Links for you. Science:

Bird Flu Is a Big Threat. The US Needs to Start Acting Like It.
Integrons are anti-phage defence libraries in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Delayed CDC report shows increased evidence of bird flu spread to people
The Erasing of American Science: How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?
U.S. conditionally approves vaccine to protect poultry from avian flu
Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience

Other:

Revolution Town: Faceless vandals take a beleaguered city.
WaPo Provides Cover for Musk’s Government Takeover
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing. How regime change happens in America
Wikipedia Prepares for ‘Increase in Threats’ to US Editors From Musk and His Allies
Memo: ‘Capture of U.S. Critical Infrastructure by Neoreactionaries’ (full memo here)
Lawyers Caught Citing AI-Hallucinated Cases Call It a ‘Cautionary Tale’
Why conservatives are obsessed with phony masculinity
Researcher Captures Contents of ‘DEI.gov’ Before It Was Hidden Behind a Password
The IRS Is Buying an AI Supercomputer From Nvidia
Trump Admin Adds Note Rejecting ‘Gender Ideology’ on Sites Court Ordered Them to Restore
A mandate for Boston’s suburbs: Make room for more apartments
The Murky Ad-Tech World Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel
TSMC Considers Running Intel’s US Factories After Trump Team Request (this is apparently incredibly unpopular in Taiwan–not surprising)
“Elon Musk Is a Walking Conflict of Interest”
How Gambling Took Over America
RFK Jr’s confirmation begins America’s Dark Ages
Football Breaks Faith
Cameras have appeared outside homes of Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ activists. Why are they there?
The United States will import 15,000 tons of eggs from Turkey due to the rapid outbreak of bird flu in the country. (Trump take egg)
The Kind of World They Are Building
Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say
How New York’s Black Leaders Are Trying to Move Past Eric Adams
Elon Musk’s place in the Constitution
Moderate House Republican Vows ‘No’ Vote If Budget Guts Benefits
Mass. Teachers Association under fire for alleged antisemitic learning materials on the Israel-Hamas war