Dreaming Under the Senses? MedPage Today
Sudden cardiac arrest that occurs shortly after drinking energy drinks Heart Rhythm
YouTuber charged for video of helicopter fireworks in Lamborghini The Washington Post
Climate/Environment
Q&A: As Temperatures in Pakistan Top 120 Degrees, No Place to Run Inside Weather News
World’s largest collection of fungi may unlock mysteries of carbon capture Ars Technica
Water
Atlanta’s drinking water system suffers as city spends billions on sewer lines Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An epidemic
Bird flu outbreak has spread to humans – is it too late to prevent the next pandemic? The hill
The desire to ignore aerosol transmission is fully demonstrated here. Someone clearly wanted to use the word “droplet” as much as possible, to the point of being ridiculous.
Lawyers: those affected by H5N1 without proper PPE are victims of negligence.
– Mark Ungrin (@Mark_Ungrin) June 8, 2024
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Paxlovid Fails First Test in Long COVID MedPage Today
4 years later, COVID is still a year-round threat. Here’s why this virus isn’t CBC’s season. Comment:
Covid will never be seasonal, you dimwits.
— tern (@1gootern) June 8, 2024
La belle France
The independent group of New Caledonia refuses to meet with the French president’s interview task Anadolu Agency
Africa
Two unsolicited ideas on how to invest some of Melinda French Gates’s $12.5 billion An Africanist Perspective
At the behest of Niger, the US begins to withdraw, albeit ‘slowly’ Al Mayadeen
Update on the Sahel: “Not only are jihadist-terrorist groups continuing to target the military of the entire region; further, they engage in open confrontation.”@p_vanostaeyenlatest monthly report👇 #CounterPoint
– CEP (@FightExtremism) June 5, 2024
India
The US uses a clean Modi in office Indian Punchline
Taiwan rejects China’s protest over messages between its President, Modi The Indian Express
The Koreans
Seoul to resume anti-North Korea loudspeaker campaigns after hundreds of garbage balloons cross border Channel News Asia
Japan
Kishida’s Phenomenal New World of Capitalism
Japan’s fuel shortages prevent flight expansion amid tourism boom – Kyodo News
China?
China has shown us its determination, integrity; the ball is in the court of the EU to avoid damaging the trade line Global Times
Chinese solar panel makers face crisis as US closes trade loophole in Southeast Asia South China Morning Post
China’s export to the Global South continues Asia Times
Can the rise of China overshadow our enlightenment Pearls and Irritations
Syracistan
The US was involved in the Israeli occupation of Nuseirat that killed more than 200 Palestinians Middle East Eye
Biden celebrates Israel’s release of 4 hostages, vows ‘we will not give up’ on The Hill
Soldiers hid inside an aid truck during the US-Israeli massacre at Nuseirat The Cradle.
Leaked Cable Calls Fears of US Troop Presence in Gaza “Disinformation” – But Is It Real? Ken Klippenstein
Suppressing Palestinian Forces With Drones: US Uses Aid Pipeline to Send Anti-Drone Combat Vehicles to Gaza Military Watch Magazine
It’s been less than a month, and our “conspiracy theory” has already been proven right.
The facility built by the US military is NOT being used to provide humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people. It is only used to carry out military operations against them.
— Wyatt Reed (@wyattreed13) June 8, 2024
US weighs plan for Centcom to communicate directly with Palestinian Authority security forces Middle East Eye
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Israel to be placed on UN blacklist of child rights violators The New Arab
One cigarette costs $20 in Gaza as prices of basic goods spiral FT
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‼️ Latest Position of USS Eisenhower
I follow MT Anderson, but, busy with my gardens and chickens, I apparently missed this post from yesterday.
If this grainy satellite image is true and accurate (and I have no reason to believe it isn’t), then Ike is still in…
– Will Schryver (@imetatronink) June 9, 2024
The breakup of Europe
German politician flees to Russia RT
German, French luxury carmakers urge EU to waive export restrictions on Belarus bne Intellinews
The New Cold War
Polish soldier stabbed on Belarusian border dies bne Intellinews
Polish Army to Get Legal Right to Use Weapons on Border – Prime Minister Sputnik
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The Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0 Gilbert Doctorow
Russia’s Su-57 Stealth Fighter Confirmed First Strike – But Not In The Sky Kyiv Post
French Mirage planes to strengthen the Air Force, not to change the war, says a veteran of Ukraine New Voice of Ukraine
Old Blighty
Brexit October Revolution The Wrong Side of History
Imperial Collapse Watch
The West under the clowns and enthusiasts of Alex Krainer’s TrendCompass
Navy Admiral Bribery Cases Expose Deep Rot in Responsible Statecraft
US in hypersonic race to catch China, Russia Asia Times
I fear that one of the main reasons that the Cass Review directive is being ignored in the USA is that many people in positions of power have personality problems that prevent them from making concessions or admitting wrongdoing.
– HeterodorxPodcast🍂🧑🦳 (@heterodorx) June 8, 2024
Academe qualifications
UC JOINS STARBUCKS AND AMAZON IN PUSHING LABOR RULE, PROTECTS TEMPORARY PROBATIONARY ORDER AHEAD OF STRIKE UAW 4811. Comment from UCLA law professor:
CA’s Little Norris-LaGuardia Act prohibits TROs when the employer “failed to make all reasonable efforts to resolve the dispute,” which UC did not, and requires the court that issued the TRO to make and include various factual information, which this judge did which apparently did not.
— Noah Zatz (@NoahZatz) June 8, 2024
‘Ain’t This’: Pennsylvanians Slam Jay-Z’s Roc Nation for School Voucher Push Common Dreams
Our Famously Free Press
Corporate Media Push Conspiracy Theory to Discredit Student FAIR Protesters
This article is an example of research on the role of western media in the genocide and destruction of the Palestinian people:
⚪️Israel liberates (+ve) ➡️ active voice
⚪️They are killed (-ve) ➡️ passive voice
⚪️Israelites ➡️ have numbers
⚪️Palestinians (210) ➡️ “points”
⚪️Israel ➡️ facts
⚪️Palestinians ➡️ heard them say pic.twitter.com/K2ZDmBcj5e– Tham | تميم (@TameeOliveFern) June 8, 2024
Israel says Hamas armed the rape. Does the evidence add up? Times of London. Comment:
After eight months of the New York Times, the BBC, CNN, the Guardian, Reuters and the AP repeating Israel’s disinformation about the “mass rape” by Hamas on October 7, the investigation conducted by a regular institution found that it was all a hoax.
A lie that justified genocide.
— Jonathan Cook (@Jonathan_K_Cook) June 8, 2024
Not being trusted
Big Economic Naps Everywhere by Matt Stoller
Biden
Biden insists he is not involved in his family’s business. But his assistants are a different story. Politics
Trump
Silicon Valley is preparing for Donald Trump The Verge
The Supremes
Justice Clarence Thomas admits he should have disclosed the free ride from Billionaire Donor ProPublica
The AI
988 “Secret” Conversation Records Shared with Mad Corporations in America
Supply Chain
Are Geopolitical Disputes Pushing Shipping Towards a Golden Era? Bloomberg
Bezzle
The formulas that home insurance companies use to set rates in Florida may be more confidential
Class War
Surgical Desire An American Prospect. “Businesses raise prices to take advantage of consumers. They learned it at Uber.”
Uber and Lyft strike a deal to raise driver wages. It was another big tech win for The Guardian
Sports Desk
The Beauty and Boredom of 500 Laps around the same .148-Mile Loop Defector
Antidote du jour (with):
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
