Do Animals Get Drunk? Natilus (Micael T)
Bear helps itself to 60 cupcakes from Connecticut bakery, scares staff Related Press (resilc)
The hidden mini statues of Budapest Budapest Circulate (BC)
France to launch fowl flu vaccination programme after ‘passable’ checks 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) Could 23, 2023
Loop introduces new ‘residing’ coffin which turns human flesh into compost Fascinating 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)
Analyzing the function of the Catholic church in shaping perfect 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 every week could be ~5% of China contaminated per week in the event 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) Could 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) Could 26, 2023
Local weather/Atmosphere
As electrical automobiles growth, locals worry Chinese language battery plant will hurt land in drought-stricken Hungary Related Press (resilc)
Current lowered abyssal overturning and air flow within the Australian Antarctic Basin Nature (guurst)
Prime Photo voltaic Agency Warns Extra Capability Dangers Wave of Failure Caixin World
‘Outraged and livid’: Germans insurgent towards gasoline boiler ban Monetary Occasions
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 skilled South China Morning Submit
US and China maintain extra commerce talks regardless of strained ties Monetary Occasions. Makes it sound as if the sidebar dialog was deliberate…and is at odds with with the assertion beneath. So possibly 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) Could 27, 2023
Factbox: What’s Volt Hurricane, the alleged China-backed hacking group? Reuters
Outdated Blighty
Rishi Sunak warned over doable 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 Conflict
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 advised 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) Could 26, 2023
Rep. Nadler ‘Wouldn’t Care’ If Ukraine Used F-16s to Strike Russian Territory Antiwar
Tech-Mythologies New Left Assessment. On Diia, Ukraine’s wunderapp.
As a result of hour, I’ve not run the Der Spiegel article by 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 information.
In addition they tracked down Santa Claus’s secret hideout – The North Pole pic.twitter.com/TvWDaM2bHo
— White Don (@don570don570) Could 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) Could 27, 2023
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Invoice Gates’s youthful Russian ‘lover’ and her hyperlinks to infamous Kremlin spy Anna Chapman Every 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 below assault to assist Erdogan lose the election.”
Yeah… I’m considering 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) Could 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 Could, the #Israeli Ministerial Committee on Laws chaired by Yariv Levin (MoJ, Likud) and Itamar Ben Gvir (Jewish Energy) will think about – for endorsement – the draft invoice tabled by Ariel Kallner (Likud) imposing a 65% tax on overseas assist to Israeli and… pic.twitter.com/VLv1AStw74
— Itay Epshtain (@EpshtainItay) Could 24, 2023
Huge Brother is Watching You Watch
Dallas Impartial Faculty District Launches Progressive Pilot Undertaking for Early Intervention and Enhanced Pupil 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 Job and Function (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 quite see the world finish than lose its supremacy World Occasions (guurst)
Extra and Extra Youngsters Are Coming to Faculty Excessive, N.Y.C. Academics Say New York Occasions (resilc)
GOP Clown Automobile
Is DeSantis’ Conflict on Huge Tech a Rip-off? Revolver (Li)
Abortion
A Decide 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 Shedding in Debt-Ceiling Combat? Bloomberg (furzy)
$49.5 Billion in U.S. Treasury? For These Billionaires, That’s Nothing New York Occasions (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 gained for human research BBC (resilc)
Ron DeSantis Indicators Invoice Defending Elon Musk If His Rockets Explode and Kill Employees New Republic
Guillotine Watch
Oh, Rats: Hamptonites Are Freaking Out Over Vermin Self-importance Honest (furzy)
Class Warfare
Former Maryland trash hauler graduates from Harvard Regulation Faculty 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 non-public colleges 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) Could 25, 2023
Antidote du jour (Tracie H):
And a bonus (guurst):
Aweeeeeeeeeeeeeeee first leap! ????????pic.twitter.com/rrj5YPBesV
— Figen (@TheFigen_) Could 25, 2023
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.







