Links for you. Science:

Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice
America Is Killing Its Chance to Find Alien Life
Turmoil at US science academy as Trump cuts force layoffs: Efforts by leaders of the US national academies to adjust to the new political reality have spurred member concerns about capitulation and censorship.
Earth is going to spin much faster over the next few months — so fast that several days are going to get shorter
BEAST X for Bayesian phylogenetic, phylogeographic and phylodynamic inference
Testing the water: New study investigates orcas sharing food with humans

Other:

The New York Times On A Rampage (“Can’t shame people who can’t feel shame, can’t correct people who think they are are infallible.”)
Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A.: How the new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is dismantling the agency.
ICE Marched Through L.A.’s MacArthur Park to Shamelessly Show Off Its Power
They’re Literally Angry at Superman for Being Nice
Alligator Alcatraz detainees allege inhumane conditions at immigration detention center
Trump and Congress finalize law that could hurt your Wi-Fi
The Economic Consequences of the Big Odious Bill
Republican Votes for Budget After Dumping Medicaid-Related Stock. Representative Robert Bresnahan has some explaining to do.
RFK Jr. is steering public health agencies off a cliff
Bosses Are Using AI to Decide Who to Fire
Trump’s Latest Tariffs Really Spoiled the Fun for Wall Street
Signal is back to haunt the Trump team—this time targeting Marco Rubio
Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ reveals the ongoing cruelty towards migrants in US
The New York Times Had To Work With A Eugenicist So They Didn’t Get Scooped By A Bigot
JD Vance: Some Americans Are More American Than Others
Student loan cancellation program could become Trump retribution tool, some advocates fear
Holy Water Couldn’t Save My Husband. MAHA Wouldn’t Have, Either.
Zohran Mamdani Has Some Good Ideas for NYC Transit. His Biggest Promise Isn’t One of Them.
Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding. Senator on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods, a disaster worsened by forecasting cuts, critics say
Texas flood exposed America’s warped priorities
Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says
The plan to vaccinate all Americans, despite RFK Jr.
Trump May Be Waging War On America But The Whole Republican Party Is Abetting Him
How Diego Luna Became the Center of the ‘Andor’ Universe
Trump administration to end DHS program designed to thwart terrorist attacks
Meet the DC Tech CEO With a Flip Phone and No Social Media
The media’s dangerous ‘sanewashing’ of RFK Jr.
The U.S. granted these journalists asylum. Then it fired them.
‘There’s Beauty Inside Our Doors’: Queer Bars in Red States Forge On