Research reveals important role of sleep in memory formation ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
Scientists try to solve the mystery of bird flu: Why there is so much virus in Michigan’s polluted water Detroit Free Press (ma)
States look to loosen raw milk laws despite concerns Philadelphia Inquirer (Robin K)
Is That Drink Good For You? The New York Times (Dr. Kevin)
#Covid 19
Studies show 12% long-term COVID following infection with Omicron CIDRAP
Months after being diagnosed with COVID-19, one in five people are still suffering from symptoms, new research has found ABC Australia.
Climate/Environment
Japanese launcher plans to destroy space debris using low-energy lasers Interesting Engineering (Chuck L)
Grid, stupid! Geoff Russell (guurst)
Massive fraud exposed in fake Chinese climate projects funded by German oil industry to meet ridiculous and deeply stupid emissions rate Eugyppius (Micael T)
China?
The US wants to reduce its military supplies from China – but can it? South China Morning Post
China targets EU pig in tit-for-tat trade Asia Times (Kevin W)
Free trade chaos: the hidden costs of South Asia’s economic gamble CADTM
India
Four years after the Galwan standoff: India-China tensions continue Financial Express
Africa
‘We need the world to wake up’: Sudan faces world’s worst famine in 40 years
Increased rebel attacks spark deadly protests in eastern Congo Reuters
The breakup of Europe
It is very interesting to learn how much the AfD differs from France’s Rassemblement National (RN).
The two main differences I see are:
1) AfD, or at least @KrahMax, clearly requires a multi-spherical world system. RN, on the other hand, is a progressive Western…– Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) June 15, 2024
‘Euro crisis threat’ as France’s borrowing costs match Portugal’s for first time in 20 years The Telegraph
Germany is introducing a new model of military service that will start recruiting from next year Euractiv
Old Blighty
Thatcherism, austerity, Brexit, Liz Truss… goodbye and leave them all Guardian (Kevin W)
British intervention in Macedonia backfires, exposes coup plots The Grayzone (Kevin W)
British Army Delays Supply of New Badges Due to Paranoia Over China’s Sputnik Test (Kevin W)
More Brits are falling behind on their mortgage payments than at any time in the past seven years, according to the latest data from the Bank of England.
Gaza
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 255: Netanyahu dismantles Israel’s war cabinet Mondoweiss
Gallant rejects Macron’s proposed de-escalation team Hezbollah Times of Israel (Kevin W)
Extremist Israeli settlers to hold rally on ‘occupancy in southern Lebanon’ New Arab (Kevin W)
Israel is welcome to attack Lebanon, resistance is ready: Hezbollah MP The Cradle (guurst)
The report reveals that Biden is sending a record number of troops to Jordan during the Gaza war
– Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) June 18, 2024
The US Navy is facing its ‘toughest battle since World War II’ against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, defense experts say.
We Spent a Billion Fighting the Houthis… and Antiwar.com Lost (Kevin W)
Israeli Supreme Court Stops October 7 Probe Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
This photo is a reporter @ismail_gh2 caught my attention, especially the first grave:
“The martyr Iman Salama and his children: Motasim, Adam…!”This #Gaza-families are buried together in temporary cemeteries near roads, under trees, near roads and in gardens of homes and hospitals pic.twitter.com/ZAaBGDuSYM
– Nour Naim نُور (@NourNaim88) June 17, 2024
Podcaster: The sightings in Gaza are dire again.
Moshe Feignin: True, but it is not enough, we need much more.
P: Are you talking about dead children?
MF: A lot. A lot. A lot. A lot.
P: Do you understand that this is an extreme view of the world?
MF: I understand it’s good.More… pic.twitter.com/Hr8m4AJ81x
— BM (@ireallyhateyou) June 16, 2024
The New Cold War
The Kremlin views NATO’s propaganda to deploy nukes as a growing TASS
🇺🇸🇪🇺🇨🇳 China must pay for supporting Russia in the war against Ukraine – Stoltenberg
They will face China directly and the sanctions that have already been fixed.
Get ready folks, the world is about to be divided again. This time to the west. pic.twitter.com/vOVCz9cBfl
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 18, 2024
Syracistan
Biden’s Weird Saudi Obsession Daniel Larison
Big Brother is Watching You
CBDCs Are Regulatory Tools – They’re Here Forbes
Immigration to another country
Dangerous border technologies are increasingly being used to stop migration.
Imperial Collapse Watch
How the US Raised a Third of Global Capital Flows from Covid. The narrative of the release of the dollar has swept aside foreign investors Bloomberg
Is Türkiye necessary for BRICS? ВЗГЛЯД.РУ with machine translation (Micael T)
The relevance of Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities” to today’s international relations Gilbert Doctorow (guurst)
Trump
US must be saved from WWIII – Trump RT
Biden
Secret Democrat’s exclusive plot to succeed Biden revealed: How Clinton, Obama, Pelosi and Schumer will topple the aging President… and when they will Daily Mail (Li)
Biden froze on stage this weekend.
Obama takes her hand and walks her off the stage.pic.twitter.com/3evPHPKCv
– Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePress) June 17, 2024
BREAKING: The Biden campaign has just released this nasty ad trashing Donald Trump for being a criminal. Retweet so all Americans can see this. pic.twitter.com/QIDhTGi9Vo
— Biden’s Wins (@BidensWins) June 17, 2024
The GOP Clown Car
The latest goal of right-wing Republicans? The No-Fault Divorce Guardian (Kevin W). My understanding is that 3/4 of divorces in the US are initiated by the wife.
Attack, attack, attack DRB (Anthony L). To Roger Stone.
Ours is No Longer Free
Surgeon General Wants Tobacco-Style Warning Used on Social Media NBC
A Message by Noam Chomsky: Reviewing the Media Lens (Chuck L)
Social Media Contaminated Our Children. Now It Makes Us Nomea (Micale T)
Bezzle
US sues Adobe over ‘manipulating’ subscriptions that are too difficult to cancel The Verge
Meta Accused of Trying to Discredit Ad Researchers Register
French Court Orders Google, Cloudflare, Cisco to Install DNS Poisoning to Stop Piracy TorrentFreak
(Kevin W)
Class War
US wages rise at fastest rate in 14 years Financial Times
McDonald’s to stop testing AI to take drive-thru orders, now The Verge (Kevin W)
McDonald’s makes big change going forward after Daily Mail (BC) mishap
Is Populism Possible Without Demagoguery? Noah Millman (Micael T). Kill me now. The first populists were not demagogues.
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus (guurst):
Чудо природы – муравьед pic.twitter.com/kWEPYn53Sn
— Etna (@Etnaetoya) June 17, 2024
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
