Links for you. Science:
A deadly coronavirus has resurfaced in Saudi Arabia, killing at least one patient
From bad to worse. How the avian flu must change before it can trigger a human pandemic
Virome Sequencing Identifies H5N1 Avian Influenza in Wastewater from Nine Cities.
Despite H5N1 bird flu outbreaks in dairy cattle, raw milk enthusiasts are uncowed
CDC launching wastewater dashboard to track bird flu virus spread
Lack of bird flu testing may be hiding true spread of virus on US farms
Other:
Will Zionism survive the war? As Israel marks its Independence Day, the nation’s Zionist ideology faces hard questions. (since everyone has become an expert on Ukraine infectious disease microbiology immunology bridge construction Zionism, it would behoove people to read this article; gift link)
Do Not Use Cue Health’s COVID-19 Tests Due to Risk of False Results: FDA Safety Communication
Trump Is Not Invincible
Meet Allan Lichtman, the professor who predicted the president (and the last 9)
Is This the End of Reading?
Trump-appointed judge halts Biden rule capping credit card fees
The real cancel culture
Major airlines sue Biden administration over fee disclosure rule (and they did so in the 5th Circuit…)
So THAT’S Why He Hid His Tax Returns
New Efforts Emerging To Activate D.C.’s 3,000 Vacant Properties
The Creator Of ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Knows Exactly Where It All Went Wrong
The entirely baseless scaremongering about same-sex marriage
Maybe You Shouldn’t Talk to Someone: For years, we were told therapy was the key to a good life. What if we don’t want to go anymore?
Bluesky Is Building The Decentralized Social Media Jack Dorsey Wants, Even If He Doesn’t Realize It
Why Don’t People Trust The Man That Gave FAMU $237 Million?
Donald Trump’s obsession with control is backfiring on his lawyers in court
Trump Seemed To Have Had Some Sort of…Episode at a Rally In New Jersey
Exclusion of Jewish Jurors Prompts Review of California Death Row Cases (gift link)
Expectations Versus Reality
USDA, FDA turf battles hamper responses to outbreaks like H5N1 bird flu (it’s not a turf battle, it’s a lack of regulatory authority)
Killing Dogs. Taunting the Homeless. Praising Al Capone. This Is Trump’s Party.
This Independence Day, Israel Has Split Into Two Incompatible Jewish States
How To Reanimate The Democracy Fight
On Elon’s whim, X now treats ‘cisgender’ as a slur
As Insurers Around the U.S. Bleed Cash From Climate Shocks, Homeowners Lose (gift link)
High Interest Rates Are Hitting Poorer Americans the Hardest (alternative headline: the Fed has decided to screw poor people; gift link)
Leonard Leo Very Upset That People He Doesn’t Like Have Free Speech Rights
mikethemadbiologist
We have a local dairy licensed to sell raw milk from Jersey cows. It is absolutely delicious, but every year there are a few cases of listeria. For a while we drank it because it tasted so good, but we’d never serve it to children, old people or people with health problems. We’re a lot older now, so we don’t drink it anymore. If you are the kind of person who figures that whatever benefit you are getting from raw milk is worth the risk of listeria, you are rather unlikely to worry about getting H5N1.