Elephants have names — and they use them with each other Vox. Original.
Not All Earthworms Are Cool Ambrook Research
IMF: Dollar’s “stealth erosion” in global reserves by other currencies BNE Intellinews
Weaponisation of the FATF Standards: A Guide for Global Civil Society (PDF) RUSI. FATF = Financial Action Task Force.
Climate
The biggest banks are financing climate chaos Climate and Capitalism. Original.
Fires in Brazil wetlands surge to record start in 2024 Reuters
They Shut Grandma’s Power Off… For Your Safety. The Hotshot Wake Up
How battery-swap networks are preventing emergency blackouts MIT Technology Review
World faces ‘staggering’ oil glut by end of the decade, energy watchdog warns FT
Business owners are buying into a bogus myth about driving Vox
Water
Water inequality on the Colorado River High Country News
Syndemics
USDA reports more H5N1 detections in mice and cats Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
The Dairy Industry Must Act Faster to Keep H5N1 from Starting a Human Epidemic Scientific American
No one wants another pandemic—but bird flu has already flown the coop Fortune. Handy chart:
We Are Not Safe from Bird Flu Until We Protect Farm Workers Time
People Gave Up on Flu Pandemic Measures a Century Ago When They Tired of Them – and Paid a Price Michigan Medicine. From 2021, still germane.
Roche respiratory test receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization (press release) Select Science
China?
China’s Economic Growth Is Good, Actually J.W. Mason
How Economic Talks With China Can Advance U.S. Interests Lawfare
China’s strong iron ore imports contrast with weak steel output Hellenic Shipping News
Was the CIA Director Recently in Phnom Penh? The Diplomat
Syraqistan
Israel and Hamas trade jabs over Gaza ceasefire proposal CNN
Illegal Israeli settlers storm into Al-Aqsa Mosque complex to mark Jewish holiday Anadolu Agency
European Disunion
The great EU top jobs puzzle is nearly solved Politico. The deck: “Too quick to be true? A strangely rapid consensus is emerging around the EU Top 4: Von der Leyen, Costa, Metsola and Kallas.”
France’s Republicans leader wants to form ‘alliance’ with Le Pen’s NR Al Jazeera
France: Back to Dreyfus? Vichy? No Exit From Its Fraught History? The American Prospect
Denmark recalls Korean ramen for being too spicy BBC
Dear Old Blighty
In charts: the legacy of 14 years of Conservative rule FT
The Tories’ election policy positions, tracked Politico
Jeremy Corbyn hits back after Labour attacks Sky News
New Not-So-Cold War
Court of Zelensky rocked by aide’s ‘thirst for power’ Times of London. From last week, still germane.
Ukrainian serviceman comes back to dancing stage after losing his leg on front line – photos Ukrainska Pravda
Why Ukraine should open its land market to EU citizens and how it will affect the country European Pravda
Ukraine could launch ‘terror campaign bombing schools’ if Russia wins war Express
G7 to create Ukraine aid fund using income from frozen Russian assets Nikkei Asia
Russian vessels conduct missile drills in Atlantic on way to Cuba Al Jazeera
SITREP 6/11/24: Roundup of Hottest Developments Simplicius the Thinker(s)
Preparing the U.S. Cyber Force for Extended Conflict U.S. Naval Institute
Global Elections
Do scientists make good presidents? How five national leaders performed Nature
Biden Administration
New Biden administration rule would ban medical debt from credit reports 19th Hole
How the IRS went soft on billionaires and corporate tax cheats International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Commentary:
Senior civil officials at the IRS do not want to audit big business. Trump’s Schedule F idea should be adopted by Biden. https://t.co/ghiSWy2zzn
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) June 11, 2024
Digital Watch
Apple rains on the AI hype cycle Politico
Silicon Valley’s False Prophet Ed Zitron, Where’s Your Ed At?
Snowflake apparently has a big cybersecurity problem but auditor PwC never warned anyone Francine McKenna
Substack Q&A: Jonathan Haidt’s “Anxious Generation” (interview) Racket News
Antitrust
US regulators have vertical integration in their sights FT
Healthcare
Implications of food ultra-processing on cardiovascular risk considering plant origin foods: an analysis of the UK Biobank cohort The Lancet. From the Abstract: “The dietary contribution of plant-sourced non-UPF inversely linked to CVD risk, while plant-sourced [Ultra-Processed Food (UPF)] contribution showed a positive association. Recognizing the role of food processing is crucial for favourable CVD outcomes, even in plant-sourced diets.”
Americans Are Hiring People in the Philippines to Help Them Find Adderall 404 Media
Dozens of CVS Generic Drug Recalls Expose Link to Tainted Factories Bloomberg
Four Tops singer’s lawsuit says he visited ER for chest pain, ended up in straitjacket STAT
Zeitgeist Watch
‘A woman should cast off her shame together with her clothes’: What women in ancient times really thought about sex BBC
Boeing
Boeing’s Urgent Mission: Training Thousands of Rookies to Safely Build an Airplane Wall Street Journal
Imperial Collapse Watch
US Court Hears Appeal in US Genocide Complicity Case Consortium News
Guillotine Watch
The Titan Submersible Disaster Shocked the World. The Exclusive Inside Story Is More Disturbing Than Anyone Imagined Wired
Class Warfare
HOISTED FROM THE ARCHIVES: Marx Was Wrong for His Day, But Is He Wrong for Ours? Brad DeLong, Grasping Reality
Notice Of Absence – Update Moon of Alabama
Antidote du jour (Andreas Trepte):
Bonus antidote:
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
