Meet the world’s first edible robot Bangkok Post (furry)
Scientists discover 50,000-year-old herpes virus – and maybe how modern humans came to rule the world Guardian (Kevin W)
Is Christianity Based on Psychedelic Trips? Nautilus (Micael T)
Misinformation was named the top global health threat in the coming years by Your Local Epidemiologist (Kevin W). Kill me now.
>Holy Shit
Whooping cough cases in England
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#Covid 19
3 years long Covid Eric Topol (Robin K)
UMD Study: N95 Masks Block Almost All Airborne COVID-19 Mirage News(Jay Ess)
Climate/Environment
Ship Pollution Triggered Global Heating Spurt Guardian
White House to support new nuclear power plants in US CNBC (Kevin W)
China?
TikTok Prepares US Copy of App’s Core Algorithm Reuters
in Myanmar
New Cold War proxy conflict in Myanmar Asia Times
The breakup of Europe
The European Parliament is still a deceptive Parliament Hintergrund by machine translation (Micael T)
Farmers in south-west France have called for a “historic” blockade of the France-Spain border to call for new aid from the agricultural sector ConnexionFrance.
Downgrade of French debt affects Macron government Financial Times
German inflation rises in May Think.ing
Old Blighty
NHS computer problems linked to patient harm BBC
Gaza
Hamas no longer poses a major threat to Israel, Biden said in Politico (Kevin W). So why does the US still supply weapons, especially those heavy bombs?
Exclusive: Inside America’s Secret Efforts to Free US Hostages Vanity Fair (Dr. Kevin_
Egypt did not comment on Israel’s occupation of the Gaza buffer zone Guardian (Kevin W). As has been the US.
Israel embassy in Mexico set on fire (VIDEOS) RT (Kevin W)
You Can’t Turn Back the Clock on Genocide: “Easily 200,000 Dead in Gaza.” Counterpunch
The New-Not-Cold War
NATO chief wants 40 billion euros a year for Ukraine’s military aid, Reuters source says
Biden is slowly lifting a ban on Ukraine using U.S. arms for strikes on Russian territory, U.S. officials told The Associated Press. This account states more clearly than others (perhaps in response to media inquiries) that Ukraine’s policy of not using long-range missiles to strike “offensive” Russia has not changed. But WTF does that mean in practice?
US to offer Ukraine security deal as tensions rise between allies Financial Times Alexander Mercouris reads this as an empty gesture.
Ukraine: Russia Will Not Rise, US Will Be Indian Punchline (Kevin W)
Le Pen Sees Macron’s Support Ukraine Strikes Inside Russia As Step Toward World War Sputnik
Orban: Europe has entered the stage of preparing for war with Russia (Micael T). Anti-Spiegel in machine translation
MARK RUTTE, THE DUTCH ATTACKER, GIVES HIMSELF IN HUNGARIAN GOULASH John Helmer
IG-7 Goes to Target Banks Helping Russia Avoid Sanctions for Ukraine War Bloomberg
Russian grain will find new buyers instead of Europe Vzglyad with machine translation (Micael T)
Syracistan
The ‘profitable’ trap: Egypt lured by IMF deals RT (Robin K)
US Exclusive-US Boycott UN Tribute to Iran Leader Killed in Plane Crash US News (Kevin W)
Imperial Collapse Watch
BRICS: $260 Billion in Trade Without One Dollar InfoBRICS. Yours truly loves mulitpolarity, but often fans who overuse their issue are frustrating. Russia traded oil with China without the dollar in 2015. This increase of $260 billion (no time frame specified) is compared to $24.9 billion in exports by 2022. So if we think that 260 billion happens in a year, it is 1% of the total amount. trade. Oh, and worse: this is a “running program”!!! It never happened!
The number of soldiers in the British Army has dropped below 73,000 for the first time since the time of the Napoleonic Telegraph. Yet they are, or want to be, #1 poker bears.
Trump
McConnell comes to Trump’s defense after The Hill decision. As most of you know, McConnell and Trump have never seen eye to eye.
Ding, Dong, Witch Still Leads Votes Matt Taibbi
Wall Street Billionaires Rush to Back Trump, Decision Surprises Bloomberg. Banner title, full screen width.
Trump’s Republican megadonors are decrying his CNBC decision
Chart 287: After the Decision: American Currency and Donald Trump Adam Tooze (Randy K)
Not being trusted
Apple News+ Subscription Growth Destroys Big Media Sites CultofMac. Page Lina Khan
The AI
Google Puts More Limits on AI Overviews engadget
Civil unrest can spread quickly with generative AI Fast Company
Boeing planes crashing
Boeing’s New Legal Night: Potential $235 Million in Damages in Trade Secrets Suit Forbes (Kevin W). That number is not that bad but it comes on top of many other obstacles
Bezzle
Science Has a Bad Photoshoping Problem New York Times (Dr. Kevin)
Why policymakers are more vulnerable to inflation in times of economic uncertainty
Fed’s fading economic dominance PhDs Financial Times (Kevin W)
Commercial Property Meltdown Clobbers Pension Funds The Wall Street Journal (Robin K)
American shopping spree loses CNN (Kevin W)
Class War
You Can Thank Private Equity For That Big Doctor Bill Wall Street Journal. First in a three part series. Who will the world be? I was going to write this as a press story (something that has already been covered here) but Friday was a very busy news day.
Newsflash: Inequality in Neoliberal America CADTM (Micael T)
Amazon, Walmart, and Target are finally realizing their big pricing mistake—now they’re cutting costs to win over Fortune(s) customers
Cash-strapped Consumers Send Budget Chains to Bankruptcy Bloomberg
Why Are People So Low Economically? Ideas Expand. The New York Times (Kevin W). The big thing is that voters are still suffering from the big price increases of previous years, which means that inflation is now fixed.
Right to repair is now the law in Colorado The Verge (Kevin W)
US sues Hyundai, others over child labor in Alabama Reuters (Kevin W)
Capitalism, with friends like these, you don’t need enemies Steve Keen (Micael T)
Antidote du jour (Mike M):
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
