Links for you. Science:

LLM Book (excellent explainer of LLMs)
Her Death From Dengue May Signal That the Disease Is Here to Stay
SlopShape: Identifying AI-Generated Commercial Web Content
Ecology and spread of the North American H5N1 epizootic
The Arms Race Between Bacteria and Their Viruses: Update on Phage Countermeasures Against Bacterial Defence Systems
Mutation and Recombination Rates in Free-Ranging Polar Bears
The flu strain driving this season’s unusually early spread

Other:

The reddest House seat Dems are poised to flip is TN-4, where Victoria Broderick, a progressive who backs Medicare for All and is openly pro-trans rights, leads. Trump won it by 24. She ran on a shoestring budget with no party support. Here are other Democrats who flipped deep-red seats.
The Much Maligned “Groups” Are the Reason Democrats Won the Midterms
Affordability or Accountability? Dear God, Democrats. Do Both—and More
Total System Failure: U.S. Government Networks Will Need To Be Torched And Rebuilt
Trump Has a Secret Plan to Evade Accountability. Will Dems Defeat It?
Major media outlets sanitize Stephen Miller’s white nationalist ideas
Don’t Let Trump Up Off The Ground. Democrats are already reverting to the approach that has let Trump escape in the past: treating accountability as a sideshow, even hoping to cut deals with him.
The Trolls’ Comeuppance: How the attention economy turned on Republicans
What Won the Democrats the Midterms?
Understanding the Grand Theory of Trumpism
White House Network Possibly Exposed to Hackers Via Proxy Services (more details here)
Honey Pot Huang
Commerce Dept. Chip Inquiry Was Halted After Nvidia Intervention
Ahmed Moor, a Gaza-born Philadelphian, is John Fetterman’s first 2028 challenger
Silicon Valley and Trump rally behind Nvidia CEO after his affair with alleged Chinese spy
Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries Are Not Meeting the Moment
The tortured pollsters department: I said regularly that I thought polls were underestimating Democrats. They did. Here’s why I had my doubts.
Palantir hires a former Democratic senator as it faces scrutiny in new Congress
Mar-a-Lago Face Won’t Save You
Utah gambling crackdown continues as prediction markets halt operations in the state
Immigrants Are Being Systematically Returned Home Despite Court Orders
He Ran on Fighting Data Centers. Now, He’s Going to Congress
Inside the Operation That Helped Ukraine Turn the Tables
A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics: Republicans Spent $200 Million Attacking Trans People And Lost Everything
540-Plus Seats Flipped, 6 New Trifectas: Dem Wins At The State Level Keep Piling Up
The Honeypot That Might End the AI Boom
D.C. developers weigh in on Janeese Lewis George’s housing promises
DC Votes to Ban Foie Gras. Now What?
Metro weighs higher fares and service cuts amid rising costs
What the 2026 Exit Polls Signal for Democratic Investigations in Congress