Mastodawn

Bird Flu found in dairy herds (!) both in TX and in UT
I did not know bird flu was common in birds and in cows
#CDC #BirdFlu #dairy #cows #bird #chicken #rooster #poultry #farmers #Texas #Utah #lockdown #contain #influenza #spread #contagious #airborne #MaskUp #respirator #mask #FaceShield
https://www.kbtx.com/2026/06/04/highly-pathogenic-avian-flu-found-texas-dairy-herd/

Highly pathogenic avian flu found in Texas dairy herd

This is the first case of the virus reported in the state this year.

KBTX

3i/Atlas 2d ago

SpaceX wins $4 billion Space Force contract for satellites that target 'airborne threats' anywhere on Earth
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=spacex-wins-4-billion-space-force-contract-for-satellites-that-target-airborne-threats-anywhere-on-earth
<p>The U.S Space Force has awarded SpaceX $4.16 billion to help the military track airborne targets using
#satellites #airborne #contract #billion

SpaceX wins $4 billion Space Force contract for satellites that target 'airborne threats' anywhere on Earth

The U.S Space Force has awarded SpaceX $4.16 billion to help the military track airborne targets using satellites.

3i/Atlas 6d ago

Space Force awards SpaceX $4.16 billion to build satellite network for airborne target tracking
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=space-force-awards-spacex-416-billion-to-build-satellite-network-for-airborne-target-tracking
<p>The low-orbit satellite constellation is intended to track aircraft
#satellite #airborne #billion #network

Space Force awards SpaceX $4.16 billion to build satellite network for airborne target tracking

The low-orbit satellite constellation is intended to track aircraft, cruise missiles and other airborne threats The post Space Force awards SpaceX $4.16 billion to build satellite network for airborne...

CBC Business May 28

Canada negotiating to buy Saab's GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft
Canada has entered into negotiations with Saab to buy its GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-negotiating-saab-globaleye-9.7213424?cmp=rss

CBC Canada May 28

David Senate May 27

Open-sourcing a few reusable Play date #Lua gameplay systems from #Airborne! PD

Spent some time extracting and cleaning up a few reusable Lua #snippets from Airborne! PD for Playdate.

Mostly focused on:

animated sprite mechanics
object pooling
data-driven wave systems
per-frame sprite accounting
datastore persistence
lightweight rendering tricks
achievement persistence system

These are small engineering notes and reusable gameplay patterns developed while building a performance-conscious Playdate project on constrained hardware.

Thought some of them might help newer #Playdate #developers getting started with optimization and gameplay systems.

Public repo:

github.com/DaveLeonard/airborne-public

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getmisch May 17

Counties in New Jersey with Bird Flu in their waste water, last couple weeks:
Union, Essex, Bergen, Middlesex, Hudson, Passaic...
"Not just for poultry farmers anymore!"
[link is to US waste water analysis for avian influenza A(H5), updated weekly by the #CDC]
#BirdFlu #avian #flu #deadly #poultry #farmers #airborne #virus #MaskUp #mask #FaceShield #PPE #Centers for #Disease #Control #NewJersey #infections
https://www.cdc.gov/wastewater/emerging-viruses/h5.html?

Wastewater Data for Avian Influenza A(H5)

View wastewater data for avian influenza A(H5), the virus that causes bird flu, by site and week.

CDC's Wastewater Monitoring Program

Martin Steiger 🚀May 15

«Ich verstehe nicht, warum wir so zurückhaltend sind, den Inhalationsweg anzuerkennen, wenn wir über die Übertragung von Mensch zu Mensch sprechen […]. Die Übertragung über die Luft ist in diesen Fällen sicherlich die einfachste Erklärung […].»

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/health/hantavirus-spread-risk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iVA.FkYV.8G6ZE7sjWbfo

#hantavirus #andesvirus #andenvirus #aerosole #aerosols #airborne

Hantavirus Doesn’t Spread Easily, but Officials May Be Downplaying Risks

The virus is clearly far less contagious than the coronavirus, scientists agree, but they have found cases where it spread among people without direct contact.

The New York Times

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