Call Your Local Wizard Slate (Anthony L). I wonder why Terry Pratchett never picked up on this angle….maybe because it was once reality.
Remembering D-Day: Key Facts and Figures About the Invasion that Changed the Course of World War II Military Watch
Remote Amazon tribe finally connects to internet — only to wind up hooked on porn, social media News.com.au (Paul R)
Black Hole Flyby London Review of Books (Anthony L)
The Grit That Makes the Pearl: An Interview With Paul Theroux Collidescope (Anthony L)
Getting past ‘it’s IBS’ aeon
H5N1 bird flu detected in SF, first in California city wastewater SFChronicle (Paul R)
Whether Bird Flu Is on the March Misses the Point MROnline (Anthony L)
If You Love Being Alone, There’s Nothing Wrong with You. OK Doomer (Kevin W). Important.
#COVID-19
THE SOCIALIST RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC Socialism 2024
Anthony Fauci, the Wuhan Lab Lie, and the bipartisan war on public health WSWS
Climate/Environment
IEA: The World Will Struggle to Triple Its Renewable Energy Capacity by 2030 OilPrice
China?
A New Chinese Exclusion Act Nation
South China Sea: Philippine troops accused of cutting Chinese fishing nets near Second Thomas Shoal South China Morning Post
India
India election result 2024 live: Will form next government, says Modi Aljazeera
Why India’s Modi failed to win outright majority BBC (Kevin W)
Markets & Adani down. Indians rejected Modi’s #BillionaireRaj?”quality of employment has deteriorated in 12 of 21 major States & UTs,as the proportion of workers in regular or salaried jobs declined between July 2022- June 23″ https://t.co/hhYdmxbz43https://t.co/frBSnM6Elo
— Albert Pinto (@70sBachchan) June 4, 2024
European Disunion
Punish Hungary to ensure EU’s future – bloc presidency holder RT (Kevin W)
‘Vote or face war’: Poland PM’s stark warning ahead of EU election BBC (Kevin W)
Old Blighty
Number of students coming to schools hungry, without proper clothing rising in UK: Survey Anadolu Agency
Gaza
Israeli ground forces launch new incursion into a central Gaza refugee camp Arab News
Gaza live: Israeli killing of policemen decried as attempt to create chaos Middle East Eye
Israel and Hezbollah Move Closer to Full-Scale War Wall Street Journal
Iran’s allies in Iraq are firing at Israel. Could that trigger a wider war? Reuters (Robin K)
There is a measure of desperation in Biden’s ceasefire plan Aljazeera
Why the ceasefire proposal Biden announced for Gaza has stalled Middle East Eye
US House passes legislation to sanction ICC over Gaza warrants bid BBC
New Not-So-Cold War
The Kremlin may rest easy: Europe is a paper tiger Gilbert Doctorow (guurst)
SITREP 6/4/24: Global Turmoil Trends Bearish for Ukraine Simplicius
Gazprom badly hurt by Ukraine war, says company-commissioned report Financial Times
Russia has taken out over half of Ukraine power generation Financial Times
Turkiye Would Like to Join BRICS – Top Diplomat Sputnik
I had doubts about this report yesterday, on Twitter re-reporting some Turkiye press accounts. Looking a smidge more real. The idea of investing in Turkiye-aligned North Cyprus seems goofy unless there is a money laundering angle:
🚨UPDATE: The Government of Cyprus is investigating the purchase of Vuni Palace Hotel and Casino in northern Cyprus by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s company Film Heritage Inc in May 2024. https://t.co/J1QkO5WZOp pic.twitter.com/KLHrOKjSXL
— Aussie Cossack (@aussiecossack) June 4, 2024
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
Hospitals in London affected by cyber attack BBC
Trump
One in 10 Republicans less likely to vote for Trump after verdict: Reuters/Ipsos poll Reuters (furzy)
DATA: Trump Surges With Black Voters, Up 15% Since Manhattan Conviction National Pulse. Rasmussen poll, which is considered right wing. Rasmussen shows Trump national lead falling.
Jim Jordan proposes “defunding” Trump prosecutors Axios
Wisconsin attorney general charges three former Trump associates in plot to overturn 2020 electionGuardian
Biden
Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping Wall Street Journal. Holy moley. Knives are out. This is above the fold. There used to be something of a code of omerta. It has to be really really bad for this many to talk.
Foreign policy becomes a liability for Biden’s campaign as he heads to France Politico
The new average daily ceiling of 2,500 over the course of a week, which when exceeded leads to closure, already reached:
Biden issues new executive action: Much of southern border to close at midnight https://t.co/GgCty4RQOA
— POLITICO (@politico) June 4, 2024
UN expresses deep concern over new US asylum restrictions France24. Note this outcome reflects in large measure decades of negligence about having even remotely adequate measure.
Joe Biden’s worries grow as Hunter Biden’s trial begins Politico
Our No Longer Free Press
A Landmark Victory for Physicians and Patients – and the First Amendment – by the Fifth Circuit Today in AAPS v. ABIM AAPS (IM Doc). Important.
From KK via e-mail:
And a climbdown:
A statement from George Clooney pic.twitter.com/YJpOkJwTS5
— Clooney Foundation for Justice (@ClooneyFDN) June 3, 2024
Moscow comments on Scott Ritter passport seizure RT (Robin K). Ritter gets a comment from Lavrov and Peskov, so he’s now famous in Russia. The US really can’t let him go there now.
AI
AI Hype The Walrus (Anthony L)
What I learned from the UN’s “AI for Good” summit MIT Technology Review (furzy)
“You Are My Friend”: Early Androids and Artificial Speech Public Domain Review (Anthony L)
The Bezzle
“Not your mom’s Facebook:” Inside Meta’s plan to win back the youth Axios (Kevin W)
Class Warfare
Fed President Neel Kashkari just learned that normal Americans prefer a recession over high inflation…
“I don’t understand. How can inflation be worse than a recession? In a recession you lose your job. Inflation is paying higher prices, but you still have a job.”
God help us. pic.twitter.com/5QVTQkQQQ3
— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) June 4, 2024
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus (Chuck L). Aaaw!
4 types of tigers in the same photo: Golden Tiger, Snow White Tiger, Bengal Tiger and White Tiger pic.twitter.com/D55k0KWLG7
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) June 4, 2024
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
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