We Used to Think Everybody Heard a Voice Inside Their Heads – But We Were Wrong Science Alert
The Closing of the Internet Mind Zero Sum
Modular mobile ASTRA Bridge lets highway traffic fly over roadwork New Atlas
Notice Of Absence – Update: Change of Plans Moon of Alabama. To a speedy recovery.
Climate/Environment
The Largest Ice Shelf in Antarctica Is Behaving Oddly SciTech Daily
Metal mobilization from thawing permafrost to aquatic ecosystems is driving rusting of Arctic streams Communications: Earth & Environment
Sinking Town Granta ‘The reality of state capitalism is that it spreads devastation and calls it development.’
Pandemics
Indonesia increases vigilance following spike in Covid-19 cases in Singapore The Star
Patients who went to hospital for one thing, then died of Covid will never be known according to SA Health as records were never kept The Advertiser
Another pandemic is ‘absolutely inevitable’, says Patrick Vallance The Guardian. Commentary:
Dear Patrick
Masks.
See my pinned tweet.
Don’t blow it a second time. https://t.co/cPnFRjzheF— Trisha Greenhalgh (@trishgreenhalgh) May 25, 2024
Bird flu detected in beef tissue for first time, USDA says, but beef is safe to eat AP
BIRD FLU MYSTERY—The new Australian child case with H5N1 virus has a weird background—as in zero exposures to high risk animals:
📌Child had no interaction with birds, animals or sick humans either in India 🇮🇳 or Australia 🇦🇺
📌Child had no geographic or human links to any… pic.twitter.com/T7CqfurCi8
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 24, 2024
More farms w/ more infected cows. Each time increases risk level for viral mutations, adaptation, & spread to humans. Each time increases risk to food supply/commerce. Lack of transparency around risk & food safety is very concerning. Lack of rapid genomic data & serology studies… https://t.co/w6rfIM1cMV
— Rick Bright (@RickABright) May 25, 2024
Africa
Biden courts Kenya for regional politics, and Haiti intervention Responsible Statecraft
China?
China property: ‘underwhelming’ stimulus to fall short of refloating market amid sunken buyer confidence, analysts say South China Morning Post
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US, China defence chiefs to meet following Taiwan tension Channel News Asia
The US defense secretary will visit Cambodia, one of China’s closest allies, after regional talks AP
Syraqistan
After Mossad chief’s trip, Israeli official says hostage talks to resume next week The Times of Israel
Hamas denies Israeli reports of resumption of talks Tuesday: Exclusive Al Mayadeen
A Society So Indifferent to Death and Destruction Has Already Lost the War Haaretz
Israelis singing and dancing in the club while the dj plays the kahanist and genocidal slogan “may your village burn” referring to the ethnic cleansing and the destruction of Palestinian villages. pic.twitter.com/F8O0vmfN1t
— 🍉🕊️ (@tiredpali) May 25, 2024
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Hamas armed wing says its fighters have killed, captured Israeli soldiers in Gaza Middle East Eye. Commentary:
This is major.
Some observations indicating that the soldiers captured by the resistance are from a special unite called Shayetet 13 and the number of the soldiers is around 16 between dead and captured
The weapon shown in the video is the Czech CZ Scorpion EVO 3, it is… pic.twitter.com/l2qA1KkTWD
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) May 26, 2024
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‘No personnel will enter Gaza,’ says US after four vessels run aground Al Mayadeen
$320 million for a floating Three Stooges sketch https://t.co/jRYIop3NAh
— derek davison (@dwdavison) May 25, 2024
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman accepts invitation to Iran bne Intellinews
European Disunion
Europe still unsure over US plan on Russian assets to pay for Ukraine Politico EU
Hungary slows down EU arms initiative for Ukraine funded by frozen Russian assets – the FT Ukrayinska Pravda
Germany’s authoritarian turn Unherd
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine attacked key element of Russia’s nuclear umbrella — Russian senator RT
Strike On Russian Strategic Early Warning Radar Site Is A Big Deal The War Zone
Russia strikes crowded Kharkiv DIY store in deadly attack Euronews
Western Media is lying, again.
The “Hardware store” that BBC, RTE, and CNN is telling you was targeted in Kharkov was in fact a Ukrainian Munitions store at the rear of the empty building.
The Ukrainian Army has a history of placing dangerous equipment and. Stores in civilian… pic.twitter.com/SOx0N0TCo4
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) May 25, 2024
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French Press Leaks Footage of Neo-Nazi Ukrainian Military Units Training in France: Controversy Surrounding Azov Units Rises Military Watch
Mainstream media IGNORING Boris Johnson hosting Ukraine neo-Nazi unit in parliament The Canary
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WION, Indian global broadcaster, discusses Putin’s latest proposal for a ceasefire Gilbert Doctorow
Ukraine Starts Freeing Some Prisoners to Join Its Military New York Times
Russo-Ukrainian War: Widening the Front Big Serge Thought
Betting on Armageddon Tarik Cyril Amar, The Ninth Wave
Stop The Bullshit Matt Taibbi, Racket News
Old Blighty
Sunak promises to bring back national service for 18-year-olds The Guardian
South of the Border
This Instagram star might soon be mayor of one of Mexico’s wealthiest cities Rest of World
Groves of Academe
Biden
Hunter Biden’s laptop was denied, disparaged, censored — now it’s evidence of a crime New York Post
Trump
Trump promises Libertarians a cabinet slot — and to free a notorious drug kingpin SEMAFOR
2016
Clinton says women abandoned her because she wasn’t ‘perfect’ The Hill
2024
Here Come the Russians, Again Mother Jones
Realignment and Legitimacy
BORDER VIGILANTES ARE BLURRING THE LINES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT Texas Observer
Boeing
China’s Comac poised to rise on Boeing’s downfall Asia Times
Gunz
Activision and Meta sued by families of Uvalde school shooting victims The Verge
Healthcare?
What the Toxic Morality of Crowdfunded Healthcare Says About American Society Literary Hub
Americans Are Paying Billions to Take Drugs That Don’t Work Mad in America
More Newborns are Being Diagnosed With Syphilis as Adult Cases Continue Dramatic Rise Science-Based Medicine
The Jackpot
Dual impact of extreme heat and Covid-19 had ‘deadly consequences’ for UK Carbon Brief
Our Famously Free Press
What a weird way of saying Israel is defying the ICJ order, in accordance with the genocide convention, to stop its assault on Rafah.
It’s not “fierce criticism,” it’s called international law. pic.twitter.com/pTd6xjuFpL
— Assal Rad (@AssalRad) May 25, 2024
This Hedge Fund Wants to Save Investigative Journalism — By Using It to Game the Market Politico
Sports Desk
Meet the Private Equity Firm Squeezing America for Baseball Stadium Subsidies Boondoggle
Private Equity is Ruining My Weekends Discourse Blog
The Bezzle
Feds add nine more incidents to Waymo robotaxi investigation TechCrunch
Guillotine Watch
Class Warfare
The first national calculation of mortality of the US homeless population Centre for Economic Policy Research
Accusing Mercedes of ‘Wanton Lawlessness,’ UAW Seeks New Alabama Vote Common Dreams
A New Leaf Atmos
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