Links for you. Science:

Key US science panels are being axed — and others are becoming less open
Guns and bulletproof vests: How federal agents arrested Fauci aide
Postprandial lipid metabolism durably enhances T cell immunity
Push for raw milk intensifies—despite illness outbreaks and scientists’ warnings
We Are Bombarding America’s Forests With Roundup
Twenty-five-million-year-old platypus fossils with teeth found in outback SA
Trump drops embattled surgeon general pick Casey Means, announces new nominee. Means’s nomination stalled as some Republicans questioned her credentials. The new nominee, Trump’s third pick for the role, is Nicole Saphier a radiologist and Fox News contributor.

Other:

You Can Have Democratic Self-Government or the Corrupt Court — Not Both
What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?
Ds Must Expand The Supreme Court First. Add justices in February 2029
The Perversion of the Voting Rights Act: The Supreme Court rules that white people can disenfranchise Black voters for political advantage.
The Oil Squeeze Tightens
Meet the first-timers running for D.C. mayor
The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century
OpenAI Really Wants Codex to Shut Up About Goblins
Black lawmakers decry supreme court voting decision: ‘We’re going backwards’
SpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the sky — every day. As space junk accumulates, astronomer Sam Lawler explains why we should be concerned about the rapid proliferation of private satellites in low orbit
The demise of Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Trump’s clown cabinet
(One) Good AI Is Here
Promoting False Flag Conspiracy Theories Helps Fascists
As Budgets Tighten, Some State Lawmakers Reconsider Costly Private School Vouchers
Calling Trump a Tyrant Is Not a Call to Violence
ICE Agent Who Shot Dead Unarmed Mom Quietly Reassigned as FBI Probe Stalls
Max and Israel Makoka Were Waiting for a Hancock High School Bus. ICE Took the Brothers Instead.
University Professors Disturbed to Find Their Lectures Chopped Up and Turned Into AI Slop
The Mask is Off: Major Anti-Abortion Group Calls for Arrest of Abortion Patients
A Year of Magical Thinking: Elite impunity has fueled the fantasy that catastrophes are for other people.
As DC eyes robotaxis, questions remain over safety and jobs
Gov. Wes Moore Claims Maryland Banned Surveillance Pricing for Groceries. It Didn’t.
This country wants to tax tech giants to fund newsrooms
City Learns Flock Accessed Cameras in Children’s Gymnastics Room as a Sales Pitch Demo, Renews Contract Anyway
Half of AI health answers are wrong even though they sound convincing—new study
Trump’s CBS 60 Minutes Interview: What Aired and What Was Cut
A ‘Barbaric’ Problem in American Hospitals Is Only Getting Bigger
The more young people use AI, the more they hate it
Legalizing online gambling will harm D.C. iGaming risks trapping children, youth, and vulnerable residents in a cycle of digital addiction and possible financial ruin, one expert argues.
Addressing Questions Surrounding Hawaii’s Bold Move To Undo Citizens United