Links for you. Science:

On a remote Australian island, the birds are so full of plastic they crunch
NIST set its new atomic clock in motion, and it’s astoundingly precise
Plastic may be warming the planet more than we thought
F.D.A. Approves Novavax Covid Vaccine With Stricter New Conditions
Doctor Who Compared Pandemic Restrictions to Nazi Germany Gains Keys to the Vaccine Vault. Dr. Vinay Prasad is the FDA’s new vaccine chief. His arrogance and contrarianism are worrying.
Decades-long mystery of ginger cats revealed (paper here)

Other:

Me vs. the IRS: A parable for our time
Trump’s New Voters Are Dissatisfied
The Coalition That Powered Trump to Victory in 2024 Is Starting to Fray
How DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch
Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers
Grok Pivots From ‘White Genocide’ to Being ‘Skeptical’ About the Holocaust
The Landau Leap: Once upon a time, not long ago, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau was a Harvard Law grad and former Scalia clerk who became a D.C. legal bigwig and then ambassador to Mexico. So how did he become the kind of guy welcoming white Afrikaner “refugees” at Dulles?
In Big Cities, Peace and Quiet Is Becoming a Perk Worth Paying For
There’s no denying it now: Tariffs are raising prices
Against the fleeing to Europe industrial complex (“First they came for undocumented immigrants, and you are not an undocumented immigrant. You are a certified CPA in New York City.”)
Cooking the books? Fears Trump could target statisticians if data disappoints
Trump Appointees Are Hijacking the Patent System: Cronyism is threatening American innovation. (didn’t realize Lutnick also was a patent scammer)
A Novel Concept: Will Judges Start Enforcing the Law With DOGE?
“A court captured by far-right conspiracy theories”: How the GOP drove the Supreme Court off a cliff
Democrats Won a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Control Over the Board That Sets Election Rules.
How Mark Zuckerberg Endangered U.S. Security in Pursuit of Profit
One major part of Project 2025 is falling apart
Republican Hypocrisy Reaches Into the Countryside
MAGA gets the Middle East treatment — and exposes why Republicans love Trump’s lavish lifestyle
Past presidents couldn’t keep gifts of lions or horses. How could Trump accept a jet from Qatar? (impeach him. Impeach him now.)
PHOTOS: Trans Quilt Installed on the National Mall
Rest in Piss
They Looted Companies — Now They’re Looting the Government
The Democrats’ One and Only Union-Busting Governor. Colorado’s Democratic legislature voted to repeal the state’s de facto right-to-work law. On Friday, Gov. Jared Polis vetoed it.
Retirement Is the New Resistance. The Democrats waging war on their gerontocracy
Hollywood Couldn’t Imagine a Star Like This One
Oklahoma high schools to teach 2020 election conspiracy theories as fact
Cruelty