Balloons detect mysterious sounds in the stratosphere below the human hearing limit. Scientists can’t explain. Business Insider
Saturn reclaims ‘moon king’ title with 62 newfound satellites, bringing total to 145 Space
Climate/Environment
Fire Risk in Canada’s Oil Heartland Surges Over Hot Weekend Bloomberg
‘We are a skeleton crew out here’: UCP cuts led to disastrous Alberta wildfire situation The Narwhal
GLOBAL CLIMATE REPORT: See the April 2023 Global Significant Climate Events Map and learn more about worldwide climate conditions: https://t.co/ngCtZ790X2 #StateOfClimate pic.twitter.com/t45uHz6m5b
— NOAA NCEI (@NOAANCEI) May 13, 2023
Water
California fights to save city, prison in peril from rising Tulare Lake floodwaters LA Times
#COVID-19
Risk of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with pre-coronavirus disease obstructive sleep apnea diagnoses: an electronic health record-based analysis from the RECOVER initiative Sleep
CDC just updated state pediatric death certificate counts
Great Infection is the period where over fifty million children were infected against their will with a BSL-3 vascular superpathogen — so that their parents got back to work pic.twitter.com/eZ2SEQgVON
— Gregory Travis. Make schools #DavosSafe (@greg_travis) May 13, 2023
Just days after retracting their statement that patients couldn’t ASK for provider masking—a violation of patient civil rights—now Mass General tells patients they MUST TRUST MassGen providers to DECIDE FOR THEM. Patronizing. Sorry, you lost trust.
Numbers to call:
1/ pic.twitter.com/fbFx9Xuq1f
— Yaneer Bar-Yam @yaneerbaryam@forall.social (@yaneerbaryam) May 13, 2023
Drug-resistant ringworm reported in US for first time; community spread likely Ars Technica
La belle France
Macron vs the French Workers – who is winning? The Left Berlin
India
Modi’s ruling BJP voted out in key Indian state of Karnataka Dawn
China?
Sullivan, top Chinese official meet to move ‘beyond’ spy balloon incident The Hill
Wang-Sullivan meeting opens window for breaking China-US diplomatic stalemate but Washington’s sincerity essential for meaningful progress Global Times
EU and US to pledge joint action over China Reuters
Peace march held in Okinawa to call for removal of all U.S. bases The Asahi Shimbun
Unimportant Flying Objects
Hunt for suspected spy balloon as mystery object flies into Polish airspace The Independent
European Disunion
Poland criticises Hungary’s top general for “distorting WWII history” Notes From Poland
Hungary’s OTP Bank outraged that Ukraine listed it as international sponsor of war Daily News Hungary
New Not-So-Cold War
Zelensky, in private, plots bold attacks inside Russia, leak shows Washington Post. “…Ukraine’s leader has proposed going in a more audacious direction — occupying Russian villages to gain leverage over Moscow, bombing a pipeline that transfers Russian oil to Hungary, a NATO member, and privately pining for long-range missiles to hit targets inside Russia’s borders…”. An interestingly timed release from the Discord leaks. Not paywalled.
Zelensky receives assurances from Italian leaders ahead of meeting with Pope The Independent
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Ukraine Uses 2 Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles, 1 US-Made Decoy Missile – LPR Sputnik
Russia ‘Shot Down’ Scores Of ‘Storm Shadow’ Cruise Missiles In Syria Using BUK & TOR Missile System – Military Expert The EurAsian Times
‘Moving forward’: Ukraine claims gains on Bakhmut front Al Jazeera
Russia Advance, 20 Bldngs Left; Ukr Flank Attacks, Storm Shadow Strikes; Egypt, S.Africa Defy US (video) Alexander Mercouris, YouTube.
According to Russian Sources today has been the Worst Day in Decades for the Russian Air Force with 2 Mi-8 Transport Helicopters, 1 Su-34 Fighter/Bomber, and 1 Su-35 Air-Defense Fighter being Shot Down over the Bryansk Region of Western Russia by what is claimed to have been… pic.twitter.com/bkStfvQCDf
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) May 13, 2023
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They Are Propagandizing For Nazis But Won’t Tell You That Moon of Alabama
US Backs Effort to Document Ukraine Damages for Reparations Kyiv Post
Germany to send Ukraine €2.7 billion military aid package Deutsch Welle
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China, Russia to accelerate grain corridor project Asia Times
Egypt ignored US requests to block Russian flights – media RT
US ambassador apologizes for remarks about South African arms supply to Russia: Foreign Ministry Anadolu Agency
Germany investigating claims which say Russia received arms from South Africa; vows to ‘act accordingly’ Firstpost
Is Lukashenko dead? Intellinews
Erdoğan throws support behind Russia after Kılıçdaroğlu’s claim of interference in Turkish elections Duvar
Twitter Blocks Content In Turkey One Day Before National Election Forbes
Syraqistan
Gaza cease-fire agreement reached between Israel, Islamic Jihad Al Monitor
Pakistanis still unable to access social media after PTA lifts curbs on internet Dawn
South of the Border
Honduras will ‘soon’ launch trade talks with China as ties deepen Reuters
General who captured ‘Che’ Guevara buried without honors AP
Biden Administration
Biden Is Letting Think Tanks and Dodgy Foreign Funders Get Cozy Again The New Republic
Hunter Biden Tried to Hide Foreign Business Deal from Wife, Emails Reveal Newsweek
You can’t make this up – Biden replaced the policy page on his website where he promised to cancel student debt with a page asking us to give him more money instead. pic.twitter.com/ct74MDlD63
— Holding Biden Accountable (From The Left) (@WaitingOnBiden) May 12, 2023
Secretary Mayorkas Remarks at a White House Press Briefing Ahead of the Lifting of the Title 42 Public Health Order DHS (Li). Mayorkas: “Since there are businesses around this country that are desperate for workers. There are desperate workers looking for jobs, desperate workers in foreign countries that are looking for jobs in the United States, where they can earn money lawfully and send much needed remittances back home.”
Mayorkas Runs U.S. Foreign Policy in the Western Hemisphere The American Conservative (Li)
2024
Ron DeSantis: The Fascist Weirdo Beast of Florida Politics Who Will Never Be President An Injustice!
GOP presidential candidate tells young Iowans US should raise voting age from 18 to 25 USA Today (Li)
GOP Clown Car
The Right’s Assault on Divorce Will Put More Women at Risk Vanity Fair (Kevin)
Police State Watch
Just to remind folks, the original Good Samaritan was not someone known for “stopping criminals.” He was known for selflessly giving aid to an ignored and badly wounded crime victim even though he, as a Samaritan, was a member of a distrusted and even despised group. https://t.co/SPdv2PoSsU
— Stephen Whitty (@StephenWhitty) May 13, 2023
Military-Style Drug War in Tenderloin Sparks Fears That More Drug Users Could Overdose San Francisco Public Press
Obama Legacy
Obama Urged Government Censorship Week Before DHS “Disinformation Governance Board” Launch Public
Can Michelle Obama’s Drinks for Kids Help Tackle Pediatric Obesity? MedPage Today
AI?
The Computers Are Coming For The Wrong Jobs Defector
Hackers Aim to Find Flaws in AI Insurance Journal
Screening Room
The IP Era’s Venture Capital Philosophy Has Poisoned Movies Paste
Imperial Collapse Watch
Defense Spending is Already Way Past $Trillion Andrew Cockburn, Spoils of War
The intoxication of war Chris Hedges, Salon
Supply Chain
As the trucker shortage deepens, some groups are trying to make it easier to become a driver Investigate Midwest
Class Warfare
NAACP urges Oakland teachers to end strike for children’s sake EdSource
Writers Guild Launches “Scab Tracker” Strike – LA Film Permits Down 51% – “Hit Squad” Formed to Shut Down More Production Payday Report
New Study Finds a High Minimum Wage Creates Jobs New York Magazine
The Bezzle
Tesla Recalls Virtually Every Car It Has Sold in China Caixin Global
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