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A changelog for Bard shows Google plans to rename Bard as Gemini, with an Advanced tier and an Android app (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2024/02/03/google-bard-gemini-rebrand-android-app-date/

Google Bard to become 'Gemini' very soon with 'Advanced' tier and Android app
Google Bard is set to become "Gemini" in early February as a leaked changelog shows, while an Android app is also coming.

Person diagnosed with bird flu in Texas after contact with cows #BirdFlu
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/texas-person-gets-bird-flu-1.7160508

Person diagnosed with bird flu in Texas after contact with cows | CBC News
A person in Texas has been diagnosed with bird flu, an infection tied to the recent discovery of the virus in dairy cows, health officials said Monday. The patient is being treated with an antiviral drug and their only reported symptom was eye redness, Texas health officials said.

Hey Fediverse, quoting a post from my Bluesky account, federated via the brid.gy service, see https://fed.brid.gy/docs
It’s early-stage stuff, lots of little awkwardnesses. But it does seem to be two-way, which beats the Threads experiment. The next post below the one I’m quoting is the mirror image…

👍 Transgender women challenge Tennessee law that blocks changes to birth certificates | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/transgender-women-challenge-tennessee-law-that-blocks-changes-to-birth…

Transgender women challenge Tennessee law that blocks changes to birth certificates
Tennessee's lawyer told the Sixth Circuit that changing the sex listed on birth certificates would create confusion about who could participate in various programs, like sports.

Recipe for Nordic Stone Age Bread - Full of Nuts, Grains and Seeds
https://nordicfoodliving.com/stone-age-bread/

Recipe for Nordic Stone Age Bread - Full of Nuts, Grains and Seeds
Recipe for Nordic Stone Age Bread which consist of six kinds of nuts, grains and seeds, olive oil, eggs and salt. You get what you see. Healthy and delicous

End of the Road:
John Barth
American postmodernist novelist dies aged 93
Along with William #Gass, Stanley #Elkins and other peers, #Barth was part of a wave of writers in the 1960s who challenged standards of language and …

Bill Ackman and Mark Zuckerberg Fail to Land Candidates on Harvard’s Board of Overseers - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/us/harvard-board-overseers-zuckerberg-ackman.html

Bill Ackman and Mark Zuckerberg Fail to Land Candidates on Harvard’s Board of Overseers
The candidates had promised to challenge the university’s leadership, but failed to collect enough signatures to get on the ballot for the board.

A New and Completely Different Pain Medicine
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/994975?ecd=wnl_infocu11_broad_broad_persoexpansion-algo_20240302_etid6347803&uac=197912FZ&…

A New and Completely Different Pain Medicine
Opioids work in the brain, but that's the problem. This new compound works at an entirely different level, but will it be the blockbuster we seek?

🚨🚨🚨 🚨 🚨 **Bird flu spreading through species: birds, cattle, humans** - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2024/04/02/bird-flu-spreading-through-species-birds-cattle-humans/

Bird flu has been found in humans. How worried should I be?
https://qz.com/bird-avian-flu-h5n1-outbreak-health-risks-pandemics-1851383070

Bird flu has been found in humans. How worried should we be?
So far the evidence doesn't point to an imminent and major public health threat