Links for you. Science:

The Great Inflammation Panic: The wellness world’s favorite buzzword has gone federal. For those of us with real inflammatory disorders, the misinformation isn’t just annoying—it’s harmful.
Study Reveals How Avocados Reverse Sexes Throughout the Day
Bacteriocins in archaea & archaeocins in bacteria
It’s 90 degrees in the Arctic right now
‘Stop all outdoor activities’: South Korea records its highest ever temperature

Other:

The Oligarchs are Doubling Down on Republicans. And Democrats should make the most of it
Purple Heart vet sues after National Guard troops detained her as she sat quietly in the front yard of her DC home (I wrote about this here)
What Are Companies Getting for All That A.I. Spending?
Hey Fauci haters, his decisions saved lives. Including mine.
Vote Blue No Matter Who
Americans Are Turning on Trump
Trump orders changes to new helipad after weeks of around-the-clock work
North Carolina Republican Drops Re-election Bid After Ethics Rebuke
For energy-hogging DC buildings, it’s upgrade or pay
27 Thoughts On A Tough Primary Season
How Trump’s claims of vandalism at the renovated Reflecting Pool crumbled
Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts are coming back to burn America
Let’s Talk About the Massive Parking Garage Trump Wants to Build at Dulles
Classy
The House of Ellison is on the Brink
We’ve Been Thinking About Electability All Wrong
Moderate Democrats have a choice to make
The AI Demand Bubble
How to Launder a Break-In. An OpenAI system spent four and a half days burgling Hugging Face. Twelve days later, it was evidence of the future. Somebody wrote it that way.
Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’
Jeanine Pirro crashes into the limit of Trump’s lies
ICE begins outfitting Haitian immigrants with ankle monitors, attorneys say
The world is against us, but what does that have to do with us? Israelis think we can win back international support by training better spokespeople. The real solution is much more challenging
Arrested at Reflecting Pool, woman details ‘heartbreaking’ toll case has taken
Data Centers Didn’t Jack Up Your Bill—Utility Greed Did (why not both?)
SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X
Guard deployment to Washington into 2029 will cost roughly $1.4B, estimate shows
San Antonio-area Republican congressional candidate calls children ‘cum trophies’ in latest controversy: ‘Just because you let somebody creampie you doesn’t mean I have to give a shit about your political opinions,’ gun YouTuber Brandon Herrera said of mothers.
Why are so many young women leaving the LDS Church? More than half of young adult women who grew up as Latter-day Saints have now left. Many are reacting against politics, purity culture and powerlessness.
BMW is putting Spider-Man ads on your dashboard, after promising it never would