Links for you. Science:

The NIH Memo That Undercut Universities Came Directly From Trump Officials
Near-extinct Caribbean reptile makes epic comeback
Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs
Rapid evolution of prehistoric dogs from wolves by natural and sexual selection emerges from an agent-based model
Avian flu ‘would dwarf the COVID pandemic in terms of impact,’ researcher says
RFK Jr., Onetime Environmentalist, Kills NIH Climate Change Programs

Other:

Wokeness Is Not to Blame for Trump
DOGE Is Xitter Files for Government
Musk Is Lying About Waste and Fraud in Social Security to Have an Excuse to Kill It
Wokeness Is Not to Blame for Trump
To Win America, Democrats Must Win the Story
Republicans worry GOP-led states will suffer from Trump’s firings of federal workers
Kathy Hochul, Welcome To The Resistance
Business school professors trained an AI to judge workers’ personalities based on their faces
Congestion pricing in Manhattan is going quite well, thanks!
DHS secretary wants to subject staffers to lie detector tests
It’s Not Time to Protest, It’s Time to Strike
The Supreme Court’s Final Test Approaches
The Shock Appeal of American Authoritarianism. The harsh truth is that some people are entertained by seeing you cry.
Where Are the Lawsuits Over the Chainsawing of NIH and NCI?
X is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers
Ex-NFL punter Chris Kluwe calls MAGA ‘a Nazi movement’ in protest that led to his arrest
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
An Explosion of Lies: The Musk Administration chokes on the truth
Meet Muppy, the World’s Smallest Sled Dog
Trump moves hamper bird flu response as egg prices spike (Trump take egg)
Study of TikTok, X ‘For You’ feeds in Germany finds far-right political bias ahead of federal elections
Let the Show Trials Begin
Some Democrats now admit they screwed up by voting for Trump’s nominees
DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards (when HHS rolled this out, they–correctly–called this a way to reduce administrative overhead and save money; among other things, DOGE doesn’t know what it’s doing…)
Seems Bad
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account (he seems nice)