Why are some people mosquito magnets? Clues are emerging<\/a> Phys.org<\/p>\n Buddhist sect welcomes humanoid robot Gabi with precept ceremony<\/a> Yonhap<\/p>\n \u2018Think twice before posing with hand signs\u2019: Experts warn of fingerprint theft<\/a> Straits Times<\/p>\n The abandonment of values<\/a> Massimo Mazzucco (translation via GeoPolitiQ)<\/p>\n Why do people still take cruises? Convenience, value outweigh health risks, experts say<\/a> CBC<\/p>\n Hantavirus<\/p>\n Thursday May 14th. Here are the main developments in the last 24 hours regarding the MV Hondius Andes hantavirus situation:<\/p>\n Current case count<\/p>\n European public health authorities now report:<\/p>\n 11 total cases \u2014 Roger Seheult, MD (@RogerSeheult) May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Argentina Races to Find Origin of Hantavirus Contagion<\/a> New York Times<\/p>\n Another Californian was exposed to hantavirus in deadly cruise ship outbreak, officials announce<\/a> Los Angeles Times. \u201cThe newly identified passenger disembarked the MV Hondius cruise ship before the outbreak was known, returned briefly to California and then once again traveled abroad. The individual is currently in the Pitcairn Islands.\u201d<\/p>\n How the CDC\u2019s Hantavirus Response Became a PR Crisis<\/a> NOTUS. Or maybe the hope-for-the-best-plan-for-the-best CDC is a public health crisis, not a PR one. Even if Hantavirus doesn\u2019t go pandemic.<\/p>\n Hantavirus Doesn\u2019t Spread Easily, but Officials May Be Downplaying Risks<\/a> New York Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Omg even at the National Quarantine Unit where the hantavirus contacts are, they\u2019re still only using surgical masks when people in quarantine interact with the medical staff. If one of them gets infected, you\u2019ll know why. pic.twitter.com\/8et7yl6btO<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n Hantavirus is a climate story<\/a> HEATED<\/p>\n Back to the future: trace lead in ambient air from wood fuel combustion<\/a> Nature<\/p>\n Lessons in Living in the Anthropocene (From the World\u2019s Most Pessimistic Climate Writer)<\/a> Lit Hub<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Pandemics<\/p>\n Where\u2019s COVID?<\/a> Infection Control, Emergency Management, Safety, and General Thoughts<\/p>\n Ensitrelvir for Covid-19 Postexposure Prophylaxis in Household Contacts<\/a> New England Journal of Medicine<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Water<\/p>\n More concentrated precipitation decreases terrestrial water storage<\/a> Nature<\/p>\n Explosive device found, detonated at Mobile water reservoir<\/a> WALA<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n Reading Between the Lines of the Xi-Trump Summit Readout<\/a> Inside China<\/p>\n Beijing Came Prepared to Name the U.S.-China Relationship First<\/a> New China Literacy<\/p>\n Xi ruled out arming Iran during Beijing talks: Trump<\/a> TRT World. Just like his claim that 200 Boeing planes<\/a> are being ordered, no confirmation from Chinese side.<\/p>\n Chinese FM responds to whether China, US leaders talk about Iran during exchanges on views on major international and regional issues, including Middle East situation<\/a> China Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Global Times<\/p>\n Xi to Trump: No on Taiwan, Yes to Business, Beware the Thucydides Trap<\/a> George Chen<\/p>\n U.S. Taiwan policy unchanged after Trump-Xi summit in Beijing: Rubio<\/a> Focus Taiwan<\/p>\n How the Hormuz Crisis Is Threatening Taiwan\u2019s Power Grid<\/a> OilPrice<\/p>\n Tensions flare at Trump-Xi summit as clashes erupt over media access, Secret Service standoff<\/a> Firstpost<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n India<\/p>\n DOJ May Drop Gautam Adani Fraud Charges Amid $10 Billion U.S. Investment Plan<\/a> EconoTimes<\/p>\n How Modi Is Ditching Indian Protectionism in Favor of Free Trade<\/a> Bloomberg<\/p>\n Market Access Challenges for India in its FTA with EU<\/a> The India Forum<\/p>\n The Unresolved Challenges in U.S.\u2013India Semiconductor Cooperation<\/a> Carnegie India<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Syraqistan<\/p>\n Israel Killing at Least One Palestinian Child a Week in West Bank: UNICEF<\/a> Countercurrents<\/p>\n Leaked Documents Show Cisco Systems\u2019 Deep Relationship with Israeli Security State<\/a> Drop Site<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s Netanyahu says suing New York Times over Palestinian rape article<\/a> Al Jazeera<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Old Blighty<\/p>\n Weasel Streeting quits for Starmer leadership challenge \u2014 lets take a look at his resignation letter<\/a> The Canary<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n Warsaw denies reports of cancelled US troop deployment to Poland<\/a> Notes From Poland<\/p>\n U.S. is Set to Become Europe\u2019s Largest Gas Supplier, Overtaking Norway<\/a> Maritime Executive<\/p>\n It Doesn\u2019t Matter What Europe\u2019s GDP Is<\/a> Ian Welsh<\/p>\n Fighting Monks<\/a> London Review of Books<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Africa<\/p>\n The price of survival<\/a> Africa Is A Country<\/p>\n Ivory Coast Rushes to Calm Cocoa Farmer Protests as Unpaid Beans Rot and Crisis Spirals<\/a> West Africa Weekly<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n O Canada<\/p>\n Vancouver mayor decries \u2018misinformation\u2019 after saying he uses 11 AI agents to do work<\/a> CBC<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n Rutte seeks to triple aid to Ukraine<\/a> Nordic Times<\/p>\n Bail for ex-Zelensky aide set at $3.2 million as corruption case opens<\/a> RT<\/p>\n How stray Ukrainian drones pushed Latvia\u2019s prime minister to resign<\/a> France24<\/p>\n Russia Keeps Attacking U.S. Firms in Ukraine. The White House Is Silent.<\/a> New York Times<\/p>\n Human rights groups urge Poland to stop facilitating US deportations to Ukraine<\/a> Notes From Poland<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n South of the Border<\/p>\n CIA Chief Visits Havana Amid Heightened U.S. Tensions<\/a> TeleSur<\/p>\n Cuba announces it has exhausted all its fuel reserves: \u2018We have absolutely nothing\u2019<\/a> El Pais<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Day 3 of Bolivia\u2019s general strike demanding the resignation of neoliberal President Rodrigo Paz.<\/p>\n All major highways blocked by protesters. An indigenous long march is heading to the capital, as it passes through each town and village more people join. pic.twitter.com\/FQxNDTQtP6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ollie Vargas (@Ollie_Vargas_) May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Spook Country<\/p>\n How Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s Secret Task Force Imploded<\/a> The After-Action Report<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n GOP Funhouse<\/p>\n Hush Money Accusation Attempts To Derail Thomas Massie One Week Ahead Of Primary<\/a> Blue Apples<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Democrats Suck<\/p>\n The Similar Praxis of Jim Crow and Lord Voldemort (Or, Why the Democrat Party Ain\u2019t Harry Potter)<\/a> Black Agenda Report<\/p>\n VA Dem Gov Vetoes Collective Bargaining Rights Expansion \u2013Chicago Dems Rollback Tipped Wage Phase Out \u2014 LA Dems Vote to Delay Increase in Min Wages<\/a> Payday Report<\/p>\n Green New Deal champion AOC absent as New York weakens climate law<\/a> Politico<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n Pentagon launches new framework agreements to acquire 10,000 low-cost cruise missiles<\/a> Breaking Defense<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n BRICS<\/p>\n Iran and UAE clash at BRICS foreign ministers\u2019 meeting in New Delhi<\/a> TRT World<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Police State Watch<\/p>\n Contracts Show ICE Planned Detainee Labor at Warehouse Sites Slated as Short-Term Facilities<\/a> Project Salt Box<\/p>\n FBI insiders: Kash Patel is \u2018padding the stats\u2019 to boost his record of arrests<\/a> MS Now<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Big Brother Is Watching You Watch<\/p>\n HOUSTON GREENLIGHTS AI TRAFFIC CAMS BY NRG AS NEIGHBORS CRY BIG BROTHER<\/a> Hoodline<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Accelerationists<\/p>\n The Elon Musk v Sam Altman battle is a distraction<\/a> The Guardian<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antitrust<\/p>\n Your Mattress Got Worse on Purpose<\/a> Worse on Purpose<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n AI<\/p>\n Internet of Shit: AI Poop Analysis App Offered to Sell Me Database of Its Users\u2019 Poops<\/a> 404 Media<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cMAHA\u201d<\/p>\n FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigns over vape policy clash<\/a> Quartz<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Bezzle<\/p>\n US Senate Banking Committee votes to advance CLARITY Act<\/a> Coin Telegraph<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Class Warfare<\/p>\n Military Snipers Are Being Put Out of a Job by Drones<\/a> WSJ<\/p>\n Overworked AI Agents Turn Marxist, Researchers Find<\/a> Wired<\/p>\n Rights require money<\/a> Aeon<\/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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