Ancient bread rises again as Turkey recreates 5,000-year-old loaf<\/a> PhysOrg<\/p>\n OLD BANGER World\u2019s first electric car is 100 years old with a wooden frame & it still runs \u2013 but \u2018oil law\u2019 forced it off the road<\/a> Sun (Kevin W)<\/p>\n World\u2019s oldest fingerprint may be a clue that Neanderthals created art <\/a> Guardian (Kevin W)<\/p>\n They Inhaled Xenon Gas and Scaled Everest in Days. Is It the Future of Mountaineering?<\/a> New York Times<\/p>\n The ocean seems to be getting darker<\/a> ScienceDaily (Kevin W). It\u2019s mad at us.<\/p>\n Doctors sound alarm over anti-inflammatory drugs taken by millions that leave you open to deadly viral infections<\/a> Daily Mail. JAK inhibitors.<\/p>\n Humping Iron<\/a> The Baffler (Anthony L). On female bodybuilding.<\/p>\n #COVID-19\/Pandemics<\/p>\n H5N1 BirdFlu is the most prevalent animal disease EVER. \u2014 Dr Richard Hirschson (@richardhirschs1) May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier<\/a> WJTV<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n China\u2019s Soft Spot in Trade War With Trump: Risk of Huge Job Loss<\/a> New York Times. Erm, China in recent years has relied more on investment rather than exports for growth. However, there\u2019s a lot of employment in export sectors, so the employment vulnerability could be greater than contribution to GDP would suggest.<\/p>\n Developing nations face \u2018tidal wave\u2019 of China debt: report<\/a> Agence France-Presse. Of course, China could restructure these debts. But the Chinese public was unhappy about losses on its FX reserves. If debt forgiveness is done on a scale when it is visible to the Chinese public, would this become a source of controversy?<\/p>\n China\u2019s Metal Exports Surge Stirring Global Markets<\/a> OilPrice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n Global temperatures could break heat record in next five years<\/a> Guardian. resilc: \u201cThis will be the shocker to USA USA when crops fail. South Vermont we are getting loads of rain in bunches at a time. Hard to plant any garden.\u201d<\/p>\n Fine dining in the apocalypse: how to be a middle-class prepper<\/a> The Times<\/p>\n Dangerous heat bursts have been spiking temperatures across the US as people sleep. So what are they?<\/a> Independent<\/p>\n Dry heat to torrential rain \u2013 enter the age of \u2018weather whiplash\u2019<\/a> BBC<\/p>\n Tornado Alley has become almost everything east of the Rockies \u2014 and it\u2019s been a violent year<\/a> Kansas Reflector (Robin K)<\/p>\n Southern France winemakers turn to aloe vera as drought reshapes traditional vineyards<\/a> Vinetur<\/p>\n Egypt\u2019s resource crisis: Water, food, and a surging population<\/a> France24<\/p>\n Draining cities dry: the giant tech companies queueing up to build datacentres in drought-hit Latin America<\/a> Guardian<\/p>\n Global heating may be fuelling rise in deadly cancers among women<\/a> Independent<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n China\u2019s Air Conditioning Use Poised to Skyrocket This Summer<\/a> Bloomberg<\/p>\n India-Pakistan Row<\/p>\n India\u2019s Ladakh Hydropower Plan Sparks Fears of Indus Water Crisis<\/a> TNN English<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n South of the Border<\/p>\n Rio\u2019s Beach Culture Clashes with New Regulations Threatening Livelihoods and Legacy.<\/a> Rio Times. Micael T: \u201cGentrification? Monopolization?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n EU to maintain Article 7 procedure over Hungary\u2019s \u2018rule of law breaches\u2019<\/a> Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n German court sends VW execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal<\/a> Politico (Kevin W)<\/p>\n I\u2019m 23 years old, I live at home \u2013 and I love it.<\/a> Aftonbladet via machine translation. Micael T: \u201cPropaganda-piece for youngsters to accept that they will never own their own house and now not even be able to move out from the parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Old Blighty<\/p>\n An island of strangers: The end of England<\/a> Sam Kriss. Important. had tended to see criticism of immigration in the UK (particularly since long-standing EU migrants were run out due to Brexit, generating a big upsurge of non-EU immigrants) as legit beefing about the failure of governments to make even remotely adequate provision via more affordable housing, increased NHS staffing, and more teachers. If you believe the neoliberal notion that we need graof, and populations need to increase or at least not fall, in the low-birth rate UK, the only way to solve the equation is immigration. In the US, during a sustained immigration surge, concern about the dilution of American culture (as if we really have any) led to concerned efforts to promote assimilation. But now doing so would be culturally insensitive\u2026.and not doing anything is so much easier.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Israel v. the Resistance<\/p>\n BREAKING: Last Hospital in North Gaza Shuts Down<\/p>\n Al-Awda Hospital, the final functioning medical center in North Gaza, has now been fully evacuated to its branch in central Gaza. This marks the complete shuttering of all three hospitals in the governorate\u2014officially leaving the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/tro5LEvznz<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) May 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n US Has Delivered 90,000 Tons of Weapons to Israel in Nearly 600 Days<\/a> Antiwar.com (Kevin W)<\/p>\n \u2018Dehumanisation by design\u2019: US-Israeli Gaza aid operation descends into chaos<\/a> Middle East Eye (resilc)<\/p>\n Surprise: CIA link to sketchy Israeli aid scheme<\/a> Responsible Statescraft (Kevin W)<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s Had Enough of Israel\u2019s War. Can He Get Netanyahu Out the Way?<\/a> Haaretz (Robin K)<\/p>\n Randy Fine Should Resign <\/a>American Conservative (resilc). Not just Netanyahu\u2026.also barking mad enablers.<\/p>\n Col. Larry Wilkerson: Russia Launches Massive New Offensive \u2014 The Battle to Win It All! <\/a>Dialogue Works. IMHO, although the entire talk is worthwhile, the important part comes later, on Israel, starting at 35:25. Wilkerson says he has it on good authority that Israel has strike packages v. Iran ready. He further argues that Israel is quite capable of staging a false flag attack, say against Israelis in the US, to justify an attack.<\/p>\n DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Visits Israel, Meets With Netanyahu and Ben Gvir<\/a> Antiwar.com (Kevin W)<\/p>\n A Word of Caution to President Trump Regarding Iran<\/a> Larry Johnson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n How Donald Trump Discovers the Art of Political Negotiation<\/a> Thierry Meyssan (Micael T)<\/p>\n The Memo: Trump paints himself into a corner on Putin and Ukraine<\/a> The Hill. No mention of what sure looks like an assassination attempt on Putin.<\/p>\n Does Ukraine now have a free hand in the use of Western weapons?<\/a> Anti-Spiegel via machine translation (Micael T)<\/p>\n Recycling Old News Media Push For More War In Ukraine <\/a>Moon of Alabama. Important detail on the Merz Taurus missile walkback.<\/p>\n The Ukrainian Government Keeps Sanctioning Its Domestic Critics<\/a> The Dissent<\/p>\n Analyzing Zelensky\u2019s Fearmongering About Fall\u2019s Next Russian-Belarusian Drills<\/a> Andrew Korybko (Micael T)<\/p>\n How Peace-Oriented Norway Learned to Stop Worrying and Love War<\/a> Glenn Diesen<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Syraqistan<\/p>\n The Blair-Bush Project in Syria That Brought Al Qaeda to Power<\/a> Vanessa Beeley<\/p>\n Pressure builds up on Dbeibah as protests rage on across Libya<\/a> Arab Weekly<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Big Brother is Watching You Watch<\/p>\n Live facial recognition cameras may become \u2018commonplace\u2019 as police use soars <\/a> Guardian (Kevin W)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n The End Of America As The Essential Consumer Nation<\/a> Ian Welsh (Micael T)<\/p>\n The defense-industrial base and alliances: US Steel and beyond<\/a> Asia Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump 2.0<\/p>\n Trump slams Biden, praises \u2018tough cookie\u2019 Hegseth and talks upcoming army parade in Memorial Day address<\/a> Politico. What an admission of weakness and insecurity, to attack Biden. Kicking down is never a good look.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s Plan to Revive US Shipbuilding Would Take Billions and Many Years<\/a> New York Times (resilc)<\/p>\n Trump pardons reality show couple convicted of bank fraud and tax crimes<\/a> CNN (Kevin W)<\/p>\n GOP Budget Would Make It Harder to Hold Trump Administration in Contempt<\/a> Intercept (resilc)<\/p>\n U.S. Battery Production Set To Decline 75% Under Trump\u2019s \u2018Big Bill\u2019<\/a> OilPrice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Tariffs<\/p>\n Japan is reportedly offering to buy up to $6.94 billion worth of US semiconductors<\/a> Forex Live. Dollar firmed on trade talk optimism, per Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tourists from countries badly hit by Trump tariffs are staying away from US<\/a> Guardian (Kevin W)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Immigration<\/p>\n Trump administration orders US embassies to stop student visa interviews<\/a> Guardian<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Democrat Death Wish<\/p>\n Will Democrats Learn From the Biden Disaster? Probably Not.<\/a> Jacobin (Robin K)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Our No Longer Free Press<\/p>\n Goodbye pluralism: cancelled Post Keynesian style<\/a> Thomas Palley<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Woke Watch<\/p>\n Supreme Court declines to hear student\u2019s bid to wear \u2018two genders\u2019 shirt to school<\/a> The Hill. What, no amicus brief from the Solicitor General?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Groves of Academe<\/p>\n \u2018AI Role in College Brings Education Closer To a Crisis Point\u2019<\/a> Bloomberg<\/p>\n Trump closes in on cutting government ties with Harvard<\/a> The Hill<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antitrust<\/p>\n Monopoly Round-Up: Trump Antitrust Enforcers Kick Small Business In the Teeth<\/a> Matt Stoller<\/p>\n Musi Says Evidence Shows Apple Conspired With Music Industry On App Store Ban<\/a> ars technica<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n AI<\/p>\n Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves <\/a>The Register<\/p>\n Desperate Times, Desperate Measures<\/a> Ed Zitron<\/p>\n OpenAI software ignores explicit instruction to switch off<\/a> Telegraph. Li: \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Dave, I can\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Bezzle<\/p>\n SpaceX Starship destroyed in third straight fiery test setback<\/a> Bloomberg<\/p>\n The sun is killing off SpaceX\u2019s Starlink satellites<\/a> New Scientist (resilc)<\/p>\n Cracking Bitcoin-Like Encryption Through Quantum Computing Could be 20x Easier Than Thought<\/a> CoinDesk (Kevin W)<\/p>\n Chaos at Klarna\u2019s customer service in Riga<\/a> Aftonbladet via machine translation. Micael T: \u201cKlarna \u2013 a Swedish payment service parasite on the transaction chain, whose business model is to inflict fees on those who can\u2019t pay on time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antidote du jour (John U):<\/p>\n And a bonus (Bob H):<\/p>\n check out this dog that drinks soup<\/p>\n IG meetthechows pic.twitter.com\/t4qYxmKBLn<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 derek guy (@dieworkwear) May 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A second bonus:<\/p>\n Airline staff is not allowing this cute kangaroo to board the airplane,<\/p>\n the way he is holding the boarding pass and waiting to be scanned \ud83e\udd7a<\/p>\n (ai) pic.twitter.com\/EHoSFkEECF<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Wholesome Side of \ud835\udd4f (@itsme_urstruly) May 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n And a third:<\/p>\n This is an uninterrupted minute of Maruay the rescued tiger with his beloved ball pic.twitter.com\/xwAKdGnZJH<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nature is Amazing \u2618\ufe0f (@AMAZlNGNATURE) May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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