Links for you. Science:

Animals react to secret sounds from plants
Stand up for National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation
NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities. The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.
America’s retreat from science has far-reaching implications for global research and innovation
Trump administration says it won’t publish major climate change reports on NASA website as promised
Will anyone review this paper? Screening, sorting, and the feedback cycles that imperil peer review

Other:

Jeez, I wonder why Trump won’t release the Epstein files
The Smallest Room in the House: Rahm Emanuel says Democrats focus too much on bathrooms. He’s wrong about which party is obsessed…and about everything else.
The Opinion Class: Practicing Focused Protection From Reality. A class of sheltered COVID pundits are eager to conjure an alternate history where we let the virus spread in 2020 and everything turned out just fine.
Trump’s Commerce Secretary Will Get Rich Off These Budget Cuts. Howard Lutnick has ties to companies that gather weather data.
Marc Andreessen is a Traitor. It is the tech oligarchs, not young radicals, who have turned against the system that made them.
Tigers players aren’t worried about deportation but union suggests they carry documents
Trump doesn’t realize why MAGA needs the Epstein files. His base needs a story where they’re the heroes, not the villains
No, Canadians Don’t Want to Join the U.S.: They’re Furious.
Please Shout Fire. This Theater Is Burning
Congresswoman tracks down U.S. citizen children detained at Ferndale facility
Vested Interests. Influence Muscle. At RFK Jr.’s HHS, It’s Not Pharma. It’s Wellness.
Federal government accuses nine Spokane protesters of violence against ICE
At the Coalface: Notes from the working end of academia during the assault
Detained in immigration raids, Maga mom still has faith in Trump’s mass deportation plan
Trump Official Behind Controversial Russia Decision Has Kremlin Ties
Universities and the government: Which needs the other more?
The real cover-up is of Trump’s disordered mental state
Most LGBTQ+ people knew their identities before age 14, but hide it for years
Federal Judges Increasingly Concerned That Trump Could Get Them Killed
In the conspiracy-addled mind of maga, Trump was supposed to defeat evil. By closing the Epstein case, he has become it
DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists
In defense of air-conditioning: Why air-conditioning is the wrong climate villain.
Gavin Newsom wants to fight fire with fire. As Texas GOP aims to re-gerrymander, California’s governor plots payback
Oregon Democrat introduces bill to require ICE officers display IDs, drop masks
The Four Data Sleights‑of‑Hand Behind Trump’s Assault on Powell
Hungary opposition figures urge Democrats to organize against autocratic takeover by Trump
‘Crazy hill to die on’: Newsom jolts California with bid to throw out House maps (the Politico bias is against the idea because it helps Democrats, but good to see someone thinking like this)
One Thing Has Changed at Portland City Hall: The Socialists Are Setting the Agenda
Israelite Goddess Mystery Quest