Links for you. Science:

Remembering Dr. Joe Romm
Outer membrane changes enable evolutionary escape from bacterial predation
Was the Teen Who Died From Measles Immunocompromised
‘Babies are dying’: How Pennsylvania’s measles outbreak changed the vaccine mindset of this Amish country midwife
Vought pushes for scrutiny of NIH grants and budget in Oval Office clash
There’s A Big New Crater On The Moon
AI is giving scientists more ideas than they can test. A new report from Google, Google DeepMind and M.I.T. finds that researchers are using AI—a lot. It’s just not helping as much in the lab

Other:

A.I. Is a Threat, but Not in the Way You Think
What if we’re wrong about party asymmetry? (excellent)
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?
A.I. Risk And The End Of The Neoliberal Style In Politics
The Bullshit Machine Did Some Bullshit
Trump’s arch will harm historic sites but must proceed, federal officials say
Can Two Friends Complete a Game No One Has Ever Finished? The Campaign for North Africa, a staggeringly complicated World War II board game, has stymied players for decades. Now two guys in England are giving it a serious go.
Jared Kushner’s Dollar Diplomacy: Donald Trump’s son-in-law represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth.
Immigrants’ Lawyers Say U.S. Is Redacting Documents Proving Legal Status
Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptides
A Gender War Explodes in Utah Over the Courts, Abortion and Representation
Lauren Boebert accused of sex with three staffers in complaint alleging $200K hush payment
Trump Is a Runaway Train—and Nobody’s Pulling the Brakes
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
A Hispanic Republican in Florida is facing her FAFO moment
LeBron James Wants Your Paycheck To Become His Paycheck, By Way Of Polymarket
MAGA Commentator Roasted For Suggesting Veggie Burgers Amid Rising Beef Prices
Voting groups sound alarm on funding shortfalls that they say could affect midterm turnout
CNN’s Dana Bash Takes Aim At ‘Gross’ Michigan Voter Bias In Poll
The working class face a ‘class ceiling’ in elite occupations
Robert Kraft Once Said He’d ‘Fight Like Hell’ for a Palestinian Homeland. Now He’s Fighting Against ‘Free Palestine’
Why Democrats Might Choose to Impeach Cabinet Members (yes, they should do this)
‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
Kash Patel’s attack dog act does more than please Trump. The FBI director’s testimony is part of a larger MAGA strategy to sow cynicism
University Rescinds Job Offer to Activist Who Allegedly Wiped Phone Before DHS Could Search It
Trump’s made man leaves the family without a single indictment
I Hijacked a Real Artist’s Spotify with AI Music. It Was Disturbingly Easy
White House doesn’t want voters to see the real Trump
How American Jews Find Meaning on Yom Kippur
The election experts and the models can’t both be right