Teen rapper accidentally commits suicide in social media video after pointing gun to head and pulling trigger New York Post. Rare Darwin Prize winner.
Farmers are breeding hybrid dairy cows to sell for meat Bloomberg (Ma). Hmm.
Chronic wasting disease is unlikely to be transmitted from animals to humans, according to NIH study Nature (Paul R)
#COVID-19 (new coronavirus infection)
Update: May 19, 2024: Minister advises wearing masks after new wave of coronavirus infections in Singapore, with 25,900 cases recorded in one week https://t.co/e0FLixsVE7
— Yaneerbaryam (@yaneerbaryam) May 19, 2024
Will the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) persist? Medpage
Oh, I learn something new every day. CD8 Cell-Mediated Immune Thrombosis!🙀Immune thrombosis through adaptive immunity is a very new paradigm (usually considered to be an inherent feature of innate immunity). https://t.co/fxmG9vsMSh
— Dr. Satoshi Akima FRACP “Satoshi Akima” (@ToshiAkima) May 19, 2024
Climate/Environment
Huge hail is a weather threat that keeps insurance companies awake at night bloomberg
Satellite reveals ‘alarming’ Antarctic ice loss and sea level rise newsweek
Microplastics found in testicles of all humans studied Guardian (Kevin W). Although the sample is small…
‘Copper is the new oil’: AI, green energy and military spending could boost demand and push prices up 50%, top commodity analyst says 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 railgun to launch smart bomb 9 miles into the air futurism
China’s export surge can be explained in two words: Southern Hemisphere Asia Times (Kevin W)
discord in europe
united states of europe eternity
old blighty
Water investors withdrew billions of dollars, study says BBC (Kevin W)
Education’s deepest crisis is being ignored by Westminster, with even harsher cuts underway guardian
Africa
Democratic Republic of Congo military reports 3 killed in averting ‘coup attempt’ Al Jazeera. A friend with extensive diplomatic ties to Africa said there was talk that Mossad was behind the planned coup.
Gaza
Statement by ICC Prosecutor Karim AA Khan KC: Application for arrest warrant in the Palestinian situation International Criminal Court. I discussed this in the comments yesterday, just for reference.
There is one thing we can all agree on with Prime Minister Netanyahu. In the words of the Israeli prime minister, comparing Israeli war crimes to Hamas’s war crimes is “absurd and false” and a “distortion of reality.”
Here’s why:
*Israel’s war crimes…continue.
— Jonathan Cook (@Jonathan_K_Cook) May 20, 2024
This is incredible, but sadly not surprising.
When he was threatened not to go after Israel; @KarimKhanQC A “senior leader” was revealed to have said the ICC was “created for Africa and thugs like Putin”, not for the West and its allies.pic.twitter.com/TgVyhknUEI
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) May 21, 2024
New: 🇮🇱Israeli ministers panic after ICC requests arrest warrants for war criminals Netanyahu and Gallant.
The War Minister’s 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 Gaza onslaught despite ICC arrest warrant request anadolu agency
US Congress threatens ICC with sanctions RT (Kevin W). More precisely, it begins to deal with the previous threat.
U.S. Navy warships in the Red Sea are battling inexperienced missiles that are “much faster” than anything else, destroyer captain says Business Insider
* * * UN aid chief warns of ‘apocalyptic’ consequences of shortage in Gaza al monitor
More than 900,000 people evacuated in two weeks as fighting intensifies in Gaza: United Nations Al Jazeera
There was writing on the wall about Israeli torture of prisoners of war. 972 Magazine (Dr. Kevin). 972 continues with an important story.
Biden: ‘What’s happening in Gaza is not genocide’ Politico (Kevin W)
* * * How extremist settlers occupied Israel New York Times (Dr. Kevin)
* * * The average American has no health care, but if you go to fight for Israel you are given full military pay. https://t.co/VV71c9v9O5
— Brianna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) May 21, 2024
gaza protest
Intelligence services are monitoring student protesters ken clipperstein
A new war that’s not so cold war
Russia’s economic growth rate reaches 5.4% RT
FBI informant involved in Russian influence operation? New York Times.Mark G: “This NYTimes article was buried. Reading this makes it sound like they are purging themselves.”There are no informants who might actually know what’s going on in Russia. ”
It conveniently ignores that it was the US and UK that abandoned the peace agreement in March 2022.
Congress has given us the authority to seize Russian assets in the United States, and we intend to use that authority.
we are cooperating @G7 Partners are calling for confirmation that Russia’s immobilized sovereign assets will be used to redress the damage Putin continues to inflict on Ukraine. – @SecBlinken pic.twitter.com/QxJl1cwQYO
— Department of State (@StateDept) May 19, 2024
she looks unhappy. Previously, she masqueraded as a bright but ruthless voice of truth.
‘Queen of Darkness’ Victoria Nuland is back to demand that the US openly facilitate Ukraine’s attacks on targets inside Russia, something the Biden administration has previously insisted would never happen. .What was once an unfathomable escalation now makes her frown. pic.twitter.com/11BF95xO7C
— Michael Tracy (@mtracey) May 19, 2024
syrakistan
Who is Mohammad Mokber, Iran’s interim president? Al Jazeera
How sanctions have wreaked havoc on Iran’s aging helicopter fleet financial times
Why is Iran’s proxy bombing successful this time? american conservative
assange
Breaking news: Julian Assange gains full appeal rights https://t.co/TVXvsKDVqC
— Free Assange – #FreeAssange (@FreeAssangeNews) May 20, 2024
Big Brother is Watching Over You
Police find a way to use facial recognition technology after cities ban it washington post
imperial collapse watch
“Internal route” of the Putin-Xi Jinping meeting indian punch line
biden
Alarmed Democrats flee Biden’s dodgy brand in battleground states The Hill. It is surprising that this development has made it into print so clearly. This appears to be an overdue second step in a too-late effort to remove Biden from the ballot (the first step is telling Biden to back off) David Ignatius Washington Post It was an editorial).
playing cards
Trump’s conviction hinges on proving more than hush money cover-up wall street journal
RFK, Jr.
RFK Jr. Lists His Westchester Home Polling Place Address – It’s Foreclosed and Where Neighbors Have Never Seen Him New York Post (Fergy)
FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg resigns following report detailing sexual harassment at the agencyy Wall Street Journal (BC)
falling bridge
A.I.
Why is it a “hallucination”? Examining the history and risks of how to label undesired AI outputs Los Angeles Book Review (Anthony L)
basil
Some people who rented Teslas from Hertz were still being charged for gas. drive
The details of Red Lobster’s bankruptcy filing are sketchy and badly mismanaged.
▫️$1 billion in debt, $30 million in cash
▫️The previous PE owner sold the land and leased it to Red Lobster at “above market value”
▫️The $20 Endless Shrimp cost $11 million, but what’s interesting is that one of them… pic.twitter.com/kRzGt2wbQf— Trung Fan (@TrungTPhan) May 20, 2024
Guillotine Watch
Why a tech billionaire is trying to build California’s new city CBS (Kevin W). This is far from the first report on the plan, but it is gaining traction.
class war
Average real wages rise for 12 consecutive months as prices slow faster than nominal wage growth angry bear. Voter perceptions of inflation differ from these statistics. I will be posting about this topic later today.
Machine translation from aftershock news. I can’t find the English version, so this should only be in his TASS in Russian.
The biggest mining companies deposit up to 34% of their profits into the National Welfare Fund
Ulaanbaatar, April 19. /TASS/. The Mongolian National Khulal (Parliament) has finally approved the Law on the National Welfare Fund (NWF), which will guarantee equal income for all citizens from the country’s natural resources. Parliament Speaker Gombozavin Zandanshatar announced this after the plenary session vote.
how to be a good follower Economist (Dr. Kevin). Gah. “Followers” has religious overtones. “Team member” is a cliche. What about “subordinates”? It depicts a power relationship with no unnecessary details.
Antidote (via):
And bonus (Chuck L):
Yoga lover 😂
— The Best (@ThebestFigen) May 20, 2024
See yesterday’s link and antidote. here.
