Giving a virtual talk this Tuesday on one of my favorite subjects: the color #blue .
It’s organized by the inter-society color council and you can register here for free:
iscc.org/event-5632112/…

A short distraction from MooFlu (© TompkinsLab) to BatFlu:

'The bat-borne influenza A virus H9N2 exhibits a set of unexpected pre-pandemic features'

from Schwemmle Lab and company

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So what would it actually take for #H5N1 avian influenza to become a human pathogen? I've written up what we know about the kinds of changes needed for News from Science

Story is here (and thread to come later):
science.org/content/articl…

Great thread on where we are now in terms of evidence for mammal-to-mammal spread of #H5N1 in previous episodes

Post News, a start up that tried to take the place of Twitter but with a far friendlier environment for news and journalism — including an attempt to make micropayments work — announced that it will be shutting down soon.

So sad to hear that Daniel Dennett has died. He was such an interesting thinker and a great writer too. What a loss'
I first interviewed him almost 15 years ago and was quoting him just yesterday in a talk on misinformation that I gave at Harvard.

nytimes.com/2024/04/19/boo…

This is a bad policy, NEJM, as I told MedPage Today. medpagetoday.com/special-report…

We are hiring a podcast editor for Scientific American's multimedia team. Thanks for considering or for sharing this job description with anyone looking to join a creative, welcoming, humane & fun NYC team at Scientific American w/ Jeff DelViscio Rachel Feltman & more careers.springernature.com/job/New-York-M…

Das Vogelgrippe-Virus hat die Antarktis erreicht, in den USA breitet es sich unter Milchkühen aus. Über den Siegeszug von H5N1 sprechen wir mit dem Virologen Martin Beer vom Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut und dem Epidemiologen Greg Gray aus Texas.

Jetzt hier für alle:
podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/pan…

Season 2 of The Last of Us is gonna be lit.

I am on a PODCAST ABOUT TRUE CRIME-Y MURDERS! But also science and archaeology, because these murders took place 7,000 years ago. #truecrimepodcast science.org/content/podcas… News from Science

A reminder that this talk by Kai Kupferschmidt will be happening TODAY at 1-2 PM ET. Join us on Zoom at hsph.me/idepi24 or in person at FXB G13. #IDEpi24

I've written about the NPR uproar and why the framing is all wrong, completely missing the point.

The press should have precisely two biases: pro-truth and pro-democracy. When reality is asymmetric, 'balanced' reporting is deception. I explain more here: forkingpaths.co/p/why-we-need-…

Das Vogelgrippe-Virus hat die Antarktis erreicht, in den USA breitet es sich unter Milchkühen aus. Über den Siegeszug von H5N1 sprechen wir mit dem Virologen Martin Beer vom Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut und dem Epidemiologen Greg Gray aus Texas.

Jetzt hier für alle:
podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/pan…

Happening tomorrow! What can research on the psychology of misinformation tell us about how to combat science misinformation? Find out in our next virtual Connector Chat with journalist Kai Kupferschmidt and misinformation researcher Briony Swire-Thompson.

To register: bit.ly/casw-misinfo

.MI Ag & Rural Dev: “Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in 3 New Michigan Dairy Herds” A key question is: Did these herds recently receive dairy cows from other potentially affected herds? If not, other routes of incursion need to be considered.
michigan.gov/mdard/about/me…

South Dakota has detected #H5N1 #flu in dairy cows. That makes the 8th state. Dept. of Agriculture says there've been 24 infected herds reported overall, up 4 from yesterday.
Texas (10), NM (5), Kansas (3), Mich (2), Idaho, Ohio, NC & SD (1 apiece).
Wish more info was being released.

Her X account with over 100,000 followers is packed full of conspiracy theories about astrology, wellness, anti-vax and alternative medicine, Covid-19, QAnon, and antisemitism with an alarming turn towards doomsday theories in the lead up to the solar eclipse.

O. J. Simpson is dead. Here's why that's bad news for Joe Biden.

Could be significant:

CBS is launching a new show as part of its pivot to streaming. It's called 'CBS News Confirmed.' Devoted to combatting misinformation. 'Mission is to identify and fight the spread of false stories, conspiracy theories and bad facts.' variety.com/2024/tv/news/c…