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‘Unbelievable big tortoise,’ believed extinct, confirmed alive within the Galápagos PhysOrg (furzy). Good-looking!
Polar Bears and Grizzlies Hold Mating and Might Evolve Into New Species Newsweek (resilc)
Gentle Air pollution Can Intervene With Butterfly Migration Treehugger (resilc)
The Earth strikes far beneath our toes: A brand new research exhibits that the interior core oscillates PhysOrg (Kevin W)
Japan Is Dropping a Gargantuan Turbine Into The Ocean to Harness ‘Limitless’ Vitality Science Alert (Chuck L, David L)
AI Skilled on 4Chan Turns into ‘Hate Speech Machine’ Vice
Professors Warn That Creeps Would possibly Begin Stealing DNA From Celebs For Darkish Functions Futurism
Superworms Succesful Of Munching By Plastic Waste Eurasia Overview
The age of outbreaks: Specialists warn of extra animal illness threats France24 (resilc)
#COVID-19
Science/Drugs
The consequences of contracting Covid-19 on cognitive failures at work: implications for activity efficiency and turnover intentions Nature (Dr. Kevin)
A Detrimental COVID Take a look at Has By no means Been So Meaningless Atlantic (resilc)
BA5 has switched tropism once more to make use of TMPRSS2. It’s like a viral yo-yo. Right here’s what Delta, BA1 and BA5 appear to be in cells with TMPRSS2 when uncovered to positives samples and left for 3 days. pic.twitter.com/Hr3Hcu7FUC
— Stuart Turville (@StuartTurville) June 10, 2022
So to recap: 20% of the airline business’s workforce being too fatigued to work and pilots being pressured to fly whereas fatigued is the brand new 🤩regular🤩. And hey, at the very least masks are optionally available on flights and that’s clearly our largest and most essential precedence. 🤡
Godspeed all.
— Dr. Lisa Iannattone (@lisa_iannattone) June 10, 2022
Lengthy Covid is round 10-25% or extra of infections
Due to this fact the T cell dysfunction is HUGELY related
Way over simply the three% give or take which have extreme sickness with clear t cell mediated hurt
— Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS (@fitterhappierAJ) June 9, 2022
A comparability of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza cytokine storms Information-medical.internet (Kevin W)
US
U.S. demise charges present how politics are affecting public well being STAT
U.S. to drop COVID testing for incoming worldwide air vacationers Reuters (BC)
Local weather/Setting
‘It wiped us out’: historical past of US forest mismanagement followers the flames of catastrophe Guardian (furzy)
An enormous Atlantic ocean present is slowing down. If it collapses, La Niña may grow to be the norm for Australia ZMEScience (Dr. Kevin)
An Oil Spill Shut Down a Nice Lakes Delivery Route, however You Most likely Didn’t Hear About It Gizmodo (David L)
India water: Tons of jostle to succeed in effectively BBC (resilc)
China?
China attracts safety crimson line to US at protection ministers’ longer-than-expected first assembly World Occasions
Patrick Lawrence: Will Biden Provoke Battle with China? ScheerPost (fk)
Brexit
With the NI Protocol row about to re-ignite, I’ve up to date my ‘Brexiter excuses, myths and lies concerning the NIP’ web page: https://t.co/H7UVT4xYy6 https://t.co/8mYVr3KPHx
— Chris Gray 🇺🇦 (@chrisgreybrexit) June 10, 2022
The odd and worrying state of affairs of the authorized recommendation on the Northern Eire Protocol David Allan Inexperienced (guurst)
And there are additional potential issues coming in January 2023, from when holders of EASA pilot and upkeep engineer licenses will not be permitted to work for UK firms or function UK-registered plane: https://t.co/u8o0Xo73sc https://t.co/ObRh6JoAVQ
— Chris Gray 🇺🇦 (@chrisgreybrexit) June 10, 2022
Outdated Blighty
‘Worse than half-baked’: Johnson’s meals technique fails to deal with price or local weather Guardian (Kevin W)
New Not-So-Chilly Battle
Ukraine’s excessive casualty charge may convey struggle to tipping level Guardian
Washington Begins Blame Sport Over Defeat In Ukraine Moon of Alabama. From mid week, however contains some very revealing excerpts from remarks by former Deputy Commander of the USA European Command Stephen M. Twitty at a panel on the Council of Overseas Relations. Additionally a pleasant shout out to NC!
Since everybody asks “what’s the Russian air pressure doing?” Jacob Dreizin. Necessary dialogue of cruise missiles late within the submit.
Russian Protection Minister Shoigu says land bridge full, which can sign section 3 Odessa The Duran. Good overview. Nevertheless, one caveat. Each Mercouris and Christaforu are satisfied of the need of Russia taking Odessa to fulfill home expectations. The issue is Russia very a lot relies on the continued willingness of China, India, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the World South to see Russia because the much less unhealthy guys up in opposition to hypocritical colonialists and ignore numerous threats from the US and EU, like secondary sanctions. If Russia appears to be like like it’s partaking in a struggle of territorial acquisition, versus protection of the DPR and LPR and possibly populations in Ukraine in danger as a result of friendlies, it’s going to be more durable to enlist assist within the UN. Admittedly Ukraine has completed issues that bolster Russia’s case, like persevering with to shell civilian areas of Donetsk (the excuse it to show the locals in opposition to Russia) and having lower off the contemporary water provide to Crimea (arguing for Russia needing management the sources). I’m unsure how Russia makes a case to the broader world for capturing Odessa.
* * * Briefing by Overseas Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, June 8, 2022 Ministry of Overseas Affairs of the Russian Federation. Seek for “mercenaries” or click on on “Overseas mercenaries in Ukraine” for the Q&A the place Zakharova responds to questions concerning the demise sentences (with appeals exepcted) for 3 mercenaries within the DPR. “Ukraine replace” has some broader background materials.
Izvestia: Can international mercenaries going through demise penalty in Donbass attraction verdict. English abstract of the story per TASS.
Whether or not one agrees with this evaluation or not, it has been the unchanged place of the Russian authorities for the reason that very starting of the struggle: https://t.co/awASXOgrEe
— Russians With Angle (@RWApodcast) June 10, 2022
Ukraine’s silence on the subject of those mercs is noteworthy. They clearly don’t need to have interaction with the DPR/LPR governments, since that might serve to acknowledge them. But when these mercs had any declare to being common troopers, the trial would have made for an ideal bona fide PR, versus propaganda, alternative. Ukraine may have introduced precise and even pretend paperwork publicly and let the protection crew make use of them. John Helmer concurs with my take that the larger fish might be prosecuted within the anticipated struggle crimes trials:
The propaganda perspective that counts at this stage is the home one — to reveal within the Donbass and at house in Russia that these British are certainly small fry, defeated and demoralized ones. Relying on what officers have been captured and what they’re saying, sure, I agree — they are going to be placed on struggle crimes trial in Moscow. The indictment might be planning the assault on Russia for the previous a number of years strategically, and tactically, the operation they supposed earlier than Feb 24.
By opening and shutting the circumstances in opposition to Aislin and Pinner so swiftly, the Russians and DPR are doing Her Britannic Majesty, the Cupboard Workplace and MI6 the favour of not producing (but) all of the proof they’ve given of their interrogations — how they have been recruited, by whom, how they have been paid, what they signed, what contacts they’d with British officers, brokers, active-duty navy, what they did in motion, the place, when, in opposition to whom, and many others. The Dutch regulation grounds for the homicide indictments of Pulatov, Girkin et al. within the MH17 case usually are not forgotten by the Donetsk and Lugansk coroners, prosecutors and others concerned within the restoration of the victims and the next falsification of all of the proof, together with the postmortem proof. Then there may be the legality of the British dealing with of the 2 Skripals — denial of consular entry, fabrication of proof, and many others. Fairly a rules-based dysfunction.
* * * How Monsters Who Beat Jews To Dying in 1944 Turned America’s Favourite “Freedom Fighters” in 1945—with a Little Assist from their Pals at CIA CoverAction. Scott Ritter has mentioned this sordid historical past, however solely on the 3-4 minute of element degree. Good to see this specified by gory element.
Russian propaganda efforts aided by pro-Kremlin content material creators, analysis finds NBC. Lambert: “Analysis my ass.” Whacks Eva Bartlett, Patrick Lancaster, and Gonzalo Lira.
Assembly with younger entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists Kremlin. The Putin speak the place his point out of Peter the Nice (following his for much longer dialogue of nationwide sovereignity) appears to be like to have been mightily distorted by the Western media.
* * * Russia’s central financial institution cuts rates of interest to prewar degree Related Press (Kevin W)
Russia’s new McDonald’s reveals emblem earlier than relaunch AlJazeera (resilc)
Truly not fairly since Ukraine’s wheat just isn’t sufficient to make a dent in international meals shortages, and it may be exported simply high quality by rail. Nonetheless:
#Banderastan #Ukraine won’t demine Odessa Port to export grain
All you could know concerning the “meals disaster” pic.twitter.com/4htlcRwWnK— amin dada Trần Hưng Đạo Up yourz (@kambrone64) June 9, 2022
‘I’m attempting to maintain my @*#% collectively’: Being a surrogate mum in Ukraine Sydney Morning Herald (skippy)
* * * Russian Overseas Minister Lavrov: “We’re nonetheless open to dialogue, however it takes two to tango, and up to now our Western companions have been doing breakdancing, alone.” pic.twitter.com/jjRePZrXsT
— Russians With Angle (@RWApodcast) June 10, 2022
Russia’s Duma mulls revoking recognition of Lithuanian independence LRT (Dr. Kevin). Not that I’ve been preserving shut tabs on Lithuania, however this probably contributed: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1097911440/lithuania-russia-terrorism-genocide-ukraine
Syraqistan
The Settler-Safety Regulation No Israeli Authorities Can Survive With out — a deeper look into on the laws that Israeli is in search of to resume – & broaden – to take care of & deepen de facto annexation of West Financial institution & apartheid regimehttps://t.co/4CD5T9cFIv
— Lara Friedman (@LaraFriedmanDC) June 9, 2022
Imperial Collapse Watch
Washington’s Failed Push for Anti-Russian World Consensus American Conservative (Kevin W)
Congress Ramps Up Efforts to Improve $813 Billion Navy Price range for 2023 AntiWar
Latest string of lethal navy crashes isn’t any accident Accountable Statecraft (resilc)
1/6
6 takeaways from the Jan. 6 committee’s first prime-time listening to Seattle Occasions (furzy)
‘Comes Throughout as a Cult Man’: The Pennsylvania Candidate Freaking Out Each the Left and the Proper Politico (resilc)
Our No Longer Free Press
It’s been over two days since I appealed my fully random and inexplicable Youtube suspension for unknown violations beneath bracket of “spam/misleading practices”. I’ve nonetheless not heard something again & am nonetheless locked out @Google_Comms @youtube @YouTubeCreators @teamyoutube
— Izabella Kaminska (@izakaminska) June 11, 2022
Gunz
Fb permits 10 strikes earlier than booting gun sellers from platform: report The Hill
What Rising Up in Rural Germany Taught Me about Weapons ReasontobeCheerful. Resilc: “However we stay in USA USA. We like killin’ injuns, runaway slaves and fifth graderzzzzz.”
Provide Chain/Inflation
Why are nuclear energy building prices so excessive? Half I ConstructionPhysics. Resilc: “$8-9 diesel provides up.”
Inflation rose 8.6% in Might, highest since 1981 CNBC (Kevin W)
Inflation Hits New Forty-Yr Excessive on Broad Worth Positive factors Wall Avenue Journal
Valuation Trauma Is Refusing to Finish for S&P 500 in Free Fall Bloomberg
US staff communicate out as Might inflation hits 8.6 %, rips family budgets WSWS
Meta Scrutinizing Sheryl Sandberg’s Use of Fb Sources Over A number of Years Wall Avenue Journal
Class Warfare
Why Farmers Are Getting Priced Out of the Hudson Valley New York Occasions (resilc)
Cooking Robots Can Replicate Your Recipes, Present “Restaurant-as-a-Service” Core77 (resilc)
Antidote du jour. How I usually really feel! From Steve C:
This picture was captured by Tyler Bronstein who presently resides on Haight Avenue in SF. Contemplating that it/’s an “formally western banned” Russian Blue Feline (that will very effectively have clandestine ties with its ‘mom’ nation), I believed that this picture would possibly effectively have a little bit of satirical political content material in addition to simply being an awesome cat picture.
And a bonus (Wayne W):
Sisterly Licks from Sidney Weinstein on Vimeo.
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
