Links for you. Science:

Great Week for Pandemic Flu Enthusiasts. If you’re feeling nostalgic for 2020, don’t worry. The next pandemic will be bigger than COVID.
Is Minnesota Forever Doomed to Smoky Summer Skies?
The Trump administration has shut down more than 100 climate studies
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University of Cambridge.
In Axing mRNA Contract, Trump Delivers Another Blow to US Biosecurity, Former Officials Say
At the Forest Service, Turmoil Upends Seasonal Research Plans

Other:

They Did Vote For This. Voters don’t vote for policy, but that’s not exculpatory
What World Does Bitcoin Want To Build For Itself?
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV
What we didn’t learn from Depp v. Heard
The Egg Yolk Principle: Human Sexuality Will Always Outsmart Prudish Algorithms and Hateful Politicians
Builder.ai Collapses: $1.5bn ‘AI’ Startup Exposed as ‘Actually Indians’ Pretending to Be Bots
Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions
Is There a Tariff End Game? I still don’t see an off-ramp
Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht accused of massive financial misconduct by former ministry insiders
Internal Docs Raise Questions About Trump IRS Pick Billy Long’s ‘No-Show Jobs’ And ‘Strange’ Schedule Inside A Powerful Agency
The ideological rift on the tech right
The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients
Not even ‘MAGA girl’ is allowed to criticize the Trump team
Some Dems Warn Colleagues: Crypto Bill Could Inject Some 19th Century Chaos Into US Economy
How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
More office space is being removed than added for the first time in at least 25 years
Trump Is Headed to War With the Federalist Society—and It’s Gonna Be Huge
Turns out crappy AI cannot actually replace government workers
Could incompetence save the Republic?
ICE’s despicable immigration raids are making federal workers miserable
Almost Every NYPD Cop Charged with Excessive Force During the George Floyd Protests Escaped Serious Punishment
Everyone in Trump world wants a cut of the family’s crypto grift
‘Completely Unworkable’: Sculpture Experts Say Trump’s $34 Million Statue Garden Has Major Problems (“One wag likened Trump’s project to a government-run version of Madame Tussaud’s wax museum: Possibly enticing to tourists, but by no means awe-inspiring.”)
Denouncing Antisemitism, Trump Also Fans Its Flames. President Trump’s effort to punish Harvard over antisemitism is complicated by his extensive history of amplifying white supremacist figures and symbols.
The Politicization of Federal Hiring
How to Dismantle a Democracy, One Job Posting at a Time
How Trump’s surgeon general pick uses her online following to make money
Trump’s Beautiful Bill Will Kick 11 Million People Off Their Health Insurance
Do We Actually Need to Save All the Steel Jobs?