Links for you. Science:

Street smarts: Cooper’s hawk uses pedestrian crossing signal to ambush urban prey
NIH staff stage walkout during director’s town hall as tensions persist over research cuts, ideology
There are no “anatomically modern” elephants. Why do we treat humans differently?
An ecological disaster has been unfolding on Australia’s coast
RFK Jr. quietly signed off on some narrow CDC vaccine recommendations, but left RSV and new meningitis shots in limbo. Also: The HHS Secretary told the Senate that a Trump-appointed lawyer is running the CDC, one day after the CDC itself stated it has no Director. His statement seems to have been false. (“…that Secretary Kennedy feels he knows enough to sign off on the Chikungunya vaccine votes but not the RSV and meningitis vaccine votes is alarming—not for the vaccines, but for the American people who would benefit from the now held-up vaccines. On what basis is Kennedy able to adjudicate the difference?”)
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals

Other:

Corruption Is Still Corruption Even If It Happens Right In the Open
Republicans want you to pay more for less
Welp
Used Cybertrucks plunge in value as Musk’s nightmare year gets worse
OpenAI has an unsubtle communications strategy.
JD Vance’s Irish ancestry claim hits a genealogical dead end (but I bet his false ancestry claim–which he rode to a book, a movie, and national prominence–won’t be as damaging for his career as Warren’s was!)
Dems Preparing to Go to War on Immigrant Detention Centers
Infinite Contempt For Working People Is Not an Acceptable Default Position
Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of fraud and tax evasion convictions (this is so corrosive)
The District should not curtail tenants’ rights in the name of housing production
Stocks Rally on the ‘TACO Trade’
Bureau of Land Management ousts official who reportedly resisted DOGE
FEMA at ‘high risk’ of disrupting ‘life-saving’ disaster relief, per internal memo
A Letter to Europe: You’re stronger than you think. Act like it.
1 in 4 Trump Voters Disappointed or Regret Voting For Him: ‘I’m Scared’
As Trump Seeks New Ways to Defund Harvard, Elon Musk Continues to Blow Shit Up (“Which entity engages in more egregious antisemitic behavior, the pretext behind many of Trump’s attacks on Harvard?”)
‘GOP is acting in bad faith’ with its new ‘crafty move’: analysis
The Laws Propping Up Trump’s Masked Deportation Army
Trump uses pardon power to build army of devoted MAGA vigilantes: analyst
Two Tesla (TSLA) insiders close to Elon Musk just sold almost $200 million worth of stocks
Trump Pledged to “Make America Healthy Again,” Then Cut a Program Many Tribes Rely on for Healthy Food
GOP lawmaker sparks town hall fury after admitting he goofed up on bill
The Trump Administration Is Trying to Kill American Higher Education
Bowser bets on business-friendly D.C. budget while cutting some programs
Senate Democrats Have Been Handed a Tool to Stop the Big Beautiful Bill
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
You Are What You Eat
Tulsi Gabbard grows to become Donald Trump’s most dangerous attack dog