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* * *Bear noticed casually strolling round Arlington at the moment ARLnow (resilc)

Pictures of Christian the Lion Who Lived in London within the Swinging 60s PetaPixel (David L)

Bay Space residents are reporting an inflow in crow ‘assaults,’ however specialists say it’s not what you suppose SFGate (Alex C)

Earlier than Chickens Had been Nuggets, They Had been Revered New York Instances (furzy)

‘Needle spiking’ reviews develop in France, Belgium and Britain Washington Put up (resilc)

Singapore’s dengue ’emergency’ is a local weather change omen for the world CNN. Resilc; “On to Florida.”

#COVID-19

Science/Medication
Find out how to Social Distance in a College Residence Corridor McGill College (resilc)
Determine above of wastewater RNA frequencies for every variant within the Twin Cities from @dhmontgomery
Of not the sweeps in a single metropolis are quicker than international – so the comparability to flu on a world scale isn’t precisely appropriate, however the level stays – this virus adjustments quick
— Michael Mina (@michaelmina_lab) June 5, 2022
Asia
✅For 9 days in a row, China🇨🇳 has had
0⃣ ZERO #COVID19 deaths
0⃣ ZERO #COVID19 deaths
0⃣ ZERO #COVID19 deaths
The worst day was 30 April, when
8⃣5⃣ (eighty-five) deaths occurred.
… 85 within the WORST DAY… pic.twitter.com/ong3PICI0a
— Antonio Caramia (@Antonio_Caramia) June 5, 2022

Monkeypox

Testing bottleneck’ for monkeypox places management in danger, specialists warn STAT (Dr. Kevin)
CDC’s journey advisory on monkeypox: ‘Observe enhanced precautions’ CNN

Local weather/Surroundings

Quick-term repair to fuel disaster is to carry coal crops on-line, Sources Minister Madeleine King says ABC Australia
Lights Out!: Engineering Group Points Warning on Inexperienced Targets The Burkean (guurst)
Because the Nice Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’ New York Instances (furzy)

Boris Johnson Has Solely Delayed the Inevitable Atlantic (resilc)

Platinum Jubilee 2022: Harry and Meghan accused of hypocrisy for flying again in personal jet Each day Mail Iresilc). For what that flight value, they might have purchased all of the seats in first-class in a industrial aircraft.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon Has Proven Find out how to Construct a Radical, Broad Coalition Jacobin (resilc). Wake me up after they train energy.

German industrial orders fall greater than anticipated in April Reuters

Violence in Rural Mexico Ensnares Docs, Inflicting Employee Shortages New York Instances (furzy)

New Not So Chilly Conflict

NATO feedback on nuclear ensures for Russia RT (Kevin W). Wellie, that put the shiv in any peace talks.
Not that there was any hope of negotiations, even placing apart Russia’s effectively warranted mistrust for the Zelensky regime and the US: Biden Works to Extend Ukraine Conflict Craig Murray (hat tip Moon of Alabama). I see a shift in Murray’s posture. He was fairly hostile to Russia earlier than. He’s now encountered the Ukraine propaganda machine.
Lavrov slams some NATO members’ resolution to not let his aircraft into Serbia as unprecedented TASS (guurst). Russia likes its revenge served chilly. Anticipate not less than a tit for tat in some unspecified time in the future.
* * *Lured by reductions, India in talks to double oil imports from Russia’s Rosneft The Print
Iran helps Russia circumvent sanctions through the use of its ‘ghost armada’ to move the Kremlin’s oil, researchers declare Each day Mail
* * *Sviatogorsk, final main milestone in direction of Russian southward advance on Slaviansk, deserted by Ukrainian forces; **HUGE** sea change in final 24 hours in Ukrainian conflict outlook & propaganda—temper turns damaging, resigned to extra unhealthy information, no extra “rah-rah”; quasi-neocon Edward Luttwak throws within the towel, says Russia will win and Donbass ought to have a say in its personal destiny (…..sorry, it’s too late to “hand over” ONLY the Donbass.) Jacob Dreizin. The last word Each day Mail headline….nevertheless it appears like he didn’t add the standard accompanying video.
US Common Stephen Twitty: “AFU casualties might attain 200,000 troops” Google Translate.
Authentic US-Common Stephen Twitty: „Die Verluste der AFU könnten 200.000 Soldaten erreichen“ Linke Zeitung. From the machine translation:
He [Twitty] estimates that 200,000 troopers have mysteriously disappeared from the AFU. “Who is aware of the place they’re at the moment?” – The Common requested. This huge variety of army personnel is solely not on the US authorities’ radar. Both there was a fraudulent mobilization, or worse, they have been defeated. That being stated, the Z Command Yankees hear rather a lot about “Russian casualties,” however the US desires to know the true image, not the propaganda of these arrested….
In Kyiv, nonetheless, one begins to suspect that the White Home is annoyed with the talentless blue and yellow “resistance”. Therefore the troublesome questions: “The place are the 200,000 troopers?” No, the Individuals haven’t any sympathy for the Thunderbirds, however the identical Steven Twitty desires to know what’s going to occur subsequent, so he asks: “What is going to the endgame be like then? ”
In accordance with Kyiv, the precedence now’s to regain “belief” in the US. So what we’d like is a well-publicized victory on the entrance strains. The actual fact is that Washington has introduced Ramstein 3. On June 15, a gathering of protection ministers from 40 NATO nations will happen in Brussels, which, as earlier than, can be organized by Pentagon boss Lloyd Austin. There, the heads of the alliance’s protection businesses will deliberate on what to do subsequent: whether or not to cut back help for the AFU or proceed the battle to the final Ukrainian.
That is truly fairly vital, I’ve been instructed that Bulgaria is the one NATO nation actively manufacturing 152mm ammunition and quite a few different vital gadgets to feed a post-Soviet conflict machine. https://t.co/fDaxiwKTmC
— Armchair Warlord (@ArmchairW) June 7, 2022
* * *Germany Points Dire Warning As Russian Banks Announce Scheme to Launch Frozen Property iEarlGrey, YouTube. Forgive me for not hat-tipping the reader who despatched this on; I did look a bit to attempt to retrace my steps. At 5:04, it discusses a “unhealthy financial institution” scheme, presumably for loans made to corporations from “unfriendly nations” who’re now not paying. Suppose if nothing else loans to all these Western operations in Russia for working capital, working leases, and industrial mortgages. Additionally they must switch any associated liabilities, which I assume means deposits. The article says it’s at “least $17 billion” however that’s the gross, not web publicity and if that is the suitable order of magnitude, not massively consequential.
* * *Russia at the moment at floor stage: additional observations Gilbert Doctorow
An replace of kinds on the Italian Putin record scandal, courtesy DLG, Actuality Czar:
On Ukraine, ‘progressive’ proxy warriors spell catastrophe Aaron Maté (anon in SoCal)
WHOSE SIDE OF THE BAR IS OLAF SCHOLZ ON – RUSSIAN ANECDOTE John Helmer

Syraqistan

Romney, Ossoff name for probe into Shireen Abu Akleh loss of life in West Financial institution Washington Put up (resilc)
FBI seizes retired common’s knowledge associated to Qatar lobbying Related Press (dk). Head of Brookings could also be indicted. Secretary of State Tillerson might also be implicated.
US Blames Iran’s Demand for Sanctions Aid for Nuclear Talks Failing Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
Arrival of Israeli fuel set up reignites Lebanon maritime border dispute France24 (resilc)
Racist roller-coaster off the fucking rails: Israel’s richest politician, former Jerusalem mayor turned MP who’s poised to exchange Netanyahu as chief of the biggest political occasion, calls to arm “1 million” Jewish civilians AKA an anti-Palestinian “Purge” https://t.co/MXUiTGUB36
— David Sheen (@davidsheen) June 4, 2022
Why does the world permit Israel to proceed its oppression of Palestinians? Center East Monitor (resilc)

Large Brother is Watching You Watch

Europol and CIA function knowledge mining within the SWIFT system FM4 (guurst). Authentic: Europol und CIA betreiben Knowledge-Mining im SWIFT-System. Subhead:
European knowledge from the SWIFT monetary transaction system has been provided in bulk by Europol to the US Treasury Division for knowledge mining for years. This knowledge ended up with the CIA.

Imperial Collapse Watch

No less than 12 army bases contaminating water provide with poisonous PFAS Guardian (resilc)
Australian traveller strip-searched, held in US jail and deported over little-known entry requirement Guardian (Basil Pesto)

1/6

Documentarian who filmed Proud Boys to testify at first Jan. 6 committee listening to NBC (furzy). That is pathetic. Oh, and if that is meant to have any pretext of working to a authorized customary, this is able to be impermissible as rumour.
5 questions that grasp over the Jan. 6 committee’s public hearings The Hill

Biden

U.S. VP touts $3.2 billion funding geared toward stemming Central American migration Reuters (resilc)

Tuesday’s primaries will measure voter unease over crime and inflation CNN (Kevin W)

San Francisco District Legal professional Chesa Boudin Recalled by Voters Wall Avenue Journal. Over 61% in accordance with preliminary tallies.

A former Dianne Feinstein staffer insisted that conserving the ‘diminished’ 88-year-old in workplace is ‘higher than a junior California senator’ Enterprise Insider (Kevin W). “I’m huge. It’s the images that received small.”

How the assertion ‘F all politicians’ ended up in California’s voter information KTLA (resilc)

Gunz

The Blood-Soaked Lie In regards to the Second Modification Harvey Wasserman, RSN (furzy)

Our No Longer Free Press

How Martha Mitchell helped Woodward and Bernstein examine John Mitchell Washington Put up

Raytheon relocating headquarters from Waltham to only outdoors DC Boston Globe (Kevin W)

The nationwide common is now simply 5 cents from reaching $5/gal. $4.95/gal, up 2.4 cents thus far at the moment.
— Patrick De Haan ⛽️📊 (@GasBuddyGuy) June 7, 2022

Yellen: inflation to ‘stay excessive;’ hopes it’s ‘coming down’ Related Press

Firms aren’t grasping sufficient Unherd (fk). Necessary.

Class Warfare

New research reveals welfare prevents crime, fairly dramatically Oxford College Press (Robert M)
Don’t Name It Stomach Dancing Evergreen (Micael T)

Antidote du jour (CV):

And a bonus (dk):

Come for the feel-good, low stakes native information protection, keep for an image of the Lostest Bear to Ever Be Misplaced.
Tri-Metropolis Herald: Black bear pops up in Benton wheat discipline close to Columbia River. No, actually.https://t.co/X0Ax0ThgME
— ꜳꝛꝍꞥ (@TheTarquin) June 4, 2022

And a second bonus (guurst):