Links for you. Science:

Medical Groups Issue Guidance on Covid, Flu and R.S.V. Shots
Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own?
The tragic death of a Pennsylvania Amish woman stricken by measles
Proteolytic control of the SARS-CoV-2 furin cleavage site defines the phenotypic evolution from the pandemic to endemic state
An Invisible Force Has a Mysterious Effect on Aging, Scientists Discover in ‘Startling’ Breakthrough
A Bone Marrow Transplant Saved Me in ’95—That Wouldn’t Be Possible With Today’s NIH — Proposed changes to the agency’s budget threaten new cures
My relationship with AI is changing

Other:

Zohran Mamdani Is the Future of the Democratic Party. But Not for the Reason You Think.
Who should replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress? It’s not even a choice
She helped lead a far-right internet movement. Then it turned on her. (note that she hasn’t renounced her antisemitism, which is how she got into the far-right in the first place)
Trump’s Angry Tirade Over Failing Press Ban Reveals His Achilles’ Heel
Cornell Won’t, We Will (more here)
Anatomy of an AI Interest Story
Sam Altman is Driving Drunk, Let Him Face the Consequences
The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms
A Bookseller Confronts a Mysterious Company Hunting His Rarest Books
House Democrats plan vast oversight of Trump administration. Impeachment is an option
Saudi Arabia Bribed the Wrong People
We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up
It’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Suburb
States Roll Over And Show Bellies To Paramount, Will Allow Warner Bros. Merger
Americans Fear AI Will Make the World Worse, Love It Anyway
Former Employees Say the Kennedy Center Put Off Repairs Despite Known Structural Issues
Alex Ovechkin Finally Faces Some Pushback For Supporting Vladimir Putin
DOGE Upended His Work. Does Montana Care Enough to Vote for Him? Democrat Sam Forstag was a smokejumper with the Forest Service when Trump took a sledgehammer to the federal workforce.
The Protect College Sports Act Reveals The Dark Heart Of Management
“We’re In the Fascist Sandwich”
How One Trick Play Tells The History Of Football
Dating apps are leaning into MAGA’s gross ‘tradwife’ narrative
Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties – where people have reported being sexually assaulted
“If You Want to Bet on the End of the World…”
Stupormajority: Adam Jentleson’s “heterodoxy” won’t save the Democrats
Is CNN’s ‘Editorial Board’ a Potential Legal Nightmare?
Thank God The FBI Is Run By Kash Patel
Apple TV’s Ternus Test
AI and the Fall? of the Creative Class
Lies, damned lies, and Trump