Links for you. Science:

After Trump cut the National Science Foundation by 56 percent, a venerable Arctic research center closes its doors
Texas Was Set to Create Its Largest Wildlife Refuge. Then the Feds Did Something They’d Seemingly Never Done Before.
In Northern Scotland, the Neolithic Age Never Ended
What doctors say about one of the biggest flu shot myths
A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here’s why scientists are excited
Bird flu viruses are resistant to fever, making them a major threat to humans

Other:

The pro-Hitler problem with the American right: Antisemitism exists across the political spectrum, but the Nazi sentiment seeping into mainstream conservatism is especially troubling.
The Mar-a-Lago Party That Future Historians Will Never Forget
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends. David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.
On the Internet No One Knows You’re a “MAGA patriot” in Lagos
The Class Anxieties Behind China’s Millions of Security Guards
China’s Security Guards Live Lives on the Margin
How A.I. Broke the Sound Barrier
South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Shows Chilling Effect of Vaccine Misinformation
Candid Cameron: One of the greatest directors of all time offers a thoughtful assessment of his career evolution (“I was an asshole in the ‘80s”), why Netflix owning Warners would be “a disaster,” the “pure cinema” of performance capture, Bob Iger’s notes on ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ the impact of A.I. on the business, and his friend Elon Musk.
FedEx laying off workers ahead of holiday season
Witkoff and Kushner’s Ukraine Turkey
Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize
The Bros Fade on Trump
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Vaccines do more than improve our health
Missouri to enforce mandatory age verification today
Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill
Walking in Memphis Crime Data
Republicans’ health care homework is due — and they’re panicking
It’s a Racket!
Are You Going To Do Something
AI, ‘Populism’ and the Centibillionaire Shangri-La
Trump Grants Clemency To Private Equity Executive Who Defrauded Thousands
Suspect In National Guard Attack Struggled With ‘Dark Isolation’ As Community Raised Concerns
No, you can’t get your AI to ‘admit’ to being sexist, but it probably is anyway
In Houston suburbs, Abbott’s attacks on CAIR unnerve Muslim residents
Why is coffee so expensive? Boston coffee drinkers face growing sticker shock. (Trump take coffee)
DHS swept Chicago to get ‘the worst’ criminals. Many have no record.
What Is A “Professional Degree” And Why Does It Matter?
Who Is Really Running the Oval Office?