Links for you. Science:

NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE
It’s time to make friends with your viruses. Viruses are in us. They’re even part of us. Now researchers want to map the human virome
Weed Could Be Wrecking Your Heart – Study Uncovers Dangers of Smoking and Edibles
American science put on starvation diet: National Science Foundation FY 2026 budget cut by more than 60%
Funding is drying up, and so are career options. Some budding scientists are debating abandoning their research.
A Hurricane Season Like No Other

Other:

Gain of Fiction: How COVID Origins Motivated Defunding of U.S. Science (excellent, must-read)
Trump Reposts Nutty Conspiracy Theory That Biden Was ‘Executed’ In 2020 And Replaced By Clones
Gay history was made in D.C. At times, it was dispiriting — but also uplifting.
The Democrats’ Original Sin Pandemic: As the Tapper-Thompson exposé on Biden’s gerontocracy hits Washington, House Democrats are coming to terms with their own culpability in supporting an aging caucus.
Trump’s Deportation Orders Haunt Workers in the Fields of Rural New York
The B.F.F.s Remaking State
Developer Builds Tool That Scrapes YouTube Comments, Uses AI to Predict Where Users Live
Trump’s Wall Street Tax Glitch: While everyone’s focused on the fate of the SALT deduction in Trump’s tax bill, a similar but lesser-known provision could punish a range of businesses, from high-powered law firms and hedge funds to even your local chiropractor, while leaving corporations unscathed.
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
A ‘Thrones’-A.I. Cliffhanger & ChatGPT’s Big Acquittal: As entertainment and tech continue their high-speed merger, A.I. is no longer just a backend tool—it can be the writer, the performer, the recommender, and the curator. But when the machines start talking back, who’s responsible when something goes wrong?
What Happens With Trump’s Trade War Now?
The baffling B.S. of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson
The Re-Emerging Anti-MAGA Majority: If voters had known in November what they know now—which could and should have been possible—Trump would have lost.
The hidden elitism of RFK’s MAHA movement is making America more unhealthy
In-office work mandates are bad for the environment
Trump diverts military valor to himself
RFK Jr. yanks pandemic vaccine funding as Moderna reports positive results
The Billionaire Hoarders: How the Wealthy Became Our Biggest Threat
Crime is Now Legal (At Least for Trump’s Friends)
Discrimination cases unravel as Trump scraps core civil rights tenet
Musk’s DOGE Takeover Of Peace Institute Left Building With Rats And Roaches
‘You name it, this place is run by immigrants’: On Nantucket, fears of an economic chilling effect after ICE sting
Democratic Party is at risk of becoming ‘roadkill,’ warns Tim Walz
I love America. Now it stands to lose a generation of people like me.
The Abundance Agenda— Neoliberalism Dressed Down In A Hoodie
May 30, 2025
Blind pedestrians sue D.C. over unsafe crosswalks
Louisiana lawmakers push ‘chemtrail’ ban legislation through the House