Links for you. Science:

FDA’s top vaccine official forced out, decries RFK Jr.’s “misinformation and lies”
Massive inter-species introgression overwhelms phylogenomic relationships among jaguar, lion, and leopard
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
US Weather Service Merges Units as Staffing Pressure Rises
Termites became the dominant decomposers of the tropics after two diversification pulses
H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics: Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.

Other:

There’s No Justice Without Power: A rich guy’s lesson for the left.
Kingdom Of The Biters
Vaccines in jeopardy? California moves to counter RFK Jr.’s health policies
What the accidentally leaked war group chat reveals about the Trump administration
It Is What It Looks Like (“The danger rests with those who are tempted to find some footing in the space that exists between these vocabularies.”)
The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account
Network effects of protest
Assessing Elon Musk’s Misleading Claims About Fraud in Government Spending
It Was One of the Most Shameful Episodes in U.S. History. Federal Workers Are Watching Trump Try It Again Before Their Eyes.
The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes
Midland Christian School’s chief financial officer arrested for child grooming, placed on administrative leave
ICE Revoking Students’ Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University’s Knowledge
Group Chat War Plans Provide a Window Into Trump’s Mafia State
Meet the militant Zionist group backing Trump’s deportation push (Betar are fascists, always have been)
The First Private-Sector Union Embraces Crypto, in a Move That’s News to Many Members
Transgender teens fight back against Trump’s ban on participation in girls’ sports
When ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Actually Means the Opposite. As part of a ‘painful period’ of cuts, Trump and RFK Jr. plan on dismantling the agency that focuses on substance abuse.
What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase. A safe and proper rewrite should take years not months.
Nation’s Elite Lawyers Choose Money Over The Constitution. It’s worse than a crime, it’s a mistake.
An Interview With A Fired EPA Public Affairs Specialist
AOC Is Bernie’s Heir Because She Was Loyal When It Mattered
Pro-Israel groups take credit for aiding Trump in arrests of international college students
GOP states embrace DOGE — but pursue far fewer cuts than Elon Musk
What Needs to Be Done to Save Israel
Russian scientist at Harvard Medical School detained by ICE for undeclared ‘frog embryo samples’
That Google result for the IRS might be fake. Here’s how to tell.
Kash Patel mostly absent as interim director, adding to ATF uncertainty