Our brain does not see time like a clock. Instead, time goes with experience, research finds ZME Science
Is the Future Profitable? The Break Down
Paradox as the propaganda of I-Afrika Izwe
Climate/Environment
In Alabama’s Bald Eagle Territory, Residents Say Unexpected Mining Activity Appears as Independence Day Revealed Inside Weather News.
‘Forever chemical’ pollutes major contracts to meet electric car battery demand Test
Water
Lithium Key to Energy Transition Comes at the Cost of Water Amidst Climate Issues
The epidemic
Everyone Gets Covid In The Summer Of 2024 Because Covid Is Over And The Season And Getting It Builds Your Immunity So You Don’t Get It Again But You Will Get It Again This Winter And Maybe Next Summer Because The Season Is Over And It’s Over But It’ll Be Alright, Trust… pic.twitter.com/3KpudE9J0Y
– The Vertlartnic (@TheVertlartnic) July 20, 2024
When will the pandemic end? Epidemic Accountability Index
The end of the Covid emergency may now prevent bird flu analysis. Inside Medicine
I also hear from farm workers who believe they have been exposed and infected #H5N1, very symptoms. They have reached @CDCgov for help, guidance, and especially testing.
They say, reaching out is ignored; no tracking, no callbacks, no inquiries, no help finding…
– Rick Bright (@RickABright) July 19, 2024
No blood samples collected from people exposed to infected dairy cows in Michigan showed antibodies to H5N1. This is an important finding because it suggests that asymptomatic infections in humans do not occur.
— Marguerita Cattell (@MegCattell) July 19, 2024
Africa
The Kenyan Protests, Part Three: Thoughts on Possible Ways Forward An Africanist Perspective
What the Gods Want First Drive the Elephant Crazy
India
India-Russia relations predate Gateway House
The End Is Near As Government Crackdowns Cause Bloodshed And Anger Across Bangladesh
Understanding the quota-reformation protests in Bangladesh The Leaflet
China?
Trump says Xi wrote him a ‘nice note’ after firing Politico
‘Defense funds’: can Taiwan still rely on US defense if Trump returns to office? South China Morning Post
It is unfortunate that some of the US experts do not understand the state of Taiwanese public opinion. If the US only pressures Taiwan to defend itself, the people of Taiwan will feel uneasy and “Doubt about the US” will spread in Taiwan. The CPP has been trying to create this situation for years.
— ogasawara_yoshiyuki (@ogasawara_yoshi) July 20, 2024
Syracistan
Netanyahu says that the port of Al Hudaydah in Yemen that was attacked by Israel is used to supply Iranian weapons to the Houthis Anadolu Agency. Comment:
Israel is bombing Yemen’s most important humanitarian aid source, and the result is allowing Israel to starve.
Now there are accounts here calling for Israel to starve the people of Yemen…because the 2 million Palestinians starving in Gaza is apparently not enough.
– Assal Rad (@AssalRad) July 20, 2024
5,000 UAVs can be fired from central Israel, and the IAF is not remotely prepared – review Jerusalem Post
🇮🇱🇾🇪 BBC on a Houthi drone attack that hit a target in Tel Aviv.
“This attack calls into question the billions of dollars spent by the American and British coalition in the region.
This is the deepest attack on Yemen yet and it is important in terms of time and place.… pic.twitter.com/RVm8REcPPx
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) July 20, 2024
Without Tanks or Trainers, Israel Reveals Its Inability to Open Any Other Front Elijah J Magnier
CENTCOM chief urges ‘broad expansion’ of illegal war against Yemen: Report The Cradle
Saudi Arabia denies involvement in the Israeli attack on Hodeidah Al Mayadeen
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Iran is ‘now about 1 or 2 weeks away’ from nuclear explosion: Blinken Anadolu Agency. Comment:
🇮🇷 🇮🇱 39 years later, they are still trying the same “Iran is on the last leg of the nuclear bomb line”.
They began to look forward to starting WW3. pic.twitter.com/yWYWXleqxA
— Ken O’Keefe (@KenOkeefe1TJP) July 19, 2024
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US warns ICJ decision on Israeli presence in West Bank, East Jerusalem will ‘complicate’ peace efforts Times of Israel
Why are North American synagogues selling West Bank real estate? The New Arab
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Anyone who disrupts Netanyahu’s speech to Congress could be arrested, US House speaker told The New Arab
The outbreak of polio in Gaza threatens Israelis as well as Palestinians, Ynet news experts say
The breakup of Europe
Slovakia PM blasts sanctions on Ukraine’s Lukoil as oil flow halts Euractiv
Hungary faces fuel crisis as Ukraine turns heat on Russian oil Politico
Orban’s Peace Efforts Raise Suspicions of Dagens News’ Hidden Agenda
PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBÁN’S REPORT TO CHARLES MICHEL, PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE PRIME MINISTER’S CABINET OFFICE
The New Cold War
NATO at the Crossroads Big Serge Thought
Blinken points to broad promises of support for Ukraine should the US back down under Trump Politico
Poland Moves Three Armies to Belarusian Border From Next Month’s Military Watch Magazine
Old Blighty
State failure: the poor decision of the Covid Inquiry Counterfire
Bonfire of Structures Tribune
Existence vs Expansion Craig Murray
South of the Border
United States Has Checked Lula For Decades, US Government Documents Reveal Orinoco Tribune
Drug Traffickers Say They’re Backing Mexico’s Presidential Campaign. But American agents were investigating. ProPublica
Biden
Biden eyes Georgia and Texas from Rehoboth bunker Axios
PRESIDENT’S BAD END Seymour Hersh
In the US: Joe Biden finishes his sixth dose of Paxlovid.
It has a variant of KP.2.3. “I still have a loose, non-productive cough and slurred speech”
Letter from the White House Physician, July 20, 2024 pic.twitter.com/FIoFR5vOiv
– CoronaHeadsUp (@CoronaHeadsUp) July 20, 2024
Obama’s unseen but clearly felt presence brought a Shakespearean quality to the play now playing out. A former Hollywood fundraiser said last month that Obama looked shaken by how mature and confused Biden had become.
– Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 19, 2024
2024
Professor Who Accurately Predicted Last Election Says ‘Biden Could Win’ Newsweek
VP Kamala Harris and Democratic donors discuss ‘urgent, emerging needs’ in race, with Biden campaign in crisis CNBC
Ready for Round 2: Why We Need Hillary More Than Ever The Hill
Clintons secretly lobbying donors to keep giving to Biden as long as he’s CNN’s nominee
Trump
Does Trump deserve a clean shave? David Ignatius, WaPo. The spook’s mouth gives a thumbs up.
The Secret Service says it denied Trump additional resources as his team complained about CNN
Vance
JD Vance, Tech Oligarchs’ Populist Nonzero Newsletter
His investment firm, Narya Capital, still has a significant stake in the company.
It says here that Vance stepped down from running Narya Capital. But there is no evidence that he sold his stake or gave away control of his ownership.
– Dr. Sarah Taber (@SarahTaber_bww) July 17, 2024
Restructuring and Eligibility
Pro-Trump multimillionaire and anti-election campaigner raises money for far-right groups plotting The Guardian. Comment:
It is very important. The rise of conspiracy theories is not just a natural manifestation of an alienated working class but a deliberate strategy sponsored by billionaires to steal our money and destroy the planet.
– Alex Vitale (@avitale) July 20, 2024
Boeing
Exclusive: US-Japan Patriot missile program hits Boeing block Reuters
Imperial Collapse Watch
Liars, warmongers and power politics Gilbert Doctorow, Armageddon Newsletter
Abortion
Abortion gets silent treatment at RNC The 19th
Academe qualifications
Columbia fires 3 top administrators over ‘deeply troubling’ documents High Ed Dive
Universities, police spread ‘outrageous’ lies about Breach fields
After today’s ICJ ruling, any university presidents who send the police to break up protest camps or threaten to do so are clearly the equivalent of their colleagues in the 1980s who worked to shut down protests at apartheid institutions in South Africa.
– T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) July 19, 2024
Health care?
Private Health Plans and Vertical Mergers Bring UnitedHealth $15.8 Billion in Profits Between January and June HEALTH CARE IS NOT COVERED
Police State Watch
The Body Camera: The Language of Our Dreams Yale Journal of Law & Liberation
Crowdstrike
CrowdStrike ‘close to release’ after IT blackout damages 8.5m Windows devices worldwide Irish Times
CrowdStrike is the internet company that created the claim that Russia hacked the DNC, from Russiagate. Even though CrowdStrike was working for the Clinton campaign, the FBI relied on it rather than independently investigating the “hacked” DNC servers.
Only four appeared…
– Aaron Mate (@aaronjmate) July 19, 2024
Global IT outages show the dangers of a cashless society, say campaigners The Guardian
Class War
99% of Disneyland Workers Approve Strike! Rat Talk
As Florida’s temperatures rise, Disney World employees are struggling and getting out of the Orlando Weekly heat
Examination room
Egalitarian Production Dollars & Sense
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