Links 5/27/2023 | naked capitalism

Do Animals Get Drunk? Natilus (Micael T)

Bear helps itself to 60 cupcakes from Connecticut bakery, scares workers Related Press (resilc)

The hidden mini statues of Budapest Budapest Stream (BC)

France to launch fowl flu vaccination programme after ‘passable’ assessments France24 (resilc)

The 2022 Tonga Eruption Created a Very Uncommon ‘Tremendous Plasma Bubble’ in The Ionosphere ScienceAlert (Chuck L)

Así el Volcán #Popocatépetl este 22 de Mayo, 2023..#Popocatepetl #VolcanPopocatepetl #VolcánPopocatépetl #PopocatepetlVolcano pic.twitter.com/9Xj8qm2EZg

— Enrique Barquet (@enriquebarquet) Might 23, 2023

Loop introduces new ‘dwelling’ coffin which turns human flesh into compost Attention-grabbing Engineering (Chuck L)

Impact of Free Medication Distribution on Well being Care Prices in Canada Over 3 Years JAMA (Dr. Kevin)

What performance-enhancing stimulants imply for financial development Economist (Dr. Kevin)

Inspecting the function of the Catholic church in shaping ultimate societies PhysOrg. Chuck L: “That is someplace between bizarre and hilarious. Doesn’t Professor Justin Tse have a clue that these two “social actions” had been something however genuine?”

#COVID-19

8) There may be additionally a brand new XBB household pressure of COVID spreading in China. 65 million instances per week could be ~5% of China contaminated per week should you think twice on the scale of China’s 1.2 billion inhabitants. However hey, pandemic over? #CovidIsNotOver https://t.co/vuIWS99yMc

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) Might 26, 2023

The Director of the CDC quietly resigned after a convention to declare COVID over contaminated 181 folks. We desperately want a brand new media. pic.twitter.com/buTtTiYETI

— Weapons are Submit-Delivery Abortifacients (@ritaresarian) Might 26, 2023

Local weather/Surroundings

As electrical vehicles increase, locals worry Chinese language battery plant will hurt land in drought-stricken Hungary Related Press (resilc)

Current decreased abyssal overturning and air flow within the Australian Antarctic Basin Nature (guurst)

High Photo voltaic Agency Warns Extra Capability Dangers Wave of Failure Caixin World

‘Outraged and livid’: Germans insurgent towards fuel boiler ban Monetary Instances

Amazon Provides Up a Key A part of Its Local weather Pledge, Deletes Weblog Submit That Introduced ‘Cargo Zero Initiative’ Enterprise Insider

California Advances Invoice Banning Hedge Fund Water Profiteering Bloomberg (furzy)

China?

‘No must exaggerate’: danger of imminent Taiwan battle is overhyped, says cross-strait affairs professional South China Morning Submit

US and China maintain extra commerce talks regardless of strained ties Monetary Instances. Makes it sound as if the sidebar dialog was deliberate…and is at odds with with the assertion beneath. So perhaps not deliberate?

🇨🇳China refuses to speak with the US after the assembly in Vienna – Assistant Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific Safety Affairs Eli Ratner“Chinese language officers refuse cellphone calls, conferences and any dialogue with American representatives,” he mentioned.

— Spriter (@Spriter99880) Might 27, 2023

Factbox: What’s Volt Storm, the alleged China-backed hacking group? Reuters

Outdated Blighty

Rishi Sunak warned over potential UK recession in 2024 Guardian (Kevin W)

Punch-drunk Britain Chris Gray

Peruvian police seize 58kg of cocaine bearing footage of Nazi flag Guardian (resilc)

New Not-So-Chilly Battle

John Mearsheimer Ukraine Salon YouTube (Robin Ok)

UKRAINE CLAIM OF ATTACK ON RUSSIAN SHIP, THE IVAN KHURS, DEBUNKED Larry Johnson

#UPDATE Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov instructed China’s particular envoy Li Hui on Friday that there have been “critical obstacles” to resuming peace talks, blaming Ukraine and Western international locations.https://t.co/z4OKh01amg pic.twitter.com/ZDJvONs0IF

— AFP Information Company (@AFP) Might 26, 2023

Rep. Nadler ‘Wouldn’t Care’ If Ukraine Used F-16s to Strike Russian Territory Antiwar

Tech-Mythologies New Left Evaluation. On Diia, Ukraine’s wunderapp.

Because of the hour, I’ve not run the Der Spiegel article by means of a translator to see what it says. Nevertheless, the Twitter feedback counsel it depends on the 5/six guys and a ship concept:

It took 5 investigative writers with German journal ‘Der Spiegel’ to trace down who blew up the Nordstream pipelinesTheir conclusion –Ukraine did it however with out #Zelensky ‘s data.

Additionally they tracked down Santa Claus’s secret hideout – The North Pole pic.twitter.com/TvWDaM2bHo

— White Don (@don570don570) Might 26, 2023

Russian tanks attain the Atlantic close to Lisbon… Gilbert Doctorow (guurst)

In a single day two kamikaze drones attacked the executive constructing of the Transneft oil pumping station within the village of Litvinovo (Pskov Oblast, bordering Belarus). pic.twitter.com/TzJHFjssoT

— Pierre Davide Borrelli (@PierreDBorrelli) Might 27, 2023

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Invoice Gates’s youthful Russian ‘lover’ and her hyperlinks to infamous Kremlin spy Anna Chapman Day by day Mail (Li)

Turkiye

Evaluation: Turkish lira’s lengthy decline an emblem of strife Reuters. Kevin W: “The boys at The Duran had been simply saying that the Turkish Lira has been underneath assault to assist Erdogan lose the election.”

Yeah… I’m pondering Turkey is just about gone at this stage. Solely the second largest military in NATO, no massive deal. 🤷‍♂️ https://t.co/rz7xpbYjGT

— Philip Pilkington (@philippilk) Might 26, 2023

Syraqistan

The Satan’s In The Particulars When It Comes To Pashinyan’s Karabakh Peace Proposal Andrew Korybko (Micael T)

Afghanistan Opium Survey 2021 UN Workplace on Medication and Crime (resilc)

‘He slipped and died’: How Israel hides its troop deaths The Cradle (Kevin W)

BREAKING: On Sunday 28 Might, the #Israeli Ministerial Committee on Laws chaired by Yariv Levin (MoJ, Likud) and Itamar Ben Gvir (Jewish Energy) will take into account – for endorsement – the draft invoice tabled by Ariel Kallner (Likud) imposing a 65% tax on international help to Israeli and… pic.twitter.com/VLv1AStw74

— Itay Epshtain (@EpshtainItay) Might 24, 2023

Huge Brother is Watching You Watch

Dallas Impartial College District Launches Modern Pilot Undertaking for Early Intervention and Enhanced Scholar Security Yahoo (BC)

Imperial Collapse Watch

Jamie Raskin and Rachel Maddow, delivered to you by Peter Thiel and Lockheed Martin Accountable Statecraft (resilc)

Marine Corps touts armed Lengthy Vary Unmanned Floor Vessel Process and Goal (resilc)

At 100, Kissinger basks in US reward with no accountability Agence France-Presse

Closing The Case Of Regime Changer Roman Protasevich And His Ryanair Flight To Minsk Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)

US would moderately see the world finish than lose its supremacy World Instances (guurst)

Extra and Extra Youngsters Are Coming to College Excessive, N.Y.C. Academics Say New York Instances (resilc)

GOP Clown Automotive

Is DeSantis’ Battle on Huge Tech a Rip-off? Revolver (Li)

Abortion

A Choose Has Quickly Blocked South Carolina’s Excessive Abortion Ban New Republic (furzy)

Inside Google Founder Sergey Brin’s Secret Plan to Construct Airships Bloomberg (furzy)

Hedge Fund Treasury Commerce With a Historical past of Blowups Is Again Once more Bloomberg (furzy)

Debt Ceiling

Can Biden, McCarthy Keep away from Dropping in Debt-Ceiling Struggle? Bloomberg (furzy)

$49.5 Billion in U.S. Treasury? For These Billionaires, That’s Nothing New York Instances (BC)

Yellen says US will run out of cash by June 5 if debt ceiling not raised The Hill. Ahem, not that she had a lot credibility.

The Bezzle

Neuralink: Elon Musk’s mind chip agency says US approval received for human examine BBC (resilc)

Ron DeSantis Indicators Invoice Defending Elon Musk If His Rockets Explode and Kill Staff New Republic

Guillotine Watch

Oh, Rats: Hamptonites Are Freaking Out Over Vermin Vainness Honest (furzy)

Class Warfare

Former Maryland trash hauler graduates from Harvard Legislation College Guardian (resilc). Distinctive instances like this held as much as reinforce the parable that the system is meritocratic.

An economist from one of many richest personal faculties in America proposing to empty your checking account whereas poorly disguised as a blue-collar employee in model new denim and Carhartt. https://t.co/ADrHJlZIOK pic.twitter.com/94Jqnb8PCC

— Hunter Pauli (@paulimeth) Might 25, 2023

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