Links for you. Science:
Trump Moves To Let Ranchers Kill Wolves: ‘You Can Shoot ‘Em’
Earth’s Magnetic Field Can Help Archaeologists Sniff Out Forged Antiquities
New England’s forests are in trouble
Breakthrough Quantum Test Resolves a Major Cosmic Mystery
The ‘Gen Z stare’ — and the decline of saying things out loud
Other:
What happened when Boston’s real-estate market found Montrose Street
A Data Center Moved Into This Town, And The Neighbors Moved Out
Is Adam Hamilton “Too Woke For Kansas?” The Democratic Senate candidate in the Jayhawk State, a former Republican and a Methodist minister who runs its largest megachurch, thinks the charge is laughable—and that he’s going to shock the world by turning Kansas blue.
Persis Yu’s blueprint for challenging entrenched power on Beacon Hill
Who Wrote the Zohar?
‘Oh hell no!’ Trump sparks fury as he doubles down on latest name-change obsession
More Americans are identifying as Democrats ahead of midterms
The Forgotten Jewish Revolt That Erased a Civilization
Dingy, dated, doomed: A fond goodbye to the Mass. Pike rest stops
American Airlines passenger duct-taped to seat after mid-air meltdown loses his job
Who did I vote for? Real people from the 2024 Cooperative Election Study introduce themselves in one sentence. You guess how likely it is they voted for Trump.
Why Erika Kirk failed as Turning Point USA’s leader
The Replacements: Trump’s State Department spent 2025 gutting the diplomatic workforce. Now it’s discovered that many of the people it eliminated were, unfortunately, pretty important all along—and desperately trying to refill their roles. “State is shopping for the expertise it threw away,” said one former officer. “You cannot make this shit up.”
Ken Paxton’s Financial Disclosures Appear to Violate Federal Ethics Law, Experts Say
Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters
Gloria Steinem was a beacon for women like me
A16z Says You Actually Love Social Media, Enshittification Isn’t Real
Who’s Afraid of the A.I. Bubble? Former a16z partner Vijay Pande thinks an A.I. crash is inevitable, so we may as well get it over with. But how bad could things get, and what would the industry look like afterward?
You Wanted a More Brutal World. Milo Yiannopoulos gleefully supported a vicious, brutal deportation machine. Having helped unleash this nightmarish system, will he take responsibility for helping us dismantle it?
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