Links for you. Science:

WHO Overturns Dogma on Airborne Disease Spread. The CDC Might Not Act on It.
From sewage to safety: Hospital wastewater surveillance as a beacon for defense against H5N1 bird flu
Why some corals are better off dead
If many dairy farm workers contract H5N1, we risk a pandemic: Failure to shield these workers could allow the H5N1 virus to become a greater threat.
Hidden Epidemic: 
Tapeworms Living Inside People’s Brains
A Fight About Viruses in the Air Is Finally Over. Now It’s Time for Healthy Venting

Other:

How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel
R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain: The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain.
Hamas Actually Believed It Would Conquer Israel. In Preparation, It Divided the Country Into Cantons. Tens of thousands of Gazans have fled to Egypt since the war broke out, many of them members of the elite who are able to pay the enormous costs. I met old friends in Cairo who were still astonished at the messianic insanity that seized Hamas’ leadership (read to the end on this one; gift link)
Momo makes an abstracted bowl
WHO’s top scientist learned a hard lesson about H5N1 two decades ago: Stopping it takes more than biology
Larval Leaders
The Inventor of the Chatbot Tried to Warn Us About A.I.
Ohio State’s drug-fueled Bitcoin shame starts at the top: A member of the Commencement Speaker Advisory Committee breaks ranks to set the record straight on Ohio State’s national embarrassment.
Inside the worst Ohio State commencement speech ever
Trump’s lawyers are trying to use his trial to generate conspiracy theories — but it’s not working
As livestock move around the country, so does H5N1. The U.S. needs real-time tracking of livestock movements
Stormy Daniels’ Turn as a Witness Brings Home What This Trial Is About
China makes cheap electric vehicles. Why can’t American shoppers buy them?
Steve Albini, Studio Master of ’90s Rock and Beyond, Dies at 61
Hundreds of patients died after catching COVID in Victorian hospitals, new data shows
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT
Was the 401(k) a Mistake? How an obscure, 45-year-old tax change transformed retirement and left so many Americans out in the cold. (gift link)
Steve Albini Was an Icon of Punk-Rock Purity—but He Also Showed How You Could Evolve
Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry
New York Times editor Joe Kahn says defending democracy is a partisan act and he won’t do it
Watch Apple Trash-Compact Human Culture
A Response to the Editor of the New York Times
No One Knows What Universities Are For. Bureaucratic bloat has siphoned power away from instructors and researchers.
Stormy Daniels testimony reveals the triumph of #MeToo
‘I Really Hope No Other Parent Has Disappointed Kids Like Mine’: Fake Websites for Little Tikes Swindle Parents
Right-wing media dog-pile on Gov. Kristi Noem after disastrous attempts to clean up book revelations