Links for you. Science:

Controversial US-backed vaccine trial in African newborns halted
How Bad Is Another Case of Covid?
NSF closes fiscal 2026 with over $1 billion left unspent
Marine life dramatically declined in Gulf of Mexico in years after BP oil spill, study finds
Start-Up Claims to Use A.I.-Created Viruses to Treat a Patient (the corporate press release doesn’t actually describe if the treatment worked though)
A simple touch can bring dying corals back to life in just 7 weeks
‘Back at Square One’: Christina Applegate Says Her M.S. Was Misdiagnosed

Other:

Why I wish you didn’t want to see Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary. Holmes’ compelling lies, and why we should all, perhaps, just look away
‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the New Wild West of AI
Musk and Thiel are Evil Demagogues. What Sustains Them?
He’s Adapted to a Wheelchair. He Wishes D.C. Would, Too.
U.S. officials privately advise states fearing Trump election meddling
Progressives Are Applying The Wrong Litmus Test. The proximate obstacle is corrupt Republicans, and disempowering them requires democracy reforms, not a sufficiently bold agenda.
Dem Candidate In Arizona: My Rape Was Not A ‘Hoax’ Concocted for Votes
JD Vance Will Now Hear Your Petition to Remain
Could Mississippi Elect Its First Black Senator Since Reconstruction?
Musk’s Fake Flying Car And ‘CEO Said A Thing!’ Journalism
Online forum controlled by Nevada GOP House candidate contains slurs and Nazi talk, AP review finds
Republicans Drop Holy Sh*t Ad Featuring Amy Acton’s Estranged Pedophile-Marrying Mother
Recipe Scammers Are Using an AI-Generated Emily Blunt as a Slop Puppet to Promote Their Garbage
What Makes Men in Groups Behave So Badly?
How Corruption Got This Bad. Over the course of decades, the Supreme Court has legalized behavior that is poisonous to a functioning democracy.
There Is a Zionism That Needs the Support of Progressives
Inside the Conservative Takeover of the University of Texas
Putin’s American friends: ‘Realist’ critics of Nato echo Moscow’s talking points on Ukraine
Computer Chips Are the Most Magnificent Things Humanity Has Ever Made
Prediction markets are now ‘bespoke insurance’ for businesses, and a Los Angeles restaurant group’s $60,000 hedge on Kalshi is the latest example
94 Year-Old Electronics Billionaire Accused of Hiring Goons to Infest Chicago With Huge Rat Swarm
Conservatives are turning on Mar-a-Lago face
The State Department Is Pushing Out Senior Foreign Service Officers
The 75-year-old screenagers
Trump Pardoned Venezuelan Billionaire After Family Offered Alina Habba $50 Million Deal
We Got This
D.C. tenants say Buwa Binitie runs an empire of neglect. Now, they’re fighting back.
Former D.C. Attorney General Crashes Protest to Defend Landlord
‘I literally just leave my house’: In this Utah neighborhood, homeowners say a noisy data center campus is disrupting their lives
Dinner under $15? It’s possible at these 7 D.C. spots