Links for you. Science:

Lysenkoism 2.0 and the dismantling of the NIH. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “make America healthy again” is basically Lysenko 2.0. It’s come to the NIH and is destroying the crown jewel of US biomedical research with ideology and cronyism.
Your weather forecast is about to get a lot worse
Data suggest COVID-19 reinfections less likely to cause long COVID
DOGE canceled this UW scientist’s grant — to save just $866
Spike in avian flu cases in cats triggers worry about human spillover
Mutant Proteins Classified

Other:

The Coming Jewish Civil War Over Donald Trump (excellent)
RFK Jr. Took His Grandkids for a Dip in a Sewage-Contaminated Creek For Mother’s Day
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Plane
119-Day Prosecutor
Is Jeff Bezos Selling Out the Washington Post?
The Moderate Case Against Transgender Sports Bans
The Tech Guys Are Fighting. Literally.
What Abundance Lacks
In the United States, the fightback has begun
I’m an Israeli professor. Why is my work in Harvard’s antisemitism report?
The assault on DEI? It’s aimed at resegregation.
How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
Uproar over surgeon general pick exposes MAHA factions among RFK Jr. allies
Federal purge guts infant death prevention campaign, alarming doctors
What Is My Senator Good For?
An Insider’s View of the Texas Measles Outbreak
Slop Farmer Boasts About How He Uses AI to Flood Social Media With Garbage to Trick Older Women
Top Trump Crypto Buyers Vying for Dinner Seats Are Likely Foreign, Data Shows
Woman says man posed as ICE agent before attempted rape in Brooklyn
Yadira Caraveo’s former aides say they were mistreated, traumatized by Colorado congresswoman
Hasan Piker Just Gave His Millions Of Followers A Masterclass In What Not To Do When Detained By CBP
Don’t Let Fatalism Break The Spirit Of Resistance. Building things doesn’t have to be that much harder than breaking them.
Trump’s Unquenchable, Unconstitutional Greed Is Deforming America
It’s Interesting How the Past Can Make You Think About the Present
John Roberts criticizes jurisprudential catastrophe created by (checks notes) John Roberts
Trump Has Already Ruined Christmas
A VIP Seat at Donald Trump’s Crypto Dinner Cost at Least $2 Million
Karma Comes for Kennedy