Links for you. Science:

The NIH Director Says a Lot. Critics Call Much of It Misleading.
Why too many women are prescribed antibiotics for UTIs they don’t have
Coroner Says Measles Wasn’t the Cause of Infant’s Death. Is He Right?
I am shocked, shocked to learn that this 2002 paper by Dan Ariely is based on dubious data and doesn’t replicate.
The Alleged Dimethylmercury Incident
Widespread genomic islands are hotspots of genome variations and mosaicism in giant viruses
The Genomic Landscape of Post-Black Death Epidemics in Northern Europe and the Caucasus

Other:

Trump’s mismanagement of the federal government is making Americans sick
Dwarkesh Patels’s wildly popular but dangerously misleading account of the OpenAI Hugging Face incident
Trump’s armed robbery in Venezuela draws values-free coverage
The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
Do D.E.I. Bike Paths Exist? The Trump Administration Says Yes.
Venezuela vowed not to ‘hand over’ its oil. Trump aims to grab a windfall.
These Generals Fought for Israel. Now They See ‘Jewish Terrorism’ as the Threat.
‘Proactively fall in line’: Holocaust Memorial Museum quietly changed content after Trump returned to office
‘A New Form of U.S. Colonialism’: Venezuelans Bristle at U.S. Oil Takeover
Vets for AI: Max Rose speaks on behalf of the veterans-focused group VoteVets in the media. He also is a top adviser to the artificial intelligence industry’s main super PAC.
My office is in receipt of an alarming whistleblower disclosure outlining the United States Postal Service’s perilously rushed and potentially unlawful implementation of President Trump’s Executive Order seeking to restrict mail-in voting
Haitian immigrant in Ohio takes his own life after losing temporary protected status, family says
Is Nothing Noteworthy
Iowa Dem Candidate Rob Sand: “Girls’ Sports Are For Girls,” Says Critics “Get Mad If You Use This Word Or That Word.” The Democrat is the latest to embrace anti-trans policies in his quest for political power.
Bitter Trump razes 40 weeping willow trees outside Kennedy Center commemorating assassinated president
A Cable News Miracle
Her breast MRI was approved, but that didn’t mean her insurance would pay
How Cyber Sleuths Tracked a Nigerian Scammer to His Doorstep
Whistleblower reveals USPS plot that could ‘derail’ midterms
Trump Mocks Data-Center Opponents as Wanting to Stay ‘Backwards and Poor’
Our 2026 ANC Voter Guide
Claude, Codex, and Hermes installed unowned code inside corporate networks
Are Metro’s Escalators Unusually Slow? (no, they are unusually long)
Military leaders basically held a no-confidence vote on the commander-in-chief, and he lost
White House bowling alley gets a $250K glow-up
This is what a supercar was like a century ago
“Horrendous”: MAGA Shreds Trump for Cruel Post on Data Center Critics
Donald Trump bitterly disappoints supporters of imaginary Donald Trump
Some Memphis businesses push back against Memphis Safe Task Force
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa