Everyone thought they were hearing voices in their heads, but they were wrong. Science Alert
The End of the Internet Mind Zero Sum
Modular Mobile ASTRA Bridge Allows Highway Traffic to Fly Over Roadworks New Atlas
Absence Notice – Update: Change of Plans Alabama Moon. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Climate and Environment
Antarctica’s largest ice shelf is behaving strangely Cytech Daily
Transport of metals from thawing permafrost into aquatic ecosystems drives rusting in Arctic rivers Communication: Earth and the Environment
Sinking City Granta: “The reality of state capitalism is that it spreads destruction and calls it development.”
Pandemic
Indonesia steps up alert as Singapore sees surge in COVID-19 cases Star
Patrick Vallance says a new pandemic is ‘absolutely inevitable’ Guardian. Description:
Dear Patrick
mask.
Check out my pinned tweet.
Don’t fail again. https://t.co/cPnFRjzheF— Trisha Greenhalgh (@trishgreenhalgh) May 25, 2024
USDA says beef safe to eat after bird flu detected in beef tissue for first time AP
Bird flu mystery – The strange background to the new H5N1 virus infection in Australia, in a child, is that he had no prior contact with high-risk animals.
📌The child had no contact with birds, animals or sick people in either India🇮🇳 or Australia🇦🇺
📌The child had no geographic or personal ties to anyone… pic.twitter.com/T7CqfurCi8
— Eric Feigl Ding (@DrEricDing) May 24, 2024
More farms with infected cattle are popping up. Each time, the risk level for the virus to mutate, adapt and spread to humans increases. Each time, the risk to food supply/commerce increases. The lack of transparency regarding risk and food safety is of great concern. The lack of rapid genomic data and serological studies… https://t.co/w6rfIM1cMV
— Rick Bright (@RickABright) May 25, 2024
Africa
Biden approaches Kenya for regional politics and Haiti intervention Responsible national governance
China?
China real estate: ‘disappointing’ stimulus measures fall short of resurgent market as buyer confidence dwindles, analysts say South China Morning Post
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U.S. and China defense secretaries to meet amid Taiwan tensions Channel News Asia
Shiraksta
After Mossad chief’s visit, Israeli officials say hostage negotiations will resume next week The Israel Times
Hamas denies Israeli reports of resumption of talks on Tuesday: Exclusive Al Mayadeen
A society that is indifferent to death and destruction has already lost the war Haaretz
As Israelis sing and dance in the club, a DJ plays the Kahanist, genocidal slogan “May your village burn,” a reference to the ethnic cleansing and destruction of Palestinian villages. pic.twitter.com/F8O0vmfN1t
— 🍉🕊️ (@tiredpali) May 25, 2024
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Hamas militia says its fighters killed and captured Israeli soldiers in Gaza Middle East Eye. Description:
This is serious.
Some observers say the soldiers captured by the Resistance were from a special forces unit known as Chayette 13, and that the number of dead and captured soldiers is around 16.
The weapon shown in the video is a Czech CZ Scorpion EVO 3. pic.twitter.com/l2qA1KkTWD
— Suppressed News (@SuppressedNws) May 26, 2024
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US says no personnel to enter Gaza after four ships run aground Al Mayadeen
$320 million for a floating Three Stooges sketch https://t.co/jRYIop3NAh
— Derek Davison (@dwdavison) May 25, 2024
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman accepts invitation to visit Iran bne intel news
European Separation
Europe remains unclear about U.S. plans for Russian assets to pay Ukraine reparations Politico EU
Hungary slows EU arms sales to Ukraine funded by frozen Russian assets – FT Ukraine Pravda
Germany’s Authoritarian Transformation Don’t join the crowd
A new cold war
Ukraine attacks key element of Russia’s nuclear umbrella, says Russian senator RT
Attack on Russian strategic early warning radar facility a major event War Zone
Russia: Attack on crowded DIY store in Kharkiv leaves dead Euronews
The Western media is lying again.
The “hardware store” reported by the BBC, RTE and CNN as being targeted in Kharkiv was actually a Ukrainian munitions store located at the rear of a vacant building.
Ukrainian forces have a history of placing dangerous equipment and materials in civilian residential areas. pic.twitter.com/SOx0N0TCo4
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) May 25, 2024
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French media leaks footage of neo-Nazi Ukrainian military units training in France: Controversy over Azov Division grows Military Watches
Mainstream media ignores Boris Johnson’s welcome to Ukrainian neo-Nazi forces in Parliament Canary
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Indian international broadcaster WION discusses Putin’s latest ceasefire proposal Gilbert Doctorow
Ukraine begins releasing some prisoners to join military The New York Times
Russia-Ukraine War: Expanding the Front Big Serge’s thoughts
Betting on Armageddon Tariq Cyril Amar “The Ninth Wave”
Stop with the bullshit. Matt Taibbi, Racquet News
Old Brittany
Sunak promises to reinstate compulsory military service for 18-year-olds Parents
South of the Border
This Instagram star could become mayor of one of Mexico’s richest cities Rest of the World
Academy Forest
Biden
Hunter Biden’s laptop has been denied, condemned, censored, and now incriminating New York Post
Trump
Trump has promised to give cabinet posts to the Libertarian Party and free notorious drug lords. Semaphores
2016
Clinton says women abandoned her because she ‘wasn’t perfect’ The Hill
2024
The Russians are coming again Mother Jones
Reorganization and legitimacy
Border Patrol blurs the lines of law enforcement Texas Observer
Boeing
‘Very complicated’: Boeing Starliner team diagnoses helium leak ahead of June 1 astronaut launch Space.com
China COMAC rises as Boeing declines Asia Times
Guns
Activision and Meta sued by family of Uvalde school shooting victim The Verge
health care?
What the harmful morality of crowdfunded healthcare says about American society Literary Center
Americans are paying billions of dollars for ineffective drugs Crazy in America
Syphilis diagnoses in newborns on the rise as adult syphilis cases soar Science-Based Medicine
Jackpot
The dual impacts of extreme heat and coronavirus have had ‘deadly consequences’ for the UK Carbon Briefs
A well-known free press
What a strange way to put it, given that Israel is ignoring an International Court of Justice order to cease attacks on Rafah in accordance with the Genocide Convention.
That is not “strong criticism”, it is called international law. pic.twitter.com/pTd6xjuFpL
— Assal Rad (@AssalRad) May 25, 2024
This hedge fund wants to save investigative journalism — and use it to manipulate markets POLITICO
Sports Desk
Private equity firm squeezes baseball stadium subsidies out of America Useless things
Private equity is ruining my weekend Discourse Blog
Basil
Federal authorities add nine more cases to Waymo robotaxis investigation TechCrunch
Guillotine Watch
Enter the luxury apartment amenity arms race: Get IV fluids and Botox without leaving your home luck
Class struggle
First national calculation of mortality rates among the U.S. homeless population Center for Economic Policy Research
Accusing Mercedes of “lawlessness,” UAW seeks new vote in Alabama A common dream
A new step Atmos
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