Links for you. Science:

French University to Fund American Scientists Who Fear Trump Censorship
What is the NIH “for”?
DOGE Is Trying to Shutter Crucial Volcano Observatory Facilities
Lyrebirds farm their own food – and shape entire forests
“A Generational Loss of Talent” – Scientist Warns Funding Cuts in Science, Tech, and Health Undermine U.S. Leadership
RFK Jr. warns vaccinating poultry for bird flu could backfire (he’s wrong: in its most reductionist form, the rise of new variants is heavily dependent on the population size)

Other:

DOGE Is the Deep State: A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!
Small federal agency blocks DOGE employees from entering its building. The U.S. African Development Foundation denied several DOGE employees access to its offices Wednesday, as DOGE makes sweeping eliminations across federal agencies.
Pentagon deputy press secretary Kingsley Wilson is a prolific purveyor of antisemitic conspiracy theories
IKEA beds? Dressers? Inside the ‘exceedingly odd’ DOGE office setup (most federal workers don’t even get free coffee)
The Trump Voters Who Are Losing Patience
Wilson Building Bulletin: D.C.’s busted budget
Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Laying the Groundwork to Defeat Joni Ernst
Trump’s Last Enemy Is The State Itself
What You Should Do
Understanding the New WaPo Piece on Post-Constitutional America
‘Vile, Ignorant And Racist’: GOP Account Ripped Over ‘Disgusting’ Attack On Dem Lawmaker
Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way
Anti-Fascist Movements Have Succeeded in the Past. Can They Work in the U.S.?
The ADL goes quiet on some hatreds
How Congress Can Delete DOGE
Why the Maga mindset is different: US decisions can no longer be analysed using assumptions shared across the democratic west
GOP group lambasted for referring to Latino congressman as ‘illegal immigrant’
C.I.A. Begins Firing Recently Hired Officers
When outplayed, AI models resort to cheating to win chess matches
Are socially distanced chickens laying more affordable eggs? (Trump take some egg)
Right wing creators are dominating Lively-Baldoni coverage. Conservative commentators are leveraging the case to dismantle support for #MeToo and amass unprecedented audience growth.
America is no longer the leader of the free world – and in Canada, we are on a war footing
Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk
Remember the Greatest Generation? Today’s GOP Is the Worst Generation
What I’m Trying to Figure Out (“Under what authority were the Marshals there and under what authority did they employ force to facilitate this takeover?”)