Links for you. Science:

Even faced with the same data, ecologists sometimes come to opposite conclusions
Inside the Collapse at NIH: Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now. (must-read)
This animal is on the edge of extinction. Trump just fired the people trying to save it.
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
RNA neoantigen vaccines prime long-lived CD8+ T cells in pancreatic cancer
US climate research agency braces for ‘efficiency’ cuts: ‘They will gut the work’

Other:

How Democrats Can Win This Shutdown Fight. The party may be out of power, but it is not powerless. Here are a few suggestions for what to do about government funding.
With RFK Jr. in Charge, Supplement Makers See Chance To Cash In
It’s Not Hard to Figure Out Why Some Democrats Are Suddenly Pro-Crypto. Let me catch up here. An industry that has been “long dogged by scandals and concerns about financial fraud” is now being “embraced” by elected officials who want to help “legitimize” the industry that has been “long dogged by scandals and concerns about financial fraud”?
DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator. Elon Musk’s men at HUD come from the real estate sector. They have access to vast stores of personal and financial data—and control over who can access which HUD systems.
She hoped Trump’s victory would change her life, but not like this. Ryleigh Cooper is normally more focused on motherhood than politics. Then came DOGE.
Even MAGA minions are disgusted by Trump’s sick AI fantasy of Gaza
On measles outbreak, the Trump administration’s messaging strikes some as off-key
Art Museum of Americas cancels shows of Black, LGBTQ artists following Trump orders
Memo to the President: Manhattan Economy Improving, Thanks to Congestion Pricing
Photos and videos show the ‘Tesla takedown’ protests that have sprung up in US cities
Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives.
In The Leopards’ Den
Carlos Slim orders to cancel his collaboration with Elon Musk’s Starlink
Watch Trump Tell Fox News Reporter To Gush Over Cabinet Meeting After It’s Over
Researchers puzzled by AI that praises Nazis after training on insecure code
But Why Do They Need To Rehire Them
‘A huge slap in the face’: DOGE fired this veteran from the VA with an email
Shut Up, James Carville. Congratulations on the election you won 32 years ago, but things have changed a little.
Musk is now begging air traffic controllers to come back to work
These Ten Democrats Need to Be Primaried
It’s about to get harder to do your taxes, thanks to Trump
DOGE Just Fired a Veteran Advocate Who Served Four Tours by Email
The full force of this administration’s destruction is about to hit
Trump administration struggles to rehire fired bird flu employees
Nazi-Adjacent DOGE Kids Are Overruling the Secretary of State? Am I Hearing This Right?
Voters Think Plane Crashes Have Become More Frequent and Blame Recent Accidents on Air Traffic Controller Shortages
The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think