Call Your Local Wizard Slide (Anthony L). I wonder why Terry Pratchett never talked about it this way….maybe because it was once real.
Remembering D-Day: Key Facts and Figures About the Attack That Changed the Course of World War II From a Military Perspective
Remote Amazon nation finally online – only to end up drowning in porn, social media News.com.au (Paul R)
London’s Black Hole Flyby Book Review (Anthony L)
The Grit That Makes The Pearl: An Interview With Paul Theroux Collidescope (Anthony L)
Passing is ‘IBS’ aeon
H5N1 bird flu detected in SF, first in California city’s wastewater SFChronicle (Paul R)
That Bird Flu Is In March Is Missing The Point MROnline (Anthony L)
If You Like Being Alone, There’s Nothing Wrong With You. OK Doomer (Kevin W). Important.
#Covid 19
SOCIALISM’S RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Socialism 2024
Anthony Fauci, the Wuhan Lab Lie, and the bipartisan public health war WSWS
Climate/Environment
IEA: World Will Struggle To Triple Its Renewable Energy By 2030 OilPrice
China?
China’s New Alienation Law
South China Sea: Philippine military accused of cutting Chinese fishing nets near Second Thomas Shoal South China Morning Post
India
India election results 2024 live: Will shape next government, says Modi Aljazeera
Why India’s Modi failed to win a majority BBC (Kevin W)
Markets and Adani down. Indians reject Modi’s #BillionaireRaj?
“Employment rates fell in 12 of the 21 major countries and UTs, as the number of workers in regular or paid jobs fell between July 2022-June 23”— Albert Pinto (@70sBachchan) June 4, 2024
The breakup of Europe
Punishing Hungary to ensure the future of the EU – the incumbent bloc president RT (Kevin W)
‘Vote or face war’: Polish PM’s stark warning ahead of EU elections BBC (Kevin W)
Old Blighty
Number of students coming to school hungry, without proper clothes rising in UK: Survey Anadolu Agency
Gaza
Israeli underground forces begin to enter a refugee camp in central Gaza Arab News
Gaza live: Israeli police killings criticized as attempts to create chaos Middle East Eye
Israel and Hezbollah Approaching Full-Scale War Wall Street Journal
Iran’s allies in Iraq are firing at Israel. Could that lead to a wider war? Reuters (Robin K)
There is a measure of desperation in Biden’s plan to end the Aljazeera shooting
Why the cease-fire proposal Biden announced in Gaza stopped Middle East Eye
US House passes bill to sanction ICC over BBC’s Gaza bid
The New Cold War
The Kremlin can rest easy: Europe is a paper tiger Gilbert Doctorow (guurst)
SITREP 6/4/24: Global Turmoil Trends Bearish for Ukraine Simplicius
Gazprom has been badly hurt by the war in Ukraine, says a report authorized by the company Financial Times
Russia outsources more than half of Ukraine’s energy production Financial Times
Turkiye Would Like To Join BRICS – Top Diplomat’s Sputnik
I was skeptical about this report yesterday, on Twitter and reporting some Turkiye news accounts. Looking a smidge real. The idea of investing in Northern Cyprus alongside Turkey seems unappealing unless there is a money laundering angle:
🚨UPDATE: The Cyprus government is investigating the purchase of the Vuni Palace Hotel and Casino in northern Cyprus by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s company, Film Heritage Inc in May 2024. pic.twitter.com/KLHrOKjSXL
– Aussie Cossack (@aussiecossack) June 4, 2024
Big Brother Watching Watching
London hospitals affected by cyber attack BBC
Trump
1 in 10 Republicans less likely to vote for Trump after decision: Reuters/Ipsos poll Reuters (furzy)
DATA: Trump Rises With Black Voters, Up 15% Since Manhattan Conviction National Pulse. Rasmussen poll, considered right wing. Rasmussen shows Trump’s national lead in the fall.
Jim Jordan proposes to “defund” Trump prosecutors Axios
Wisconsin attorney general charges ex-Trump aides with conspiracy to subvert 2020 election
Caretaker
Biden
Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping The Wall Street Journal. Holy moley. The knives are out. This is above the barn. There used to be something of a code of omerta. It must be really bad for many to talk.
Foreign policy is becoming a priority for Biden’s campaign as he heads to France Politico
The new average daily ceiling of 2,500 during the week, which if exceeded would lead to a shutdown, has already been reached:
Biden issues new executive action: Most of the southern border will be closed at midnight
– POLITICO (@politico) June 4, 2024
UN expresses deep concern over new US asylum restrictions France24. Note that this result reflects to a large extent decades of carelessness about having an adequate or far-reaching scale.
Joe Biden’s worries grow as Hunter Biden’s case begins Politico
Ours is No Longer Free
A Landmark Victory for Doctors and Patients – and the First Amendment – Made by the Fifth Circuit Today in AAPS v. ABIM AAPS (IM Doc). Important.
From KK via email:
And the descent:
A statement from George Clooney pic.twitter.com/YJpOkJwTS5
– Clooney Foundation for Justice (@ClooneyFDN) June 3, 2024
Moscow comments on confiscation of passport of Scott Ritter RT (Robin K). Ritter receives comments from Lavrov and Peskov, so now he is popular in Russia. The US really can’t let him go there now.
The AI
AI Hype The Walrus (Anthony L)
What I learned at the UN conference “AI for Good” MIT Technology Review (friendly)
“You’re My Friend”: Android Classics and a Review of Social Media Speech Domains (Anthony L)
Bezzle
“It’s not your mother’s Facebook:” Inside the Axios meta-recovery program for teenagers (Kevin W)
Class War
Fed President Neel Kashkari recently learned that ordinary Americans prefer deflation over inflation…
“I don’t understand. How can inflation be worse than recession? When there is an economic downturn, you lose your job. Inflation is paying higher prices, but you still have a job.”
God help us. pic.twitter.com/5QVTQkQQQQ3
– Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) June 4, 2024
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus (Chuck L). Aaaaw!
4 types of tigers in the same picture: Golden Tiger, White Tiger, Bengal Tiger and White Tiger pic.twitter.com/D55k0KWLG7
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) June 4, 2024
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
