Links for you. Science:

Mass. hospitals expand bedside addiction treatment amid new evidence of its benefits
The loneliest people (and places) in America. What we’re all getting wrong about the loneliness epidemic
Octopus jumps shark and goes for a ride on its back
A huge iceberg broke off Antarctica. What scientists found under it startled them.
‘Chaos and Confusion’ at the Crown Jewel of American Science
An Interview With A Fired USDA Specialist

Other:

The Underlying Problem: This is happening because some people are too rich.
The Pluralistic Ignorance of the Trump Opposition. Institutions are failing to stand up for their principles. That does not mean Americans as a whole are not resisting what is happening.
Federal workers split over return-to-office mandate. Some are job hunting.
Downtown Boston office tower One Lincoln fetches $400 million at auction. Sale would be barely half the value of a three-year-old mortgage on the 36-story Financial District tower. (I thought sending everyone back to the office was supposed to fix this…)
Scorched Earths
Now’s the time for the Democrats to demoralize Trump voters
Homeland Security Revokes Temporary Status For 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans And Venezuelans
Apple is becoming a utility. That’s hard for fanboys to take.
‘Uber With Guns’ App Contracts With Police Officers Accused Of Misconduct
The new iPhone is AI-ready. So where’s the AI?
Tesla Trade-Ins Are At An All-Time High, Edmunds Says
What Was the Top 40?
Schumer triggered collapse of public confidence in his party
Now What? If Senate Democrats truly believed only the courts can rein in Trump, they’d act like it.
What’s in the Book Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want You to Read
Chuck Schumer Is the Weakest Link. The Senate minority leader wants to make sure everyone else is fighting for democracy—so he’s not at risk.
Tax revenue could drop by 10 percent amid turmoil at IRS. Staff cuts and disruptions related to the U.S. DOGE Service have officials bracing for a sharp loss of revenue.
Was That Smart
USDA cancels $500M in food deliveries, leaving food banks scrambling
We’re All We’ve Got Left
Tony Cheng’s, a D.C. Chinatown mainstay for decades, fights for survival
Trump’s Economics—and America’s Economy
How DOGE is making government almost comically inefficient
80 Teslas damaged at once at Canadian Showroom
Eight decades after the liberation of Theresienstadt, a survivor remembers
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
Centennial Bulb glows strong at age 124, a survivor in turbulent times
Can art survive the climate crisis? We may never know how many priceless works in private hands went up in smoke in the L.A. fires. How extreme weather is shaking up the economics of the art world. (great opportunities for forgers though…)