Links for you. Science:

Tests confirm avian flu on New Mexico dairy farm; probe finds cats positive
Bradford pear trees are banned in a few states. More are looking to replace, eradicate them.
The Weirdest Eyes in The Animal Kingdom See a World We Can’t Even Imagine
Within-host genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 across animal species
GOP senator attempts to ax Algebra II requirement for Minnesota high school students
Nirmatrelvir for Vaccinated or Unvaccinated Adult Outpatients with Covid-19

Other:

The Economy Is OK. Biden’s Economy, Not So Much.
The Washington press corps doesn’t have a freaking clue
“Not a Christian motive” – Remembering the Murder of Medieval Spanish Jews
The Origins of Blood Libel: E.M. Rose reconsiders where the anti-Semitic slur came from, and how it stuck around. (the third paragraph is of contemporary interest)
Teamsters Push Boycott Of Molson Coors Beers During NCAA Final Four
Trump’s Lawyers Told the Court That No One Would Give Him a Bond. Then He Got a Lifeline, but They Didn’t Tell the Judges. An appeals court reduced Trump’s bond by more than 60% after his attorneys claimed it was a “practical impossibility” to pay the full amount. Their failure to disclose a proposal from a billionaire financier may have violated ethics rules.
Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100,000 a Year. How Did This Happen?
Justice official Clark violated ethics in aiding Trump, D.C. Bar panel finds (gift link)
Threads dropped the ball on real-time news as the NYC/NJ earthquake didn’t trend until the afternoon (Bluesky reacted very quickly–within a few minutes, it was clear something had happened)
Louisiana HB 777 Would Criminalize Librarians and Libraries Who Join the American Library Association
The Trumps’ cynical request that supporters donate ‘if they can afford to’
In 1946 a Wisconsin Town Invited a Fascist to Deliver the Keynote Address at their Centennial Celebration. Few people in Viroqua, Wisconsin WANTED Gerald LK Smith, the head of the America First Party, to speak, but when they ALLOWED it, they fanned the flickering embers of the American Fascist Tradition
The Great Medicaid Purge was even worse than expected
Ultra-conservative lawmakers target Louisiana libraries as culture war rages on
The AI deepfake apocalypse is here. These are the ideas for fighting it.
Food poverty for NZ teens creating an achievement lag of up to four years
Trump Is Accidentally Exposing Aileen Cannon’s Shady Pro-MAGA Game
Baseball Shows Its Behind
Trump Did Collusion And Is Also A Fascist, Even If Democrats Can Be Pretty Lame Sometimes
Eat in the Street
Are Democrats Getting Better At Moving Public Opinion? A special election in Alabama and a Republican culture war freakout contain hopeful signs.
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza. The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties
Families Find Ways to Protect Their LGBTQ Kids
The Bees of Wrath: Rorie Woods knew foreclosure all too well. And when her friend was evicted, she rushed over with a venomous posse.
Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation