Links for you. Science:

Trump admin strips ocean and air pollution monitoring from next-gen weather satellites
How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
Giraffes are four distinct species, major report confirms
Just When I Thought I Was Out. They pull me back in! Time to teach machine learning again.
US farm agency plan to close flagship research site threatens critical research, critics warn
The Destruction of NASA Would Be a Blow to Our Collective Imagination

Other:

Notes From The D.C. Clampdown (must-read)
Your Rectitude Isn’t Helping. To heighten the contradictions, you must first expose them. (excellent)
Trump’s Politics of Urban Disgust: The president’s unprecedented takeover of Washington, DC law enforcement weds a crime crackdown to a gilded vision for remaking the capital (this scares me as much as the colonial occupation)
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family. (Nick Cavanagh needs to be shunned forever)
D.C. must invest in local news. The need for public investment in local journalism is dire. The Local News Funding Act would support vital sources of information in D.C.
Norms
Eric Adams’ Close Advisor and Associates Indicted in Wide-Ranging Influence Schemes
Maybe we drained too many ponds
RIGHT-WING VOTERS HALLUCINATE LIKE AI
Biggest financial corruption scandal in presidential history does not generate much news coverage
Judge orders Alligator Alcatraz shut down in 60 days, says no more new detainees
Our Response to Mississippi’s Age Assurance Law
Art is only free speech if Trump says so
IRS is canceling its layoff plans, will ask some it fired or pushed out to return
Did CBS bribe Trump? Democrats want answers.
ICE’s Official X Account Tags DOJ In Repost Of State Rep’s Clearly Protected Speech
In Trump’s DC Crackdown, the National Park Service Leads Homeless Sweeps
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
America’s Worst Governors
He Asked Tiffany Trump to Marry Him. Then the Deals Started Coming. (there isn’t a single person in that family who isn’t a scumbag)
Au Revoir, Tar-Jay
The Anti-Trump Resistance Just Got Its Own “Bud Light Moment”
Ring of Fire: We are still feeling the burn of the 1970s arson wave
Ask A D.C. Native: How do we document this moment? A historian’s take on recording this unprecedented time.
‘We Don’t Accept Section 8’: Undercover Testers Found Voucher Discrimination Across D.C.
Was the FBI Raid on John Bolton a Product of Presidential Rage? If a Republican authoritarian like him isn’t safe, then no one is.
Trump wants to waste billions in taxpayer money on this dumb project
Selling Zohran
‘The city is dead’: D.C. restaurant reservations drop amid federal crackdown
Detentions of D.C. delivery drivers leave immigrant communities on edge
DC still waits for Congress to restore $1 billion in funding during crime crackdown