The rise of mesoeconomics project syndicate
The REAL ID Act: 20 Years of Delay – Why It Won’t Change in 2025 view from the wing
climate
More significant mineral investment needed to meet energy transition demands: IEA S&P Global
US moves to close off the nation’s largest coal region for new mining S&P Global
* * * Vulnerable populations: increased heat on public health infrastructure business standard
A drop in the sea: The hidden power of rights-based climate change litigation (PDF) Case Western Reserve International Law Journal
This plastic is embedded with bacterial spores and decomposes after being thrown away. singularity hub
Original COVID-19 primary immunotherapy impacts immunogenicity of bivalent BA.1 and BA.5 boosters Nature. From the bottom line: “Taken together, our data highlight important lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and related vaccination strategies: (1) the initial immunization requires the immune system to (2) Not all mRNA-based booster vaccines are equally immunogenic. In trials, only the bivalent Omicron BA.5 vaccine, but not the bivalent BA.1 vaccine, did.” Now that I’m older, mRNA like software. I remember when we were trying to quickly develop a point version of a vaccine. I have no choice.
In times of pandemic, banning masks is unethical and Mask countermeasures/awakening cleaning (2023) Chloe Humbert, Team Human
Excess mortality rates for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2022 European Journal of Public Health
* * * A world gone mad: Capitalism and the rise of mental illness red chili pepper
China?
A battlefield that could decide the outcome of the US-China war over Taiwan F.T.
Dozens of China’s state regulators, bankers and finance chiefs exposed in web of corruption as crackdown intensifies in new year South China Morning Post
syrakistan
Ireland ‘absolutely’ intends to recognize Palestinian state this month: PM anadolu agency
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi confirmed dead in helicopter crash BNE Intelligent News
US security adviser urges Netanyahu to link war to ‘political strategy’ BBC (slaps forehead). Jake Sullivan.
Houthi attack tanker carrying Russian oil to China splash 247. I thought they were only targeting ships serving Israel? Didn’t get the memo?
Another reason why our elite sympathizes with Israel:
John Mearsheimer recently reaffirmed an important truism regarding the killings of Western aid workers and American doctors and nurses locked up in hospitals by Israel: If so, is there any responsibility? There is no responsibility.’ pic.twitter.com/4vdXz2IzRb
— ☀️👀 (@zei_squirrel) May 19, 2024
discord in europe
Slovak prime minister’s attacker: ‘Maybe he wasn’t a lone wolf’ BBC
Dear Old Blighty
starmer, cuckoo funding the future
A new war that’s not so cold war
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s term expires on May 20th economist. That’s today!
Despite the expiration of his term, Zelenskiy remains in power through war and popularity. BBC
* * * Sitrep 5/19/24: Streets in Ukraine are deserted due to new mobilizations Simplicius the Thinker
Bulgarian president says Ukraine’s victory over Russia is impossible ukrainska pravda
* * * Russia opens a new front in the Ukraine war. Will Ukraine lose the war with Russia? USA Today
Russian glide bomb destroys Ukrainian cities on the cheap BBC
* * * Russia and China — 2-1 Ray McGovern, Consortium News. Kudos to his genius mind at The Blob for working so hard to make this happen.
Singing the Blues: The Baltic States and Ukraine Sepa
Trillion dollar war: How Europe is struggling to finance the Ukraine war indian express
* * * U.S. Congress could sanction author of Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law – WSJ, The Hill jam news
bullshit blowback Tariq Cyril Amar. Source: “Georgia’s recent crisis is an example of Western ‘elites’ building echo chambers and feeding their own delusions.” But there are many like them.
global elections
India begins voting for phase 5 of general elections anadolu agency
India’s 2024 poll: “The rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer” france 24
‘Why should I vote?’ India’s jute workers blame politicians for their plight Al Jazeera
PM Modi’s anti-Muslim rhetoric taps into Hindu-replacement conspiracy theory madras courier
The popular destruction of Indian democracy bangkok post office
antitrust law
Monopoly Roundup: Google Attempts to Retaliate Against Antitrust Division (Excerpt) Matt Stoller, BIG
digital watch
The rise of large language model optimization Bruce Schneier, Security Schneier. “The advent of AI threatens to disrupt the complex online ecosystem that allows writers, artists, and other creators to reach human audiences.”
When online content disappears Pew Research Center. Source: “38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible 10 years later. Why not nationalize the cloud?
In the era of smart vehicles, traffic lights may also change. fast company
VCs and the military are backing self-driving startups that don’t need roads tech crunch
History of Emoji: The Lost Years get information
Librarians are waging a silent war against an international ‘data cartel’ markup
assange
Julian Assange faces sentencing day in years-long fight to escape US courts The Hill. Consortium News will cover it live.
the last frontier
Solar storm knocks out farmer’s tractor GPS system during peak planting season 404 Media
Research results announced that a huge alien power plant is sucking energy from seven stars in outer space Wion. Dyson ball?
health care
The tick that took me away auckland magazine
guns
Armed groups threaten pastors and worshipers; churches rely on armed volunteers Fox. Gala 6:7.
infrastructure collapse
Human error, Dalí’s switchboard in focus during Congressional Baltimore Bridge hearing Sheet Trade Maritime
Class War
The end of lean manufacturing…and what lies ahead Kim Moody, Labor Notes. important. Moody is always worth a read.
We may be closer to owning nothing than we think. Charles Hugh Smith “Of Two Minds”
A worker cooperative is being built on the site of a former mushroom farm in Colorado. Colorado Sun
10 Reasons Even Bald Men Should Own a Hair Dryer The art of doing things. First world question, but is #8 true?
How feeling bad can make you feel good, or how feeling guilty can make you feel good Wapo
The immediate antidote (via ejatgc):
See yesterday’s link and antidote. here.
