A thawed rat organ frozen for 100 days was successfully transplanted in game-changing world first ZME Science
The Hunga Tonga eruption sparked the highest-altitude lightning ever recorded Science News
Earth’s thermosphere reaches highest temperature in 20 years after being bombarded by solar storms Space.com
GREAT, THEY’RE PUTTING FLAMETHROWERS ON ROBOT DOGS NOW The Byte (Dr. Kevin)
The Loony Conspiracy Theory Threatening Wall Street Forbes
Climate/Environment
Cities ask their residents to conserve water as drought deepens across the central U.S. Harvest Public Media
Texas farmers are worried one of the state’s most precious water resources is running dry. You should be, too. The Texas Tribune
International Lenders Continue Pouring Money Into Meat and Dairy, Despite Climate Promises Inside Climate News
From factory to field, fertilizer is a huge source of planet-warming emissions Investigate Midwest
Toxic Bomb Trains
NEW — A Train Has Derailed Into Montana’s Yellowstone River and Is Leaking ‘Petroleum Products’
“Yellowstone County DES was notified of a train derailment in Stillwater County early this morning. Multiple tanker cars were damaged and are leaking petroleum products near the… pic.twitter.com/G2FRekFs0G
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) June 24, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: EPA Official Admits There’s No Evidence to Support Norfolk Southern’s Detonation of Five Vinyl Chloride Cars in East Palestine, Railroad Performed Prohibited Open Burn Status Coup. The deck: Four of [the cars] were not showing signs of stress yet,” EPA official says in video obtained by SC. Admission shows “they did this to get the [train] lines open,” hazardous waste expert tells SC.
#COVID-19
COVID cases surge in Okinawa amid concern over possible medical system collapse The Mainichi (MR)
Will the pandemic have an effect on men’s fertility in the long term? Steve Robson
A COVID-like virus recently leaped from animals to humans—and ‘we can expect more spillover,’ scientists say. Will ‘Langya’ cause the next pandemic? Fortune
Old Blighty
How Brexit betrayed the UK fishing industry Politico EU
Kyrgyzstan: As Russia’s appeal fades for laborers, British farms call Eurasianet
India
U.S To transform India Into Naval Logistics Hub For Indo-Pacific Region Marine Insight
China?
US will lose its ‘huge bets’ on China’s neighboring region Global Times
Can China fix youth unemployment woes with military recruitment drive? South China Morning Post
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US files first-ever charges against Chinese fentanyl manufacturers Reuters
Where China stands on Fentanyl Pekingnology
ASML caught in Dutch oven with China export restrictions The Register
China scientists turn to ‘Terminator’ liquid metal in alloy breakthrough South China Morning Post
New Not-So-Cold War
Westerners Cheering For Prigozhin Want Another World War Andrew Korybko’s Newsletter
Alas, it was not meant to be:
???????? – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:– Accusations were dropped against Prigozhin, who is leaving Russia for Belarus– The people of Wagner who did not participate in the uprising will sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense– Wagner’s fighters who participated were not… pic.twitter.com/1gypmkJbvP
— Sprinter (@Sprinter99880) June 24, 2023
‼️ I cannot understand the widespread notion that Prigozhin was “sent into exile”.
1) If he was guilty of an armed insurrection, then he would and should be imprisoned awaiting an eventual execution.
I categorically reject the idea that a “deal” was made which dismissed the… pic.twitter.com/xGx8h7wbCn
— Will Schryver (@imetatronink) June 24, 2023
Isn’t the standard story of Turkey after the 2016 attempted coup that Erdogan went on to significantly strengthen his rule?
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) June 24, 2023
Head Of US Military Cancels Middle East Trip Amid Russia Crisis AFP. Sullivan also cancels trip to Ukraine conference in Denmark.
Kiev Covers Up Plans to Create Emergency at Zaporozhye NPP by Blaming Russia – Moscow Sputnik
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Scott Ritter: Ukrainian Counteroffensive Turning Into ‘Suicide Mission’ Sputnik
Russia ‘Decimates’ Storm Shadow Firing Su-24MR Fighter Airbase In Ukraine Over Missile Attack On Crimea The Eurasian Times
Photos of the previously destroyed Leopards and Bradleys, now from up close.
1/ https://t.co/m0EolphN8d pic.twitter.com/iDhAloAoL3
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 24, 2023
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Leader of German AfD party speaks of war’s ending, compares Ukraine to Nazi Germany Ukrainska Pravda
Bandera Youth of Cleveland Bandera Lobby Blog
Syraqistan
In defiance of sanctions, Iran’s oil exports on the rise: Minister Al Mayadeen
Sri Lanka, Iran bypass US sanctions through tea for oil barter The Cradle
Congress doubles down on Middle East defense architecture in NDAA markups Al-Monitor
Imperial Collapse Watch
Unilateral Coercive Measures: Effects and Legality Issues Yale Journal of International Law
South of the Border
The US Senate just approved a tax treaty that will make it easier for US corporations to exploit Chile’s lithium
Chile’s President Boric is a young anarchist turned pro-imperialist liberal. He’s the most right-wing of Latin America’s wave of leftist leaders in the past 2 decades https://t.co/3vcJgyv9nI
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) June 24, 2023
Spook Country
New Docs Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners Truthout
Biden Administration
“Everybody Needs to Back Off!”: The Media and Political Figures Continue to Ignore the Biden Corruption Scandal Jonathan Turley
WSJ Attacks Antitrust Champion Lina Khan Every 11 Days Since FTC Appointment FAIR
Semi-Politics Phenomenal World. “Intel and the future of US chipmaking.”
Realignment and Legitimacy
FBI CONDEMNED: Idaho GOP Unanimously Passes Resolution Condemning the FBI — Calls For “Abolition” of “Corrupt Government Agency” Idaho Tribune
The Supremes
Why Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan might not be doomed after 2 new rulings from conservative Supreme Court justices Business Insider
Libertarian Squillionaire Titanic Submersible Darwin Award Winner
The Titan tragedy won’t stop the super-rich from embarking on ‘extreme’ travel, an adventure tourism expert says Business Insider
What Is Extreme Tourism For? Defector
How companies like SpaceX transformed space travel into the Wild West New York Post
Healthcare
The Biotech Edge: How Executives and Well-Connected Investors Make Exquisitely Timed Trades in Health Care Stocks ProPublica
Measure to cap Los Angeles hospital executive pay will head to voters Becker’s Hospital Review
Obama Judge Ronnie White sides with giant pharmacy benefit managers over small pharmacies. https://t.co/ENBFNwh9CY
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) June 24, 2023
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Lost in Transit: Digitization of Mail Expands Surveillance Beyond Prisons Logic(s)
Your New Car Is Watching You And Collecting Your Data Jalopnik
Crapification
Quality of new vehicles in US declining on more tech use, study shows Reuters
Groves of Academe
Harvard’s New Computer Science Teacher Is a Chatbot PC Mag
Harvard Scholar Who Studies Honesty Is Accused of Fabricating Findings New York Times
AI
The people paid to train AI are outsourcing their work… to AI MIT Technology Review
Here come the “metahumans”: Virtual avatars have real jobs in Indonesia Rest of World
Tech
Android’s emergency call shortcut is flooding dispatchers with false calls Ars Technica
Robotaxis keep tangling with San Francisco firetrucks. And L.A. is next Los Angeles Times
Our Famously Free Press
Why Julian Assange Must Be Freed Matt Taibbi, Racket News
The Great Debating Debate The Wayward Rabbler. Rogan/RFK v. Hotez
Meta Goes ‘Nuclear’ Over Canadian Online News Act That Ignores Root of Journalism Crisis Common Dreams
Class Warfare
Rich people stuff like this where workers are made into anonymous hands serving champagne gives me the ick in a major way pic.twitter.com/f0VKQjQloJ
— Stop Cop City (@JoshuaPHilll) June 24, 2023
There Is Always An Alternative Cory Doctorow
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