Links for you. Science:
CDC’s cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
Butterfly numbers in freefall as biodiversity decline unfolds at pace
The Trump Administration Is Turning Science Against Itself
As Mississippi Prepares for Avian Flu, Federal Chaos Looms Large
Massive cuts to NASA science proposed in early White House budget plan
Other:
Trump’s Revenge on Public Health: The attacks on HIV research are just the beginning of unraveling decades of progress.
Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador
SpaceX rocket cargo project puts Pacific seabirds in jeopardy
How to understand the stock market if you only watch Fox News
FDA to replace laid-off employees with contractors, sources say
MAGA’s war on empathy exposes misogynist fears
Magic Words
Amid tariff chaos, Republicans plot “massive redistribution” of wealth from workers to the rich
RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes. A key program to do that was gutted.
Joe Rogan Squirms As He’s Called Out For Legitimizing ‘Dangerous’ People With ‘S**t’ Ideas
‘Don’t want to overreact’: On-again, off-again tariffs put small businesses in a bind
Bush’s ‘War on Terror’ Helped Create Trump’s Terrifying War On Immigrants
How tariffs will affect the price (or even the size!) of your next sofa
Trump’s Tariff Pause Sets Back the “Make Men Manly Again” Movement
Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead
How Far Will 8 Years of Trump Set Back American Women?
Some foreign students fear speaking out as visa cancellations rise
Bond Vigilantes Are Now the Unchallenged Kings Thanks to a Feckless Congress and Reckless Trump
The nurse in the NYC subway
America Is Now One Giant Milgram Experiment
‘Make D.C. Safe Again’? Depends on who you are. The D.C. U.S. attorney’s office is no place for someone who supported Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons.
Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg voices
Trump administration to pull Maine K-12 funding over trans athletes dispute
Elon Musk Is Hounded by Haters in Path of Exile 2 Chat
Small airline faces boycotts over deal to run deportation flights for ICE
Trump’s Trade War Is Strengthening China’s Soft Power
Millions in the U.S. take this drug. Tariffs might complicate their care.
mikethemadbiologist