Links for you. Science:
Texas Veterinarian Helped Crack the Mystery of Bird Flu in Cows
Why write about weird little animals anyway?
Preliminary report on genomic epidemiology of the 2024 H5N1 influenza A virus outbreak in U.S. cattle (Part 1 of 2)
Preliminary report on genomic epidemiology of the 2024 H5N1 influenza A virus outbreak in U.S. cattle (Part 2 of 2)
CDC’s top flu scientist says the risk to the public from H5N1 is low, but she isn’t sleeping well. Here’s why (“CDC does not have the authority to go into a state. We have to have an invite from state public health.” States haven’t invited the CDC yet…)
A lot of people may already have antibodies to H5N1- which is really good news. Maybe.
Other:
Biden Is Very Old and Out of Touch, and Here’s Why You Should Vote for Him
Top Ways MAGA and Right Wing Zionism Converge, and Why Smotrich is Embracing Trump
A Failure of Imagination About Trump: American minds are not ready to think about how fast democracy could disintegrate.
Who believes the most “taboo” conspiracy theories? It might not be who you think: White men with graduate degrees, a new study finds, are highly likely to hold especially noxious beliefs (paper here)
A Columbia professor wanted to document history. NYPD arrested him outside his home\
What Elon Musk’s favorite game tells us about him
What ‘Intifada Revolution’ Looks Like: Some Columbia students are embracing extreme rhetoric
R.I.P. Cricket. Now It’s Time to Talk About Kristi Noem’s Goat.
A Far Right Exodus on Israel
Who’s Country?
Ukraine’s $61 Billion Question
Cultural ties
How ‘History and Tradition’ Rulings Are Changing American Law. A new legal standard is gaining traction among conservative judges — one that might turn back the clock on drag shows, gun restrictions and more.
A Poll On the Protests
It Was a Trap: A time-honored tactic by right-wing agitators brought on the “crisis” on American campuses. Everyone fell for it—again.
Like Attila the Hun, Trump is poised to ransack a morally decadent U.S. empire
Adult Babies: The childish nature of the grownup authoritarians.
mikethemadbiologist
Mike, there’s really not much point in posting links from flaminghydra.com.
That site is behind a paywall so high it makes the NYT’s paywall look like a parking lot curbstone.
So most of your readers cannot read them. I personally gave up, after clicking through to the first two or three.