“The Three Little Pigs Are Hurting Their Own Cause,” an Op-Ed by The Big Bad Wolf McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
The California Taxpayer Is on the Hook WSJ
There are risks lurking in the world of private capital Gillian Tett, FT. The deck: “A recent court ruling against SEC reforms of the sector is an unfortunate blow to transparency and fairness.”
Borrowers, Especially the Young, Struggle With Credit Card Debt in Potentially Bad Sign for Economy AP
Climate
Column-Compound Extremes in the Global Ocean American Geophysical Union. From the Abstract: “Marine extreme events such as marine heatwaves, ocean acidity extremes and low oxygen extremes can pose a substantial threat to marine organisms and ecosystems. Such extremes might be particularly detrimental (a) when they are compounded in more than one stressor, and (b) when the extremes extend substantially across the water column, restricting the habitable space for marine organisms. ”
The uninsurable world: how the insurance industry fell behind on climate change FT. Commentary:
Farewell to Climate Nexus, an inbox stalwart Nieman Lab
Water
Mexico City is just the beginning. Here are 11 other cities at risk of running out of water. Business Insider
Syndemics
Minnesota BOAH Reports H5N1 In Dairy Cattle Avian Flu Diary
H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet. American Contrariness Could Turn It into One Scientific American. Commentary:
“It’s not lost on many scientists, here and abroad, that the paucity of data coming out of the US is not dissimilar to the limited information flow out of China in the early days of the Covid19 pandemic -a situation the US & other governments complained about loudly at the time.” https://t.co/SVEGwZC5gf
— Erin C. Sanders, MSN, WHNP-BC (She/Her) (@ErinSandersNP) June 7, 2024
And:
Every day more farms, more cows, more risk to humans. And still @USDA not sharing recent virus sequence data. And no one is testing the farm workers. And no one is testing milk or meat for infectious virus before it leaves the farm. https://t.co/O3CcrpixhP
— Rick Bright (@RickABright) June 7, 2024
And:
Agricultural authorities have slow walked or forestalled testing, and bottled up critical information. The immediate risk is that this virus becomes endemic in herds, and we’ll have to grapple with its persistent threat. This may have been an avoidable public health peril. https://t.co/3WnQtLUsoD
— Scott Gottlieb, MD (@ScottGottliebMD) June 6, 2024
Why Is NIH Perpetuating Long COVID Denial? Maureen Tkacik, The American Prospect. The deck: “Documents obtained by The Sick Times reveal the bastion of the medical establishment squandered a billion dollars on a long COVID study that seems suspiciously designed to fail.”
North Carolina GOP lawmakers agree to add a health exemption to a bill that limits masking ABC. Commentary:
NC HB 237 update: I just tried to pull the new text. If this is the final version, it’s very problematic, b/c if suggests a person can mask to avoid *spreading* a disease, but not to avoid *catching* one. It also doesn’t define “medical grade mask” – are N95 respirators out? https://t.co/PZSYYGdJKS pic.twitter.com/nD5exO0Kzf
— J. Offir, Ph.D. (@dontwantadothis) June 6, 2024
N95 respirator gets top billing in stopping SARS-CoV-2 viral leakage into the air Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
High Excess Death Rates in the West 3 Years Running Since COVID – “Serious Cause for Concern” SciTech Daily
China?
US tech sector pressures Chinese venture capital to divest FT
Exclusive: U.S. and Taiwan navies quietly held Pacific drills in April Reuters
Myanmar
Growing Rebellion: Myanmar’s Youth Flock to Armed Resistance, Rejecting Junta Conscription The Irrawaddy
AUKUS: No refund for $9.4 billion gift to US & UK submarine companies Asia-Pacific Defense Reporter
India
Modi’s allies demand funds, Cabinet positions as coalition gears to form India’s new government Channel News Asia
The Koreas
Russia’s war in Ukraine has turned South Korea into a manufacturing hotspot as it makes weapons faster and cheaper than the U.S. Fortune
Samsung workers in South Korea take industrial action for first time Al Jazeera
Syraqistan
Inside the Base Where Israel Has Detained Thousands of Gazans NYT. Commentary:
The New York Times reports Israeli military is torturing people by impaling them with hot metal rods in their rectums and tying them to electric chairs. This information is buried at the end of a single article where these details are unmentioned in the headline or subheadline. pic.twitter.com/St3GJXkkG8
— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) June 6, 2024
See also Human Rights Watch.
Israeli detention center faces legal challenge after ‘unimaginable abuses’ WaPo
Israel Police Detain Palestinian Photographer Who Was Attacked by Jewish Youths During Jerusalem Flag March Haaretz. Commentary:
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address the US Congress on July 24 AP
US judge recuses himself from Gaza case after trip to Israel Reuters
Israeli army says it targeted Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon Anadolu Agency
Hamas Has Reinvented Underground Warfare Foreign Affairs
“Ali Baba and the 40 thieves”: Emirati-Palestinian shouting match blew up Blinken meeting Axios
Indonesia says readying peacekeeping brigade for Gaza Anadolu Agency
European Disunion
German Industrial Production Fell Again in Poor Start to Quarter Bloomberg
Why Is Hungary So Small? Uncharted Territories
BALKAN BLOG: The EU has no choice but to start accession talks with Moldova BNE Intellinews
Dear Old Blighty
Tories ‘will probably disappear’ as Reform ‘annihilates’ party, Dorries claims The Telegraph
New Not-So-Cold War
Not Just F-16s: France Confirms Ukraine Will Receive Mirage 2000 Fighters as Aid Military Watch
Live: Putin is ‘our common enemy’, Ukraine’s Zelensky tells French parliament France24
Zelenskyy to give speech in Bundestag next week Ukrainska Pravda
Why Swiss Peace Summit could become a defeat for Ukraine and Zelenskyy European Pravda
What Ukraine Has Lost During Russia’s Invasion NYT
Nazi Penguins, Woman Wagner Events in Ukraine
Wartime Lithuania New Left Review
The Caribbean
Russian warships to arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials, as military exercises expected CBS
2024
Joe Biden suffers ‘embarrassing’ moment at D-Day event in France, makes strange claim about Vladimir Putin Hindustan Times
Spook Country
TWITTER FILES Extra: The Defaming of Brandon Straka and #Walkaway Matt Taibbi, The Twitter Files
Antitrust
FTC prepares to sue largest U.S. alcohol distributor, alleging ‘secret kickbacks’ CNBC
Digital Watch
AI anime flood – An infringement investigation of 90,000 images Nikkei Asia
OpenAI to buy electricity from CEO Sam Altman’s nuclear fusion side hustle The Register
Understanding the real threat generative AI poses to our jobs Blood in the Machine
The Bezzle
UnitedHealth CEO Sold $5.6 Million in Shares the Same Day as Ransomware Attack HealthCare Uncovered (antidlc).
Boeing
Thruster glitches and helium leaks can’t stop Boeing’s Starliner astronaut test flight — but why are they happening? Space.com
Supply Chain
Aluminum at epicenter of US reshoring efforts with renewable energy twist S&P Global
Groves of Academe
Columbia Law Review Is Back Online After Students Threatened Work Stoppage Over Palestine Censorship The Intercept
Class Warfare
Surveillance pricing Cory Doctorow, Pluralistic
What one man learned living alone in the wilderness for 40 years WaPo
How complex systems fail Richard Cook (2002).
Antidote du jour (JJ Harrison):
Bonus antidote:
i probably check the page 10x a day for updates. he went from grumbling about how he hates cats to posting picture slideshows, taking her to the vet, laundromat, grocery store, buying every conceivable toy/scratcher/accessories/treats for her. it’s been 11 days
— big challenges (@pududeer) May 23, 2024
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
