Links for you. Science:

‘Complete devastation’—How NSF gutted its social sciences research
The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared
Don’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason. Ten years after AlphaGo’s match against Go champion Lee Sedol, today’s AI still isn’t tapping into the machinery that made that win possible.
The wrong platform for science
What a homemade air quality monitor taught me about environmental justice in DC
The Dead Sea Is Creating Its Own Extreme Climate As It Dies
Possible plague death at a Siberian lab baffles scientists

Other:

Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Inside Trump’s Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site. The president’s proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.
How Trump 1.0 Paved the Way for the “Cornell Seven” Case
Pete Hegseth: Bully, Bigot and the Biggest Loser Imaginable
How to Destroy a Reputation in Hollywood, as Told in 5 Women’s Lawsuits
A Cynical Reading Of Trump’s Big Hunting And Fishing Access Orders
Trump Mobile’s latest problem: Hackers just released customer information
Identity Crisis: Citizen access to public agencies is a basic public function. Why does government contract out the process of verifying identity to a for-profit monopoly company? (I hate ID.me)
Trump’s Meme Coin Firm Wants You to Buy. Insiders Are Preparing to Sell.
Trump Tirade over Shrinking Rally Crowds Emasculates MAGA
Kavanaugh Stops
Jewish federations are losing my generation — and future ones — over Israel and Netanyahu
‘Has flat buttocks,’ ‘cusses when scared’: Amazon keeps shockingly specific customer profiles. Here’s how to find yours
Credit Crunch
Democratic Senators Demand Answers on That Diamond Ring Trump Got
The Trump Administration is a Cesspit of Corruption. And fighting it should be at the heart of the Democratic agenda
WMATA Proposes Inflation-Based Metro Fare Increase
Kristi Noem was corrupt until the very end of her DHS tenure
Metro proposes fare increases for rail and bus riders
Infuriated CBS staff still can’t get through to Bari Weiss after scandals and ratings collapse
Why is Trump so unpopular? Because he lies about the war. He could bankrupt the GOP the way Herbert Hoover did.
Funding Cuts Aimed at Unauthorized Immigrants Are Hitting Americans, Too
James Talarico for Senate: Texans deserve better than Ken Paxton’s moral rot
Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage
The Bond Market God
Why Republicans are desperate to hold on to Texas
We’d Be Better Off Without Nebraska
Lawyers for Olympian Cleared in Reflecting Pool Case Demand a Watchdog Probe
Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project
Wild Andrew Tate claims include ‘extreme porn,’ bestiality pics with horse and eel as disturbing full allegations revealed