US science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war Facing an extreme budget, the National Academies hosted an event that ignored it.

🧪⚛️ I have not had a chance to watch the recording of the “State of Science” address from the NAS. Is this article accurate? Did they really go out of their way to avoid discussing the terrible cuts and other actions? arstechnica.com/science/2025...

‘We want to stop in our prime’: Saint Etienne on their final album, turning down Cher’s Believe, and why pop is a dying art The Britpop-defying indie trio are calling it a day after 35 years. From having their minds blown by techno to fireworks night with Aphex Twin, they recall the highs – and explain their eternal ‘psych...

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Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants | CNN Business Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wag...

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‘Nobody knows what to do’: New England fishermen in limbo amid sweeping federal layoffs - The Boston Globe New England fishermen say that amid layoffs and a Trump-issued executive order to limit new regulations, it's unclear when — or if — they'll be able to fish this year.

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The Memo: Musk-Rubio clash heightens scrutiny on Trump’s approach — The Hill Explosive details about a Cabinet meeting confrontation between Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were revealed by The New York Times on Friday.

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Opinion | Trump used a DJ's Facebook post to defend Zelenskyy meeting. I spoke to that DJ. | Opinion — USA TODAY Like most Americans, I wondered how people who are both karate instructors and wedding DJs might be responding to Trump's attack on Zelenskyy.

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Opinion | This Never Happened With an American President Before Trump’s behavior in the Oval Office with Zelensky was an unparalleled break with American foreign policy.

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Opinion | This Never Happened With an American President Before Trump’s behavior in the Oval Office with Zelensky was an unparalleled break with American foreign policy.

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Remember, everything is part of the same story.

They need to destroy our democracy and crush dissent because letting billionaires take over the government in order to steal from us isn't popular and a functioning democracy wouldn't allow it.

Analysis: The Ukraine minerals deal is a perfect metaphor for Trump’s foreign policy | CNN Politics Donald Trump isn’t the only president who knows a bad deal when he sees one.

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Opinion | ‘We Are Seeing Complete Destruction’: The Damage Done by the U.S.A.I.D. Freeze Testimonials from around the world show that Trump’s foreign aid funding freeze has been damaging and chaotic.

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Opinion | I Used to Run the N.I.H. Here’s What Worries Me. The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.

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With Trump and Musk driving U.S. policy, Kansas farmers have been played for suckers • Kansas Reflector The hard truth is that, like most of the folks who voted for Trump, farmers failed to do their homework about the hard realities.

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Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’ Satirical petition from Denmark, which owns Greenland, racks up 200,000 signatures as Trump eyes Arctic island

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Should Federal Workers Accept Trump’s Buyout? Business professors explain what President Donald Trump and Elon Musk miss about what truly motivates federal workers.

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“You build really good quality housing, like a beautiful town, like some place where they can live and not die, because Gaza is a guarantee that they’re going to end up dying,” Trump told reporters.

Trump Says U.S. Will Hold Migrants at Guantánamo The president suggested 30,000 migrants could be housed on the base. It is unclear how the plan will take shape.

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A week of chaos in public health The truth is, there’s a lot we don’t know yet.

There’s been SO much to take in this week on US policy!

Here’s a great overview of this week’s actions re #NIH and other federal health agencies

from Your Local Epidemiologist @kkjetelina.bsky.social

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Trump attempts to freeze $3 trillion in federal grants. If this goes through, the nuclear blast radius will be huge—Suicide hot line, domestic violence shelters, cancer survivors. Time to see how strong our checks and balances are. Congress, universities and governors, it’s beyond time to engage

‘This Is Insane S**t’: Bill Gates Puts Elon Musk On Blast In Blunt Interview — HuffPost The Microsoft co-founder didn’t hold back on his fellow billionaire.

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Elon Musk makes surprise appearance at AfD event in eastern Germany — Guardian US Tycoon tells 4,500 people at campaign event in Halle to be proud of German culture in speech via video link

goose stepping to Germany

2024 was the first year above 1.5C of global warming, scientists say The world just experienced the first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times, scientists said on Friday.

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As Elon Musk Embraces Far Right, Some of Its Top Figures Reject Him Mr. Musk has fallen out with prominent right-wing Americans who say they are worried that their agenda may be sidelined in favor of his own — and that he is willing to silence them on X.

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1/5. The way Trump, Trump Jr, Tuberville, and Hannity are talking now about Greenland, Mexico, Panama, and Canada plagiarizes Putin in 2013, before the first invasion of Ukraine.

France warns Donald Trump against threatening EU ‘sovereign borders’ — Guardian US Foreign minister hits out after US president-elect refuses to rule out military action to take control of Greenland

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Trump refuses to rule out using military to take Panama Canal and Greenland Remarks likely to set off alarm bells around the world as Trump prepares to return to the White House this month

wow and crazy train hasn’t even left the station yet

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How TSMC’s Arizona Chip Plant Seeded a Tiny Taipei in the Desert Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, a global tech giant, brought thousands of workers from Asia to the Phoenix suburbs for jobs at a plant that the Biden administration helped fund.

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Elon Musk blasts MAGA element as Elon Musk condemned a segment of the MAGA movement as

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MAGA opponents of Elon Musk claim he stripped them of their X badges | CNN Business The debate roiling the MAGA world in recent days over visas for highly skilled workers shows no signs of abating. Some prominent online personalities are now accusing Elon Musk of using his social med...

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Behavioral Scientist’s Notable Books of 2024 - by Antonia Violante and Evan Nesterak - Behavioral Scientist Our list of noteworthy behavioral science books published in 2024.

Very Excited to see Jen’s book “Is your work worth it?make this list! behavioralscientist.org/behavioral-s...