From TLDR 2025-01-07

MICROSOFT IS USING BING TO TRICK PEOPLE INTO THINKING THEY'RE ON
GOOGLE (3 MINUTE READ) [11]

Searching for Google on Bing (without signing in) takes users to a
page that looks a lot like Google. It's a clear attempt from Microsoft
to make Bing look like Google for this specific search query. Other
search results return without the special interface. Bing still
surfaces search results for Google underneath the spoofed Google UI.
Microsoft has used similar tactics over the years to convince people
to switch to its products.

AMERICA'S FIRST BIRD FLU DEATH REPORTED IN LOUISIANA (4 MINUTE READ) [15]

The person was over 65 and reportedly had underlying medical
conditions - they were hospitalized with the flu after exposure to a
backyard flock of birds and wild birds.

Links:
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[11] https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/24337117/microsoft-bing-search-results-g oogle-design-trick?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
[15] https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/health/bird-flu-death-louisiana/index.html? utm_source=tldrnewsletter

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Searching for Google on Bing (without signing in) takes users to a
page that looks a lot like Google. It's a clear attempt from Microsoft
to make Bing look like Google for this specific search query. Other
search results return without the special interface. Bing still
surfaces search results for Google underneath the spoofed Google UI. Microsoft has used similar tactics over the years to convince people
to switch to its products.

I went to bing.com and typed google.com into their search box, and the bing results displayed another search bar in the search results. Is that what they mean? It doesn't look dishonest to me, just a suggestion :)

The person was over 65 and reportedly had underlying medical
conditions - they were hospitalized with the flu after exposure to a backyard flock of birds and wild birds.

I heard about this on abcnews on the radio. It sounds like the media wants us to be scared of birds. That way, we stay indoors more, and I guess we watch more TV.

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Searching for Google on Bing (without signing in) takes users to a
page that looks a lot like Google. It's a clear attempt from Microsoft to make Bing look like Google for this specific search query. Other search results return without the special interface. Bing still
surfaces search results for Google underneath the spoofed Google UI. Microsoft has used similar tactics over the years to convince people
to switch to its products.

I went to bing.com and typed google.com into their search box, and the bing results displayed another search bar in the search results. Is that what they mean? It doesn't look dishonest to me, just a suggestion :)

I don't ever use bing so I am not sure what the page looks like once you
search something. It does look to me that searching for "google" brings up
a page that looks a lot like a google search page, but the same thing also happens if I search for "grapple." Maybe it is someone trying to make
somthing out of nothing.

That said, I just posted a second article about it. Sounds like they are having a spat. :D

The person was over 65 and reportedly had underlying medical
conditions - they were hospitalized with the flu after exposure to a backyard flock of birds and wild birds.

I heard about this on abcnews on the radio. It sounds like the media wants us to be scared of birds. That way, we stay indoors more, and I guess we watch more TV.

I think it is more of a cautionary tale for those who are of a certain age
and have underlying medical conditions. That said, it won't keep me from
going outside (the piles of snow have, though!), but it will make me more cautious when it comes to places where birds congregate.


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also happens if I search for "grapple." Maybe it is someone trying to make somthing out of nothing.

That said, I just posted a second article about it. Sounds like they are having a spat. :D

They're buds, and they will be drinking Bud Light together by the end of the day.

I think it is more of a cautionary tale for those who are of a certain
age and have underlying medical conditions. That said, it won't keep me from going outside (the piles of snow have, though!), but it will make
me more cautious when it comes to places where birds congregate.

I still follow Fauci's original guidelines for covid-19. I wear an N95 mask to every indoor place I visit, but not outdoors. I don't believe that a human can get close enough to a bird, for a long enough amount of time, to catch a virus without the bird flying away.

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I still follow Fauci's original guidelines for covid-19. I wear an N95 mask

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every indoor place I visit, but not outdoors. I don't believe that a human

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get close enough to a bird, for a long enough amount of time, to catch a

irus

without the bird flying away.

They can if the birds are part of a domestic flock. What I took from the
story was that the man in question (1) had other health issues, (2) was 65 years old, and (3) apparently had a domestic flock of birds (chickens or
ducks or something that wouldn't fly away) that interacted with wild birds.


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get close enough to a bird, for a long enough amount of time, to catch a

irus

without the bird flying away.

They can if the birds are part of a domestic flock. What I took from the story was that the man in question (1) had other health issues, (2) was
65 years old, and (3) apparently had a domestic flock of birds (chickens or ducks or something that wouldn't fly away) that interacted with wild birds.

Oh, I missed that part. ABC News just said "he encountered a flock of birds in his backyard" and that made me laugh.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Mike Powell <=-

Oh, I missed that part. ABC News just said "he encountered a flock of birds in his backyard" and that made me laugh.

I thought it would have been the part of him yelling "Get the flock out of my yard!"


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Oh, I missed that part. ABC News just said "he encountered a flock of birds in his backyard" and that made me laugh.

I thought it would have been the part of him yelling "Get the flock out
of my yard!"

Ha! Good one.

Alex Stone forgot to say "the guy was a bird flocker."

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They can if the birds are part of a domestic flock. What I took from the
story was that the man in question (1) had other health issues, (2) was 65 years old, and (3) apparently had a domestic flock of birds (chickens or ducks or something that wouldn't fly away) that interacted with wild birds.

Oh, I missed that part. ABC News just said "he encountered a flock of birds in
his backyard" and that made me laugh.

Yeah, that gives the impression that he just happened upon some birds.

While I don't think bird flu is contagious in this manner, if you have a
back yard where lots of wild birds congregate (and therefore also poo),
there are diseases you can catch from them even if they do fly away every
time they see you.

I can't remember the name of it now, but the one I am thinking of effect
your eyesight. I think it is hystoplasmosis, or hysto for short.


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Oh, I missed that part. ABC News just said "he encountered a flock of bi in
his backyard" and that made me laugh.

Yeah, that gives the impression that he just happened upon some birds.

While I don't think bird flu is contagious in this manner, if you have a back yard where lots of wild birds congregate (and therefore also poo), there are diseases you can catch from them even if they do fly away every time they see you.

I could be wrong but I'd assume that any "flu" is spread to humans primarily through the air. And if you live in some kind of a "bird region" (lol) then you're probably "40% more likely to contract bird flu."

But seriously, I didn't know the guy had birds. But who keeps birds in their backyard? I mean, unless they're chickens?

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But seriously, I didn't know the guy had birds. But who keeps birds in their backyard? I mean, unless they're chickens?

Chickens. Farm ducks. Pigeons. People keep all of these for meat, eggs,
or for hobby purposes.

It is not real common in suburban areas, but there are still plenty of
folks who keep them. Preppers suggest keeping chickens or other poultry.


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But seriously, I didn't know the guy had birds. But who keeps birds in t backyard? I mean, unless they're chickens?

Chickens. Farm ducks. Pigeons. People keep all of these for meat,
eggs, or for hobby purposes.

It is not real common in suburban areas, but there are still plenty of folks who keep them. Preppers suggest keeping chickens or other poultry.

It's a good idea. My city has an ordinance that permits only 4 chickens per household, and to me that's like 4 meals and not worth the trouble. I'd like to do it for the eggs, but I just don't know how to care for chickens or if it would be worthwhile to have just 4. I eat tons of eggs too.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Mike Powell <=-

I could be wrong but I'd assume that any "flu" is spread to humans primarily through the air. And if you live in some kind of a "bird
region" (lol) then you're probably "40% more likely to contract bird
flu."

That idea only works if the idea of virology works. And virology has been completely debunked.

+ No virus was ever isolated.
+ No virus was ever shown to be contageous.
+ They had to make up the idea of "asymptomatic" people to cover up the fact that people "had the virus" but showed no illness.

But seriously, I didn't know the guy had birds. But who keeps birds in their backyard? I mean, unless they're chickens?

There's birds all over everyone's backyards around here.

But if you put a bunch of birds in one place, you get... lots of bird droppings. And unless there's some mechanism of cleaning that mess up on a regular basis, you get unsanitary conditions.

And what happens to people in unsanitary conditions? They get ill.


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There's birds all over everyone's backyards around here.

But if you put a bunch of birds in one place, you get... lots of bird droppings. And unless there's some mechanism of cleaning that mess up
on a regular basis, you get unsanitary conditions.

And what happens to people in unsanitary conditions? They get ill.

There's birds everywhere. Even in the desert. I haven't seen any state that doesn't have flocks of geese flying (and hanging around) all over the place.

But how can the droppings make people sick? Wouldn't the droppings have to dry out and become airborne to infect people?

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

But how can the droppings make people sick? Wouldn't the droppings have
to dry out and become airborne to infect people?

I think it's easier to give you an example. In my area, we have a popular bike trail. It runs through an area that gets lots of geese during the migration times. Needless to say, unless we get alot of rain, the trail has lots of droppings.

Now, imagine a cyclist running through that. No fenders on his bike. He may not even notice getting small bits into his mouth/lungs.

Imagine a jogger running through it. Even if he avoids the obvious piles he will still pick up some. He takes off his shoes at home and rubs his itchy eye.

And, to use a leftist joke, "Think of the children!" You know that they like to get into everything - especially if they shouldn't - and put their dirty hands in their mouths all the time.

If the geese weren't there is it 100% clean? Of course not. But the odds are much higher when there's lots of geese dropping than when there isn't.


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But how can the droppings make people sick? Wouldn't the droppings ha to dry out and become airborne to infect people?

If the geese weren't there is it 100% clean? Of course not. But the
odds are much higher when there's lots of geese dropping than when there isn't.

I just can't get scared of goose droppings. I'm more paranoid about being inside a movie theater.

But I don't doubt that Democrats have a to-do list that includes making goose droppings more dangerous than they ought to be.

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

I just can't get scared of goose droppings. I'm more paranoid about
being inside a movie theater.

Well, I don't like the droppings messing up my clean home or getting in my mouth/eyes/nose.

Movie theaters are far cleaner. But we don't go much anyway because Hollywood only produced crap.

But I don't doubt that Democrats have a to-do list that includes making goose droppings more dangerous than they ought to be.

But only if they can profit from it.

Side note: The reason we have so many geese is because of a large vacant lot in our town. It used to be a factory, but the company tore it down and gave the lot to the town who intended to use it as a event area. They even put in electrical outlets every so often to facilitate it.

But wait! There are the evil PFAS chemicals in the ground. We need to fence off the land (making a nice quiet place for geese to congregate) then pay some company to dig it all up and put in "drainage" so that the evil PFAS stuff can be washed away.

It's been years and the area **still** hasn't been used for an event.


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Movie theaters are far cleaner. But we don't go much anyway because Hollywood only produced crap.

I took my kids to see the new lion king movie and the Regal Cinema smelled like a landfill. They don't take the trash out until the end of the day, I guess. It was disgusting and we sat in that room for 2 hours.

But wait! There are the evil PFAS chemicals in the ground. We need to fence off the land (making a nice quiet place for geese to congregate) then pay some company to dig it all up and put in "drainage" so that the evil PFAS stuff can be washed away.

That's what you call a piece of land that's "full of potential." There's a former IBM building near me that supposedly contains some kind of contaminant that "causes Parkinsons disease." I don't believe it, but at the same time, I wouldn't want to find out that they were right the hard way. (That's how they get us.)

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

I took my kids to see the new lion king movie and the Regal Cinema
smelled like a landfill. They don't take the trash out until the end of the day, I guess. It was disgusting and we sat in that room for 2
hours.

Ick! The theaters that we (rarely) go to don't have those problems. But I see your point now.

Theaters that did that around my area wouldn't be in business too long. But, then, I don't see how they stay in business now.

That's what you call a piece of land that's "full of potential."
There's a former IBM building near me that supposedly contains some
kind of contaminant that "causes Parkinsons disease." I don't believe
it, but at the same time, I wouldn't want to find out that they were
right the hard way. (That's how they get us.)

But for that, I woudn't care unless the gov't was paying for the clean up. Then I would have lots of questions for them.


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That's what you call a piece of land that's "full of potential." There's a former IBM building near me that supposedly contains some kind of contaminant that "causes Parkinsons disease." I don't believe it, but at the same time, I wouldn't want to find out that they were right the hard way. (That's how they get us.)

But for that, I woudn't care unless the gov't was paying for the clean
up. Then I would have lots of questions for them.

We have this other building that's been sitting vacant since 1981 (or something like that.) There was a fire that supposedly "released harmful PCBs," so the building just sits there. And that one is owned by the city.

The city spent $53 million dollars on a cleanup attempt, but I guess that attempt failed. I don't know where they get those numbers or that money from, but our schools still have hvac, plumbing, and parking issues that "we can't afford to fix" and "there's no money for field trips" either. (Just lots of money to spend on unused buildings.)

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

We have this other building that's been sitting vacant since 1981 (or something like that.) There was a fire that supposedly "released
harmful PCBs," so the building just sits there. And that one is owned
by the city.

The city spent $53 million dollars on a cleanup attempt, but I guess
that attempt failed. I don't know where they get those numbers or that money from, but our schools still have hvac, plumbing, and parking
issues that "we can't afford to fix" and "there's no money for field trips" either. (Just lots of money to spend on unused buildings.)

When I hear that, what I really hear is "We want to funnel tax dollars into this process of 'cleaning up' this building so that our buddys company can get the money and give us kick backs."

They can do that with the schools because that spending is public record.


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The city spent $53 million dollars on a cleanup attempt, but I guess that attempt failed. I don't know where they get those numbers or tha money from, but our schools still have hvac, plumbing, and parking issues that "we can't afford to fix" and "there's no money for field trips" either. (Just lots of money to spend on unused buildings.)

When I hear that, what I really hear is "We want to funnel tax dollars into this process of 'cleaning up' this building so that our buddys company can get the money and give us kick backs."

They can do that with the schools because that spending is public record.

Don't underestimate the power of greedy leftists. The schools waste millions too. Just not $53 million in 1 day like the city did :)

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Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

Don't underestimate the power of greedy leftists. The schools waste millions too. Just not $53 million in 1 day like the city did :)

But school funding is public record. So you can see where the money comes
from and where it goes. That's opposed to the "business deals" that the
gov't does with a private company.


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Don't underestimate the power of greedy leftists. The schools waste millions too. Just not $53 million in 1 day like the city did :)

Or greedy politicians in general. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.


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