Links 2/2/25

Links for you. Science:

Peeing Is Socially Contagious in Chimps
Scotland in bird flu lockdown as prevention zone established
The Current and Future Burden of Long COVID in the United States (U.S.)
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
AI hallucinations can’t be stopped — but these techniques can limit their damage
Scientists Strapped QR Codes Onto Thousands of Bees to Learn How Far They Actually Fly

Other:

RFK Jr. disparaged vaccines dozens of times in recent years and misled on race
Caroline Kennedy warns senators of ‘predator’ RFK Jr. in searing letter
Will the Courts Enforce the Constitution Against President Trump? If they don’t, the checks and balances that have defined our government since its inception will give way to one-man authoritarian rule.
The delay OMB has ordered specifically contradicts the Impoundment Control Act.
How to Take Heart From What Really Worked in the First Resistance
How federal agencies are calling workers back to office full-time
Trump back to golfing after demanding federal workers return to office
Trump’s Colombia Spat Is a Gift to China
Type The Press Release
What Harms Will AI Cause, and What Can We Do About Them?
D.C. Has Stiffed Nonprofits That Run Key Housing Programs, Causing Financial Chaos (Bowser is… not good)
Whole Foods Workers in Philadelphia Form Grocer’s First Union in Decades
Social media users flock to Bluesky as Musk makes X a hellsite
Immigrants drive Nebraska’s economy. Trump’s mass deportations pledge is a threat
Nebraska went big for Trump—and that may kill its economy
Why Americans Don’t Walk: A Forgotten Centennial
Only Got One Hammer
Trumps illegally orders halt to all federal loan programs
Trump’s Victory Over Colombia Now Looks Less Clear Cut
Elon Musk Lackeys Have Taken Over the Office of Personnel Management
AI Bubble, Meet Pin. Open-source software from China calls into question why we’re committing trillions to winning the AI race.
Trump’s Federal Grant Freeze Looks Like an Assault on the Authority of Congress. The constitutional power of the purse is supposed to belong to the legislative branch.
Jews are done with Elon Musk and his Nazi schtick
Trump’s press secretary is the corrupt monster he’s always wanted
‘It’s an Illegal Executive Order. And It’s Stealing.’
Trayon White’s Lawyer Says the Council is Breaking the Law in Trying to Boot Him from Office

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