Cub found alone in US woods now being raised by wildlife staff in bear costumes<\/a> The Guardian<\/p>\n Colossal scientist now admits they haven\u2019t really made dire wolves<\/a> New Scientist<\/p>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n Tornado Alley has become almost everything east of the Rockies \u2014 and it\u2019s been a violent year<\/a> Kansas Reflector<\/p>\n With soaring summer temps ahead, AI data centers could strain electricity supplies in the Mid-Atlantic<\/a> Allegheny Front<\/p>\n A fungi that can \u2018eat you from the inside out\u2019 could spread as the world heats up<\/a> CNN<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Pandemics<\/p>\n Here\u2019s really strong evidence of immune damage from COVID among bacterial infections with no vaccines. Look at the sharp climbs in all since 2020.https:\/\/t.co\/NjrKk15mxj<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5D704AQ7ve<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Michael Olesen \ud83d\udc89\ud83d\ude37\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@maolesen) May 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n US sees COVID variant NB.1.8.1 surge: Why are more than 300 people in America still dying from pandemic every week?<\/a> The Economic Times.<\/p>\n Intravenous SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein induces neuroinflammation and alpha-synuclein accumulation in brain regions relevant to Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/a> Brain, Behavior, and Immunity<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A friend just messaged to say that her neighbour is having leech therapy for their long covid, and, honestly, this is where we now are in 2025. \u2014 tern (@1goodtern) May 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Japan<\/p>\n Japan flexes military muscle at biggest-ever defense expo<\/a> Asia Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n Chinese ambassador criticises plan to return Darwin Port to Australian ownership<\/a> Channel News Asia<\/p>\n Why Apple can\u2019t just quit China<\/a> Rest of World<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n India<\/p>\n Foxconn to expand India focus with $1.5 billion investment<\/a> The Economic Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Africa<\/p>\n Dismantling Green Colonialism: Against the \u201canti-imperialists par excellence\u201d<\/a> Review of African Political Economy<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n Merz backs Nord Stream ban to prevent US and Russia restarting gas link<\/a> FT<\/p>\n BETWEEN HOPE AND FEAR: ECONOMIC WEAKNESS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE FISCAL PACKAGE, BUREAUCRATIC OBSTACLES AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE<\/a> German Council of Economic Experts<\/p>\n The EU is finally paying the price for its unfair trade practices<\/a> Thomas Fazi<\/p>\n Resistance and extractivism: Inside Carrara, home of white marble<\/a> Al Jazeera<\/p>\n The global gateway to nowhere<\/a> Africa Is A Country<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Syraqistan<\/p>\n IDF: 75% of Gaza to Be Occupied in Two Months; 2 Million Civilians to Be Concentrated in Three Zones<\/a> Haaretz<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch tells Sky that \u2018Israel is fighting a proxy war on behalf of the UK, just like Ukraine is.\u2019<\/p>\n So apparently, the Ukraine war is a proxy war after all, according to Badenoch.<\/p>\n And apparently, genocide is ok because Israel is \u201cdoing it for us\u2026\u201d pic.twitter.com\/AvXfoZAGRT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Trita Parsi (@tparsi) May 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Red Cross pleads for Gaza ceasefire after two workers killed<\/a> AFP. A strike on their home.<\/p>\n Gaza doctor loses 9 children as Israel bears down on war amid growing pressure<\/a> NBC News<\/p>\n Secretive Gaza checkpoint contractor reported as outgrowth of private intel firm<\/a> All-Source Intelligence<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \ud83d\udea8UAE condemns Israel for forcing aid trucks to go through \u201cred zones\u201d where Israel-backed ISIS-linked criminal gangs & drug dealers loot aid under IDF protection<\/p>\n UAE says out of 24 food trucks that entered yesterday, only 1 arrived safely to warehouses<\/p>\n UAE was supposed to 103\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/wYguwU4oQE<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) May 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Yemen\u2019s Houthis Fire Missile at Israel for Third Time in Four Days<\/a> Antiwar<\/p>\n Death toll in US strikes on al-Qaeda members in Yemen rises to 9<\/a> AFP<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n Putin\u2019s helicopter was caught in Ukrainian drone swarm \u2013 commander<\/a> RT<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 UKRAINE TRIED TO KILL PUTIN!<\/p>\n Vladimir Putin\u2019s helicopter was attacked by Ukrainian drones in the Kursk region.<\/p>\n This happened on May 20, said the commander of the air defense division, Yuri Dashkin.<\/p>\n The intensity of the attack by Ukrainian drones on the Kursk region, when\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/XXo2aYkUWo<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n CCTV camera captured the moment of a Russian strike with the 9M723 Iskander-M (or North Korean KN-23) ballistic missile on the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv last night. pic.twitter.com\/k7gjCwjeKM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Status-6 (Military & Conflict News) (BlueSky too) (@Archer83Able) May 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \ud83d\udca5 Russian Armed Forces strike targets in several regions<\/p>\n Explosions are heard:<\/p>\n \ud83d\udfe5 in Dnepropetrovsk;<\/p>\n \ud83d\udfe5 in the Odessa region;<\/p>\n \ud83d\udfe5 in Poltava region;<\/p>\n \ud83d\udfe5 in Sumy region;<\/p>\n \ud83d\udfe5 in Chernihiv.<\/p>\n \u2014 Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) May 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Russia Launches Massive Aerial Assaults on Ukraine, Defying Trump\u2019s Peace Calls<\/a> WSJ. Western media and politicos ignore drone attack on Putin helicopter and run with this line.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n There are 81 co-sponsors for the Graham-Blumenthal bill in the Senate to impose harsher sanctions on Russia. Co-sponsors include Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Jim Justice (R-WV), Dave McCormick (R-PA), Ted Budd\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Michael Tracey (@mtracey) May 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump administration finally responds to large-scale Russian attacks on Ukraine<\/a> Ukrainska Pravda. Keith Kellogg trots out the 1977 Geneva Peace Protocols.<\/p>\n Trump blasts Russian leader: \u2018I\u2019m not happy with what Putin is doing\u2019<\/a> The Hill<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n If military aid to the Banderite regime continues, the buffer zone could look like this: pic.twitter.com\/0ueLOTeJaH<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) May 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Buy American: How Europe Must Stock Up On Weapons for Ukraine<\/a> Bloomberg. Shocker.<\/p>\n YLE: Recycled fishing nets become Ukraine\u2019s frontline anti-drone tool<\/a> Euromaidan Press<\/p>\n Russia to issue note of protest to Sweden after attack on Russian embassy \u2014 diplomat<\/a> TASS<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Spook Country<\/p>\n Death of a Master Manipulator<\/a> SpyTalk (Lambert)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Chinese laser cracks spy dream, can read letters size of a sesame seed from a mile away<\/a> Interesting Engineering<\/p>\n \u201cLiberation Day\u201d<\/p>\n Trump delays 50 per cent EU tariff until 9 July<\/a> Euractiv. EU-China summit in late July<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump 2.0<\/p>\n GOP senators say Trump\u2019s \u2018big, beautiful bill\u2019 needs spending cuts<\/a> The Hill<\/p>\n Trump backing for Nippon Steel deal comes with big questions<\/a> Business Times<\/p>\n Donald Trump, Mark Twain, and another Gilded Age<\/a> 48 Hills<\/p>\n JD Vance\u2019s Irish ancestry claim hits a genealogical dead end<\/a> The Times<\/p>\n Maxed Out<\/a> Matthew Karp, New Left Review<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Democrats en d\u00e9shabill\u00e9<\/p>\n THE COMING DEMOCRATIC CIVIL WAR<\/a> Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic. Commentary:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Jonathan Chait in the Atlantic saying the quiet part out loud \u2014 just stating explicitly that yes, abundance is about defeating progressives and remaking the Democratic Party as a libertarian, Never Trump Republican Party. Great, can we stop pretending it\u2019s anything but that? pic.twitter.com\/FuIs39Hxj3<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Aaron Regunberg (@AaronRegunberg) May 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Obama Legacy<\/p>\n Guess which president signed S-PAYGO into law as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling limit in 2010? https:\/\/t.co\/bv2p5P6TQU<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/XuoyLT42UE<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Stephanie Kelton (@StephanieKelton) May 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n China signs deal with Russia to build a power plant on the moon \u2014 potentially leaving the US in the dust<\/a> Space.com<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Police State Watch<\/p>\n The first rule of ICE Club? Don\u2019t talk about ICE Club. And treat all migrants as criminals.<\/a> Kansas Reflector<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Big Brother Is Watching You Watch<\/p>\n Anthropic Faces Backlash As Claude 4 Opus Can Autonomously Alert Authorities When Detecting Behavior Deemed Seriously Immoral, Raising Major Privacy And Trust Concerns<\/a> Wccftech<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Groves of Academe<\/p>\n 11-Year-Old California Girl Graduates College, Breaking Record Set by Her Brother Just Last Year<\/a> People<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Friendly Skies<\/p>\n Montgomery Field Airport weather instruments not functioning properly at time of plane crash<\/a> kpbs<\/p>\n New \u2018Superdiffusion\u2019 Proof Probes the Mysterious Math of Turbulence<\/a> Quanta<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n AI<\/p>\n OpenAI\u2019s desperate quest to become an AI monopoly<\/a> Blood in the Machine<\/p>\n OpenAI ChatGPT o3 caught sabotaging shutdown in terrifying AI test<\/a> Beta News<\/p>\n War on the Slop Machines<\/a> Left Notes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Supply Chain<\/p>\n Shipping bottlenecks in Europe send a warning signal to US, Asia<\/a> Business Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Healthcare?<\/p>\n The Trouble With \u2018Do Your Own Research\u2019 for Drugs<\/a> MedPage Today<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Our Famously Free Press<\/p>\n I\u2019ve said it before, I\u2019ll say it again: Bluesky is the liberal Zone of Interest https:\/\/t.co\/1KIDWNrGbR<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Heidi N. Moore (@moorehn) May 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Bezzle<\/p>\n Crypto Investor Charged With Kidnapping and Torturing Man for Weeks<\/a> New York Times<\/p>\n A crypto turn to save the US dollar?<\/a> Warwick Powell\u2019s Substack<\/p>\n AI agents are poised to be crypto\u2019s next major vulnerability<\/a> Coin Telegraph<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Class Warfare<\/p>\n The Dead End of Checks and Balances<\/a> Boston Review<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n William Blake\u2019s The Gates of Paradise (1787-93)<\/a> The Public Domain Review<\/p>\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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