What Michelangelo’s later works reveal about his genius and humanity Ion (Chuck L)
odd couple Critic magazine. Anthony L: “Waugh & Greene”
Yesterday’s Men: Death in a Mythical Way Harper’s (Anthony L)
Black hole 100,000 times heavier than the sun wakes up and shines brightly in the galaxy Interesting Engineering (Chuck L)
The Enduring Mystery of How Water Freezes Quantum Magazine (Kevin W)
A Brief History of Stephen Hawking’s Greatest Equation Ion (Chuck L)
#covid-19
New insights into acute and long-term coronaviruses Eric Topol (Robin K)
Climate/Environment
Researchers say microplastics have been discovered in the penis for the first time. Questions are being raised about its impact on sexual health. Sky News (Kevin W)
Eastern Australia faces immediate gas shortage due to cold snap and power outages Reuters
UK Supreme Court rules in landmark victory for climate activists in oil drilling case oil price
Power outage in Ecuador leaves 18 million people in the dark guardian
china?
America’s reputation was at stake at Second Thomas Shoal. Asia Times (Kevin W)
The Chinese can use high-resolution satellite cameras and AI to track surface wakes created by U.S. attack submarines moving underwater at speeds of more than 20 knots (37 kph).
America’s nuclear submarine is a huge ship that displaces nearly 7,000 tons of water when submerged… pic.twitter.com/M0o2DBx6X7
— Ignis Rex (@Ignis_Rex) June 22, 2024
DJI drone ban passed by US House of Representatives — If ‘CCP Anti-Drone Act’ passes in the Senate, it would ban all DJI sales in the US Tom’s Hardware. Chuck L also sent the tweet below.
Crazy, the US is passing a bill called the “CCP Counter Drone Act” which would ban DJI drones in the US.https://t.co/2cj0wldKoA
When I checked, DJI had over 90% of the US hobby market share, 70% of the industrial market share, and over 80% of the emergency responder market…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) June 20, 2024
The United States wants the Netherlands and Japan to further restrict chip manufacturing equipment to China. Reuters (Kevin W). Still close from Thursday.
Africa
Sudan: Darfur cemeteries triple as 25.6 million people face food insecurity. al-monitor
Niger revokes French operating license for major uranium mine France24
division of europe
A French rally against the far-right ended in clashes ahead of the general election. france 24
Is Berlin preparing for the apocalypse? Politicians discuss bunker plans Berliner
let’s go
🚨Testimony: Dr. Muneer Al Bursh, #let’s goThe Director-General of the Ministry of Health has revealed the shocking torture methods used in Israeli military prisons after the murder of Dr. Iyad al-Rantisi: electric shocks, hanging, stretching and pulling out nails during interrogation. pic.twitter.com/PSRcGB6UiF
— Nur Name| نُور (@NourNaim88) June 19, 2024
Hezbollah is ready to defeat Israel Alabama Moon (Kevin W)
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel of the costs of war in Lebanon. NPR
The shipping industry is sounding the alarm after another ship sinks in the Red Sea. CNN
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox blocks highway to protest IDF enlistment Times of Israel (Kevin W)
The United Nations trade body said global foreign investment fell for the second year in a row as geopolitical tensions rose. united nations
A New War Not So Cold
The price of war is never paid by those responsible…
A Ukrainian soldier woke up in a hospital with his eyes and arms gone and the rest of his life decided for him. If he has a woman, he leaves, and if he has a future, he disappears.
I pray this will end. #Ukraine-Russia War #Ukraine… pic.twitter.com/u54fdUGLpv— Noctis Draven (@DravenNoctis) June 19, 2024
EU approves 14th Russia sanctions package, including first LNG sector measures Urative
Putin warns South Korea not to arm Ukraine BBC (Kevin W)
Putin reconsiders nuclear weapons doctrine after state visit to Vietnam euro news
Ukrainian neo-Nazi group Centuria is terrorizing European citizens and building a “Fourth Reich” in Europe. Foundations for Fighting Injustice (Michael T)
Yellen: U.S.-Vietnam relationship does not require severing ties with Russia and China US News (Kevin W)
U.S. grants front-line anti-aircraft missile privileges to Ukraine Politico (Kevin W)
Will it get any better than this for Russia? mark walk
Helium balloons go up – Russia’s helium industry goes to war with NATO john helmer
Assange
Key evidence missing in Assange snooping case – Media RT (Robin K)
Empire Collapse Monitor
As Chuck L said, “When we lost Niall Ferguson…” ”
British historian Niall Ferguson warns that if the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union is used as a metaphor for the modern situation, it is the United States, not China, that plays the role of the Soviet Union.
Swelling at the end of the Soviet era… pic.twitter.com/r82WLSvs3E
— DaiWW (@BeijingDai) June 19, 2024
The ruling class has finally realized the reality of America’s decline. Simplicius
Americans don’t realize how disastrous this would be if it were actually true. And Manning, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, has very good connections in D.C., so I think we should just take his word for it.
Wars are essentially won in three ways:
1) Industrial capacity
2)… https://t.co/wdG5EfvvV4— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) June 20, 2024
Analysts warn that the U.S. borrowing binge risks straining markets. Financial Times. This raises the question of why the Treasury did not issue so many long-term bonds when interest rates were so low.
erase
Trump raised so much money last month that he erased Biden’s cash advantage Politico
Nevada judge dismisses Trump’s fake Electoral College case New York Times (Kevin W)
Trump makes final decision in CNN debate after coin toss CNN (Kevin W)
Goons
Supreme Court upholds law banning domestic abusers from owning guns CBS (Kevin W.
waking clock
Pilots union proposes changing ‘cockpit’ to ‘flight deck’ for inclusivity Breitbart (Dr. Kevin). Yes, I know about Breitbart, but that’s a tentative idea. This product is a product with provenance. IMHO female pilots are much more worried about pay/promotion/schedule discrimination and all this nonsense. But it’s going to be a struggle for unions to fight over money or power dynamics.
The ghost of ‘brainwashing’ Chronicle (Anthony L)
Fall, Boeing and Non-Boeing Edition
Problems with the Boeing Starliner are stranding astronauts in space and closing the window for their return flights. Live Science (Kevin W)
Can I buy a car too? What you need to know about the massive auto dealer outage CNN
AI
LLM creates more persuasive misinformation than people. Register (Dr. Kevin)
AI is draining the power grid. Tech companies are looking for a miracle solution. Washington Post (Kevin W)
Let’s do Tim Cook. Edward Zitron (Mychael T)
class warfare
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