Idaho Man Injured and Arrested After Allegedly Kicking a Bison While Drunk in Yellowstone Field and Stream
Pandemics
Texas Veterinarian Helped Crack the Mystery of Bird Flu in Cows Time. The story beneath the headline is not the heroic individual, but that potentially exposed people are refusing testing (a result of the collapse of the of the public health establisment + libertarianism). As a result, we have no idea of how far tranmission has spread (and we aren’t taking measures according to the Precautionary Principle, either).
The bird flu is uncontrolled, and it keeps showing up in the scariest places MSNBC
‘Sluggish’ flu vaccine uptake has experts worried Dermatology Republic. Australia.
New SARS-CoV-2 KP.2 variant defies vaccines with higher spread, study warns News Medical
China?
Rural Chinese workers become unlikely livestreamers amid slowing economy, fewer prospects Channel News Asia
China’s migrant workforce getting older as pay rises lag behind general population South China Morning Post
China’s C919 passes ‘deep level’ post-flight safety tests, ramps up rivalry with embattled Boeing South China Morning Post
Scientist who gave world the Covid sequence is locked out of his lab by Chinese Telegraph
Over 40% of Americans now see China as an enemy, a five-year high, a Pew report finds CNBC
Philippines summons China envoy over water cannon attack Channel News Asia
Myanmar
China launches sea trial of its largest-ever aircraft carrier Anadolu Agency
A sanctioned strongman and the ‘fall’ of Myanmar’s Myawaddy Al Jazeera
Japan will use AI to find out what bears do in the woods The Register
India
‘Fairly Confident R&AW Ex-Chief Was Fully in Picture’: Gerry Shih on Pannun Murder Plot The Wire
Syraqistan
House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war AP. Commentary:
H.R.6090 – Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023 Congress.gov. Key passage:
Working definition of antisemitism IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance). Key passage:
But here we are!
Reject Definitions of Antisemitism that Encompass Protected Speech ACLU
What Is Wrong with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Definition of Antisemitism? Res Publica. From 2022, still germane.
How a Leading Definition of Antisemitism Has Been Weaponized Against Israel’s Critics The Nation. From 2023, still germane.
Antisemitism and Zionism: The Internal Operations of the IHRA Definition Middle East Critique
Labour should ditch the IHRA working definition of antisemitism altogether Open Democracy Readers will recall that Parliamentary Labour, the press, the spooks, and the Israeli Embassy used the IHRA to take down Corbyn.
Israel’s Far-right Minister Smotrich Calls for ‘No Half Measures’ in the ‘Total Annihilation’ of Gaza Haaretz
Jewish Anti-Zionists Fight Slander Against Their Pro-Palestinian Advocacy The Maple
The Council on Foreign Relations, the Israel Lobby, and the War on Gaza Monthly Review
For Whom Do Biden and Blinken Work? The American Conservative
Biden administration ‘ignoring US laws’ on arms transfers to Israel: Ex-senior official France24
European Disunion
More than 120,000 take part in May Day protests across France, dozens arrested France24
US deliberately provokes crisis on European continent Infobrics
Live Pro-Palestinian mobilizations: Sciences Po Paris organizes an internal debate on the war in Gaza, the Lille campus closed (Google translate) C-News
New Not-So-Cold War
Putin’s crushing new offensive could be the end of Ukraine Independent
Ukraine Retreats From Villages on Eastern Front as It Awaits U.S. Aid NYT
In Western Ukraine, a Community Wrestles With Patriotism or Survival NYT
How Globalization Rose and Fell With Nord Stream Foreign Policy
US sanctions 31 China-based companies over Russia Anadolu Agency
Ukraine Introduces AI-Generated Spokesperson For Foreign Ministry NDTV. Next, the trenches!
Protests erupt in Georgia as parliament passes ‘foreign influence’ bill Anadolu Agency
Global Elections
Missing in action: How two key parties in India’s largest state collapsed Al Jazeera
Is the ‘Modi Again in 2024′ Script Going Awry? The Wire
The Caribbean
The unexpected announcement of a prime minister divides Haiti’s newly created transitional council FOX
Biden Administration
Potatoes retain USDA classification as vegetable, not grain, in bipartisan effort FOX
Antitrust
Message to Congress on Curbing Monopolies Franklin D. Roosevelt. April 29, 1938.
Groves of Academe
UCLA encampment:
Pro-Israel counter-protesters attempt to storm encampment, sparking violence Daily Bruin
I’m a UCLA professor. Why didn’t the administration stop last night’s egregious violence? Forward
Strike Authorization Vote Announcement UAW 4811. “Last night, an armed group of counter-protesters attacked the Palestine Solidarity encampment at UCLA, hitting protesters including members of UAW 4811with sticks, spraying them with bear spray, and pelting them with bottles and fireworks.”
Israeli pro boxer identified as assailant intimidating UCLA protestors in video Sports Politika
Jessica Seinfeld and Bill Ackman Fund Pro-Israel Counterprotests at Colleges Daily Beast
Cal Poly Humboldt encampment:
[Update 4:38 A.M.: Live Stream From the Campus] Arrests of Students at Cal Poly Humboldt as Law Enforcement Pours Onto Campus (video) Redheaded Blackbelt
Digital Watch
Google Search results polluted by buggy AI-written code frustrate coders The Register. Autocoprophagy proceeding more rapidly than even I imagined.
Google lays off hundreds of ‘Core’ employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico CNBC
The $21 billion influencer industry has an ad fraud problem Business Insider. Wow, good thing I was already sitting down.
STATEMENT: Colorado lawmakers approve broad, nation-leading Right to Repair law PIRG
Zeitgeist Watch
Deliveroo rider Jenniffer Rocha who bit off thumb seen working after conviction BBC
Apocalypse Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Literary Review
Class Warfare
Should Billionaires Exist? Robert Reich
The Age of Cloud Capital Yanis Varoufakis, Persuasion
Thousands of mysterious jellyfish-like creatures wash up on California shores FOX
Antidote du jour (via):
Bonus antidote (desert dog). I hope this works; may take a clickthrough:
Tilford the turtle video
Desert dog writes: “May Day surprise! Tilford the turtle comes out for a feeding for the 19th year. It’s springtime in Missouri and he came for a snack after a long winter sleep.”
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
