Links 2/12/25

Links for you. Science:

As Trump shuts down USAID missions, officials warn Ebola outbreak in Uganda will spread
US scientists feeling ‘stress and fear’ as sweeping Trump orders hit funding
NASA Ordered to Remove Anything About ‘Women in Leadership’ From Its Websites (this is flat out sexism)
Cows Have Been Infected With a Second Form of Bird Flu
USDA milk testing shows different strain of H5N1 bird flu in Nevada dairy herds
Genome sizes of animal RNA viruses reflect phylogenetic constraints

Other:

Six ways to send a message to your representatives
Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts
Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration
Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show
Doge v USAid: how Elon Musk helped his acolytes infiltrate world’s biggest aid agency
Let’s Get Real: I’m going to use the F-word and the C-word
King Musk’s Government Purge Hits a Snag
Trump Once Fired Him for Palling Around with White Nationalists. Now, Darren Beattie Is Back.
U.S. government officials privately warn Musk’s blitz appears illegal
Meditations in an Emergency
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Federal judge in Md. issues injunction on Trump’s birthright citizenship order
Watch The Credit-Ratings Agencies
A million cars have disappeared: What NYC is like after one month of congestion pricing
When It’s Not Just A Coup But A CFAA Violation Too
Trump’s Pick for Counterrorism Called for Arresting BLM Leaders as Terrorists
ICE raided his family’s North Philly car wash. Here is Jeffrey Lee’s account of what happened.
Donald Trump Faces First Articles Of Impeachment In Second Term
If DOGE Goes Nuclear: The risk of messing with the wrong computer system
Just like Big Tech, American steel lines up with Trump oligarchy
Democracy is Fighting Back
‘My jaw dropped’: Ex-NSA workers stunned after museum covers names of women and minorities (despite conservative protestations, this tells us exactly what ‘DEI’ means to them)
Health agencies told to rank some workers as fear of layoffs grows
USAID and the Media in a ‘Time of Monsters’
‘What did you think he was going to do?’ Blowback builds against Muslims who backed Trump
NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproar

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