Links for you. Science:
The NASA science missions that would be axed in Trump’s 2026 budget
To save rhinos, conservationists are removing their horns
What really keeps mosquitoes away? Probably not your lavender plants.
15,000 Light-Years Away, Something Is Blinking – And It Might Rewrite Physics
We Welcome Our Alien Overlords
An Interview With A Public Health Researcher Whose Funding Was Terminated By The Trump Administration
Other:
Come and Take Them: The Battle of Thermopylae and the making of a political myth
A diminished DOGE reels from the departure of the ‘Dogefather,’ Elon Musk (The Night of the Long Sporks)
Corruption Has Flooded America. The Dams Are Breaking.
The ugly truth of Trump’s America first agenda: The president stops the investments that made America wealthy in recent years
State of Play: Once upon a time, State Department officials would register dissent by writing a memo, or even resigning in protest. But what good would that do under Trump, where debate is squashed, and 20 percent of the agency is about to be laid off?
Even Cat Turd Abandoned Him
MAPPED: 70 Percent of Trump’s Cabinet Tied to Project 2025 Groups
NASA, Pentagon push for SpaceX alternatives amid Trump’s feud with Musk
Woke Bill Kristol
An ICE raid disrupts life on Martha’s Vineyard
Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard predicted young male voters flocking to Trump
The Corporate Fear Campaign to Keep Workers Locked Into Their Jobs
‘A Betrayal’: Colorado’s Democratic Governor Vetoes Bill Targeting Algorithmic Rent-Setting
Trump’s fight with Musk reveals MAGA’s biggest delusion
Artificial Intelligence and The Posture of Skepticism
The #MeToo Creeps Creep Back
Trump’s Pageant of Corruption is a Gift to the Democratic Party
Elon Musk versus MAGA: Republicans have reached a tipping point
YouTube’s Imminent A.I. Revolution
“It Blows My Mind That There’s No Opposition”: When ICE Allies Run Unchallenged
Feudalism Is Our Future
A ‘Home Improvement’ Clip Is Going Viral For Exposing Just How Backwards We Have Gone As A Society
The Biden Investigation Is a Path to Even Greater Lawlessness
Trump’s Vision of Government: Members Only
Bill Atkinson, Macintosh Pioneer and Inventor of Hypercard, Dies at 74
Ohio State announces every student will use AI in class
Trump aims to slash Pell Grants, which may limit low-income students’ college access
Stop bending the knee to Trump: it’s time for anticipatory noncompliance
mikethemadbiologist
“The ugly truth of Trump’s America first agenda: The president stops the investments that made America wealthy in recent years”
That’s by design. Yes, there are stupid, bigoted Trump supporters, but a significant number of them are angry, not stupid. Why else would they vote for a wrecking ball presidency unless they had found something worth wrecking?
What’s missing is the *repentance* (yes, in the Biblical sense) from the Obama supporters who rigged the system so it was wreck-worthy. I have yet to detect it.