THE WORLD IN AN HOURGLASS: THE SINGING PHYSICS OF SAND<\/a> Atmos<\/p>\n Why Humans Are Obsessed With Numbers Too Big to Understand<\/a> Gizmodo<\/p>\n The End Of Elsewhere<\/a> Fugitive Margins<\/p>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n New May spark plumes show El Ni\u00f1o rapidly intensifying, with 8 of 10 models pointing to a super event and four projecting the strongest on record.<\/p>\n Across all 693 ensemble members, the mean reaches +2.8\u02daC, consistent with the strongest El Ni\u00f1o on record. pic.twitter.com\/9pDxNxAkXz<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) May 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Coal shipments jump as countries seek alternatives to disrupted gas supplies<\/a> FT<\/p>\n Exxon<\/a> Climate Uncensored<\/p>\n Seafloor video-acoustic monitoring in a Greenlandic glacial fjord records hyperbenthos, backward-swimming fish, and narwhals<\/a> PLOS One<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Hantavirus<\/p>\n The WHO gets it right??<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2026and ALL high-risk contacts will now be required to ISOLATE in a designated facility or at home (depending on each country\u2019s capabilities) for 42 days from last known exposure\u2026<\/p>\n \u2026and for the MV Hondius passengers & crew, the last day of exposure is the date of disembarkation. pic.twitter.com\/in6TNzCq5M<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Cat in the Hat \ud83d\udc08\u200d\u2b1b \ud83c\udfa9 \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@_CatintheHat) May 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The CDC, on the other hand\u2026<\/p>\n No mandatory quarantine for US passengers: CDC official<\/a> ABC News<\/p>\n American passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship to stop at Nebraska facility before heading home. Here\u2019s what we know<\/a> CNN<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Earlier today I spoke with the doctor on the ship and he confirmed something. CDC messaging continues to say \u201cprolonged, close contact\u201d but that contradicts: 1) what\u2019s in the literature, and 2) what\u2019s happening on this ship.<\/p>\n \u2013> the doc told me a few who got infected\/died DID\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/noQOKi76lL<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Joseph Allen (@j_g_allen) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Dr. Gustavo Palacios led the 2018 Andes HV outbreak study in Argentina<\/p>\n He says transmission primarily occurred 2 days prior & 2 days after onset of symptoms<\/p>\n He was interviewed by CBC this week \u2013 see ~9 min markhttps:\/\/t.co\/mMtUD6QjGT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Barry Hunt (@BarryHunt008) May 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n French evacuee from hantavirus-hit ship has \u2018symptoms\u2019: French PM<\/a> AFP<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Pandemics<\/p>\n Historically, the left at least claimed to care about collective welfare, worker protection and safeguarding the vulnerable.<\/p>\n Then faced with a mass disabling pathogen, huge sections abandoned even the most basic infection ethics the moment they became socially inconvenient.<\/p>\n \u2014 James Throt MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPath (@JamesThrot) May 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Water<\/p>\n This summer, the American water crisis becomes real<\/a> Grist<\/p>\n US-Israel Joint Venture Unveils $1B Desalination Plant Plan in South Texas<\/a> Engineering News-Record<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n China confirms Xi-Trump summit that was delayed by Iran war<\/a> Business Times<\/p>\n ChatGPT as a security threat: US\u2013China security dilemma in the generative AI race<\/a> The British Journal of Politics and International Relations<\/p>\n Bernie Sanders invited two Chinese AI researchers to talk safety cooperation. Here is what they said.<\/a> Pekingnology<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n How Silicon Valley sold Washington an AI race<\/a> Transformer<\/p>\n The Lessons of the Long Confucian Peace<\/a> Foreign Affairs<\/p>\n Southeast Asia<\/p>\n Iran war is crushing Asia\u2019s farmers, threatening global food supply<\/a> WaPo<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n India<\/p>\n PM Modi pushes work-from-home revival, lower foreign travel & less gold purchases as West Asia conflict heightens concerns<\/a> Economic Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Syraqistan<\/p>\n Medics among 51 killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon<\/a> Al Jazeera<\/p>\n Inside Israel\u2019s AI targeting system: How data from a phone become a death sentence<\/a> Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n Agriculture sabotage: The Israeli war on food security in Lebanon<\/a> Al Mayadeen<\/p>\n Israel Built and Defended a Secret Iran War Base in Iraq<\/a> WSJ<\/p>\n Big Tech is moving data out of the Gulf through Iraqi oil pipelines<\/a> Rest of World<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Old Blighty<\/p>\n Starmer faces fight to survive as Streeting and Rayner eye leadership bids<\/a> The Guardian<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n \u201cAre we really such idiots already?\u201d<\/p>\n Slovak PM Fico concerning EU\u2019s decision to cut off direct Russian energy to EU in 2027, only to then buy this same Russian energy, from America, with an American surcharge.<\/p>\n Full statement \u2014 the Lemniscat (@theLemniscat) May 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Europe\u2019s rearmament programme is falling apart from the inside just when Ukraine needs it most<\/a> Intellinews<\/p>\n Marrying for power: Gendered alliances in mafias<\/a> PLOS One<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n Zelensky Again Steps Down From Ledge as Russian V-Day Parade Predictably Proceeds as Planned<\/a> Simplicius<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n From Trump\u2019s attempts at total warfare against Russian oil to the Balts establishing air corridors for Ukrainian drones to Starlink increasing its military involvement to Azerbaijan providing its territory for Ukrainian drone bases, the war has only expanded in the last year. https:\/\/t.co\/8AuwODBthX<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Russians With Attitude (@RWApodcast) May 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Ukraine\u2019s 1st Azov Corps is conducting AI-assisted drone strikes deep inside Mariupol, up to 160 km behind the front lines. This marks what they call Azov\u2019s symbolic \u201creturn\u201d to the city from the air.<\/p>\n The strikes use Hornet fixed-wing loitering munitions developed by U.S. firm\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/HAbMn9qr6t<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) May 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Latvia\u2019s defense minister steps down after Ukrainian drones hit oil tanks<\/a> TVP World<\/p>\n Masha and the \u2018Old Man\u2019<\/a> Events in Ukraine<\/p>\n Ukraine and \u2018White Supremacy 3.0\u2019<\/a> Azov Lobby Blog<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Absurd stuff in Berlin as a German government spokesman appeared unwilling to explicitly say who liberated Germany from Nazism in 1945.<\/p>\n After Chancellor Friedrich Merz marked the anniversary of Germany\u2019s liberation without mentioning the Red Army or the Soviet Union, a\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/7mzMM8UQTa<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Brian McDonald (@BrianMcDonaldIE) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n South of the Border<\/p>\n US intelligence-gathering flights are surging off Cuba<\/a> CNN. Similar to ahead of Maduro kidnapping operation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump 2.0<\/p>\n Trump administration launches Moms.gov on Mother\u2019s Day<\/a> The Hill<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s federal layoffs are disproportionately impacting women and people of color<\/a> Fast Company<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Democrats Suck<\/p>\n Democrats Don\u2019t Have to Campaign on Climate Change Anymore<\/a> New York Times<\/p>\n Buttigieg, Slotkin join Canada\u2019s Carney at liberal strategy session<\/a> Semafor<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Nostalgic Summons<\/a> New Left Review<\/p>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n China soars in democratic perception ranking as US, Israel plummet: Poll<\/a> The Cradle<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cWhich country do you think poses the greatest threat to the world?\u201d<\/p>\n According to the new Democracy Perceptions Index report, the US is named as the top threat by people in 65 out of 84 of surveyed countries. In fact, the US is the top named threat even within the US itself. pic.twitter.com\/wBXZfaBLKv<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Last but not least, the most interesting insight from the report is the absolute collapse of global public perception of the U.S.<\/p>\n According to the report\u2019s ranking on this, the U.S. is now in the top 5 worst perceived countries in the world alongside Israel (the worst), North\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/B0VvjXhKTo<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) May 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Police State Watch<\/p>\n White House 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy Makes Millions of Americans Potential Targets<\/a> Free Thought Project<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Big Brother Is Watching You Watch<\/p>\n A Phoenix neighborhood just got a dust storm courtesy of Amazon\u2019s drone. Remember: Amazon drones aren\u2019t just delivering packages, they\u2019re mapping your neighborhood and syncing it to the same AWS cloud contracted by the NSA & CIA. pic.twitter.com\/jsPXdbIVPc<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jason Bassler (@JasonBassler1) May 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Sports Desk<\/p>\n What We Can Learn from New Jersey\u2019s Fight Over the World Cup<\/a> Boondoggle<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n AI<\/p>\n Misplaced panic over AI progress<\/a> Gary Marcus<\/p>\n A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed \u2014 until residents complained about low water pressure<\/a> Politico<\/p>\n Maryland citizens slapped with $2 billion power grid upgrade bill for out-of-state AI data centers \u2014 state complains to federal energy regulators, says additional cost breaks \u2018ratepayer protection pledge\u2019 promises<\/a> Tom\u2019s Hardware<\/p>\n The AI-inflected crisis artists are facing, in 4 charts<\/a> Blood in the Machine<\/p>\n Was AI called by Cthulhu?<\/a> UnHerd<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Economy<\/p>\n Chartbook 447: The US economy in May 2026 \u2013 How much cognitive dissonance can you handle?<\/a> Adam Tooze<\/p>\n Trump Could Tap Oil under U.S. Military Bases to Top Strategic Reserve<\/a> OilPrice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n JPMorgan just published the scariest oil chart I\u2019ve ever seen. \u2014 Qasem Al-Ali (@AlaliQasem) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Bezzle<\/p>\n The AI Mythos: If We Can Destroy the World, Imagine What We Can Do for Your Hedge Fund<\/a> FAIR<\/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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World inventories are in freefall.
And when this line hits 6.8 \u2014 the global energy system doesn\u2019t slow down.
It breaks. \ud83e\uddf5 pic.twitter.com\/w4ha2t3URe<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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