TikTok trending question about ‘being stuck in a forest’ with ‘a man or a bear’ yields strategic tips FOX
A Random Walk Dodging Disaster on Wall Street John Authers, Bloomberg
Climate
Climate emissions from air travel 50 per cent higher than reported Norwegain SciTech
Alarming map shows American South sea levels rapidly rising Daily Mail
New MSU research: Are carbon-capture models effective? (press release) University of Michigan
The World’s Hunger for Salmon Is Linked to an Ecological Disaster Bloomberg
UK banks will go bust because of climate change Funding the Future
The Iron Farm Bill Phenomenal World
Water
In “Western Water A to Z” the Dolores River shows region’s water issues in microcosm Colorado Sun
Pandemics
Peru – Lima High Court declares COVID-19 an occupational disease for all workers COVID-19 Litigation
Hundreds of patients died after catching COVID in Victorian hospitals, new data shows ABC Australia. “Let me see you smile!”
This May Be Our Last Chance to Halt Bird Flu in Humans, and We Are Blowing It Zeynep Tufekci, NYT
Unsuccessful Versus Successful Covid Strategies Yaneer Bar-Yam, New England Complex Systems Institute. From 2020, still germane [bangs head on desk].
Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Found on ISS Mutating to Become Functionally Distinct NASA
China?
China’s provinces trim thousands of government jobs to spend more on Beijing’s science and control priorities South China Morning Post
Dmitri Alperovitch on the New Cold War with China (excerpt) Michael Isikoff, SpyTalk
At this sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle E-waste Associated Press (MN).
Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heat wave roasts Southeast Asia Phys.org
Syraqistan
Houthi weapons have range for East Med Sea attack threat Seatrade Maritime
Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended. Israel vows military operation in ‘very near future’ AP
Some 100,000 people evacuating from east Rafah, Israeli army says France24
Scoop: U.S. put a hold on an ammunition shipment to Israel Axios
Rough Weather Forces US to Delay Opening of Gaza Aid Pier Maritime Executive. Meanwhile:
This is the queue of humanitarian aid trucks stuck on the Egyptian side of the Gaza border, blocked by the Israeli military. This is the day after the head of UN Food Programme stated there is “full blown famine in Northern Gaza moving its way South” pic.twitter.com/Sa7X1hTK2f
— Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) May 5, 2024
Israeli authorities raid Al Jazeera after shutdown order Reuters
Yet more hasbara from California’s Zionist rich:
Billionaire Zionist @sherylsandberg is confronted with a @TheGrayzoneNews takedown of the report she cites to bolster the narrative of her propaganda doc alleging mass r*pe by Hamas on Oct 7
Sandberg tacitly admits that she interviewed zero survivors, claiming without evidence… pic.twitter.com/Xa7W840QOJ
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) May 4, 2024
Dumb as a stump:
Both Romney and Blinken take for granted that “we” should be doing Israel’s “PR.” Blinken then admits “we” have failed because people can see the truth on social media, which breaks their narrative control. Romney then says that’s why they’re banning TikTok.
Bipartisan… https://t.co/xptMzeYiVO
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) May 5, 2024
Yet more censorship:
There has been a robust 24/7 protest outside Tony Blinken’s house for months. It’s fascinating it has gotten *zero* coverage.
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) May 4, 2024
Ecocide: Israel’s systematic destruction of Palestinian agriculture revealed Anadolu Agency
Top Secret: In a 2018 letter, Netanyahu asks Qatar to fund Hamas Ynet
European Disunion
Macron Again Struts Feathers, NATO Troop Paranoia, & More Simplicius the Thinker(s)
Dear Old Blighty
Starmer is setting out to be a man who does not rise to the challenges Funding the Future
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine should seize initiative on battlefield as soon as possible – ISW Ukrainka Pravda
OPINION: Ukraine Doing Much Better on the Front Than It’s Being Given Credit For Kyiv Post
Pentagon races to prop up Ukraine’s hard-fighting 47th Mechanized Brigade that’s exhausted, report says Business Insider
Ukraine War: ‘If we go home, a lot of inexperienced soldiers will die’ BBC
Rheinmetall plans to send Ukraine hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds before year-end Ukrinform
Bondholders to Push Ukraine to Resume Debt Payments After Hiatus WSJ
Global Elections
‘Destruction of jobs’: India election turns spotlight on a dream gone sour Al Jazeera
Biden Administration
‘Everything’s on fire’: Inside the nation’s failure to safeguard toxic pipelines Politico
Antitrust
Wow, I dunno:
For this week’s monopoly round-up, I’m asking the question. What happens if Google actually loses its search antitrust case? A judge will have to figure out how to boss around a $2 trillion global goliath. We’ve never seen anything like that before. https://t.co/VdyXiqPndR
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) May 6, 2024
B-a-a-a-d Banks
The CEO Who Hired His Wife, Gave His Dog a Title, and Brought Down a Bank WSJ
South Korea finds illegal stock short sales by seven more banks Channel News Asia
Groves of Academe
Why Did My College Call the Police on Me? Chronicle of Higher Education. The deck: “Nobody is any danger on our comfortable campus, except from the administration.” See, there’s your problem.
UCLA announces new campus safety office after violent protests The Hill. Yeah, maybe they can start by getting the Zionists not to throw live mice into the encampments. Animal abuse is never a good sign.
NYC Mayor Smeared a Grandmother as an “Outside Agitator” to Justify NYPCD Assault on Columbia The Intercept
Stupidest timeline:
Honestly, I didn’t think our society could get more asinine, but watching a cop hold up an Oxford book on the subject of terrorism as proof of terrorism on a college campus is truly, is truly one of the dumbest things I’ve seen in my entire life. pic.twitter.com/vZEcrNwfVq
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) May 4, 2024
Digital Watch
AI priest avatar gets the chop in first week of digital ministry Catholic Herald. No cases of abuse, one hopes.
An AI tool used in thousands of criminal cases is facing legal challenges NBC
Meta AI falsely claims lawmakers were accused of sexual harassment City and State
GM-Backed Self-Driving Firm Momenta Said to File for IPO in US Bloomberg. Maybe the Chinese can make robot cars work. I doubt it.
Our Famously Free Press
Twitch streamers become go-to news source for campus protest coverage Taylor Lorenz, WaPo
We Need To Rewild The Internet NOEMA
Healthcare
A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her. ProPublica
Zeitgeist Watch
The Sci-Fi Writer Who Invented Conspiracy Theory The Atlantic
How a Texas-based think tank upended Florida’s homelessness strategy Orlando Sentinel
Class Warfare
Shawn Fain: May Day 2028 Could Transform the Labor Movement—and the World In These Times. Fain: “A general strike isn’t going to happen on a whim. It’s not going to happen over social media. A successful general strike is going to take time, mass coordination, and a whole lot of work by the labor movement.”
An Oil Price-Fixing Conspiracy Caused 27% of All Inflation Increases in 2021 Matt Stoller, BIG. Prices rise because firms raise them.
The rise of Sweden’s super rich BBC
The Evolution Of Revolution indi.ca
Snake Oil, Vitamins, And Self-Help 3 Quarks Daily. All for self-help. But…
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