These cute, fluffy bumblebees are precision-engineered pollinators Smithsonian
climate
Opinion: Climate doomsday rumours ignore science Michael Mann, American Physical Society. Still relevant from 2023.
How drought and soil degradation increase carbon emissions Mongabay
Beating the heat: How workers can get fans, air conditioners and even heating allowances Labor Notes
Norway starts stockpiling grain again, citing pandemic, war and climate change SF Gate
water
17 manure pits reportedly overflow at large southern Minnesota feedlot Star Tribune
Colorado River Basin groundwater struggles to recover from rising temperatures, study shows Colorado Sun
Syndemics
Federal government to pay $81 million to Michigan farm to eradicate bird flu-infected chickens Michigan Live (MN).
Study Finds Bird Flu Could Survive Pasteurization — The Checkup WFYI
Finnish Ministry of Health: Target groups for H5N1 vaccination Bird flu diary
‘Escapist attitude’: US Strategic Medical Stockpile inadequate for avian flu outbreak luck
* * * Experts warn new type of monkeypox can cause miscarriages and spread quickly without sex Telegraph
* * * Pandemic profitability: Understanding the CDC’s proposed COVID-19 quarantine guidelines The Pandemic Accountability Index, from February, is still relevant.
“Panel Stacking”: John Ioannidis v. Delphi Consensus Statement on COVID-19 Science-Based Medicine
China?
‘We’re like a cog that grinds until it breaks’: China’s tech companies push workers to the limits FT
Nixon’s views on China:
I recommend listening to Nixon’s interviews after he left office.
There is much to be said about him — Goldwater said Nixon was the most shameless liar he ever met — but he was at the center of some of the most important events of the 20th century for decades.
He explains his reason for going to China: pic.twitter.com/SputyvV9Ba
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 23, 2024
Myanmar
AA takes over Thandwe Airport near Ngapali Beach in Rakhine State, local sources report Irrawaddy River
Despite difficult circumstances, the party goes on in war-torn Yangon, Myanmar The Straits Times
India
India faces growing social inequality across religious lines Channel News Asia
Africa
Kenya: Protests over finance bill shock deadly in Nairobi Al Jazeera
Kenya internet shutdown amid massive protests over finance bill TechCrunch
A TikTok revolution? Africa is a country
Biden Designates Kenya as “Major Non-NATO Ally” Anadolu Agency
Shiraksta
The collapse of Zionism New Left Review
India sold rockets, explosives to Israel during Gaza war, documents reveal Al Jazeera
Antoinette Latuff’s wrongful dismissal suit against ABC goes to trial ABC Australia. Explanation:
ABC fired me for sharing this HRW post.
ABC has already reported this twice. @hrw report.
My manager told the Fair Work Commission that there was nothing wrong with my posts and we had discussed only posting from trusted sources.
But ABC has tripled. https://t.co/gk4PJ4Uit5 pic.twitter.com/tkbPdZIsTk— Antoinette Latouf (@antoinette_news) June 25, 2024
New videos, documents reignite questions about Saudi Arabia’s role in 9/11 attacks NBC
European Separation
Negotiators sign EU senior official agreements with von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas Euronews
Hungary’s allies in the Balkans are sabotaging Hungary’s EU membership hopes BNE Intellectual News
Dear Old England
Is there an English equivalent to “Hot enough for ya”?
I would like to explain to you all why 78 degrees Fahrenheit (25 degrees Celsius) is considered hot in the UK. I grew up in Texas and spent half my life in Las Vegas, so I know what it means to be hot, so I am absolutely qualified to explain this to those of you who laugh at UK “heat waves”.
— Josh Ellis (@jzellis) June 24, 2024
A new cold war
The complex restructuring of Ukraine’s debt (Excerpt) Le Monde
* * * US cluster bombs kill children on Russian beach Matt Bivens, 100 Days
US military contractors may be allowed to go to Ukraine Ukrainska Pravda
Should Ukraine continue its attacks on Russian oil refineries?? Diplomatic issues
* * * President Zelensky orders purge of National Guard following assassination plot Reuters
* * * Texas factory emerges as major ammunition supplier to U.S. and Ukraine The Wall Street Journal
* * * Historical Note:
“NATO will not extend jurisdiction over NATO forces within one inch east of a united Germany” – Message from US Secretary of State Baker to Gorbachev, 1990. pic.twitter.com/qEP8J1v3px
— Robin Monotti (@robinmonotti) June 21, 2024
Caribbean
Biden: International police force to provide ‘desperately needed relief’ to Haiti The Hill
A well-known free press
Assange
From Iraq to NSA spying: Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks biggest revelations Al Jazeera
The happiest days Craig Murray
After 13 years, Julian Assange is free Pearls and Stimuli
The strange story behind Assange’s plea deal Spy Talk
Assange is free, but let’s never forget that the media turned against him (Excerpt) Matt Taibbi, Racquet News
Basil
Judge rejects Visa and Mastercard’s $30 billion ‘swipe fee’ settlement The Hill
Digital Watches
Mastercard to expand digital biometric ID and “behavioral biometrics” Reclaiming the Internet
Zeitgeist
“Why are you so negative?” That’s a good question. Here’s the answer: real life Two Hearts by Charles Hugh Smith
What we’ve been getting wrong about depression and its treatment Behavioral Research and Therapy. From the abstract: “Nonpsychotic unipolar depression (but not the supposedly ‘real illness’ bipolar mania) appears to be an adaptation that evolved in our ancestral past to promote rumination in order to solve complex social problems.”
Basics of Brain Chemistry Chemistry World
The final frontier
Why the Moon Lengthens Days on Earth BBC (RK).
China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe brings back world’s first samples from the far side of the moon Guardian
Class struggle
The second fatal flaw in the University of California strike order About labor. Part 1.
Denver gave homeless people $1,000 a month, and after a year, nearly half of the participants had housing. Business Insider
Karl Marx’s influence on Abraham Lincoln and his attitudes toward slavery and labor Open Culture
To be poor in America you have to work hard Supportive View
Computing is all around us, just try it and you’ll see Quanta
Today’s antidote (Richard Ring):
Bonus Antidotes:
Tiger Tiger burns brightly… forests come alive during India’s monsoon 🇮🇳 🐅 pic.twitter.com/Fo60rLo5Ef
— Prem Mohanty 🏏⚽️ (@philipbkk) June 23, 2024
See yesterday’s link and Antidote du Jour here
