Read: DOJ subpoenas Reddit in effort to unmask Trump critics | Rawstory

Read: New Study Reveals the Manipulative ‘Dark Patterns’ of AI Chatbots | 404 Media

Read: Sweden Is About to Give Ukraine Gripen—the Fighter Jet Built to Strike, Hide, and Fly Again | United24

Aside: The Swedish defense industry is a big winner here, they get to test the Gripen fighter in real combat and show potential buyers what it can do.

Read: The Costco theory of the internet | Westenberg

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Read: Hawaii’s Power Play: SB 2471 Takes on Citizens United | Katie Phang

This is a very important law that is not getting much attention - yet.

Read: The tons of banana trunks left over after the harvest are being turned into raw materials for clothing and paper, while mechanical extraction and controlled drying are accelerating industrialization | Econews

Read: ICE officer charged with assault in shooting during Minneapolis immigration crackdown | CNN

Read: Former top Russian official admits the country is over Putin and can ‘imagine a future without him’ — even elites bail as Kremlin seizes their assets | Fortune

Read: Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk—experts have startling hypothesis on how | Ars Technica

Read: Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have to find a new power source after their energy source looks to redirect lines to data centers | Fortune

Read: ‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds | The Guardian

Read: Judge says DOGE grant terminations are unlawful and ‘troubling’ | ABC

Read: California farmers must destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte closes its canneries and cancels more than $550 million in long-term contracts | Fortune

Nobody will say everything is falling apart, but there will be signs.

Read: CDC’s cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks | CBS

The steep cuts to the program’s inspectors baffled CDC officials since the small team’s staff is not paid for by taxpayer dollars.

RFK, Jr. has amazingly bad timing as well.