Electronic shelf labels could soon change how you shop at the supermarket NPR
Wells Fargo bets on flashy rent credit cards, costing the bank dearly. The Wall Street Journal
It makes simple things hard, and it takes a long time. #MonetarySovereignty – Mitchell
Isn’t it time to stop calling it the “national debt”? Evonomics
climate
Banks are finally waking up to what climate change will mean for housing Wired
This Ecuadorian forest thrived amid deforestation after being granted legal rights. Guardian
Possible ozone layer destruction due to the disappearance of satellites during atmospheric re-entry in the mega-constellation era Geophysical Research Letters
Texas closes schools over safety concerns over heatwave-related shootings onion
water
Dire numbers highlight Iowa’s poor water quality practices The Des Moines Register
Syndemics
IDPH urges caution as COVID cases rise in emergency rooms WGLT
Taiwan’s military drones unlikely to hasten U.S. ‘hellscape’ over mainland China attacks South China Morning Post
A detailed analysis of the US Navy’s “hellscape” Navy News
China?
Tu Guangshao discusses the conditions for becoming a “financial powerhouse” and China’s weaknesses Beijing Studies
How innovative is Chinese nuclear power? (PDF) Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. “China’s nuclear innovation strengths relate specifically to organizational, systematic, and incremental innovation. Many of the fourth-generation nuclear technologies have been known for years, but China’s state-backed approach to putting them to practical use has been excellent.”
India
Inside India’s first heat stroke emergency room BBC
JPMorgan to facilitate $40 billion investment in Indian government bonds Bloomberg
Slavery: The dark side of India’s silk industry Madras Courier
Shiraksta
‘Utterly disheartened’: Air Force engineer resigns as opposition to Gaza war grows within military Intercept
IDF soldier’s suicide puts Israel in crisis Telegraph
* * * Is Israel Committing Genocide? Arlie Neyer, New York Review of Books
Testimony of the Israel-Gaza War (Updated June 18, 2024) (PDF) Lee Mordechai. “I am writing this publicly to testify that there were, and continue to be, strong Israeli voices opposed to Israel’s actions during the war.”
* * * Israeli forces destroy entire Palestinian side of Rafah border crossing, rendering it unusable Anadolu Agency
Inside the ‘shocking’ police operation targeting pro-Palestinian activists in Toronto Violations
European Separation
Giorgia Meloni’s far-right European group becomes head of EU FT
Dear Old England
The Not-So-Cold New Cold War
Russia would view the deployment of F-16s to Ukraine as an act of aggression that would trigger its mutual defense pact with North Korea. Gilbert Doctorow “Armageddon”
‘All is well’: Ukraine finally plans to start using F-16 fighter jets this summer Guardian
Ukrainian F-16 pilots have a problem: to survive they have to fly low, which jams missiles. Forbes
* * * Why the US and Ukraine should accept Putin’s latest peace proposal The Real War by David Pine
Illness and links to political assassinations: Russia releases investigation into Chechen leader Kadyrov Ukrainska Pravda
* * * Russian Air Force receives new Su-34 fighter jets: how much will production increase? Military Watches
Russia develops first semiconductor manufacturing tool, 30 years outdated from day one Tom’s Hardware
Spook Country
The anatomy of algorithm aversion Cass R. Sunstein and Jared Gough, SSRN
health care
A conspiracy to manipulate medical literature Matt Bivens, 100 Days
Drug shortages continue to grow, with older injectable drugs the most vulnerable. AP
Infection prevention in resource-poor settings: Two infection prevention experts meet in East Africa Infection Control Today. “This education will focus on the chain of infection and hand hygiene.”
The return of pneumatic tubes MIT Technology Review
Infections linked to microdosing candy more than double, companies refuse to recall Food Safety
supply chain
No deep sea mining needed (PDF) US PIRG Education Fund
Boeing
‘We know it happens’: Boeing CEO admits to retaliation against whistleblowers CNN
Basil
Hedge funds’ secret weapon in their fight against the SEC is in Texas Bloomberg
Digital Watches
As AI becomes more accepted, what happens to the artists whose work has been stolen to build it? LA Times
AI took their jobs. Now they get paid to sound human. BBC. Maybe not:
Last week I read about one of the most harrowing uses of AI I’ve ever seen: First Horizon Bank is using a system to detect when call center employees are “losing their minds” and, to calm them down, plays an AI-generated montage of family photos set to the employee’s favorite song. pic.twitter.com/wFGFh6VsMg
— Brian Merchant (@bcmerchant) June 17, 2024
The IMF proposes taxing the CO2 emissions of AI, but not the AI itself. Registry
Confusion is a bullshit machine Wired
Mention AI one more time and I’ll piledrive you. Clarity
Survey shows tech has little impact on jobs, GenAI is more of a buzz than business Registry. Music interval.
The hippies of Boston who developed the technology Silicon Valley wouldn’t build The Boston Globe
Renowned free press
Nellie Bly experiences it all JSTOR Daily
Juneteenth
Juneteenth Issues Black Agenda Report
Zeitgeist Watch
Has belief in conspiracy theories increased over time? PLOS One. From 2022, still relevant.
Empire Collapse Watch
Pentagon ‘surprisingly slow’ to deploy new weapons, government report says Stars and Stripes
Who will win the war after the War of Heroes? Edward Luttwak, Anne Hard. Deck: “Neither the West nor its Enemies are Ready to Fight.”
The Endless Charm of Takayama Noema
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