Study Reveals Essential Role of Sleep in Memory Formation Science Daily (Kevin W)
Scientists trying to solve bird flu mystery: Why is there so much virus in Michigan wastewater? Detroit Free Press (MA)
States considering loosening raw milk regulations despite concerns Philadelphia Inquirer (Robin K.)
Is the drink worth it to you? The New York Times (Dr. Kevin)
#COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus Disease)
Study finds 12% risk of long-term COVID after Omicron infection Sidrap
New study finds one in five people still suffer from symptoms months after being diagnosed with COVID-19 ABC Australia
Climate and Environment
Japanese startup plans to use ground-based lasers to vaporize space debris Interesting Engineering (Chuck L)
It’s the grid, idiot! Jeff Russell (Guest)
Massive fraud uncovered in fake Chinese climate project subsidized by German fossil fuel industry to meet arbitrary and extremely stupid emissions quotas Eugypius (Michael T.)
Free Trade Mania: The Hidden Costs of South Asia’s Economic Gamble CADTM
China?
China targets EU pork in tit-for-tat trade dispute Asia Times (Kevin W)
India
Four years since Galwan clash: India-China tensions continue Financial Express
Africa
‘The world needs to wake up’: Sudan faces world’s worst famine in 40 years Guardian
Increased rebel attacks spark deadly protests in eastern Congo Reuters
European Separation
It is really interesting to read how radically different the AfD is to the French Rally National (RN).
The two main differences I found are:
1) AfD, at least Clamaxhas openly called for a multipolar world order, while the RN has voiced its opposition to the continued… https://t.co/Gnlo6QeLUV— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) June 15, 2024
France’s borrowing costs hit Portugal’s for first time in 20 years as euro crisis threatens Telegraph
Germany unveils new military service model with conscription set to begin next year Eura Active
Old Brittany
Thatcherism, austerity, Brexit, Liz Truss… goodbye, goodbye to all of it. The Guardian (Kevin W.)
British intervention in Macedonia backfires, coup plot uncovered The Gray Zone (Kevin W.)
British Army delays rollout of new badges over Chinese espionage concerns Sputnik (Kevin W.)
Gaza
Day 255 of “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood”: Prime Minister Netanyahu dissolves Israel’s war cabinet Mondoweiss
Gallant rejects Macron’s proposal for a tripartite task force to de-escalate tensions with Hezbollah The Times of Israel (Kevin W)
Extremist Israeli settlers hold meeting on ‘occupation of southern Lebanon’ New Arab (Kevin W)
Israel welcomes Lebanon invasion, ready to resist: Hezbollah lawmaker Cradle (Glust)
Report: President Biden deploys largest number of troops ever to Jordan amid Gaza warhttps://t.co/D39SzAbs03
— Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) June 18, 2024
The U.S. Navy is facing its “most intense fighting since World War II” against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to defense experts. Associated Press
We spent $1 billion fighting the Houthis and lost Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
Israeli Supreme Court suspends October 7 investigation Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
This photo was taken by a journalist translator The first tomb in particular caught my attention.
“Martyr Iman Salama and her children: Motasim, Adam…!”this is #Gaza– Temporary graves are built on roadsides, under trees, next to sidewalks, in home or hospital gardens, etc., where family members are buried together. pic.twitter.com/ZAaBGDuSYM
— Nour Naim | نُور (@NourNaim88) June 17, 2024
Podcaster: The scenes in Gaza are horrible too.
Moshe Feiglin: Yes, that’s true, but it’s not enough. We need more.
P: Are you talking about a dead baby?
MF: A lot. A lot. A lot. A lot.
P: Do you realise that this is an extreme view on a global scale?
MF: I understand that that’s a good thing.another… https://t.co/EahOIY5iPp pic.twitter.com/Hr8m4AJ81x
— BM (@ireallyhateyou) June 16, 2024
A new cold war
Kremlin sees NATO nuclear alert remarks as escalation TASS
🇺🇸🇪🇺🇨🇳 China must pay the price for supporting Russia in Ukraine war – Stoltenberg
They are launching an all-out attack on China and are already preparing sanctions.
Get ready everyone: the world is about to be divided again, this time by the West. pic.twitter.com/vOVCz9cBfl
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 18, 2024
Shiraksta
Biden’s strange Saudi obsession Daniel Larrison
Big Brother is Watching You
Immigration
Deadly border techniques are increasingly being used to violently stop migrants conversation
Empire Collapse Watch
Does BRICS need Turkey? ВЗГЛЯД.РУ via machine translation (Micael T)
The relevance of Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities to contemporary international relations Gilbert Doctorow (Grust)
Trump
Biden
Biden will be frozen on stage this weekend.
President Obama grabbed him by the hand and led him off the stage.pic.twitter.com/3evPHPKCev
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePress) June 17, 2024
BREAKING: The Biden campaign has released this shocking ad thoroughly criticizing Donald Trump for being a convicted felon. Please retweet and get every American to see this. pic.twitter.com/QIDhTGi9Vo
— Biden Wins (@BidensWins) June 17, 2024
GOP Clown Car
The far-right Republican’s latest target? No-fault divorce The Guardian (Kevin W.): As I understand it, three-quarters of divorces in the United States are filed by the wife.
Attack, attack, attack DRB (Anthony L). About Roger Stone.
The press is no longer free
Surgeon General urges social media platforms to label products with tobacco-like warnings NBC
A Message About Noam Chomsky: Latest Updates Media Lens (Chuck L)
Social media messed up our kids, and now it’s messing us up Nomea (Mikare T)
Basil
US sues Adobe for “deceiving” with subscriptions that are too difficult to cancel The Verge
Mehta accused of trying to discredit advertising researchers Registry
French Court Orders Google, Cloudflare, and Cisco to Poison DNS to Prevent Copyright Infringement TorrentFreak
(Kevin W.)
Class struggle
U.S. executive pay rises to highest level in 14 years Financial Times
McDonald’s halts testing of AI to take drive-thru orders for now The Verge (Kevin W.)
McDonald’s makes major changes to drive-thru after widespread accident Daily Mail (BC)
Is populism possible without demagogues? Noah Millman (Michael T.) Kill me now. The original populists were not demagogues.
Today’s antidote (via):
And bonus (guurst):
Chud Prod — Muravedo pic.twitter.com/kWEPYn53Sn
— Etna (@Etnaetoya) June 17, 2024
See yesterday’s link and Antidote du Jour here.
