Not an article I wanted to write.
The deadly H5N1 bird flu is spreading widely, including to mammals.
For the first time, it's now likely spreading mammal-to-mammal, among minks which are exceptionally well-suited conduits to humans.
We must act now.
nytimes.com/2023/02/03/opi
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ChatGPT is everywhere and everyone is using it.
But most academics don't know how to use it *smartly.*
Here's how to use ChatGPT intelligently (and ethically) for academic purposes:
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🇺🇸 Thousands In Memphis Mourn 'A Beautiful Person'
▫Harris, Sharpton, loved ones gather Tyre Nichols' farewell
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Sharpton said Nichols' death is personal to him in part because the officers charged in his death are Black. "People had to march and go to jail... and how dare you act like that sacrifice was for nothing?" Sharpton said. usatoday.com/story/news/nat via
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"It is taken for granted that rape is inevitable inside prison — and that the people who endure this violence somehow deserve their fate," usatoday.com/story/news/202 via
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"Thousands of people, including Vice President Kamala Harris, are expected to attend the funeral of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols — a father, FedEx worker, and an avid skateboarder — who died after being beaten by 5 Memphis Police Department officers"
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“Prosecutors treat these white-collar cases totally differently than other cases,” Prof. told ’ about Bankman-Fried’s unusal pretrail bond. “There’s a lack of equity in all of this.”
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Prison, jail staff rarely face legal consequences after sex abuse of inmates, DOJ report finds
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"A 'historically biased culture of policing' puts Black people at risk regardless of an officer's race."
Excellent analysis by & :
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Two shooters targeted #AsianAmericans in #MontereyPark + in #HalfMoonBay. People asked: Is it a hate crime? Turns out, they are Asian-on-Asian attacks and I'm hearing: Is there hidden trauma affecting elderly Asian men, pushing them to explode? Our story:
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Hello twitter, I want to talk today about the state of the press relations in the United States. You may or may not know, but it is increasingly rare for your local journalist to be able to simply call an official to ask questions.
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Google NYC employees who arrived at the office early this morning stood in a line to test their badges-- if light turned red, it meant you had been laid off. if green, you were safe. 
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My latest: As the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v Wade approaches, activists on both sides of the abortion debate will take to the streets, even though Roe was overturned by the court last year.
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ICYMI: Why a federal appeals court ruling on Trump's bump stock ban is more about agency power than guns
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A year ago, I wrote about a 93-year-old woman who fell behind on her property taxes. So the government seized her home, sold it—and *kept the profit.*
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear her case. But there are many stories like hers, and they'll shock you. A thread.
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If you haven't yet, please pour yourself a cup of coffee (or something stronger) and dive into this #longread from and I on how all-ages drag shows became the front-line in the country's culture wars.
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Arrest of El Chapo's son Ovidio Guzman throws Mexico into chaos ahead of Biden visit usatoday.com/story/news/pol via
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A 1984 law that changed the federal bail system to address crime committed by people released pending trial has been "wildly misunderstood and misapplied," writes . in 1983, 24% of arrestees were jailed pretrial; in 2019, 75% were
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“The courtroom process is untethered from what the law demands,” Prof. told ’s in coverage of the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic’s landmark report on federal pretrial detention.
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ICYMI: In 1983, less than 24% of arrestees were jailed pretrial. By 2019, nearly 75% of them were. Interesting story from my colleague on federal pretrial detention.
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Breathtaking. "In more than 99% of the initial appearances where prosecutors asked for detention without citing a valid basis as required under the statute, judges unquestioningly agreed to detain people."
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NEW: Federal magistrate judges, prosecutors misunderstand bail law, jailing people who should go free, a two-year national study finds.
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NEW: Federal magistrate judges, prosecutors misunderstand bail law, jailing people who should go free, a two-year national study finds.
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BREAKING: I've been laid off. I'm not angry or bitter. After 30 years in the business, I've been lucky to get this far without a layoff. So rather than focus on the horror that is @Gannett, I'm gonna say this: “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
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'There's blood on your hands': Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric surged ahead of Club Q shooting, with
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A senior U.S. intelligence official says Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people.
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Mississippi state websites were hit by DDoS attacks on #ElectionDay. US officials stressed that vote tallies aren't impacted.
Though a Russian hacker group claimed credit, says US needs more evidence to make such attribution.
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Voting laws in numerous states have changed since the 2020 presidential election. Producer spoke with USA TODAY national correspondent to find out how voting access has been limited during the #Midterms2022 :
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Made an error on your ballot and searched in vain for what to do? Never fear, here's your answer:
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As a side note, I'm still amazed by the feedback this column regularly receives from all over the country prior to elections. #MidtermElections2022
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A analysis of Arizona state data found voter or election worker intimidation incident reports have occurred at a near-daily rate since Oct. 16.
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Florida voters are heading to the polls. What to know about voting and ballot access in 2022
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این ویدئو نمونه هولناک دیگریست از اینکه قساوت و بیرحمی ماموران جمهوری اسلامی حد و مرزی ندارد. مصونیت ناقضان حقوق بشر از مجازات دست نیروهای امنیتی را برای ضرب و شتم و تیراندازی به سمت معترضان باز گذاشته است. شورای حقوق بشر سازمان ملل باید به این جنایات رسیدگی کند. #مهسا_امینی
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Iranian journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi were the first to report Mahsa Amini's death in police custody.
The Iranian regime jailed them, and is now accusing them of being "agents of US intelligence".
Their safety is at risk for reporting the truth.
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The Jan. 6 committee will resume their hearing into the Capitol attack on Thursday. Producer spoke with reporter about what’s to come:
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Students at Tehran's Amirkabir University chant "canons, tanks and guns won't work anymore, tell my mum she doesn't have a daughter anymore" on day 25 of nationwide protests in Iran after the death of #MahsaAmini.
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'Help me find my children': How race affects social media efforts to find missing kids usatoday.com/story/news/inv via
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1 in 4 struggle to buy menstrual products. 22 states still tax them.
