Links for you. Science:

A Plague Upon Siberia
CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study
An AI “mind-reading” tool can reconstruct what you’re looking at from a brain scan
The Siberian Plague Scare Reveals That America Is Unprepared
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
Herd immunity underlies homologous recombination in stationary phase bacteria

Other:

Why were Victorian elites so effective?
Texas Republicans Might Finally Lose. Will They Learn Anything?
Congress Is Supposed to Be More Powerful Than the Supreme Court. Why Isn’t It?
Here’s what the Democrats’ first bill should be if they win Congress (disagree re the campaign finance part: Congress should define what the illegal acts are and then strip the court of jurisdiction)
The Anti-Tyranny Backlash: These people think we owe them gratitude and votes in exchange for bribes and false promises, while they they govern like they answer to no one. That’s precisely why they’re losing.
The Washington Sun’s aggressive local marketing campaign swings at The Post
Bowser’s Plan for a Massive Spa Along the Anacostia River May Be Dead (good)
Depression, anxiety plague Black women a year after being fired by DOGE
Moldbug
Centrist Democrats are afraid of expanding the Supreme Court
Aramark Settles $4.5M Class-Action Lawsuit Over ‘Junk Fees’ at Capital One Arena
Ha Ha Ha He’s Just Kidding Again
Washington’s Bitter, Partisan Restaurant Divide — With Data
Paying for your neighbors’ utilities? New DC law limits what landlords can charge
The Southwest Waterfront is getting a radical new arts space
How Payment Will Work on the Upcoming Purple Line
University of Arizona suspends six fraternities, pauses activities for almost all others
JD Vance catches heat after his favorite pseudointellectual praises Hitler again
Trump’s Unlikely Strategy to Control History: Footnotes
Democrats call for probe into Kimberly Guilfoyle’s conduct
‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Homes Rule: In D.C., Music Has Always Found a Home in Ordinary Houses
The Battle to Pass a Billionaire Tax
The Deficit
The War Against Accumulated Capital
Alabama Makes State Workers Say ‘Gulf of America.’ Colleges Aren’t Spared.
NYC moves to spend nearly $9M of gender-affirming care fund for minors
Disloyalty
Democrats plot a midterms push for MAHA voters
The NFL’s $192 Million Bet on Flag Football Is Paying Off With Teen Girls