Box turtles are back for the summer. Here\u2019s how to help them survive another year<\/a> Harvest Public Media<\/p>\n How One Rescue Mission Turned into the Global Record of Human Heritage<\/a> Card Catalog<\/p>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n When The Fields Were Ours<\/a> Earth Island Journal<\/p>\n Is this the moment to change the way we think about economic growth?<\/a> The Conversation<\/p>\n \u2018Point of no return\u2019: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds<\/a> The Guardian<\/p>\n Federal cuts are leaving states and locals to pick up weather and flood monitoring responsibilities \u2013 are we OK with that?<\/a> Balanced Weather<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Hantavirus<\/p>\n A working timeline:<\/p>\n Meanwhile, we have people leaving the ship and flying all over the world:<\/p>\n Some Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Are Back in the U.S.<\/a> MedPage Today<\/p>\n Two British people self isolating at home after leaving cruise ship in St Helena<\/a> BBC. \u201cThe UKHSA also said British people currently on the ship would be flown home on a charter flight, probably from the Canary Islands, as long as they didn\u2019t have symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n Patient with a hantavirus infection being treated in hospital<\/a> Switzerland Federal Office of Public Health (press release)<\/p>\n Passenger with hantavirus was briefly on board a KLM aircraft in Johannesburg<\/a> KLM (press release)<\/p>\n Spanish passenger on the \u2018Hondius\u2019: \u2018There are 23 people who got off on Saint Helena and have been wandering around\u2019<\/a> El Pais<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Hantavirus on cruise ship confirmed as rare type that can spread human-to-human<\/a> NPR. \u201c\u2026not entirely known how the Andes Virus transmits between people.\u201d<\/p>\n Hantavirus-associated cluster of illness on a cruise ship: ECDC assessment and recommendations<\/a> European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cOn arrival, asymptomatic passengers are due to be repatriated to their home countries, despite possibly being infected & in the incubation period.\u201d<\/p>\n Serious question: \u2014 tern (@1goodtern) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cAt this stage, the overall public health risk remains low.\u201d<\/p>\n 6 years ago, I didn\u2019t have the faintest clue how incompetent the WHO was and I believed them. I\u2019ve been sick ever since. I don\u2019t know how this will play out but I can observe that they have learned nothing. https:\/\/t.co\/miRiCZazFa<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 PACO (@PacoOnPause) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Way too soon to say hantavirus will go pandemic, we have time to contain it. But don\u2019t assume a 40% death rate means \u201cit\u2019ll burn out\u201d that logic applies to isolated villages not ppl who get on international flights. The Black Death did, in fact, go pandemic w a 40%+ death rate<\/p>\n \u2014 Julia Marie (@julia_doubleday) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Koreas<\/p>\n North Korea drops references to unification from constitution<\/a> Channel News Asia<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Japan<\/p>\n Japan\u2019s deep-sea quest for mineral supply security<\/a> East Asia Forum<\/p>\n Japan\u2019s Arms Export Shift Takes Shape in the Philippines<\/a> The Diplomat<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n US Fires Tomahawk Missile Using Typhon Launcher in the Philippines in Provocation Aimed at China<\/a> Antiwar<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Syraqistan<\/p>\n Gaza Board of Peace \u2018will not hold\u2019 Israel to truce terms until Hamas accepts disarmament demands: Report<\/a> The Cradle<\/p>\n UN demands release of flotilla activists, cites \u2018severe mistreatment\u2019<\/a> Al Mayadeen<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n US\u2019s Latest \u201cProject Freedom\u201d Boondoggle Sinks in Less Than a Day<\/a> Simplicius<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n BREAKING: According to our analysis, ~$920 million worth of crude oil shorts were taken 70 minutes before an Axios report claimed the US and Iran were near a \u201c14-point\u201d deal to end the war.<\/p>\n At 3:40 AM ET today, nearly 10,000 contracts worth of crude oil shorts were taken without\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/SZafvnZHHG<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Iran\u2019s parl. speaker calls US media\u2019s bluff about pending arrangement with Tehran<\/a> Press TV<\/p>\n Iran has hit far more U.S. military assets than reported, satellite images show<\/a> WaPo<\/p>\n Washington Post Quotes Official About \u201cFresh Scrutiny\u201d Over Israel\u2019s Nuclear Threat<\/a> Sam Husseini<\/p>\n Israeli Paper Admits That The Mossad Astroturfed The January Riots In Iran.<\/a> The Dissident<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It\u2019s been over a month, and we still don\u2019t know the name of that \u201cdowned F-15 pilot\u201d who fractured his leg, yet managed to scale a mountain, walk 110 miles, and evade a brigade of Iranian troops, until the CIA could use an elaborate device that can hear human heartbeats 40 miles\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 FireFighterDev (@fire_starter457) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n Poland could host US troops Trump pulled from Germany, Nawrocki says<\/a> Politico<\/p>\n Europe\u2019s Russian Arctic LNG imports from Yamal hit record high in first four months of 2026<\/a> Intellinews<\/p>\n This deal is getting worse all the time<\/a> Euractiv. On US-EU trade deal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Africa<\/p>\n Mali\u2019s junta and Russia lose ground to jihadists and rebels<\/a> Le Monde<\/p>\n Russia\u2019s Tactical Pullback From Northeastern Mali Shouldn\u2019t Be Spun As A Retreat<\/a> Andrew Korybko<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Old Blighty<\/p>\n MICHAEL MANSFIELD \u2018EXTREMELY CONCERNED\u2019 BY CASE AGAINST PALESTINE ACTION LAWYER<\/a> Declassified UK<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n UK elites are scary disciplined & effective when it comes to crushing popular democracy. They successfully smeared Corbyn, a passive saint, as Pol Pot meets Hitler. And now they\u2019re convincing Brits that an anti-fascist Jew is the new Oswald Mosley. https:\/\/t.co\/FSk1EFRF2m<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n Russia\u2019s Foreign Ministry urges countries to evacuate diplomats from Kyiv ahead of May 9, warns of \u2018retaliatory strike\u2019<\/a> Meduza<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n L\u2019affaire Epstein<\/p>\n Judge releases purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note<\/a> CNN<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n South of the Border<\/p>\n U.S. State Department tapped special ops contractor to vet Haitian police using controversial AI lie detector<\/a> All-Source Intelligence<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump 2.0<\/p>\n Insane Pre-Crime Strategy Unveiled for Leftist \u201cExtremists\u201d<\/a> Ken Klippenstein<\/p>\n Justice department can keep 2020 ballots FBI seized from Fulton county, judge rules<\/a> The Guardian<\/p>\n White House East Wing debris dumped at nearby golf course has toxic metals, report says<\/a> AP<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n Resisting Sanctions and Economic Warfare<\/a> The Anti-Empire Project<\/p>\n The Grand Illusion of Outsourced Sovereignty<\/a> AGON<\/p>\n Why the World Bank changed its mind on industrial policy<\/a> Jostein Hauge, Global Currents<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Police State Watch<\/p>\n Exclusive: VA conducted internal investigations into employees who attended vigil for Alex Pretti<\/a> CNN<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n FBI probing leaks to journalist who wrote explosive article on Kash Patel, sources say<\/a> MS NOW<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Accelerationists<\/p>\n Google DeepMind workers in UK vote to unionize amid deal with US military<\/a> The Guardian<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Requiem for the Populist Decade<\/a> Lily Lynch<\/p>\n Agriculture<\/p>\n California farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcy<\/a> SF Gate<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Mr. Market<\/p>\n The food inflation crisis will soon be all investors are talking about<\/a> MarketWatch<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n AI<\/p>\n Don\u2019t Reject Data Centers. Negotiate Harder.<\/a> Progress and Poverty. No thanks. Even if localities negotiate to avoid steep electricity service increases<\/a>, that can mean data centers building out their own polluting power supplies\u2014usually with limited oversight<\/a>. Plus the use of limited water supplies. And water contamination<\/a>. And cancer risks<\/a>. And the noise<\/a> driving people crazy. And the whole idea of a bunch of circlular investing billionaires making our capital allocation decisions that help them further destroy labor, art, privacy, relationships, knowledge, and the planet while enriching themselves.<\/p>\n The AI Hard Drive Shortage Is Making It More Expensive and Harder to Archive the Internet<\/a> 404 Media<\/p>\n AI Company Sued Over Chatbots Allegedly Claiming to Be Licensed Doctors<\/a> AP<\/p>\n Kevin O\u2019Leary\u2019s Massive Data Center Project in Utah Gets the Greenlight, Locals Are Furious<\/a> Gizmodo. \u201cThe project would be more than twice the size of Manhattan and could consume more electricity than the entire state currently uses.\u201d<\/p>\n Violent Threats and Data Center Resistance Accelerate<\/a> The Soufan Center<\/p>\n Nvidia\u2019s New Partnership Wants to Put Mini AI Data Centers on Your House<\/a> Inc.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Groves of Academe<\/p>\n Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College<\/a> New York Magazine<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Economy<\/p>\n The \u2018K-shaped economy\u2019 has shown up at the gasoline pump<\/a> Yahoo! Finance<\/p>\n Shell tops profit estimates as Iran war boosts oil price, cuts share buybacks<\/a> CNBC<\/p>\n The Iran war\u2019s oil shock causes a plastic shortage in Asia, squeezing industries and prompting a \u2018Middle East plus one\u2019 rethink of supply chains<\/a> Fortune<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Guillotine Watch<\/p>\n Shocking stuff from the CEO of Vornado Realty Trust on his latest earnings call: pic.twitter.com\/XX2UoEtLUR<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Work of Art in the Age of Shameless Ostentation<\/a> Arthur Goldhammer, The Sense of an Ending<\/p>\n The Bezzle<\/p>\n Am I Meant To Be Impressed?<\/a> Ed Zitron<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antidote du jour (via<\/a>):<\/p>\n See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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