Links for you. Science:
“Fertilization President” Trump Just Gutted Fertility Research
Open Source Genetic Database Shuts Down to Protect Users From ‘Authoritarian Governments’
Coding error caused layoffs at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke this week, source says
Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging
Welcome to the Worst Allergy Season Ever
The Dingo’s Fate
Other:
The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI (excellent; Democrats need to stop funding and empowering the worst people–and these are the worst)
D.C. remains in financial limbo as House delays budget fix
Laura Loomer Is a Warning. No one else with direct access to the president has been as outwardly bigoted.
As Trump cracks down on immigration, U.S. citizens are among those snared
‘A huge impact on worker safety’: Protection for miners, firefighters in jeopardy after CDC cuts
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
This is high art
Bluesky Can’t Take a Joke
Jittery Locals Are Flocking to Yoga, Knitting, and Ax-Throwing
There Are No Adults in the Room: A brief note on the inherent media problem with covering galactically stupid policies.
Leave the Military: You’re at risk of being told to betray your own values.
Trump’s Tariff ‘Chart of Death’ Has Wall Street Facing Harsh Reality
Rule by Contractor: DOGE is not about waste and efficiency—it’s about privatization.
USDA Cuts Hit Small Farms as Trump Showers Billions on Big Farms
The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It
No Person Shall Be Deprived… “Except If We Say So”
How Donald Gets the Constitution All Wrong
Big Law Is Winning in Court—Now Is Not the Time to Fold
DOGE’s Pentagon Budget Cuts Don’t Touch Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Philistines, Philistines Everywhere
The only national emergency is the law that empowers a mad king
Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says
Emails Confirm Social Security Administration Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Payback
Some Philly-area schools are sticking with DEI, despite Trump’s orders
Untested new software installed by DOGE employees crashing Social Security servers
The Trump White House Cited My Research to Justify Tariffs. It Got It All Wrong.
Trump Admin Exempts Trump’s Ads Thanking Himself From DOGE Review
mikethemadbiologist
As a former IT consultant for numerous government computing contracts, I’d just like to point out that SABOTAGING GOVERNMENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS is a prosecutable crime, no matter who does it.