Full metal jackrabbit

An Illinois judge rejects Texas’s demand to arrest Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to break quorum on Republicans’ redistricting scheme. / Democracy Docket

See also: A love letter to the King of the Hill reboot, a hopeful reminder that Texas is about more than its politics. / The Barbed Wire

An analysis of public data and federal spending records finds DOGE has saved $1.4 billion—less than 5% of what it’s claimed to have saved. / Politico

See also: After spending 12 years and more than $800 million, the US military is about to kill two software projects to give other firms—including Palantir, naturally—a chance to win them. / Reuters

Inflation surged for US wholesalers last month due to Trump’s tariffs, and while they’re eating the costs—rather than passing them along to consumers—that may not last. / Associated Press

Trump’s state dept. has rewritten the government’s annual report on human rights abuses, giving free passes to allies and punishing political foes. / BBC

The Onion again appears likely to buy Infowars, now that a Texas judge has ordered the handover of its assets to pay damages to the Sandy Hook families. / NPR

This week, the Dept. of Homeland Security referenced a white supremacist text in an ICE recruitment ad. / The New Republic

An interview with the creator of the IceBlock app: “You have Pam Bondi accusing me and saying, I better ‘watch out.’ Please, come on.” / The Guardian

Now that more Americans get their news from social and video platforms rather than traditional outlets, an argument for “evidence-based creators.” / The Atlantic [$]

Some people don’t like music, and a group of scientists suggests the reason could be “disconnectivity between the reward circuit and the auditory network.” / Cosmos

Today’s big-name album release campaigns have evolved into immersive, world-building art experiences. / It’s Nice That

“Nature is metal.” Rabbits have been spotted in Colorado with hornlike growths caused by cottontail rabbit papillomavirus, a typically benign infection. / The New York Times [$]

This is cool: A live map that tracks lightning strikes globally—the circles that expand around the strikes depict when the thunder is heard. / Lightning Maps, Interconnected

Based on a snippet of dialogue, guess the movie. / Sub/Text

Correction—we published this headline yesterday without a link: “Chocolate shouldn’t be something you eat. It should be something you survive, even if your bank account won’t.” This chocolate will kick your teeth in. / McSweeney’s

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