Saturday, March 28, 2026

University of Michigan joins research on infectivity of bird flu in the air


Photo and headline: University of Michigan Engineering, 3/27/2026

Jim Lynch reports:
Discovering how the bird flu virus degrades in the air around livestock and how engineering solutions can effect that degradation quickly and efficiently are core aims of a new University of Michigan Engineering-led project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This work could help prevent or mitigate future outbreaks.
Detection of bird flu infection within flocks and herds leads to the mass culling of animals, which disrupts food supply chains. The ongoing outbreak of HPAI H5N1 that began in 2022 in the U.S. has led to the loss of 175 million birds and, as of late 2024, has cost the industry roughly $1.4 billion. 
The $2 million grant from the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service aims to answer two fundamental questions about bird flu:\ 
  • How quickly does the virus that causes bird flu lose its infectivity in the air, specifically air found in enclosed livestock environments? 
  • What technologies can effectively reduce bird flu’s infectivity in those environments?

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GET ME REWRITE: New York Times thinks voter suppression is more favorable ground for Republicans

 
Where does the Times come up with the ideas for these cockamamie stories?

Poster:  Instagram
Headline:  New York Times, 3/27/2026

Luke Broadwater makes SAVE sound so anodyne:
But even if the bill offers the president little hope of changing policy, it does offer an appealing political calculus: At a time when voters are deeply concerned about high prices amid his war with Iran, the fight over the legislation allows him to try to shift focus to more favorable ground for Republicans. 
At its core, the SAVE America Act, as passed by the House, would require voters to prove their citizenship in person upon registration, ban IDs without a photo at polling places and criminalize failures to enforce such requirements.
 
On the same page (A20) of Saturday's print edition, the Times buries this excerpt at the end of SAVE 'explainer'.  
So it is clear that the bill creates additional requirements for voters to prove their citizenship and identity, barriers that for some would incur additional costs or be insurmountable. Because the bill is vague on many details and would leave states to interpret and adopt some of its provisions, it is difficult to estimate the exact effect, Ms. Sweren-Becker said. 
But she added, “It’s certainly safe to say that the SAVE America Act would block millions of eligible American citizens from voting.”
That's voter suppression in a nutshell.


According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of 'cockamamie', as in RIDICULOUS, INCREDIBLE, occurred in 1962.

Other coinages from the same year include:
  1. artsy-fartsy
  2. buckle up
  3. can of worms
  4. credibility gap
  5. nonconclusion
  6. one-liner
  7. scut work
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Q: What’s the difference between Vietnam and Iran?

 
A:  Trump had a plan to get out of Vietnam!

Bones spurs graphic:  Convergent
Photo credit:  Town & Country


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