How Legos went from humble toy to criminal black market item fueled by L.A. heists<\/a> Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n Mysterious monoliths are appearing across the world. Here\u2019s what we know.<\/a> Vox<\/p>\n What If We\u2019re Stuck Down Here?<\/a> Defector<\/p>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n Top 14 hottest places on Earth from Tunisia to Kuwait, as heatwaves sweep much of world<\/a> The National<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Extreme Weather Report, June 22, 2024. pic.twitter.com\/Sgkl6hBnV8<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Yellow Dot Studios (@weareyellowdot) June 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Downward Mobilisation<\/a> The Break Down. The deck: \u201cPrivate investment cannot and should not drive decarbonisation. It\u2019s obvious: we need the state.\u201d<\/p>\n Miami entering a state of unreality: Adaptation to climate change can\u2019t fix the city\u2019s water problems<\/a> Floodlight<\/p>\n It was meant to be a Christian utopia. Now this Nigerian community is helpless against rising seas<\/a> AP<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Water<\/p>\n Not just a Gulf problem: Mississippi River farm runoff pollutes upstream waters<\/a> Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Pandemics<\/p>\n COVID infection endangers pregnancies and newborns. Why aren\u2019t parents being warned?<\/a> The Gauntlet<\/p>\n BMJ Paper at Center of COVID Vax Deaths Controversy Gets Expression of Concern<\/a> MedPage Today<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Foresight*: Pathogens from the Permafrost<\/a> German Institute for International and Security\u00a0Affairs. \u201cCombating the Spread of an Animal-borne Disease with or without Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n India<\/p>\n BRICS and G7: India\u2019s trapeze act<\/a> WION<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Africa<\/p>\n Why exactly are major international firms leaving the Nigerian market?<\/a> An Africanist Perspective<\/p>\n Coup-hit Niger was betting on a China-backed oil pipeline as a lifeline. Then the troubles began<\/a> AP<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Japan<\/p>\n Marines Add New \u201cLittoral\u201d Combat Unit to Okinawa to Defend Japan & Philippines<\/a> Warrior Maven<\/p>\n Only 10.4% want PM Kishida to continue to serve: Kyodo poll<\/a> Kyodo News<\/p>\n Are Tokyo\u2019s public toilets the new tourist attractions? Here are 13 unique ones worth visiting<\/a> Channel News Asia<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n China\u2019s Vulnerability Paradox: How the World\u2019s Largest Consumer Transformed Global Commodity Markets (book excerpt)<\/a> Pekingnology<\/p>\n South China Sea: Philippines\u2019 anti-ship missile base puts Scarborough Shoal in cross hairs<\/a> South China Morning Post<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n In Southeast Asia, the Authorities Are the Biggest Gun Dealers in Town<\/a> The Diplomat<\/p>\n Syraqistan<\/p>\n Dozens killed in northern Gaza during Israeli assassination attempt<\/a> The Cradle<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n JENIN: Israeli forces tied an injured Palestinian man to the hood of their vehicle, using him as a human shield during a raid in the Occupied West Bank city. pic.twitter.com\/wht3rBVuhX<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Hamdah Salhut (@hamdahsalhut) June 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Collapse of Zionism<\/a> New Left Review<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n US offers assurances to Israel this week in the event of full-blown war with Hezbollah<\/a> CNN<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Addendum: And no, the US helping out with a couple squadrons of naval strike aircraft from a carrier sitting off the coast is not going to meaningfully change the operational balance in South Lebanon. pic.twitter.com\/enIcBy9H91<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Armchair Warlord (@ArmchairW) June 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n ***<\/p>\n Yemeni, Iraqi Resistance jointly target five Israeli-bound ships<\/a> Al Mayadeen<\/p>\n Houthi claims of attack on US aircraft carrier are false: US officials<\/a> Al Arabiya<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n The dangerous framing of a Putin Puppet<\/a> Left Bloc. Clare Daly.<\/p>\n EPP snubs hearing before Brussels court on von der Leyen\u2019s Commission candidacy<\/a> Euractiv<\/p>\n German automakers pressure EU leaders to drop China EV tariffs<\/a> Nikkei Asia<\/p>\n Paris\u2019 Rise as Finance Hub at Risk After Macron\u2019s Election Call<\/a> Bloomberg<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7elections. Bardella: as PM I will order an audit of public finances because they are in such a dire state that we won\u2019t be able to keep our expensive promises on pensions, VAT etc. \u2014 Giovanni Capoccia @gcapoccia.bsky.social (@gcapoccia1) June 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n South Korea, Japan, US agree on \u2018close\u2019 security cooperation in wake of Putin-Kim summit<\/a> Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n EU allegedly mulls security partnerships with Japan, South Korea<\/a> baha<\/p>\n Nothing to worry about? South Korea sounds the\u00a0alarm<\/a> Gilbert Doctorow<\/p>\n South Korean Military Power: Lessons Europe can Learn from Seoul<\/a> The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Negotiations needed to end war in Ukraine but Putin \u2018cannot be trusted,\u2019 says Mark Milley<\/a> The Kyiv Independent<\/p>\n Rerouting of Russia trade to add more Caucasus, Central Asia growth in 2024-2025, says Oxford Economics<\/a> Intellinews<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Old Blighty<\/p>\n Farage\u2019s children<\/a> Wrong Side of History<\/p>\n Sunak, Starmer slam Farage claim that EU, NATO \u2018provoked\u2019 invasion of Ukraine<\/a> Politico<\/p>\n The housing market scam that the Labour Party has ruled out solving<\/a> The Canary<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n South of the Border<\/p>\n Driving Capital<\/a> Phenomenal World. \u201cThe USMCA, the IRA, and Mexico\u2019s electric vehicle boom.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Spook Country<\/p>\n Biden DHS docs suggested Trump supporters, military and religious people are likely violent terror threats<\/a> Fox News<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump<\/p>\n GOP measure presses SCOTUS to intervene in Trump case<\/a> Axios<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Democrats en d\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/p>\n The Junior Partner Strategy<\/a> Left Notes<\/p>\n Democratic National Convention Will Treat Influencers Like Press This Year<\/a> Gizmodo<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 2024<\/p>\n Democrats ramp up efforts to block RFK Jr. from appearing on ballots across the nation<\/a> CNN<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n The Zero Sovereignty System<\/a> Philip Pilkington, Postliberal Order<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Boeing<\/p>\n Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787\u2019s windscreen cracks at 40K feet, forcing terrified crew to reroute San Francisco-bound flight<\/a> New York Post<\/p>\n Problems at Boeing cast a shadow over 777 freighter conversion certification<\/a> The Loadstar<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The US still cannot get its astronauts back to earth due to Boeing technical problems.<\/p>\n (The US used to rely on Russia to ferry its astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS)).<\/p>\n \u201cWhat was meant to be a one-week stay in space for astronauts Suni Williams and\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/KviuLkKcTT<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/JLgreqx1Nd<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u23f3Towhee \ud83c\udf0f\u262e\ufe0f (@amborin) June 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Healthcare?<\/p>\n These Big Health Insurers Covered Fewer People in the Commercial Market in 2023 Than They Did in 2013. Yet Profits Were Up. Here\u2019s How.<\/a> HEALTH CARE un-covered<\/p>\n FDA Warns Yet Another Birth Tissue Company<\/a> MedPage Today<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antitrust<\/p>\n Inside FICO and the Credit Bureau Cartel<\/a> BIG by Matt Stoller<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Police State Watch<\/p>\n COMPANY LINKED TO FEDERAL EXECUTION SPREE SAYS IT WILL NO LONGER PRODUCE KEY DRUG<\/a> The Intercept<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Groves of Academe<\/p>\n The Crackdown on Campus Protests is Just Beginning<\/a> In These Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Digital Watch<\/p>\n Publishers\u2019 lawsuit leads to removal of 500,000 books from Internet\u00a0Archive<\/a> Techspot<\/p>\n Microsoft admits no guarantee of sovereignty for UK policing data<\/a> Computer Weekly<\/p>\n Zuckerberg, other Meta executives denied employees\u2019 pleas to fund youth safety programs: Report<\/a> Washington Examiner<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Guillotine Watch<\/p>\n Thirteen arrested after fireworks from yacht spark forest fire on Greek island<\/a> The Guardian<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Bezzle<\/p>\n Arizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery<\/a> The Verge<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The State Wants to Nationalize Second Mortgages. What Possibly Can Go Wrong?<\/a> Mises Institute<\/p>\n Class Warfare<\/p>\n Does the US have a housing shortage\u2014or an affordable housing shortage?<\/a> 48 Hills<\/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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