Links for you. Science:

Colossal Biosciences predictably scams again
Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer vaccine cut death, recurrence by 42%
The U.S.-Funded Plan To Kill Infants In Africa By Withholding Vaccines Has Been Thwarted
Stable coexistence and transport of lytic phage infections with migrating bacterial hosts
Jurassic Park @ 35: Reflections on evolutionary genetics, de-extinction, and the science-society interface
Archaeologists Unearthed a 476,000-Year-Old Wooden Structure. No One Knows Who Built It or Exactly Why
Crows can evaluate visual info twice as fast as mammals

Other:

The Faces Of The Democrats
In these hyperlocal ANC races, there’s no shortage of drama
Kushner Phone Hack Reveals How Middle East Dictators Bought Him Off
Small Pleasures
How Evangelicals Turn Supporters into Leaders—and What the Left Can Learn
She Was the DEA’s Premier Crypto Detective. The Clues Led Straight to Her Own Family
Inside Vivek Ramaswamy’s Historic Ohio Flameout
Buck Passing
How Elizabeth Holmes Tricked WIRED—and Everyone Else
Can you save DC from our “fiscal cliff”? (simulator is here)
Elon Musk Just Threatened the Coming Democratic Majority
Democrats Demand “Unredacted Log” of Attendees at $TRUMP Meme Coin Dinner
Vivek Ramaswamy’s Rock-Bottom Campaign
America Is About to See What Happens When Voters Turn to AI
AI agents are ready to shop. Some retailers are wary.
It’s Time to Take Starlink Away from Elon Musk
Can James Carville Please Just Be Quietly Wrong Somewhere Else?
Trump might be too demented to remember there is a future, but enablers shouldn’t forget
Vivek Ramaswamy Is Going After The Abusive Parent Vote
Meta Ordered to Pay Nearly 60% of Its First Half Profits for Deceiving Users on Privacy
Trump bulldozes a golf course and the rule of law
Abdul El-Sayed’s fighting style terrifies MAGA
High-Priced Chips in Warehouses: Nvidia’s Big Con?
Trump Again Uses ‘Shylock’ Term Considered Antisemitic Despite 2025 Backlash
Abdul El-Sayed on His Viral Takedown of MAGA Heckler
Todd Blanche Floats Chilling Likelihood of Trump Election Interference
At a Georgetown College Republicans event, member of Germany’s far-right party tells students the Holocaust is ‘used as a weapon’
How the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic Party
Hegseth Barred Trans Troops. Military Boards Are Rejecting Those Orders.
Poll: Low-information voters have turned hardest against Trump and the GOP