Man who transformed into a dog says he wants to become another animal<\/a> Scripps (Furzy Mouse)<\/p>\n This Week In Doom \u2013 #19: Chicken In A China Shop<\/a> (transcript) Grant Williams (PI).<\/p>\n Climate<\/p>\n Mongolia\u2019s Fight Against Desertification and Land Degradation<\/a> The Diplomat<\/p>\n IKEA blamed for Romanian forest destruction<\/a> Monga Bay<\/p>\n Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert<\/a> LA Times<\/p>\n Climate activist arrested for attacking Monet painting at Paris\u2019s Orsay museum<\/a> France24<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Saving Art from the Revolution, for the Revolution<\/a> JSTOR Daily<\/p>\n Water<\/p>\n A Closer Look at America\u2019s Water Crisis<\/a> The Progressive<\/p>\n This troubled California lake just turned so green it\u2019s visible from space<\/a> SFGATE<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Syndemics<\/p>\n Rising numbers of flu, COVID-19 cases puts Victorian ambulances under the pump<\/a> The Age<\/p>\n South Australia public hospitals operating in internal emergency, elective surgeries paused<\/a> ABC Australia<\/p>\n Traveler infected with confirmed case of measles at Seattle International Airport as cases in US increase<\/a> FOX<\/p>\n COVID-19 associated with higher risk of erectile dysfunction<\/a> News Medical Life Sciences<\/p>\n Driver\u2019s brain fog from covid-19 linked to Cork crash that claimed lives of elderly couple<\/a> Irish Examiner<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Myanmar<\/p>\n Myanmar Junta Orders All Security Personnel to Frontline as Losses Mount in Hard-Hit Regional Commands<\/a> The Irrawaddy<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Syraqistan<\/p>\n UPDATE Pinned on Biden\u2019s account:<\/p>\n Israel has now offered a roadmap to an enduring ceasefire \u2013 and the release of all the hostages.<\/p>\n Yesterday, this proposal was transmitted by Qatar to Hamas.<\/p>\n Today, I want to lay out its terms for the world. pic.twitter.com\/0cdypBP9wb<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) May 31, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/p>\n Blinken discusses Gaza cease-fire proposal with Turkish, Jordan, Saudi counterparts<\/a> Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n Far-right Israeli ministers threaten government dissolution if Netanyahu agrees to Biden\u2019s Gaza proposal<\/a> Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n Bipartisan leaders officially invite Netanyahu to address Congress<\/a> The Hill. Who\u2019s the sovereign?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n EU members reportedly set to punish Hungary with weak portfolio in next Commission<\/a> BNE Intellinews<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n On Friday, Ukraine Got Permission To Launch American Rockets At Targets Inside Russia. Hours Later, HIMARS Opened Fire.<\/a> Forbes. Belgorod, twenty miles in from the border (and not, say, a shell factory beyond the Urals. It\u2019s really unclear to me where Biden\u2019s red lines are, though it is clear that every line Biden has drawn has, with time. been erased; see Big Serge here<\/a>, and read to the very end).<\/p>\n US should allow Ukraine to use US-supplied weapons against military targets in Russia \u2013 ISW<\/a> Ukrainska Pravda<\/p>\n Biden admin isn\u2019t fully convinced Ukraine can win, even with new aid<\/a> Politico<\/p>\n Biden\u2019s Secrecy on Allowing Ukraine to Strike Russia Is Dangerous<\/a> Ken Klippenstein<\/p>\n In Ukraine, Russia is Beginning to Compound Advantages<\/a> RUSI. From mid-May, still germane. \u201cUkraine has spent several months fortifying Kharkiv, but storming the city is not how Russia intends to fight. The Russian target this summer is the Ukrainian army, and against this target it has started to compound its advantages\u2026. Russia\u2019s aim is not to achieve a grand breakthrough, but rather to convince Ukraine that it can keep up an inexorable advance, kilometre by kilometre, along the front.\u201d<\/p>\n SITREP 6\/1\/24: Ukraine\u2019s Latest Gasp Off to Rocky Start<\/a> Simplicius the Thinker(s). Simplicius prints the revised version of this headline:<\/p>\n Change in Headline pic.twitter.com\/8DvpRFWhhg<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Editing TheGrayLady (@nyt_diff) May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/p>\n Ukraine Retreats From Villages on Eastern Front as It Awaits U.S. Aid<\/a> NYT<\/p>\n EU in the South Caucasus: Can Brussels become a geopolitical player?<\/a> JAM News. Vassals aren\u2019t players.<\/p>\n Ukraine war created \u201carc of instability\u201d from Balkans to Caucasus<\/a> BNE Intellinews. Just like Libya, Syria, Iraq\u2026.<\/p>\n How Globalization Rose and Fell With Nord Stream<\/a> Foreign Policy<\/p>\n The Russian Armed Forces once again struck at the Yavorovsky training ground of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where foreign instructors were located<\/a> Top War. Russian milblogger site. FWIW: \u201cConfirmed: Russian \u201cKinzhals\u201d turned bunkers with NATO officers in Ukraine upside down\u203c\ufe0f<\/a>\u201d ThreadReader (ctlieee). Worth keeping on eye on.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Dear Old Blighty<\/p>\n Starmer has now made it clear: he intends to govern on behalf of the rich<\/a> Funding the Future<\/p>\n Starmer promises cut to net migration under Labour<\/a> BBC<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Global Elections<\/p>\n India election results 2024: How will votes be counted?<\/a> Al Jazeera<\/p>\n Mexicans vote in election overshadowed by violent attacks<\/a> BBC<\/p>\n South Africa\u2019s ANC loses 30-year parliamentary majority after election<\/a> Al Jazeera<\/p>\n US presidential election slips into uncharted waters with historic Trump criminal conviction<\/a> France24<\/p>\n Trump verdict puts US among infamous countries that prosecuted opposition leaders: Who else is on the list?<\/a> FOX<\/p>\n If voters adopt statewide ranked choice voting, Colorado may prevent it from taking effect<\/a> Colorado Sun<\/p>\n Kansas Constitution doesn\u2019t include right to vote: state high court majority<\/a> FOX<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Biden Administration<\/p>\n President Biden vetoes crypto custody bill<\/a> TechCrunch<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antitrust<\/p>\n Is Ticketmaster Telling the Truth About Its Finances?<\/a> Matt Stoller. BIG<\/p>\n Trust busting as freedom<\/a> The Ink<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 2024<\/p>\n Plot twist: WA has a law against felons running for office<\/a> Seattle Times. I wonder how many other states do.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Digital Watch<\/p>\n Google admits its AI Overviews need work, but we\u2019re all helping it beta test<\/a> TechCrunch. Swell. Where do I send the invoice?<\/p>\n AI and Finance: Insights from an Experts<\/a> alts.co. One of the use cases: \u201cSummarizing a company\u2019s earnings call as a buy or a sell based on the language used by the executives.\u201d Totally revolutionary, one giant step for mankind, exactly like replacing call center serfs with bots.<\/p>\n AI on Trial: Legal Models Hallucinate in 1 out of 6 (or More) Benchmarking Queries<\/a> (press release) Stanford University<\/p>\n The Google API Leak Should Change How Marketers and Publishers Do SEO<\/a> SparkToro<\/p>\n More dark patterns at Meta, what a surprise:<\/p>\n 1. I’m legit shocked by the design of @Meta<\/a>‘s new notification informing us they want to use the content we post to train their AI models. It’s intentionally designed to be highly awkward in order to minimise the number of users who will object to it. Let me break it down. pic.twitter.com\/rhKNFt7CEu<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tantacrul (@Tantacrul) May 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/center> Self-driving cars are underhyped<\/a> Matt Yglesias, Slow Boring<\/p>\n Codd almighty! Has it been half a century of SQL already?<\/a> The Register. Standards matter, solid mathematical foundations matter, and declarative implementation matters. Listen and learn, LLM nimrods.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Our Famously Free Press <\/p>\n Twitch draws pro-Palestinian influencers as rival sites back off politics<\/a> Taylor Lorenz, WaPo<\/p>\n Stanford, Silicon Valley, and the Rise of the Censorship Industrial Complex<\/a> RealClearPolitics<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Zeitgeist Watch<\/p>\n Nearly 1 in 3 Americans have reported losing someone to a drug overdose: Study<\/a> The Hill. Rule #2<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion by Agnes Arnold-Forster review \u2013 the past isn\u2019t a foreign place<\/a> Guardian<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Boeing<\/p>\n Boeing Starliner capsule\u2019s first crewed test flight delayed at last minute<\/a> Channel News Asia. Loose door? Commentary:<\/p>\n They realized there was a small helium leak in the propulsion system and so have to do a quick whistleblower murder to meet the next launch window in 24 hours. pic.twitter.com\/xMqK4s1gMe<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) June 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/center>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n Jeffrey Sachs: The Untold History of the Cold War, CIA Coups Around the World, and COVID\u2019s Origin<\/a> (video) Tucker Carlson, YouTube. Re-upping from 5\/30, now that I have listened to it carefully. Two hours, so grab a cup of coffee. Fortunately, there are chapter headings in the video so you can scroll to the high points; Sachs\u2019s potted history of the neocons is really excellent. On Covid\u2019s origin, I think it would be best if Sachs had stayed in his lane. Consultants Disease: Not knowing the limits of your own knowledge. Sachs is, however, excellent on geopolitics and is well worth a listen. Kudos to Carlson for an excellent, graceful interview.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Off Leash: Inside the Secret, Global, Far-Right Group Chat<\/a> The New Republic. Erik Prince among others.<\/p>\n Class Warfare<\/p>\n The $150,000 Housekeeper: Wage Inflation Kicks Into Second Gear<\/a> Charles Hugh Smith<\/p>\n The Dream of a Thing: Refounding the Economy of a Venezuelan Commune<\/a> Monthly Review<\/p>\n A Russian Village<\/a> Sophie Kropotkin, Anarchist Library<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Legal Theory Bookworm: \u201cThe Interbellum Constitution\u201d by LaCroix<\/a> Legal Theory Blog<\/p>\n Antidote du jour (Aris riyanto<\/a>):<\/p>\n See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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