Links for you. Science:

400-million-year-old fish exposes big mistake in how we understood evolution
Healthcare-Associated COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada: Relative Mortality and Contribution to Community Epidemic Growth
Scientists analyze 76 million radio telescope images, find Starlink satellite interference ‘where no signals are supposed to be present’
Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work
Making Roman concrete produces as much CO2 as modern concrete
Synteny-aware functional annotation of bacteriophage genomes with Phynteny

Other:

“Leave Us Alone!” D.C. Residents Furious as Federal Takeover Begins
Silicon Valley is Wrong about Federal University Funding (excellent)
The Acolyte: A profile of one DOGEr tells us much about a broader movement
Interim U.S attorney in D.C. mandates immigration checks on all defendants (imagine having Jeanette Pirro as your state Attorney General…)
How Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine and DOGE Got Access to a Federal Payroll System That Serves the FBI
Americans are impressively bad at understanding crime trends (one trend is that women are far worse at this then men are)
Brown University reaches agreement with Trump administration to restore federal research funding
What Liberal Media? Axios Thinks Being Neutral Means Kissing Trump’s Ass
Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Worsens as Dems Suddenly Find Big New Weapon
AI Bunnies on Trampoline Causing Crisis of Confidence on TikTok
Zohran Mamdani Scores 17-Point Lead with Jewish Voters in NYC Mayoral Race
Why Isn’t Trump (Even More) Unpopular?
The Rise of the $200,000 Penis
The Trump-Crypto Honeymoon Is Over
Living Next To Tesla Diner Is ‘Absolute Hell,’ Neighbors Say
Chuck Grassley ‘Offended’ By Trump Attack On Senate Rules For Judges (surprised by this)
There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing. Juan Crow.
Greg Casar Is Organizing to Win
Democrats struggle against Trump-waged redistricting battle (so frustrating: if the worst thing anti-fascists have to do to stop the fascists is some dodgy redistricting, all of us got off very easy…)
Teen artists portrayed their lives — some adults didn’t want to see the full picture
The Greatest Act Of Political Violence Since Sarah Sanders Was Politely Asked To Leave A Restaurant
Behemoth or Leviathan?
Palantir’s valuation: Just how insane is it?
Consumers Are Footing the Bill for AI’s Insatiable Appetite for Energy
Where We Vacation Reveals What We’ve Lost. What a Fake Town in a Florida Theme Park Tells Us About the Real Ones We’ve Made Impossible
A Eulogy for Vinay Prasad’s FDA Career
Does Trump’s snobby Treasury secretary even know what his job is?
Regulation by Deal Comes to Higher Ed
I lead a top Israeli human rights group. Our country is committing genocide
Senate panel approves bill to ban elected officials’ stock trades
US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump
On D.C.’s Busiest Streets, Trump’s Provocateurs Provoke