Links for you. Science:

With a Jawbone, Scientists Expand the Ancient Range of a Mysterious Human Relative
Trump’s Immigration Tactics Obstruct Efforts To Avert Bird Flu Pandemic, Researchers Say
We are witnessing the destruction of science in America
Trump’s Science Cuts Will Be Felt for Generations
Cryptic infection of a giant virus in a unicellular green alga
Long COVID clinical evaluation, research and impact on society: a global expert consensus

Other:

The courage to be decent: The Trump administration wants to make us too afraid to look out for one another. Don’t let them.
Are universities too dependent on federal support?
They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.
HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline’s Program for LGBTQ Youth (this is a longstanding Republican policy goal)
Scroll through Trump’s new covid website — and have your mind blown. Scrolling through Trump’s latest foray into history-washing.
Trump’s favorite racist demands ‘reparations’
4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: ‘The cruelty is apparent’
A Gen x classic rewritten for the times
Friedman’s Revenge
Anti-Hamas protests on rise in Gaza as group’s iron grip slips
Team Trump is making a list of Jews—what could go wrong?
Elon Musk Cuts Funding for Internet Archive
The Permanent Tariff Damage (“THE SAD IRONY IS THAT THE BIDEN METHOD—targeted tariffs to bolster infant companies in critical sectors with opportunities to grow and solve pressing global challenges—is humming in the background behind the chaos.”)
Who’s Musk screaming at in the Oval Office now?
Company Accused of Organizing National Rental Housing Cartel Goes on Offense as Trump DOJ Mothballs Price-Fixing Case
Metro offers reduced fares for low-income riders, but there’s not many takers
On Take Your Child to Work Day, DOGE-led GSA is hosting an AI workshop for kids of federal employees threatened with layoffs
Wilson Building Bulletin: D.C.’s budget woes continue
Stupidity uber alles
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Says Movie Theater Model Is ‘Outdated’: ‘Most of the Country’ Cannot ‘Walk to a Multiplex’
The Holocaust Survivor Who Hated Anne Frank
Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps … yet
They Stole a Quarter-Billion in Crypto and Got Caught Within a Month
The $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen. Is the market ready for a four-wheeled digital detox?
The Red State Religious Narrative
‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw
Finally, Someone Said It to Joe Rogan’s Face