Links for you. Science:
NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
No, mRNA vaccines do not cause “transcriptomic chaos”
Evolution of antifungal resistance in the environment
Preprint claiming that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause transcriptomic dysregulation is deeply flawed
Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite
Large Danish Study: No link between vaccines and autism or 49 other health conditions (paper here)
Other:
Trump’s D.C. ‘takeover’: What we know so far — and where we’re headed
DOGE-Piled: Luke Farritor could have been an artist, or a builder, or someone dedicated to seeing a great historical mystery through. Instead he wound up at the Department of Government Efficiency, slashing, dismantling, undoing.
Trump: Now the Cops Can ‘Do Whatever the Hell They Want’
The Discourse Is Broken. How did a jeans commercial with Sydney Sweeney come to this? (the entire internet needs the equivalent of the Bluesky Block)
Let’s Stop Beating Around The Bush, Part II. We shouldn’t fear the truth, or the word impeachment. Even on a generous read, the Epstein scandal proves Trump is unfit.
Top FDA vaccine regulator under Trump ousted amid conservative criticism (Prasad wasn’t awful enough)
Trump’s Tariffs Give CEOs New Ways to Swindle Americans. One executive admitted the tariffs are “great cover” for unnecessarily raising prices.
DHS is posting Americana paintings and migrant mugshots. The art world is not happy.
The Gen Xers Who Waited Their Turn to Be CEO Are Getting Passed Over
DOJ’s (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg
Reform Movement Statement on Starvation in Gaza
60-year-old Black history archive faces uncertain future after federal cuts
Ichiro Saved One Last Surprise For Cooperstown
Senate Confirms Emil Bove, Trump’s ‘Enforcer,’ To A Lifetime Federal Judgeship. Bove faced credible allegations of telling DOJ attorneys to defy court orders. Republicans confirmed him to a seat on a U.S. appeals court anyway
Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ Virginia Giuffre, a heartless and revealing admission
RFK Jr., MAHA rhetoric put health responsibility on individuals. Some patients feel blamed for illnesses.
Heritage Prez Tells Right-Wing State Legislators to De-charter, Take Over Blue Capital Cities
With Emil Bove’s Confirmation, Trump Hones His Criminal Protection Racket
Through the looking glass
Intractable
CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies (anodyne headline for a bombshell story)
What Is Driving Inflation?
They voted for Trump—and now their only hospital may die
‘We need some hope’: can a rural hospital on the brink survive Trump’s bill?
The Genocidal Partnership of Israel and the United States
‘Open Cruelty’: Transgender Troops Describe Indignities as They’re Kicked Out of the Military
The Worst-Kept Secret of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Green Beret of Gaza
Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Stunting World Growth While Markets Shrug
Krugman Wrecks Trump’s Europe Deal: “Scam on His Voters”
Federal data has been disappearing under Trump. There’s been a “targeted, surgical removal of data sets, or elements of data sets, that are not aligned with the administration’s priorities,” said Denice Ross at the Federation of American Scientists.
mikethemadbiologist
There is definately a lot to find out about this subject. I like all the points you made