Deal with a Affected person With out His Consent New York Instances
Clitoxin for Improved Feminine Sexual Perform Female Wellness Publication. Dr. Kevin: “One other miracle of contemporary medication …”
First Particular person To Obtain a Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Transplant Dies NPR. Solely 2 month survival. Looks like lots of tough medical intervention, as in most likely not nice high quality of further life.
Web Use Is Related With Better Wellbeing, International Examine Discovers Guardian. Surprise how cautious they had been about confounders.
#COVID-19
Panic. It’s Good For You. Jessica Wildfire (Randy Ok)
“faecal contamination of surfaces [with SARS-CoV-2] may drive illness transmission.
Viral shedding has been reported to happen longer earlier than COVID-19 signs seem and will final so long as 30 days after cessation of signs.
SARS-CoV-2 shedding time has additionally been discovered to…— Hiroshi Yasuda (保田浩志) (@Yash25571056) Might 11, 2024
Local weather/Atmosphere
How Microsoft Workers Pressured the Firm Over Its Oil Trade Ties Grist
New Guidelines to Overhaul Electrical Grids May Enhance Wind and Photo voltaic Energy New York Instances (Kevin W)
Canadian wildfires set off air high quality alerts throughout 4 U.S. states NBC (Kevin W)
China?
US sharply raises tariffs on Chinese language EVs and semiconductor imports Monetary Instances
US proposes new spherical of tariffs on China, cites ‘unfair’ tech switch insurance policies that ‘burden’ US commerce South China Morning Publish
European Disunion
Outdated Blighty
Why most individuals remorse Brexit Economist. I confess to lacking this final month; nonetheless germane.
Labour is headed for electoral triumph – then woe in authorities openDemocracy
On English Melancholy MIT Press Reader (Anthony L)
Gaza
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 220: Resistance returns to the north, UNRWA says 300,000 individuals fled Rafah Mondoweiss (guurst)
Gaza loss of life toll surges to 35,173 as Israel escalates assault Anadolu Company
‘Just like the warfare’s first days’: Israel unleashes heaviest Gaza bombing in months Center East Eye
Strapped down, blindfolded, held in diapers: Israeli whistleblowers element abuse of Palestinians in shadowy detention heart CNN. From over the weekend. Word this was reported regardless of decided censorship.
Qatari PM says talks over Gaza ceasefire at stalemate Center East On-line
What Will Occur When the Holocaust No Longer Prevents the World From Seeing Israel as It Is? Haaretz (Dan Ok)
This Independence Day, Israel Has Break up Into Two Incompatible Jewish States Haaretz (Dan Ok)
Gaza Protests
Virginia Commonwealth College college students stroll out of commencement BBC
I want I had the bandwidth to take this up:
[Thread] Enjoyable truth! Your personal college’s police division is probably going topic to FOIA disclosure. Would certain be a disgrace if everybody requested information from the departments within the thread beneath and *all* their emails about pro-Palestine encampments and rallies
— Theia Chatelle (@theiachatelle) Might 13, 2024
Trump’s Greatest Donors Behind Group Doxxing Professional-Palestine College students New Republic (Erasmus)
Campus protest crackdowns declare to be about antisemitism – however they’re a part of a rightwing plan Guardian (Dr. Kevin)
The Caucuses
Georgia opposition leaders urge UK to oppose overseas affect invoice BBC (Kevin W). A lot for any pretense of sovereignity.
New Not-So-Chilly Battle
Blinken in Ukraine to supply ‘robust reassurance’ as US weapons attain entrance line BBC. Blinken appears completely horrible on this photograph. And on prime of every part else, he’s gotten fairly grey in a short time. Even with that he’s getting off straightforward relative to his malfeasance.
The Kharkov offensive and the substitute of Shoigu as Protection Minister Gilbert Doctorow (guurst). See additionally his meals notes.
The rationale I’m skeptical is there isn’t a motive for Russia to show a Patriot over to China. They’re greater than able to reverse engineering it on their very own. BTW Russia apparently has essentially the most intensive set of wind tunnels on the planet and has stored all the info from their inception, so in addition they have one of the best aerodynamics modeling:
This photograph from China purports to point out an American Patriot system that’s being carried transported to a manufacturing unit for evaluation and re-engineering.
It’s suspected, that the Patriot unit was offered to Russia by the individuals working it.
This has all the time been one of many nice fears. pic.twitter.com/RejJky5R4h
— Different Information (@AlternatNews) Might 14, 2024
The US additionally had a plan within the late ’50s to nuke the moon, specified by this doc. The blast would have been seen from earth; its goal would have been to intimidate the Soviets. pic.twitter.com/JaJ0rSBME0
— Scott Hamilton RTM (@SikotiHamiltonR) Might 11, 2024
Imperial Collapse Watch
Putin’s journey to China might present US threats are wishful considering Monetary Instances
In Pink Sea, US Navy paying the worth of shipbuilding failures Accountable Statescraft (Kevin W)
The outcomes of this yearly survey by the Alliance of Democracies are all the time fascinating as a result of it instantly challenges what we predict democracy is: https://t.co/FYqB0CRHrJ
The international locations whose residents most understand themselves as dwelling in democracy are:
– China
– Switzerland
-… pic.twitter.com/VuFoGKzgo0— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) Might 13, 2024
Niger, Biden’s Second Navy Extraction Blunder After Afghanistan Torrence Stephens
How GPS warfare is taking part in havoc with civilian life Monetary Instances
Trump
The Look of Michael Cohen: A Wreck in Search of a Race Jonathan Turley
Biden
Joe Biden Doesn’t Act Outdated Sufficient The American Conservative
United, Delta, American amongst airways suing Biden admin over charge disclosure rule The Hill
GOP Clown Automotive
Queering the phrase “queer” WhiteHotHarlots
Our No Longer Free Press
Unbiased journalist makes a documentary in regards to the FBI and will get her cash stolen/frozen by… Financial institution of America.
A lot freedom within the US. https://t.co/2J0FWF0bUM
— S.L. Kanthan (@Kanthan2030) Might 14, 2024
HOW THE UK SECURITY SERVICES NEUTRALISED THE COUNTRY’S LEADING LIBERAL NEWSPAPER Declassified UK (Erasumus)
From PropOrNot to New Traces: How Washington is Weaponizing Media Alan MaCleod, MintPress
Falling Down Bridges
Crews conduct managed demolition on Baltimore bridge 9 Information (Kevin W)
AI
Internet publishers brace for carnage as Google provides AI solutions Washington Publish (TF). This can damage huge pubs. Google has already throttled search outcomes all the way down to zero for small pubs.
OpenAI, Mass Scraper of Copyrighted Work, Claims Copyright Over Subreddit’s Emblem 404 Media (Micael T)
AI Hitting Labour Forces Like a ‘Tsunami’, IMF Chief Says Yahoo
Aldous Huxley Explains How Man Turned “the Sufferer of His Personal Expertise” (1961) (Micael T)
The Bezzle
Pink, yellow, inexperienced … and white? Smarter autos may imply huge adjustments for the site visitors gentle Related Press. Kevin W: “What number of site visitors lights are in North America and who pays for all these adjustments?”
Assault makes autonomous car tech ignore street indicators The Register
Cruise Is Again Driving Autonomously After Pedestrian-Dragging Incident The Verge
Mind Exercise of Skilled Buyers Forecasts Future Inventory Market Efficiency, Examine Finds Such Science (Dr. Kevin)
Antidote du jour. From reader Chet G. who simply had a hip substitute! He has despatched crimson squirrels earlier than, and factors out that US crimson squirrels should not have ear tufts, whereas their European cousins do.
And a bonus (Chuck L):
Generally, the web is superior pic.twitter.com/WPtNMYsJp2
— Frank💥 (@frankbullitts) Might 10, 2024
And a second bonus (guurst):
Чистюля 🦔 pic.twitter.com/V5TXiug2bE
— Etna (@Etnaetoya) Might 11, 2024
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
