Links for you. Science:

The Ocean Spectacle that Has Entranced Sailors for Centuries
Sea Slug, Climate Change Warrior
Dinosaur Doomsday Crater Became an Ocean Oasis for 700,000 Years
Bad allergies? These photos and videos from the D.C. region show you why.
“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline
Don’t shoo, fly. Pesky insects vital to the planet, study says.

Other:

Trump is halfway to making America a police state
China Orders Boeing Jet Delivery Halt as Trade War Expands
Most voters want GOP-led Congress to limit Trump’s tariffs
Gee Whiz, Marjorie Taylor Greene Sure Bought a Bunch of Stocks Just Before Trump Paused His Tariffs
DOGE abruptly cut a program for teens with disabilities. This student is ‘devastated’
This Washington border county is desperate for Canadians
What RFK Jr. Told Grieving Texas Families About the Measles Vaccine
Elections Aren’t About Compromise— They’re About Power… Let the Consultants Burn
Trump Has Found His Class Enemy. The president unleashes a Marxist theory of power—but against knowledge workers, not billionaires.
‘They’ll All Be Homeless’: Trump administration threat to cancel of HUD grants to SF could put 15,000 more people on the street
There’s No Coming Back From Trump’s Tariff Disaster
The Democrats’ Lost Millions: The people who really decided the 2024 election are the ones who didn’t vote at all—and they could hold the key to a Democratic comeback.
Crimeing
This Tax Season, an IRS in Crisis
Michael Wolff Suggests Trump Team Floated a Don Jr. Outdoors Show as a Way for Warners to Curry Favor With White House
Concerned citizens dissolve a broken political brand: Rural Iowa Democrats go incognito (‘incognito’ is a very polite way of saying avoiding harassment and violence–which is to say, terrorism)
Enshittification King David Zaslav Continues To Fail Upward With Yet Another Pay Raise
Oh baby, Musk’s trying to build a breeding cult ‘before the apocalypse’
The strange link between Trump’s tariffs and incel ideology
It was never about antisemitism
DHS cancels federal neurodiversity workforce contract
Trump is killing one of our strongest exports
Landlord settles with NC attorney general over rent-fixing allegations
Trump Admin’s $9 Billion Review of Harvard’s Grants Could Hit Boston’s Hospitals Hardest
As ‘Bot’ Students Continue to Flood In, Community Colleges Struggle to Respond
OK, Chuck Schumer. Trump Just Crossed Your Red Line. Now What?
An Interview With A Fired USAID Education Officer