Links for you. Science:

Artificial intelligence and illusions of understanding in scientific research
Study finds that we could lose science if publishers go bankrupt (study here; oddly, didn’t look for papers in PubMed Central)
A Rare Gray Whale, Believed Extinct in the Atlantic for 200 Years, Has Been Spotted off New England
‘Despair’: Argentinian researchers protest as president begins dismantling science
Tubby Labradors May Be at the Mercy of Their Genes, Not Just Too Many Treats. One in four Labrador retrievers carries a gene that tricks their brain into thinking they’re starving
The reckoning: Didier Raoult and his institute found fame during the pandemic. Then, a group of dogged critics exposed major ethical failings

Other:

What “Mandate for Leadership” Says About the GOP’s Governing Philosophy. Replacing checks and balances with authoritarianism
What I Learned When I Read 887 Pages of Plans for Trump’s Second Term
Inside A Secret Society Of Prominent Right-Wing Christian Men Prepping For A ‘National Divorce’
The Biden Plan to Ditch Netanyahu: The “come to Jesus moment” is already here, according to Israeli and U.S. sources.
Picking a Fight
A Trump judge slaps down Big Pharma’s attack on Biden’s drug price cuts
New York Times Accused of Wage Theft as Paper Prepares to Remedy Unpaid Overtime
A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us.
Katie Britt’s kitchen was a bleak stand-in for a chilling conservative vision
UNRWA report says Israel coerced some agency employees to falsely admit Hamas links
Senator Brian Schatz Explains What Donald Trump’s “Fascism” Would Mean for America
The Fundie Baby Voice: As soon as Senator Katie Britt started speaking, I knew exactly who she is. She is so many of the pastor’s wives and Sunday School teachers I knew growing up in an Evangelical church. Be sweet. Obey.
Was Trump supporter Katie Britt caught in whopping lie about graphic sex trafficking story?
Don’t go in the kitchen. I’m delivering a State of the Union response. (gift link)
How Trump’s Justice Dept. Derailed an Investigation of a Major Company. The industrial giant Caterpillar hired William Barr and other lawyers to defuse a federal criminal investigation of alleged tax dodges.
Could parliamentary democracy save America?
Why Kelly Johnson Sounds Like Michelle Duggar
The Michael Jackson Movie Wants to Change Your Mind
Stop Stressing About Turning Off the Lights When Leaving the Room!
Moscow After Navalny
Kyrsten Sinema Does Us All a Favor
Biden’s Gaza Dilemma
Let the Presidential Election Mudslinging Begin!
DeSantis faces pushback in Florida as voters tire of war on woke. Conservative lawmakers rejected a host of new culture wars proposals in the legislature
Why schools should bring back eighth-grade algebra
SATs Are Switching To An Online Format For The First Time