Links for you. Science:

Study: Shipping paths pose a ‘major threat’ to whales
Ozempic Killed Diet and Exercise
America Stopped Cooking With Tallow for a Reason
Humans may not have survived without Neanderthals
Science journalism becomes plain old journalism
State’s First Bird-Flu Case in Commercial Poultry Since 2023 Appears in Greene County, Officials Confirm (Mississippi)

Other:

Phil Williams: In reporting on hate and extremism, ‘while the attacks are personal, so is the cause’: “Journalists like myself have a choice: surrender to the fascist mob that wants to intimidate the truth-tellers – or rededicate ourselves to doing what’s right no matter the cost.”
Yarvin’s Case Against Democracy. Curtis Yarvin is too elitist for fascism.
Getting Ahead of H5N1: Declare a Public Health Emergency, Expand Wastewater Testing, and Increase Vaccine Research and Availability—Sooner Rather Than Later (this is all good, but does anyone believe that Trump’s nominees will do any of this?)
Conspiracy theory is the new normal: 2024 was the year QAnon went mainstream. The single biggest reason Trump won? The median voter ignores real news to consume endless disinformation
Trump wants federal workers back in the office. It may be a tall task.
Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues
DVD is dead. Long live DVD. Tech’s takeover of show business has turned everything into streaming. The only recourse is to focus on the physical.
Keep On Impeaching
Vivek Ramaswamy Dragged After Wild Rant on How American Workers Suck
Civil War brewing in MAGA Land over tech bros and tech workers
It’s Impossible Not to Know What’s Going on in Gaza
The press is ignoring the real Liz Cheney scandal
The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago.
Who Got Duped? MAGA Activists Worry That Nativism And Tech Oligarchy May Not Go Hand In Hand
Trump’s Selective Nativism
There Can’t Be Famine – Everybody Has Already Been Ethnically Cleansed
We’re not ready for the chaos
MAGA Infighting
What the Broligarchs Want From Trump
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
Elon Musk’s Critics Stripped of Verification Badge After Publicly Challenging Billionaire: ‘The Beginning Stages of Censorship’
Pelosi Won. The Democratic Party Lost. In sabotaging Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bid for leadership of the Oversight Committee, party elders have doubled down on a failed strategy.
How AARP Shills for UnitedHealthcare
Steve Bannon Joins War Against Elon Musk as MAGA Implodes
These MAGA farmers could be ruined if Trump follows through with mass deportations
Amazon manipulated injury data to make warehouses appear safer, a Senate probe finds