cooked Data to Get Full Self-Driving Approved
The Spirit of the Age (what has struck me about the 250th celebrations is that there are actually very few references to American history, especially compared to the 1976 celebration)
School Districts Are Struggling to Keep Up With Surging Special Education Needs
Fifteen people charged over alleged interference in Minnesota immigration crackdown
The Man Has A Point
The Theory of the Vulgar Class: Collapsing norms, cage matches, and a republic in danger
She Didn’t Live to See the Knicks Championship. She Would Have Loved It. It’s finally the Knicks’ time. But the five-decade title drought, full of both joy and pain, was all some devoted fans were ever able to experience.
MAGA ‘celebs’ step up to pay homophobic MLB players’ fines
‘Elon Musk Should Have to Pay For This’: Trump Admin Says It Needs $1 Billion to Combat Screwworm
Another day, another lawsuit against Trump’s tacky DC projects
DEMOCRATS MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY
The Roberts Court Is Trying to Stop the Political Pendulum
UFC fight can’t hide MAGA male weakness. Calling Michelle Obama a “man” won’t make up for losing the Iran war
The Billion-Dollar Peptides Gold Rush
The De-Trumpification Process Begins Now. We are already in a battle for historical memory. Proceed accordingly
Government Workers Say They’re Getting Inundated With Religion
Reflecting Pool algae bloom is one of biggest recorded in years after $14M renovation. An analysis of satellite imagery of the Lincoln Memorial shows algae levels spiked days after Trump’s renovation was completed.
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm
The Iran War Has Been a Disaster for Trump and the US — But There Are Two Bright Spots
Jeff Bezos told Trump the Washington Post was his worst investment before slashing staff: ‘People there are terrible’
Trump, Bush and Clinton share remarkable 1946 connection