We’ve Hit Peak Denial. Here’s Why We Can’t Turn Away From Reality Scientific American
The Worm Charmers Oxford American
Climate
Big Oil’s Plan To Criminalize Pipeline Protests Exposed by CMD
River defender group says it will sue over Thornton pipeline being built through Larimer County Colorado Sun
More than 550 hajj pilgrims die in Mecca as temperatures exceed 50C Guardian
Havin’ a heat wave:
The latest regarding the intense Midwest to Northeast heat wave, which will usher in dangerous and long duration heat this week. pic.twitter.com/6bJRw6JFJ7
— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) June 17, 2024
You Have Every Reason to Avoid Breathing Wildfire Smoke The Atlantic
Why Americans are not buying more EVs FT
Syndemics
Avian flu spread in cows not being tracked, posing greater risk of human transmission Politico
The impacts of long COVID across OECD countries OECD. Commentary:
Looks like we have an initial quantitative estimate of the culpability of public health and infection control leaders for their very big mistake in failing to act on aerosol transmission of COVID, in addition to the enormous number of lives lost directly.https://t.co/WzndbQTe42 pic.twitter.com/ZGiHwfTHz9
— Mark Ungrin (@Mark_Ungrin) June 18, 2024
SARS Cov-2, The World’s Gentlest Bioweapon Anthony J. Leonardi, Easy Chair
China?
Chinese copper glut grows in sign of sluggish economy FT
China’s real estate woes persist Splash 247
Xi calls for all-out flood rescue effort as storms pound southern China Channel News Asia
China fears spark Indian race for cobalt in contested ocean waters Al Jazeera
Why a drone war in Asia would look different from the one in Ukraine The Economist
Syraqistan
Israeli military approves plan for ‘offensive’ in Lebanon FT
In open threat, Hezbollah publishes drone footage of sites in northern Israel Times of Israel. The footage (“Episode 1”):
Commentary:
I have watched the full Hezbollah video again, closely, and it is so outrageous. The level of intelligence and the plethora of high-quality, strategic targets identifiable by picture is staggering. It also means jamming will not help to protect these sites, as drones/missiles…
— Alon Mizrahi (@alon_mizrahi) June 18, 2024
Gaza: ‘At least 7 killed’ as Israel bombs tents near Rafah The New Arab. Commentary:
Threatening Jews is now acceptable — so long as you call them Zionists Forward
We’ve Seen This “Antisemitism Crisis On The Left” Script Before Caitlin Johnstone
Gaza pier to be operational ‘again this week’: Pentagon Anadolu Agency
Muslims: A Global Perspective The Globalist
Dear Old Blighty
Labour suspends candidate over ‘pro-Russian’ post BBC
European Disunion
EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians The Register. Commentary:
EU apparatchiks aim to sneak a terrifying mass surveillance measure into law despite UNIVERSAL public opposition (no thinking person wants this) by INVENTING A NEW WORD for it—”upload moderation”—and hoping no one learns what it means until it’s too late. Stop them, Europe! https://t.co/Ty2vhaeXhK
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) June 18, 2024
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine’s international bond rework derailed as deadline nears Reuters
Ukrainian Parliament allows financing of defence forces units from local budgets Ukrainska Pravda
Russia’s post-war dilemmas in Ukraine Indian Punchline
Joe Biden’s Ukraine Policy is Marching Toward Catastrophe The National Interest
As Putin floats peace terms, US-Ukraine call for prolonged war Aaron Maté
As Zelenskyy rallies more soldiers, some Ukrainians now think talks, not troops, will end the war CBC
WION on the Ukrainian Peace Summit: Conclusions Gilbert Doctorow, Armageddon Newsletter
Fire at drone-hit Russian oil depot rages for second day, emergency services say Reuters
Northrop planning to build munitions inside Ukraine Breaking Defense
Final blow to Chinese ‘neutrality’ on Ukraine war Politico
South of the Border
Venezuela’s Citgo faces imminent ownership transfer amid US court auction BNE Intellinews
Biden Adminstration
Judges Unmoved in Biden Genocide Complicity Case Consortium News
Digital Watch
The Other Big Problem With AI Search What if plagiarism is the whole product? New York Magazine
McDonald’s scraps AI pilot after order mix-ups go viral Al Jazeera
Boeing
Boeing CEO grilled over safety concerns in US Senate hearing France24. Commentary:
This Boeing hearing with CEO David Calhoun is just weird. Every Senator is like ‘what happened you guys suck’ and Calhoun is saying ‘we’re trying super duper hard.’ Calhoun is lying, everyone knows he’s lying, he knows everyone knows he’s lying, and none of it matters.
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) June 18, 2024
NASA and Boeing will discuss Starliner’s delayed ISS departure today, and you can listen live Space.com
Juneteenth
On this day in history, June 19, 1865, the end of slavery is proclaimed in Texas FOX
Labor Day is much worse than Juneteenth Washington Examiner
Healthcare
A UCLA doctor is on a quest to free modern medicine from a Nazi-tainted anatomy book LA Times
Sports Desk
Tributes paid to ‘true giant’ of baseball, Willie Mays BBC
How Team USA became the unexpected darlings of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Al Jazeera
Minnow or never: How Karl Marx can solve world cricket’s income inequality Business Standard
Supply Chain
Increasing US focus on intersection of merchant shipping and national security Seatrade Maritime
Zeitgeist Watch
New road rage law to enact tougher penalties after recent fatal incidents in Utah KUTV
Imperial Collapse Watch
It’s Time to Learn How to Blow Things Up Again Foreign Policy
Class Warfare
Amazon Workers Affiliate with the Teamsters, Next Up Electing Top Officers Labor News
Toby Shone and the spectre of ‘anarchist terror’ The Anarchist Library
How couples meet and assortative mating in Canada (press release) Journal of Marriage and Family
‘Manufacturing Obituaries’: Media Falsely Reports Noam Chomsky’s Death Common Dreams. Commmentary:
A week ago, the New Statesman asked me to write a piece on “the Chomsky I have come to know”. Two days later, Jacobin, another magazine, wrongly reported that Noam had passed. Without my knowledge or consent, the New Statesman edited & published my piece as an obituary.… https://t.co/JvnbOjctzj
— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) June 19, 2024
Antidote du jour (Toby Hudson):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
