A young rapper accidentally kills himself in a social media video after pointing a gun at the head and pulling a trigger on the New York Post. Darwin Award winner by default.
Farmers Raise Mixed Breed Dairy Cattle to Sell for Meat Bloomberg (ma). Hmm.
NIH study shows chronic wasting disease may have passed from animals to humans Nature (Paul R)
#Covid 19
Update: May 19, 2024: New Wave of Covid-19 in Singapore, Minister Advises Wearing Masks After 25,900 Cases Recorded in Week
— Yaneer Bar-Yam (@yaneerbaryam) May 19, 2024
Is COVID-19 ongoing? MedPage
Oh, I learn something new everyday. CD8 cell mediated immunothrombosis!Adaptive immunity-driven immunothrombosis is a very novel paradigm (often considered a natural feature of innate immunity).
— Dr Satoshi Akima FRACP 『秋間聰』 (@ToshiAkima) May 19, 2024
Climate/Environment
Big Hail Is Weather Threat Keeping Insurers Up At Night Bloomberg
Satellites Reveal ‘Stunning’ Antarctic Ice Loss, Sea Level Rise Newsweek
HHS’s proposed rule pays lip service to addressing the climate crisis, the biggest threat to public health STAT
Microplastics found in all human testicles in Guardian study (Kevin W). A small sample but still…
‘Copper is the new oil,’ and prices could rise 50% as AI, green energy, and military spending demand increases, says top commodities analyst Fortune (Kevin W)
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China?
Why von der Leyen doesn’t want to join the US in a trade war with China Financial Times
China Uses Giant Rail Gun to Shoot a Smart Bomb Nine Miles into the Sky Futurism
2 words to describe China’s ‘surgery’: Global South Asia Times (Kevin W)
The breakup of Europe
United States of Europe aeon
Old Blighty
Water investors shell out billions, says BBC study (Kevin W)
A deep education crisis is being ignored by Westminster – and drastic cuts are on the way The Guardian
Africa
It is reported that three people died when DR Congo forces tried to ‘coup’ AlJazeera. A friend who has extensive experience in diplomatic affairs in Africa says that the name Mossad is what fueled the coup attempt.
Gaza
Statement by ICC Prosecutor Karim AA Khan KC: Arrest warrant applications in the context of the International Criminal Court for the State of Palestine. It was discussed in the comments yesterday, but for your convenience.
There is one thing we should all be able to agree on with Netanyahu: Any comparison between Israel’s war crimes and those of Hamas is, as the Israeli prime minister put it, “absurd and false” and a “distortion of the truth”.
Here’s why:
* Israeli war crimes continued…
— Jonathan Cook (@Jonathan_K_Cook) May 20, 2024
This is surprising, but sadly not surprising.
When he received threats not to follow Israel, @KarimKhanQC He points out that a “senior leader” told him that the ICC was “built for Africa and criminals like Putin”, not the West and its allies.pic.twitter.com/TgVyhknUEI
– Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) May 21, 2024
The ICC warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant may be the first of many against Israeli Mondoweiss officials.
UPDATE: 🇮🇱 Israeli ministers are in a state of panic, after the ICC requested an arrest warrant for war criminals Netanyahu and Galant.
The Minister of the Military Cabinet called the decision “a historic crime.”
National Security Minister Ben-Gvir called the ICC “anti-Semitic… pic.twitter.com/lyhBSQEoBT
– Megatron (@Megatron_ron) May 20, 2024
Netanyahu Vows to Continue Attack on Gaza Despite ICC’s Anadolu Agency Arrest Warrant
US Congress threatens ICC with sanctions RT (Kevin W). More precisely, starting to carry out previous threats.
US Navy warships in the Red Sea are fighting new missiles to fight ‘much faster’ than anything else, a destroyer captain told Business Insider.
****** UN aid chief warns of ‘apocalyptic’ consequences of Gaza shortage Al-Monitor
More than 900,000 have fled their homes in Gaza in two weeks amid outbreak of war: UN Aljazeera
The writing was on the wall for Israel’s torture of prisoners 972 Magazine (Dr. Kevin). 972 keeps breaking important news.
Biden: Gaza ‘not genocide’ Politico (Kevin W)
****** How Hardline Settlers Took Over Israel New York Times (Dr. Kevin)
****** No health care for the average American, but full military benefits if you will fight for Israel.
– Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) May 21, 2024
Gaza protests
Intelligence Community Investigates Student Protesters Ken Klipperstein
University of California academic workers launch strike at UC Santa Cruz, as demands grow to withdraw from broader WSWS program
The move to extend police protest powers has ruled the BBC illegal
The New Cold War
The growth of the Russian economy reaches 5.4% RT
FBI Sheds Informants Linked to Russian Influence Operation New York Times. Mark G: “The NYTimes story was buried. From reading this it sounds like they are purging themselves of any informants who might know what is going on in Russia.”
Simply ignoring that it is the US and the UK who broke the peace agreement in March 2022:
Congress has given us the power to seize Russian assets in the US, and we intend to use them.
We work with them @G7 partners to see that Russia’s immovable private assets are used to repair the damage Putin continues to wreak on Ukraine. – @SecBlinken pic.twitter.com/QxJl1cwQYO
– State Department (@StateDept) May 19, 2024
He looks upset. Before he pretends to be a cheerful but stern voice of truth:
The “Queen of Darkness” Victoria Nuland is back, demanding that the US open up strikes against Ukraine against targets inside Russia – something the Biden Administration has been insisting will never happen. An increase that has never been explained, that does not even raise an eyebrow pic.twitter.com/11BF95xO7C
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) May 19, 2024
Syracistan
Who is Mohammad Mokhber, interim president of Iran? Al Jazeera
How sanctions have played havoc with Iran’s aging helicopters Financial Times
Why Will Bombing Iranian Proxies Work This Time? American Conservative
Assange
BREAKING NEWS: Julian Assange has won the right to a full appeal
– Free Assange – #FreeAssange (@FreeAssangeNews) May 20, 2024
Big Brother Watching Watching
Police Find Ways to Use Facial Recognition Tech After Their Cities Ban It Washington Post
Imperial Collapse Watch
Putin-Xi Jinping’s ‘inner song’ talks about Indian Punchline
Biden
Panicked Democrats are fleeing Biden’s sick brand on the battlefield, says The Hill. Wowsers according to this development make it clearly written. This appears to be the overdue second leg of a very late effort to get Biden out of the election (the first was a David Ignatius Washington Post op-ed telling Biden to step aside).
Biden’s presidential motorcade passes through deep blue Atlanta – but only draws crowds The Daily Mail
Trump
Trump’s Conviction Hinges on Verified More than a Hush-Money Coverup Wall Street Journal
RFK, Jr.
RFK Jr. he lists a polling address at his Westchester home – that’s as close as the neighbors have ever seen him in the New York Post (confused)
FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg to resign following report detailing sexual harassment in Agency Wall Street Journal (BC)
Bridges Are Falling Down
About 2 months after destroying Baltimore’s Key Bridge, the cargo ship Dali was removed and stopped. Here’s what’s next for CNN
The AI
Why “Hallucination”? Exploring the History, and Statistics, of How We Label the Unwanted Effect of AI Los Angeles Literature Review (Anthony L)
Bezzle
Some People Who Leased Teslas From Hertz Were Still Being Charged For Gas TheDrive
The details from Red Lobster’s bankruptcy filing are wild and unflattering:
▫️$1B in debt, $30m in cash
▫️The previous PE owner sold the land and leased it to Red Lobster at “above market rates”
▫️$20 Endless Shrimp cost $11m but the interesting part is that one of the… pic.twitter.com/kRzGt2wbQf– Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) May 20, 2024
Guillotine Watch
Why tech billionaires are trying to build a new city in California CBS (Kevin W). It is far from the first report of this program, but it is getting more information.
Class War
Average real wages have been rising for 12 straight months as prices fall faster than wage growth in the so-called Angry Bear. Voters’ views on inflation differ in these figures. Today we have a post about this topic that wants to be different with a real salary claim and has analysis to back it up.
From Aftershock News via machine translation. Note that I can’t find an English language version so this should be on TASS in Russian only:
Major mining companies will contribute up to 34% of their profits to the National Social Fund
ULAN BATOR, April 19. /TASS/. The State Great Khural (Parliament) of Mongolia has finally approved the National Welfare Fund (NWF) law, which will ensure equal income from the country’s natural resources for every citizen. The Speaker of the Parliament Gombozhavyn Zandanshatar announced this after voting in the general meeting.
I would sleep in my car and shower at the factory to work 12 hours at Tesla. I was laid off after 5 years. Yahoo
How to be a good follower of The Economist (Dr Kevin). Gah. “Follower” has religious connotations. A “team member” is being robbed. What about “subordinate”? It describes the power relationship without additional load.
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus (Chuck L):
Lover of yoga 😂
— The Best (@ThebestFigen) May 20, 2024
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
