Links for you. Science:

To understand rooftop solar, I built a 2,000-degree furnace in my studio apartment
Fauci speaks out about the pandemic, global health—and his own record
We’ve Got a ‘Supersized’ El Niño on Our Hands
Ancient “living fossils” may reveal how complex life began
WHO Grants Emergency Use Listing for Cepheid’s Xpert® Hemorrhagic Fever Panel Test to Support Ebola Outbreak Response in the DRC
COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory Season
Accurate detection of metagenomic strain-level associations using average nucleotide identity with StrainSpy

Other:

Imperialist Delusions and the Price of Fuel. Trump and Bessent tried to betray Ukraine. Now they don’t have any cards.
The Center For American Progress (bad title, but very good)
The MAGA Right Is Only Pretending to Be Censored. The conspiracy theory that persists even though no evidence supports it
Secret Service is getting the fortified White House that past presidents resisted (wrote about this here)
Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92
AI Addicts Won’t Make Better Workers
Is It Genocide Yet
The President Can’t Handle the Truth (the pattern is correct, but I think this is just standard narcissistic behavior, and has not that much to do with Pearle)
Bottom 90% of New Yorkers’ Incomes Stagnate As Very Richest See Huge Gains Since COVID
Kennedy Center Removes ‘Beloved’ Sculpture From Its Grounds
Hakeem Jeffries slammed a ‘breach of trust.’ Democrats want to know what he’ll do about it. (she should lose committee assignments next term)
Clarence Thomas Pal Harlan Crow Maxed Out Donations to John Fetterman
Death in the celebrity age
Denouncing Extremists
Home-intruding bobcat no match for police drone
More than 68% of voters support recall of Independence Councilman John Perkins (data center backlash)
Former Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin arrested by Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office
The Funniest Emails From The Kawhi Leonard Investigation Are Also The Most Clarifying
RFK Jr. is investigating whether troops died of Covid vaccine, Army doctor says
NYC bans AI use for students until they reach high school. The policy also bans companion chatbots across all grades.
Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion
New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement
Did Trump’s Tariffs Achieve Trump’s Goals? I didn’t grade the trade war against an economist’s ideal. I graded it against Trump’s own promises.
Gloria Steinem, a potent voice of US feminism and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 92
How Baby Boomers Transformed American Cuisine
Democrats expose GOP’s data center kickbacks