Links for you. Science:

The CDC has zombie programs. Congress funds them, but few people are left to do the work
Ticks that cause Lyme and other diseases have migrated south. Are doctors ready?
The Super El Niño Won’t Fix the West’s Water Crisis (will Trump take on Big Ag?)
GTX-GUT: A Standardized Metagenomic Workflow for Gut Microbiome Profiling and Clinical Associations
How Cyclospora Evaded the U.S. Food Safety System to Sicken Thousands
HHS’s new strategic plan for autism prioritizes interventions offered at authors’ own clinics
How the National Science Foundation is Closing the Door on Opportunity in Science

Other:

This Is How Democrats Talk Themselves Out Of Wielding Power
The Left Is Building Power. That’s Why Dems Are Slamming “Woke 1.0.” A series of electoral victories by democratic socialists and their allies is posing a challenge to establishment Democrats, and ​they’d rather attack rhetoric than debate policy. (the Trump administration is the most openly racist administration since Woodrow Wilson, and Donald Trump is an adjudicated rapist. “Woke 1.0” clearly didn’t go far enough)
Colorado Was Targeted as Trump Fumed Over Election Denier, Email Shows (impeach him. Impeach him now)
DOJ slams D.C. Council for calling for National Guard withdrawal. A Justice Department official accused council members of “ignorance” and “impotent theatrics” over their request for governors to remove their troops from D.C. (impeachment shouldn’t be just for high officials. Impeach Colin M. McDonald. Impeach him now)
Colorado GOP Gov Nominee Claims to Have Battled ‘Demons’ With ‘Reptilian’ Eyes
Disney runs out of patience with Brendan Carr’s bullsh*t
Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump
Facebook Is Drowning In Islamophobic AI Slop Calling for Violence Against Muslim Americans
The ‘vibe shift’ was a leveraged buyout
I Aspired To Get My PhD At Cambridge – I Left Because Of The Racism
The Painful Truth of Exactly How ICE’s New Shock Gloves Work
NC Board of Elections votes along party lines to reject most Sunday early voting hours (if voting doesn’t matter, the fascists still seem awful concerned about people voting)
Who Is a Jew? California Considers a Small Box With Big Implications.
ICE’s New Electric Shock Gloves Are Billed As “Low Optics” Tool
Silicon Valley Executives Are Tech Fans. Just Not for Their Own Kids.
Trump bought as much as $5 million in Axon stock before ICE sought $220 million Taser deal
Matt Dunlap’s campaign is openly attacking Paul LePage’s age
Ken Paxton Was Double-Booked With an Emo Band at a Houston Venue. Things Got Weird.
How the A.I. Borrowing Binge Helps Drive Up Government Bond Yields
He Cursed at a Public Meeting. Then He Was Arrested.
What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.
He Co-Founded Airbnb. Now He’s a Red-Pilled Billionaire Helping Trump
Gossipy Academics Helped Kill Jason Arday
Journalists as Trump’s ‘human shields’ should be the WHCA’s last straw
DHS Exempted Itself from Normal Law for Undercover Investigation Into Protesters
Subtlefakes: Slightly Altered Nonconsensual AI Images Are Taking Over X
DC celebrates 250 years with a historically poignant mural for each city ward
How close is Donald Trump to the “crazification” line? (the original crazification post here)
The broken promise of D.C.’s Commission on Poverty
Drivers would take pay cut to avoid Northern Virginia commutes