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The female falcon was equipped with a GPS tracker during its journey from South Africa to Finland, covering about 230km per day.<\/p>\n

It flew in a straight line across the African lands until it reached the desert in the north, then headed towards the path of the Nile River over\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Fv1f6a10zW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dr. M.F. Khan (@Dr_TheHistories) May 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Stream Online Monty Python and the Holy Grail Free on Its 50th Anniversary<\/a> Open Culture (Micael T). News you can use!<\/p>\n

Tolkien Against the Grain<\/a> Dissent (Anthony L)<\/p>\n

Avoid one-night stands to prevent drug contamination, athletes told<\/a> The Times (Micael T)<\/p>\n

Global health funding faces worst crisis \u2018in memory\u2019, WHO chief says<\/a> Aljazeera<\/p>\n

#COVID-19\/Pandemics<\/p>\n

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Discovery Explains Long COVID Breathing Problems<\/a> UVA Health<\/p>\n

Kennedy Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination <\/a>New York Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n

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Bank of England watchdog tells banks and insurers to fix climate risk \u2018gaps\u2019<\/a> Financial Times<\/p>\n

Study Finds Synergistic Convergence of Global Warming, Pesticide Toxicity, and Antibiotic Resistance<\/a> Beyond Pesticides<\/p>\n

Bees, fish and plants show how climate change\u2019s accelerating pace is disrupting nature in 2 key ways<\/a> The Conversation<\/p>\n

Dying satellites can drive climate change and ozone depletion, study finds<\/a> Guardian<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

China?<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s Trade War Is Helping Unite Chinese People Around Xi<\/a> Bloomberg. As we predicted, but this was a very easy call. More important, this will enable the government to depict poor economic performance solely to the tariffs, when there may well be other contributing factors, like continuing unwind of the housing bubble. <\/p>\n

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MAJOR BREAKING: Trump
just warned any country that purchases oil from Iran will be prohibited from doing business with U.S. <\/p>\n

That would literally BAN all business from China, who gets their oil from Iran. <\/p>\n

That would bankrupt our country. Is he fucking nuts? pic.twitter.com\/sYKr29dNgw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) May 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Trump Tops Tariffs On China With Sanctions<\/a> Moon of Alabama<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: China has officially unveiled Poxiao, the world\u2019s fastest hard drive!
This groundbreaking storage device can write 25 billion bits of data per second, making it a staggering 100,000 times faster than existing hard drive technologies. <\/p>\n

Developed by a team of top\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/sLBnmyjOT4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Truth_teller \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa (@Truthtellerftm) May 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The US has begun sharing rare intelligence on Chinese space weapons with British military chiefs<\/a> Telegraph<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just Greenland: Inside the fight the U.S. faces to keep a tiny Pacific island out of China\u2019s grasp<\/a> Independent. Headline gets a \u201cDepartment of \u201chuh?\u201d notice.<\/p>\n

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Highway 1 in Big Sur has been closed for 838 days. In that time China has built 3500 miles of high speed rail, and California hasn’t been able to fix a quarter mile of highway. pic.twitter.com\/F01lXteBEh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Arye Lipman (@aryelipman) May 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

India-Pakistan Row<\/p>\n

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India-Pakistan tensions show signs of easing<\/a> Indian Punchline<\/p>\n

India Makes Diplomatic Push for Military Action Against Pakistan <\/a>Foreign Policy<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

India<\/p>\n

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India is Paying $288 Million Per Fighter For New Rafales: They Are Already a Generation Behind<\/a> Military Watch<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Africa<\/p>\n

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Tipping points: South Sudan on the brink of collapse?<\/a> IISS\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

European Disunion<\/p>\n

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How the EU wants to channel its savings into armaments<\/a> Anti-Spiegel via machine translation (Micael T)<\/p>\n

Drought fears for grains growing season mount in Central Europe<\/a> EurActiv<\/p>\n

European Union prepares new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine war<\/a> France24<\/p>\n

Macron attempts to interfere with papal conclave \u2013 media<\/a> RT (Kevin W)<\/p>\n

Larvae in wounds \u2013 management makes millions of cuts<\/a> Aftonbladet via machine translation (Micael T)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Old Blighty<\/p>\n

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The Reform revolution has begun<\/a> Telegraph<\/p>\n

Reform has put the two traditional parties on notice \u2013 and we don\u2019t know where this ends.<\/a> Sky<\/p>\n

Terminal Decline<\/a> Sam Freedman<\/p>\n

UK exports in worst slump since Covid: Bank of England tipped to cut rates to 3.25% this year<\/a> This Is Money<\/p>\n

Britain Is Toast, Period<\/a> Ian Welsh (Micael T)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Israel v. the Resistance<\/p>\n

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\u201cDeprivation by Design:\u201d Israel Intensifies Mass Killing Campaign in Gaza with Starvation and Daily Strikes<\/a> Drop Site (Robin K)<\/p>\n

Egyptian official: US bet that Israel can force more concessions from Hamas \u2018a mistake\u2019<\/a> Times of Israel<\/p>\n

The Vach brothers: Israel\u2019s first family of genocide<\/a> The Electronic Intifada (guurst)<\/p>\n

Israel Bombs Humanitarian Aid Flotilla on Way to Gaza<\/a> Antiwar.com. We reported on this incident but it\u2019s important not to miss. Kevin W: \u201cBunch of fuckwits. Don\u2019t they realize that by doing so, it has given other actors the license to do the same to Israeli ships?\u201d<\/p>\n

I was a nuclear weapons inspector \u2013 Iran could have a bomb in six months <\/a>iPaper<\/p>\n

More Israeli strikes on Syria reported after Damascus warns of escalation<\/a> Aljazeera\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n

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War in Ukraine not ending \u2018any time soon\u2019, Vance says<\/a> BBC<\/p>\n

Radio Liberty Let The Cat Out Of The Bag Regarding The EU\u2019s Game Plan For Ukraine <\/a>Andrew Korybko (Micael T)<\/p>\n

EU to tap frozen Russian funds \u2013 Reuters <\/a> RT (Kevin W)<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa\u203c\ufe0fThe Finns realized with horror that they needed open borders more than the Russians\u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n

In Helsinki, they believed for a long time that the neighbor on the other side of the border would “give in” at some point. That Russia, despite the insults and political twists and\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/sW9XIIDvTL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Djole \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8 (@onlydjole) April 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

US and Ukraine sign minerals deal that solidifies investment in Kyiv\u2019s defense against Russia<\/a> Guardian. Indicating that Ukraine allies anticipate the minerals pact will work out in the manner that we warned\u2026that it would re-anchor the US to Ukraine, even if we aren\u2019t in practice able to do all that much. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Big Brother is Watching You Watch<\/p>\n

Irish Privacy Watchdog Fines TikTok $600 Million For China Data Transfers<\/a> Associated Press<\/p>\n

Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n

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The helicopter, symbol of American hubris <\/a>Engelsberg Ideas. On the fall of Saigon. <\/p>\n

Dangerous Chimera \u2013 Colin Kidd<\/a> London Review of Books (Anthony L). Important. <\/p>\n

How Russia\u2019s navy became bigger than Britain\u2019s<\/a> Ian Proud<\/p>\n

China muscling in on US Egyptian ally<\/a> Asia Times (Kevin W)<\/p>\n

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The bill to ban congressional stock trading is entitled the PELOSI Act, or “Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments.”<\/p>\n

I usually don’t like cute names for pieces of legislation, but this one hit the nail on the head. Bravo.<\/p>\n

Pass it!! pic.twitter.com\/pN8nicKJRx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The UN could run out of cash within months<\/a> Economist\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Trump 2.0<\/p>\n

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US army plans for a potential parade of 6,600 soldiers on Trump\u2019s birthday<\/a> Guardian (Kevin W)<\/p>\n

Trump budget proposes $1 trillion for defense, slashes education, foreign aid, environment, health and public assistance<\/a> CNN (Kevin W)<\/p>\n

On the Day He Was Fired as National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz Used an Israeli App to Archive Signal Messages<\/a> Drop Site<\/p>\n

Trump says short-term recession OK: \u201cThis is a transition period\u201d<\/a> Axios. Lordie. Things are darkest before they go completely black. <\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s Policies Are Creating Uncertainty for Fossil Fuel Companies<\/a> Wired (Robin K)<\/p>\n

Vilsack says farms, not farmers, should work harder to grow rural communities<\/a> Iowa Capital Dispatch<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tariffs<\/p>\n

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Trump ends duty-free for low-value Chinese imports in trade war escalation<\/a> Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n

Trump hints at tariff reprieve for pharma companies that bring operations back to US<\/a> Guardian (Kevin W)<\/p>\n

Temu To Stop Selling Goods From China Directly To US Customers<\/a> BBC<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

DOGE<\/p>\n

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ELON MUSK ADMITS HE FAILED TO CUT $2 TRILLION IN FEDERAL FAT, BUT SAYS AT LEAST HE ENJOYED HIS TRUMP SLEEPOVERS WITH ICE CREAM<\/a> Futurism (Micael T)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Immigration<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s immigration \u2018shock and awe\u2019 is losing in the court of law<\/a> Politico<\/p>\n

Texas Judge Strikes Down Trump\u2019s Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans<\/a> New York Times (Robin K)<\/p>\n

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He can\u2019t see the forest for the trees. pic.twitter.com\/USplKVQHvW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 JessicaUSAF (@JessicaUSAF) May 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Our No Longer Free Press<\/p>\n

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Now it is illegal in California to show the documentary The Encampments. At least it is at UCLA. UCPD sent out cops in riot gear with rifles to campus to shut down a screening of the film. They confiscated the screen and arrested at least three people. pic.twitter.com\/bAJgQUCHjI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 doloresquintana (@doloresquintana) May 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mr. Market Is Moody<\/p>\n

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Fear of gas market price shocks spreading among energy traders<\/a> Energy Watch<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Antitrust<\/p>\n

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US Asks Judge To Break Up Google\u2019s Ad Tech Business<\/a> Guardian<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

AI<\/p>\n

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AI models routinely lie when honesty conflicts with their goals<\/a> The Register<\/p>\n

First Driverless Semis Have Started Running Regular Longhaul Routes<\/a> CNN<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Bezzle<\/p>\n

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Credit Bubble Bulletin : Weekly Commentary: The Typical and Atypical<\/a>. resilc hoists this section:<\/p>\n

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May 2 \u2013 Bloomberg (Sonali Basak): Private credit fund investors are offloading stakes at significant discounts ahead of more potential pain for the US economy, Oaktree Capital Management Co-Chief Executive Officer Robert O\u2019Leary said. Oaktree sees more chances to buy marked-down assets\u2026, where private asset holders sell stakes in relatively illiquid funds to bring returns to their own investors. That activity has been building in private equity for some time, but credit investors are now putting up bigger trades\u2026 Discounts are starting at about 90 cents on the dollar and going as low as the \u201850 cent range,\u2019 he said\u2026 Limited partners are taking matters into their own hands given a desire \u2018to get out of this before a fall.\u2019 He said the current discounts don\u2019t include a lot of deterioration in credit quality, and as the economic outlook worsens, those discounts will get bigger. \u2018To date, we haven\u2019t seen forced selling, there haven\u2019t been really dire liquidity situations that people need to address\u2026 I think we\u2019re going to get into more sort of anxious points in time where LPs will want to trade\u2026\u2019 Private credit has grown rapidly in recent years to become a $1.6 trillion industry\u2026 High-yield debt markets could see high-single-digit default rates, he said. Other markets are even more vulnerable. \u2018If loans are going to see double-digit defaults, I see no reason why ultimately private credit couldn\u2019t end up there,\u2019 he said. \u2018It\u2019s poorly underwritten, in the main. I\u2019m not saying everybody is\u2019\u2026 Many companies with too much debt are simply limping along\u2026 O\u2019Leary said this week that investors have not opened up to idea that we might be facing a recession or are already in one. O\u2019Leary said a downturn could be as serious as the dot-com bubble. \u2018That was traumatic, that was pretty V-shaped, so we came out of it pretty quickly\u2026 The problem here is you\u2019re starting to put in place barriers that will shape the behavior of our counterparties.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

UK Preparing To Ban Consumers From Buying Crypto With Borrowed Funds<\/a> Guardian<\/p>\n

Mark Zuckerberg just declared war on the entire advertising industry<\/a> The Verge (Kevin W)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Antidote du jour (via<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Feed me.. \ud83d\ude02 pic.twitter.com\/F6YnRMaBzi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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pic.twitter.com\/vEjf9We35T<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 contents that ll heal your depression \ud83c\udf3b (@catshealdeprsn) May 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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There is a horse named Tom who has a dramatic strategy of avoiding work, he plays dead whenever someone wants a ride <\/p>\n

pic.twitter.com\/R6lzjdVciP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) May 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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