A surprising link between drug trafficking and the bird-saving Sequencer
Study challenges popular belief that Easter Islanders committed ‘ecocide’ Phys.org
Why Mount Rainier is the US volcano that keeps scientists up at night CNN
Climate/Environment
‘Catastrophic flooding’ in Upper Midwest prompts evacuations as record heat wave hits West and mid-Atlantic CNN
California wildfires have already burned 90,000 acres, and summer has just begun Los Angeles Times
WOW! GEOENGINEERING STRATEGY TO COOL EXTREME HEAT COULD TURN HOT ELSEWHERE, SCIENTISTS SAY Futurism
An epidemic
Why is the New York Times now promoting an anti-science agenda? Science-Based Medicine
The summer wave of COVID is growing, especially in the West, with a new variant of LB.1 rising CBS News
UK Covid hospitalizations are on the rise following a new claim by The Independent
Years Into the Pandemic, We’re Stuck in the Long Light OK Doomer
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USDA finds unusual twist: Avian flu moved from dairy cows to chickens Michigan Toledo Blade
La belle France
Fresh riots in New Caledonia after freedom activists were flown to France to be arrested
Old Blighty
A week in Ableist Bullsh*t: general election candidates try to prove who hates disabled people the most The Canary
What Really Happened to Blackburn Craig Murray
India
In the burning ward of Delhi, the lone battle for survival is the Story of Migration. “Migrant workers are the biggest victims of India’s worst wave.”
The Koreans
Russia’s supply of direct weapons to NK would not leave Seoul’s aid line in Ukraine: official Yonhap
IS. Korea says the parasites were found in balloons filled with garbage from N. Korea Yonhap
China?
Why Washington’s Plans to Turn the Taiwan Strait into a “Hellscape” Are Fundamentally Flawed The New Eastern Outlook
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China’s Income Drops at Fastest Pace in Over a Year Bloomberg
China runs out of lottery tickets as youth try their luck amid faltering economy South China Morning Post
China’s ByteDance works with Broadcom on advanced AI chip- Reuters Yahoo! Finance
Nvidia to sell its advanced AI processors to Middle Eastern countries, despite Tom’s Hardware sanctions
Syracistan
Hezbollah is storing missiles and explosives at Lebanon’s main airport, investigators told The Telegraph. Comment:
Israel’s war propaganda through @TheTelegraph__ has begun to protest #Hezbollah‘s drone and try to intimidate the Lebanese. It shows that #Israel he fears what to expect in the event of a war and tries to turn a small part of the hostile Lebanese against the resistance. pic.twitter.com/XD6EvvaQI2
— Elijah J. Magnier 🇪🇺 (@ejmalrai) June 23, 2024
June 12: Israel must target Lebanese infrastructure
June 23: Here is the pretense to target the infrastructure of the people of Lebanon pic.twitter.com/fsTeuPJfVY
– Assal Rad (@AssalRad) June 23, 2024
Thousands of Iranian-backed fighters are offering to join Hezbollah in its fight against the Israeli AP
Israel’s attack on Lebanon could increase the risk of a wider war – US General Middle East Eye
US Air Force general: US will not help Israel in war with Hezbollah as it did with Iran Jerusalem Post
“The intense phase of the war with Hamas is about to end,” Netanyahu said, focusing on changes to the Lebanese border.
Gaza’s missing children: More than 20,000 children estimated to be missing, disappeared, imprisoned, buried under rubble or in mass graves Save the Children (Press Release)
The breakup of Europe
Plan to announce a new far-right party called “The Sovereignists” close to Euractiv. It is led by Germany’s Alternative.
EU Finds Legal Loophole to Override Hungary’s Veto on Ukraine Arms Purchase – Report Sputnik
The New Cold War
SITREP 6/23/24: Coordinated Terrorist Attacks by Ukraine and Friends Seek to Sow Instability Simplicius the Thinker
Terrorists attacked many places in Russia’s Dagestan, killing six police officers, Anadolu Agency official
Moscow blames Washington for deadly Crimean strike RT
THE US CROSSED THE REDLINE AND RUSSIA IS NOW READY TO REPLY AGAIN Larry Johnson, Son of America’s New Revolution.
Watching Kiseliov comment on the ATACMS attack on Vesti Nedeli now. He promises a Russian response but “yes, asymmetrical” and “forward” (including clear Ukrainian energy infrastructure and “decision-making centers” as “the next step”), “and providing missiles …
– Tarik Cyril Amar (@TarikCyrilAmar) June 23, 2024
🇺🇦🇷🇺🚨‼️ Russia hit warehouses of Tavria-V hypermarket in Odessa.
By looking at the second explosion in video 1, they arrived at the ammunition depot.
According to Russian sources, there was a storage facility for NATO missiles there.
Ukrainian sources say “citizen… pic.twitter.com/sgiqN14ojV
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 24, 2024
As US-supplied weapons show impact inside Russia, Ukrainian military hopes for deep AP attack
Jake Sullivan and ‘soft work’ Gilbert Doctorow
THE US SAYS THE UKRAINIAN ARMY’S UNIT WAS NOT STRENGTHENED NOW WE CAN GET HELP. PHOTO SHOWS TRAINING HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. The Intercept. The Neo-Nazi Azov Brigade.
What a nuclear annihilation that Vox might look like
South of the Border
The Dream of the Object: Reinventing the Social Analytical Economy of Venezuela
The Caribbean
The Kenyan police will go to the mission in Haiti supported by the UN on Tuesday in France 24
Kenyan President Ruto Defies His Country’s Constitution and Supreme Court to Attack Report on Black Haitian Agenda. As of May 29, still germane.
Spook Land
When Did It All Become “Disrespectful Information”? Ken Klippenstein
Biden
Former White House Doctor Wants Biden to Take Pre-Debate Drug Test: ‘Americans Need to Know’ Wrap Up
BREAKING: The White House now has a lot of video footage on its channel of every human rights organization in the world, including Israel, and the UN, which it says was released under torture. I repeat: The White House is illegally harassing its public media channel pic.twitter.com/E0YxdOof3G
— ☀️👀 (@zei_squirrel) June 23, 2024
Trump
Trump’s former national security adviser backs off proposal to send all Marines to Asia The Guardian
The ‘Israeli model’ of US China policy would be responsible Folly
Robert O’Brien, Trump’s former National Security Advisor, has finally revealed the details of how Trump will end the war in Ukraine. He will impose “major sanctions” on Russia’s Central Bank and try to cripple Russian oil sales. No more “half measures” for the Biden Admin pic.twitter.com/JJ09kBrbMm
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) June 23, 2024
Democracies en déshabille
Ro Khanna Says Progressives Must ‘Drag Biden Across The Finish Line—And Plan’ Common Dreams
The GOP Clown Car
Louisiana begins a national war with the authority of the Ten Commandments The Hill
2024
Disappointment and ‘depression’: Biden’s biggest fundraisers watch their profits disappear Politico
In the market: French bond watchers have US Reuters studies
Imperial Collapse Watch
This is the ‘special sauce’ that underpins American exceptionalism—and why the US stock market may continue to dominate Fortune
Pentagon Raises Price for IB-21 Stealth Bomber Acquisitions Military Watch
Boeing
Federal prosecutors recommend to Justice Department that Boeing be criminally prosecuted CBS News
Not being trusted
Monopoly Round-Up: Are Conservatives Moving On to Robert Bork? GREAT by Matt Stoller
The AI
Arch rivals Apple and Meta are reportedly discussing AI collaboration for iOS 18 9to5 Mac
The Human Brain Can Tell Deeper Words from Real Ones University of Zurich
Academe qualifications
The TikTokification of Mental Health on Campus Mad in America
Our Famously Free Press
Corporate Media in the Age of Fascist Politics: Firewalls of Ignorance and Disappearance LA Progressive
Class War
Tech Firms Are Eating the Poor Less Than Expanding Access to Financial Services Actually
Amazon retaliated after walkout with back-to-office policy, NLRB lawyers tell The Verge
NLRB Tests New Tool To Stop Union Busting Jacobin
High Expectations Baffler. “Labor disputes on the rise in the cannabis industry.”
Sports Desk
‘Blue screen of death’ at the ballpark: How the Mariners touched a tech nerve in viral rally video Geek Wire
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