Links for you. Science:

Substantial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through casual contact in retail stores: Evidence from matched administrative microdata on card payments and testing
A Bird Flu H5N1 Status Report: Updates from a joint USDA, CDC, FDA Joint Briefing Session Today
U.S. H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b immediate releases (sequence data for the U.S. avian flu found in cattle)
HA, NA, and the internal genes we’ve looked at so far tell a very similar story: limited genetic divergence from a common ancestor. (avian influenza; Xitter thread)
Large language models facilitate the generation of electronic health record phenotyping algorithms
Cattle testing for H5N1 bird flu will be more limited than USDA initially announced

Other:

An open letter to the Columbia University Gaza war protesters from a pro-Palestinian activist in Israel
This Whole King Trump Thing Is Getting Awfully Literal (must-read; gift link)
The Court is Corrupt. Say It With Me.
The Carnage Is the Point
‘Utterly unprincipled’: Policy created on eve of protest used to make arrests
The Kids The Guns Are For
Google AI Censorship: Google Reverses Itself Fully on Demonetization Threat After Intervention by Matt Taibbi and Our Demonstration of Pervasive Errors
Major Security Flaws Expose Keystrokes of Over 1 Billion Chinese Keyboard App Users
Is the Supreme Court running the clock out on Trump’s immunity case?
The Petty Feud Between the NYT and the White House (can’t help but think the wall-to-wall coverage of Biden’s age was extortion; also, given how bad they are when it comes to the biology of trans people, not to mention people like Leonhardt on COVID, why should we accept their ability to diagnosis dementia?)
Metro’s $4.8B budget includes fare hikes, avoids drastic cuts
College Is an Education in Bullshit
Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book
Student Leader of Columbia Protests: ‘Zionists Don’t Deserve to Live’ (gift link)
The Last Thing This Supreme Court Could Do to Shock Us
Manufacturing dissent: Turning campuses into theaters of disorder
“Real embarrassment”: Trump lawyer apologizes after judge called him out for “misleading” jury (I wonder if Trump told him to do it; it would be in character)
Imagine if Joe Biden did this: Trump’s courtroom naps really should be a bigger deal.
Can Biden Revive the Fortunes of American Workers?
The Seattle Clean Air Collective Is Making the City’s Shows and Spaces COVID-Safer
Conservative Legal Philosophy Was All a Lie, Too. The textualists and originalists have taken off the mask.
The Student-Led Protests Aren’t Perfect. That Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Right.
Don’t believe the nonsense. The criminal justice system worked properly in Venice assaults