Links for you. Science:

6 weird groundhog facts for Groundhog Day
Baby Asian Elephant Born at DC’s National Zoo
HIV denialist Peter Duesberg is dead. Good.
N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Seeks Whistle-Blower Protection
Phage-microbe interactions may contribute to the population structure and dynamics of hydrothermal vent symbionts
CDC data show decline in hospital-related infections in 2024

Other:

What is a reactionary centrist, and does the UK have them? A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right
REPUBLICAN VOTERS HAVE LIVED IN AN AI-SLOP FANTASYLAND SINCE BEFORE THERE WAS AI
ICE Is Watching You
The Goal Must Be Removal. Putting all eggs in the basket of winning elections is a dangerous decision, when Trump’s plan is to cheat in those elections.
Self-Pitying CBS Star Peter Attia Tries to Explain Away Epstein Shame
DOJ Released Unredacted Nude Images in Epstein Files
George Mitchell’s name removed from US-Ireland scholarship after Epstein files release
Where are ICE and Border Patrol agents coming from?
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says
Former Windows 8 boss recruited Epstein to help negotiate his messy Microsoft exit
Agents were pursuing an immigrant when they killed Alex Pretti. Now, he shares his story.
How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive
A Legal Tool for Holding ICE Agents to Account, Hiding in Plain Sight. A proposal in a 1987 law review article could address a gap that makes it all but impossible to sue federal officials for violating the Constitution.
Behind the Bleachers: The business of sports looks a lot like the rest of our unequal, excessively financialized economy.
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
ICE Employees Vent on Reddit, Saying They’re Not Getting Paid and Still No Insurance Despite Promises
To Avoid a Tax Hike, Billionaires Decide to Take Over California
Video shows clash between ICE agents and bystanders in Minneapolis (AP)
OVERTHINKING THE ETHNICITY OF ALEX PRETTI’S KILLERS
The most important question in all of history
The Fight Is Upon Us: What The Right to Vote Looks Like on Trump’s Terrain of Violence
The Real Reason ICE Agents Wear Masks
Police Raid Elon Musk’s X Paris Office in Criminal Probe
Here’s how Epstein broke the internet. His meeting with the founder of 4chan and his quest to profit off the end of democracy
Lake Oswego theater loses rights to screen ‘Melania’ after marquee jokes
The Trump manufacturing bust
‘Backing down isn’t an option’: Minnesota ICE shootings mobilize Americans to join ICE observer groups
Donald Trump Has Built a Clicktatorship
After Republicans push Clintons to testify on Epstein, Democrats warn they’ll haul in Trump. Democrats say Republicans have set a new precedent with subpoenas of an ex-president and first lady. “We will follow it … Donald Trump, all of his kids. Everybody,” Rep. Maxwell Frost said.
Man breaks into Little Caesars, starts making and selling pizzas, NC police say