Louisiana man jumps into Busch Gardens alligator pit in mindless bid for social media clout, gets busted by cops New York Post
Octopuses tweak the RNA in their brains to adjust to warmer and cooler waters NPR
Mass 19th century ‘vampire grave’ found during roadworks The First News
Insomnia Symptoms Tied to Stroke a Decade Later MedPage Today
For Some, Sex Is Better Sleep Aid Than Pill, Small Survey Finds MedPage Today
How to Be a Good Citizen During a Housing Crisis How Things Work
Climate/Environment
EPA sued over pesticide-coated seeds’ ‘devastating impacts’ on US wildlife Guardian
Flash droughts are becoming a bigger threat to crops, water supply, shipping, research says Harvest Public Media
Oil Lobby Pushed Pollution Loophole for Wildfire Smoke The Lever
Canadian Wildfires Trigger Unprecedented Solar Energy Decline OilPrice
Wildfire smoke, COVID-19, and striking comparisons Your Local Epidemiologist
#COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 reinfection: Adding insult to dysfunctional endothelium in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease ScienceDirect
You wanted a controlled study? Here you go. Infected healthy people on purpose. Highlights:
* There are superspreader individuals.
* Severity of symptoms does not indicate infectiousness.
* Mask goes over the nose.
https://t.co/IsueBRJCd0 pic.twitter.com/hCQWOWGFbh— T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) June 10, 2023
New York Needs To Find Out Why Its Drivers Keep Hitting Low Bridges Jalopnik
Old Blighty
The end of Boris? Matt Goodwin’s Substack
India
Intergenerational Labour and Just Transition in Coalfields The India Forum
Apple’s biggest gamble isn’t the Vision Pro — it’s India Rest of World
China?
Palestine is ripe for Chinese mediation Indian Punchline
China builds Central Asia infrastructure dominance with new rail plan The Loadstar
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What if China declared a protectionist trade war on the US and the West? South China Morning Post
India, China have expelled nearly all of each other’s journalists amid fraying ties Straits Times
Canadian official investigating Chinese election interference resigns The Hindustan Times
China warns Europe against official ties with Taiwan ahead of minister’s visit Reuters
Poll: Most Europeans support neutrality in US-China conflict Responsible Statecraft
New Not-So-Cold War
“Let’s Try This Again!” Moon of Alabama
A Lancet-3 strike drone lights up a Leopard 2A6 tank:
2/ pic.twitter.com/b5dd7rJm5n
— Will Schryver (@imetatronink) June 10, 2023
Four more Ukrainian Leopard 2 tanks destroyed – Moscow RT
Rheinmetall CEO tells of German equipment’s performance in Ukraine Ukrinform “Ukrainians’ reviews of German weapons are very positive.”
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“Ukraine’s phantom Nazis.” Patrick Lawrence, The Scrum
Canada’s Trudeau visits war-time Kyiv, announces military aid Reuters
Peace is not ‘no war’ and derisking has risks: Josep Borrell Straits Times
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The war in Ukraine and the fight over raw materials WSWS
Sons and daughters of Russia’s ‘White Emigration’ are coming back into the fold Gilbert Doctorow
Top 100 foreign companies still working in Russia see profits soar by half in 2022 to $13bn Intellinews
European Natural Gas Demand Drops As Top Economies Slow OilPrice
Nord Stream saboteurs may have used Poland as base of operations, WSJ reports Politico EU
CIA informed Belgium about Ukraine’s role in Nord Stream sabotage – media RT
Will Moscow join the WHO’s digital “health certificate” system? Edward Slavsquat
Syraqistan
US and Iran held ‘proximity’ nuclear talks in Oman: Report The Cradle
Iran claims back $2.7bln previously frozen by Iraq under US sanctions Al Mayadeen
Israeli leaks seen as trying to derail U.S. effort to avoid Iran nuclear escalation Diplomatic, by Laura Rozen
Spook Country
Paranoid Posting The Baffler
Billionaire Biden Donor Bankrolled 2020 Election Social Media Censorship Effort Lee Fang
Biden Administration
Joe Biden allegedly paid $5M by Burisma executive as part of a bribery scheme, according to FBI document Fox News
The US is building factories at a wildly fast rate Insider
2024
Second Trump indictment trips up 2024 GOP rivals Washington Examiner
Trump
The Espionage Act of 1917—under which Donald Trump is currently being indicted—is a draconian law that has been cynically weaponized against whistleblowers and journalists for years, with cases skyrocketing under the Obama Administration.
From Woodrow Wilson to Julian Assange,… pic.twitter.com/avqtaV9eaN
— System Update (@SystemUpdate_) June 9, 2023
Trump lawyer slams ‘two tier system of justice’ that’s seen former president hit by historic federal indictment over classified documents, with feds yet to charge Hunter Biden with any crime Daily Mail.
Bringing this back in light of recent news:
Get a limited-edition But Her Emails hat and support @onwardtogether groups working to strengthen our democracy.https://t.co/4TiUxjmRNY pic.twitter.com/uSofeNjBxy
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 9, 2023
Realignment and Legitimacy
‘I Don’t Want to Violently Overthrow the Government. I Want Something Far More Revolutionary.’ Politico
Democrats en déshabillé
The Democrats’ long wander into the weeds Art Cullen’s Notebook
The Supremes
Here’s a rough estimate of how many people recent SCOTUS rulings might kill Ars Technica
Woke Watch
Why we should abolish ‘Corporate Pride’ once and for all Canadian Dimension
Healthcare
Amid Congressional PBM scrutiny, CVS/Aetna CFO assures investors of continued profits, even at expense of employers and taxpayers HEALTH CARE un-covered
Why don’t millionaires fund medical students? Becker’s Hospital Review
Capitalists hate capitalism Cory Doctorow, Pluralistic
Police State Watch
NO ONE BELIEVES IN COP CITY. SO WHY DID ATLANTA’S CITY COUNCIL FUND IT? The Intercept
Gunz
U.S. Gun Violence in 2021: An Accounting of a Public Health Crisis John Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. One death every 11 minutes.
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
U.S. continues to take DNA samples from asylum seekers at the border Kansas Reflector
AI
How AI is intensifying Israel’s bombardments of Gaza +972 Magazine
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Netflix has already used Machine Learning based on their content library to train an AI to do match cuts. They are very excited about it. pic.twitter.com/gifdktB7wG
— Van (@VanTheBrand) June 9, 2023
Supply Chain
Chemotherapy shortages push cancer centers toward crisis The Hill
Our Famously Free Press
The D-Notice: Very British State Censorship Kit Klarenberg, Kit’s Newsletter
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They should change the name to Democrats Now!
They had on Bush operative Stuart Stevens to talk about what a great and compassionate man George W. Bush was, in contrast to Trump, and didn’t get near the adversarial treatment given to Cornel West:
https://t.co/q0q5zBbM89 pic.twitter.com/odSoXnleC5— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 10, 2023
Class Warfare
$5.2 billion in cargo stuck off West Coast ports in truck and container bottleneck CNBC
As slowdowns continue on West Coast docks, Chamber of Commerce calls on Biden to force through tentative agreement WSWS. Just like with the rail workers. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/06/10/fuoz-j10.html
Jobs at stake as California port terminal upgrades to green technology Reuters
Despite DeSantis’ Anti-Union Law, Florida’s Teachers’ Union Gains 5,000 Members Payday Report
One Metro worker revived 21 riders overdosing on opioids. He’s not alone Los Angeles Times
Michigan bills would give farmers ‘right to repair’ tractors, equipment Bridge Michigan
Sports Desk
The Saudi-PGA Tour Golf Deal Isn’t Going to Happen BIG by Matt Stoller
Antidote du jour (via):
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