Inca jars that make various animal sounds
pic.twitter.com/bec79W6GeU– Science Girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) May 15, 2024
A lost branch of the Nile flowed past the towers of Egypt New Scientist (Dr. Kevin). Great real estate back in its day.
Private mission to save Hubble Space Telescope raises concerns, NASA emails show MPR (Chuck L)
Listening Like a Spider: The Future of Sound Technology SciTech Daily (Chuck L)
Archie, the Internet’s First Search Engine, Released and Powered by ars technica
Gender-neutral beds installed in athletes’ rooms at Paris Olympics Toronto Sun (Dr. Kevin)
FBI Documents Allege Japan Used Virus Warfare in Attacks on US and Canada Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
#Covid 19
Response from the Fed:
“Chairman Powell tested positive for COVID-19 last night and is showing symptoms. Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he is isolated and working from home.”
— Victoria Guida (@vtg2) May 17, 2024
Fed’s Powell Test on COVID-19 Second MarketWatch. with:
Which is strange. What CDC guidance do we follow? The new guidance says if you don’t have a fever you’re good to go? (that’s what people hear anyway…..). How will we know if you have brain damage this time? He’s not that young……..
Research: Children with prolonged COVID have the ability to exercise
90.2% of chronic COVID patients had a pathologic examination.
– CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) May 17, 2024
Climate/Environment
Hopes About Sustainable Jet Fuel Are Unrealistic, Report Finds Guardian
Lancaster University votes to ban meat and dairy from FarmingUK stores
China?
China Tries To End Asset Crisis With Broad Rescue Package Bloomberg
The breakup of Europe
Germany Is Still Kind Of A Colony Of The United States.
Priceless Old Archives ‼️
‼ Former German MSM journalist Udo Ulfkotte is clean
He explains how all western corporate journalists are bought by the CIA and how they must follow their agenda.
If only… pic.twitter.com/1Vk1lVHDA6
– Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ ivan_8848) May 15, 2024
EU diplomats agreed to put four Russian journalists on the list of sanctions Reuters. Micael T: “There is an EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency. So restricting freedom of the press is actually an EU value. “
Fifteen countries are asking Brussels to explore creating migrant centers outside the EU ElPais
Europe’s Youth Push for a Positive Foreign Policy
The Netherlands is swinging to the right with a new government led by Geert Wilders Associated Press.
Gaza
Fighting rages in northern Gaza as aid begins to flow out of US-built enclave Arab News. You have to get a few paras to learn that help has gone straight to the warehouse.
Why Israel Is in Deep Trouble John J. Mearsheimer (Chuck L)
Hezbollah launches new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on Independent
FBI agents arrested and interrogated Israel Review historian Ilan Pappe when he arrived in Detroit, asking if he was a “Hamas supporter,” and who his Arab and Muslim friends were in the US.
The US security regime takes orders from apartheid Israel pic.twitter.com/FzwAfGNsIi
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) May 16, 2024
Gaza protests
Doctors at UCLA Protest Say Police Weapons Draw Blood and Broken Bones KFF Health News The best story.
The New Cold War
Russia’s second attack on Kharkiv caught Ukraine off guard Washington Post. The best story.
Answers to media questions after the visit of the Chinese President to Russia (guurst)
Washington is no longer ruling out that US weapons were used to strike Russian soil LeMonde. YouTubers like the Duran duo posted this clip, but it seems it didn’t get the attention it needed.
Note that Russia has been making warnings like this A LONG TIME ago; That’s what angered John Helmer’s idea that Russia had created a DMZ-like buffer zone, noting that it would need to be wide enough to put a long-range NATO-deployed missile on the battlefield out of reach of Russian soil:
Medvedev:
“Nonetheless, stupid NATO diplomats sincerely want almost all of Ukraine to fall under Russian control. That is why they are supplying the Banderite authorities with long-range weapons. President Putin has repeatedly said that… pic.twitter.com/mn8bp90xky
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) May 17, 2024
Ukraine Continues After Russian Invasion of Kharkiv Historical Fiction. It has only three days to start, but the action is presented very well every day. Seriously, it shows how inexperienced the Russian military was (real rookie mistakes), yet they still benefited continuously because of the whole system and the weakness of Ukraine. One suspects that Russia did not expect to go this far but found the doors unlocked.
Ukrainian military’s Starlink terminals down at start of Russian offensive in Kharkiv Oblast Ukrainska Pravda
The law on new merger rules comes into force in Ukraine TASS
The West is losing the war: current efforts are not enough to prevent the fall of key Ukrainian regions to Putin in the next 2 years.
1/16 🧵 Facts you must know
(Follow the second part about good and bad punishments) pic.twitter.com/TjcvD43UZ7
– Mikhail Khodorkovsky (@khodorkovsky_en) May 16, 2024
Russian court imposes ban on UniCredit’s Anadolu Agency assets
Imperial Collapse Watch
DragonBear-Hug Shows Unprecedented Expansion of Imaginary Bonds (Kevin W). Visible in case you want to click on a post later:
Chinese President Xi hugs Putin.
Putin was surprised.
Note that hugging is not a common practice in traditional Chinese culture. pic.twitter.com/lCOZpLof1I
– World Wide Web of Politics (@PoliticsWWWeb) May 17, 2024
Russia, China Reveal Their Global Agenda Alabama Month. Jeez, the February 2022 statement was only 5,000 words. The verbosity seems to reflect the Chinese influence on the text. You need to read this when a good English translation appears. The Kremlin sent their final interpretation so that would be the place to place.
Putin and Xi no longer have an equal relationship with the BBC. A new party line.
The era of globalization is finally coming to the Telegraph
Trump
Trump: I want to argue with this guy but I’m going to demand a drug test pic.twitter.com/X9NCGloqoU
– Acyn (@Acyn) May 18, 2024
Biden
Key House committees vote to advance impeachment proceedings against Garland over Biden CNN audio files (Kevin W)
Watch: Top Economic Adviser Refuses To Admit Biden Is Lying About Inflation Modernity
Trump beats Biden in Nevada, says Las Vegas Review-Journal poll
McConnell, Collins on course to clash with Democrats over money deal on The Hill
Police State Watch
THIS COULD HAPPEN UNDER TRUMP. THANK YOU IT IS HAPPENING UNDER BIDEN. pic.twitter.com/iBtedFf9qx
– Public Archive (@public_archive) May 16, 2024
Ours is No Longer Free
I have been authorized by the Supreme Court to attend the trial of Julian Assange on 20 May 2024.
I’ll have a live stream on Twitter and more on YouTube.
I have filed this case for release for 4 years. It is an attack on the media.
Full summary: pic.twitter.com/i6sVclUxub
— Richard Medhurst (@richimedhurst) May 17, 2024
A 🧵 on the process as punishment: what happened to Julian Assange in the courts?#Assange #FreeAssangeNow #Let Joe go #MayDayMayDay pic.twitter.com/QiLIQpMccn
– WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) May 17, 2024
How the Oil Companies are Manipulating a Nation of Journalists (Randy K)
Why second mortgages can bring back Felix Salmon, Axios. I did not post in the news that Freddie is interested in buying the second mortgages on the first guarantee. Why from a policy perspective should it be made easier to get equity out of your home? But Chris Whalen, quoted in this piece, has this right. This will accomplish very little, thank you.
Bezzle
74% of University of Michigan grades are A. Other schools are not too far from MLive. ma: “Yes, of course ……….the children are above average.
Scam in the US auto industry: overpriced parts, corrected Asia Times (Kevin W)
Tesla’s self-driving claims filed in court Register
Guillotine Watch
Far Right Billionaires Fight to Hold State Courts Real
Tax havens are still a threat to our well-being Richard Murphy
Class War
Amazon workers say they are fighting for food, hiring Bloomberg
Viral ‘respect’ letter American Airlines gives flight attendants shows how little they do CNN (Kevin W)
Shoppers Drug Mart Hiring Volunteers to Staff Stores Mander (Paul R)
Americans Across Politics Demand Guarantee of Jacobin Government Work
Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against unionization in UAW blast CNN (Kevin W)
Another EV Industry Joins Union to Promote Labor Push in US South Bloomberg (ma)
Land Squeeze IPES Food (guurst)
Antidote du jour. Kouros’ “super sharp” beans:
And a bonus (Chuck L):
Beavers stop when chewing on trees and listen to decide which direction to cross. This behavior is a survival technique to avoid being harmed by the tree they are biting. pic.twitter.com/QSmvoix1IZ
– History Videos (@historyinmemes) May 16, 2024
And a second bonus (Chuck L):
A dog seeks help from a random person to rescue his brother.
They were happy and grateful for the help. Thank you, brother… ❤️ pic.twitter.com/uyt89kye4c
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) May 17, 2024
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
