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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

♫ God Only Knows ♫ | Filosofa’s Word

While the song only reached #39 in the U.S. and Finland, it made it to in the UK, and in Canada, Ireland and Norway.

God Only Knows

Beach Boys

Source: ♫ God Only Knows ♫ | Filosofa’s Word

Pasteurization Inactivates Highly Infectious Avian Flu in Milk | ASM.org

“How far is the virus getting through?” asked Erica Spackman, Ph.D., a virologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Athens, Ga. To find out, she and her collaborators tested nearly 300 milk products from 132 processors.

The researchers found no infectious virus in the samples, Spackman and her collaborators report this week in the Journal of Virology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. “Milk is safe,” she said. “Just like bacterial pathogens that occur in milk, or other viruses that could occur in milk, the sanitation processes that are in place are getting rid of the pathogens.”

The milk processing pipeline includes multiple layers of protection, Spackman said. Microbiological surveillance of milk products can identify pathogens, and milk from cows with mastitis or other disease conditions does not enter the food supply. Finally, heating during the pasteurization process can destroy H5N1 and other, more common bacterial pathogens.

Source: Pasteurization Inactivates Highly Infectious Avian Flu in Milk | ASM.org

Key plank of Biden student-debt relief plan can move forward, court rules | US student debt | The Guardian

A key piece of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan can move forward, a federal appellate court has ruled.

The move allows millions of borrowers to see their loan payments cut in half, but stops short of outright erasing debts for now.

After the US supreme court last year struck down the president’s original, ambitious initiative to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans for each individual borrower earning less than $125,000 annually, or $250,000 for married couples filing taxes jointly, the Biden administration implemented a new loan forgiveness scheme: Saving on a Valuable Education (Save).

Source: Key plank of Biden student-debt relief plan can move forward, court rules | US student debt | The Guardian

Open Thread | Once Again, November 2024 is About Democracy vs Fascism | 3CHICSPOLITICO

For years, they’ve been telling us that they can’t stand the Biden White House because it doesn’t leak, and they have no ‘ inside routes’ to get scoops that they can keep for themselves until they want to write a book.
But, suddenly, within the last week, all these ‘ leaks’ are coming from the Biden White House? All these ‘ party insiders’ , that are ‘anonymous’, while the actual leaders are on tv, giving defense to the President.
Yeah, something smells.
The MSM wants Trump back, and Biden is an obstacle.

And, as we push back, and inform them that we won’t let them do to Biden what they did to Hillary, they get all upset and thin-skinned about it:

BOTTOM LINE:

Portia ♍️ McGonagal (@PortiaMcGonagal) posted at 9:12 AM on Wed, Jul 03, 2024:
This election is far bigger than who’s at the top of each ticket. It’s a choice between continuing the American Experiment rooted in ideals about equality that haven’t always been achieved but have always been aspirational. Or ending it.
(https://x.com/PortiaMcGonagal/status/1808504002398826850?t=4CLkkKRVa_aoOb-kkG4aXg&s=03)

Source: Open Thread | Once Again, November 2024 is About Democracy vs Fascism | 3CHICSPOLITICO