Canada’s Prime Minister says the country’s old relationship with the United States, “is over.” / BBC News

An alliance providing vaccines to poor communities says a loss of US funding could potentially cause a million-plus deaths. / The Associated Press

Scientists are stunned that a long-discredited researcher will conduct a federal study on whether vaccines cause autism. / STAT

Researchers are being told to remove any references to “mRNA”—one of the most promising areas of medicine—from grant applications. / Semafor

See also: A poll finds 75% of US-based scientists are considering emigrating, likely to Canada or Europe. / nature

Hillary Clinton: It’s not the hypocrisy that bothers me; it’s the stupidity. / The New York Times [+]

The White House revokes hundreds of visas to crack down on students who support Palestinians. / NPR

There have been more than 170 violent vigilante attacks by “pedophile hunters” since 2023. / The New York Times [+]

Headline of the week? “Kansas babysitter checking for monsters finds man hiding under bed.” / The Guardian

Walking through a thought experiment about: what if jobs were purchasable? / No Dumb Ideas

Related: A brief poem about not working too hard. / Futility Closet

A former Meta employee says a new Facebook memoir “puts a face to the horrific events and dangerous decisions.” / rest of world

Today’s books and films depict agriculture in outmoded fashion, rather than as “an industry that’s ruthless and exploitative in ways peculiarly modern.” / The Dial

Eighty percent of women are said to be wearing the wrong size sports bra “with wide-ranging consequences.” / The Athletic

Amidst all the anime-izing of photos with ChatGPT, Hayao Miyazaki, founder of Studio Ghibli, is “disgusted” by AI. / The Verge, 404 Media

See also: The Tate Museum got rid of a Van Gogh portrait about a century ago because the subject’s beard was “too funny.” / The Art Newspaper

“You get really high and you answer emails.” Pedro Pascal explains why his Starbucks order is six espresso shots over ice. / Sprudge

If the news is getting you down, why not join the conversation at the Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes, on its penultimate day?! / Tournament of Books, Field Notes