Links 5/31/2025 | naked capitalism

New Clues to the Origins of Human Drugs: Chimpanzees Caught Therapeutic Every Different’s Wounds within the Wild SciTechDaily (Chuck L)

Dolphins Give Themselves Names That Might Disguise Secret Info ScienceAlert (Chuck L). See? Sp Putin actually was utilizing them as spies!

250 million bees escape after truck overturns in US DW

A remedy for individualism aeon

Poisonous Origins, Poisonous Selections: Biases in CEO Choice SSRN. Paul R:

This paper delivered to you by the letters W, T, and F. I believed poisonous origins meant prior dangerous behaviour or one thing metaphorical like that, however no, they actually meant prenatal publicity to toxins resulting in dysfunctional CEO behaviour. The summary:

We study how choice bias in CEO promotion amplifies risk-taking, utilizing prenatal publicity to air pollution as an exogenous shock to particular person threat preferences. CEOs born in future Superfund websites usually tend to be promoted internally, suggesting corporations reward noticed success with out recognizing underlying threat tolerance. These “Superfund CEOs” excel in inside roles however pursue riskier exterior insurance policies as soon as promoted-leading to better volatility and weaker efficiency. Our outcomes recommend corporations could systematically mistake luck for ability in promotion selections, filtering for high-variance risk-takers whose traits solely turn out to be problematic when decision-making shifts to uncovered, irreversible domains. Briefly, Superfund CEOs show efficiency with basically decrease imply however increased variance.

Moi: See this record of spurious correlations, which additionally contains AI justifications!

Dangerous chemical compounds usually migrate into tinned meals – right here’s find out how to keep away from consuming them The Dialog

#COVID-19

COVID-Associated Cardiac Deaths Spiked Considerably Submit-Pandemic Naveen Shankar

Thailand, Singapore and China masks up as COVID-19 reemerges Nikkei

Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC retains recommending covid vaccine for youths Washington Submit. However nobody is recommending air flow for youths. IM Doc reported {that a} faculty district in his area did that in a severe manner, plus had sick youngsters keep residence for the length, and their degree of circumstances was a IIRC 1/tenth the typical within the state.

Local weather/Atmosphere

World faces new hazard of ‘financial denial’ in local weather struggle, Cop30 head says Guardian (Kevin W)

Scientists worry Britain’s total meals chain is contaminated as examine finds microplastics in bugs Impartial

Carbon footprint of Israel’s struggle on Gaza exceeds that of many total international locations Guardian (resilc)

China?

US defence secretary urges army build-up over ‘imminent’ China menace Monetary Instances

Trump claims China has “completely violated” tariff pause deal Axios

Bessent Says US-China Talks ‘Stalled,’ Pushes for Trump-Xi Name Bloomberg

U.S.-China Commerce Truce Dangers Falling Aside Over Uncommon-Earth Exports Wall Avenue Journal

All of the Chinese language tech giants are at present within the strategy of switching from Nvidia to homegrown AI chips, pressured to take action by US export controls.

Onerous to overstate how ironic it’s: your complete level of the export controls was to stop precisely this, the entire of China – the… pic.twitter.com/t1G5Ygcxgy

— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) May 30, 2025

Macron to China: Maintain North Korea out of Ukraine struggle or threat NATO coming to Asia Politico (Kevin W). Kill me now. I hope we get a World Instances finger-wagging on the epic stoopid that this demand represents.

Japan

Hovering rice costs are stirring political bother in Japan – historical past exhibits this usually results in a change of presidency The Dialog (Kevin W)

European Disunion

Brussels tells EU capitals to chop water use by 10% in face of droughts Monetary Instances

World buyers launch Europe defence funds to revenue from rearmament Reuters

Why does Switzerland have extra nuclear bunkers than some other nation? Guardian (Kevin W)

Outdated Blighty

UK automobile manufacturing slumps to lowest April ranges since 1952 amid van manufacturing unit closure and world commerce turmoil BM Journal

Israel v. the Resistance

‘Catastrophic starvation’: UN warns 2.3 million folks in Gaza face hunger Aljazeera

When the Lifeless Converse and the Residing Refuse to Pay attention CounterPunch (resilc)

What’s contained in the containers of assist being distributed in Gaza? Center East Eye

The ‘chaos’ of assist distribution in Gaza shouldn’t be a system failure. The system is designed to fail. Mondoweiss

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Hamas says US Gaza ceasefire plan backed by Israel fails to fulfill its calls for BBC

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The US, Britain, France, and Germany are making ready to push the UN nuclear watchdog to declare Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations on the upcoming IAEA assembly — the primary such declaration in practically 20 years, Reuters reported citing diplomats. pic.twitter.com/y9vrc8S7zu

— Iran Worldwide English (@IranIntl_En) May 30, 2025

Trump Says New Iran Deal Should Enable US To ‘Blow Up No matter We Need’ Antiwar.com (Kevin W)

New Not-So-Chilly Battle

CopeState map updates. “Gray zone” of their parlance can imply something from truly gray zone (i.e., not likely underneath anybody’s management) to 100% secured by Russian forces.

Sumy oblast is popping right into a shaping theater. Kiev has already siphoned off two of its higher cellular… pic.twitter.com/EDB2akrSw1

— Russians With Angle (@RWApodcast) May 30, 2025

‼️🇺🇦 Rebellion in Ukraine. The media will not present you this as a result of it does not match the narrative.

The Ukrainian folks at the moment are mobilising to assault or hinder conscription officers taking their sons and husbands. pic.twitter.com/y7DZBwzbaW

— Spetsnaℤ 007 🇷🇺 (@Alex_Oloyede2) May 29, 2025

U.S.-Provided Air Defenses Fail In Ukraine Moon of Alabama

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Zelenskyy says he mentioned attainable Ukraine-Russia-US-Türkiye summit with Turkish president Anadolu Company. Lordie. Making an attempt to retrade the “form of the desk” settlement. So how can Ukraine be trusted to stick to something severe?

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NATO reportedly needs 40,000 extra German troops for protection in opposition to Russia Kyiv Impartial

WWIII got here and went Julian Macfarlane

Putin Seeks Broad Safety Settlement, + Oreshnik to Berlin? Simpilcius. resilc: “Any western pledge is the same as a bucket of chilly spit”

WHAT DID PRESIDENT TRUMP KNOW WHEN PRESIDENT PUTIN’S HELICOPTER CAME UNDER UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK IN KURSK John Helmer

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The federal government is promoting the roof Kommersant through machine transaltion. Micael T: “Housing should be an object of hypothesis, by no means only a home.” Moi: The neoliberals received in Russia.

Huge Brother is Watching You Watch

Trump Faucets Palantir to Compile Information on Individuals New York Instances. resilc: “Stasiland.”

NSA shares uncooked intelligence together with Individuals’ knowledge with Israel Guardian (Chuck L)

Haiti’s Beleaguered Authorities Launches Drones In opposition to Gangs Wall Avenue Journal. resilc: “Coming to USA USA for a two manner battle vs the state”

Think about letting your rival learn each chip blueprint you design. That’s what the US simply confirmed you’ve been doing.https://t.co/ZzFJBkWsN3

— William Huo (@wmhuo168) May 30, 2025

Imperial Collapse Watch

Larry Wilkerson & Chas Freeman: Why America’s Lacking Grand Technique Might Be a World Catastrophe Dialogue Works. A should hear. Notice each say the US has no grand technique, which is even worse than a nasty one.

Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at Eurasian worldwide public political hearings on the formation of a contour of equal and indivisible safety and cooperation in Eurasia, Perm, Could 29, 2025 Ministry of Overseas Affairs of the Russian Federation. Necessary. Lavrov has discovered new notes in depicting how Russia has had it with the duplicitous US.

America Let Its Army-Industrial Would possibly Wither. China’s Is Booming Wall Avenue Journal (resilc)

How American intelligence sees the brand new world order Lorenzo Maria Pacini (Chuck L)

Why liberal democracies win complete wars Engelsberg Concepts. Readers little doubt readers can have a discipline day. With out having learn this, one wonders how this text tortures details in order to disclaim that it was Russia that defeated Germany in World Battle II.

Trump 2.0

Jamie Dimon warns US bond market will ‘crack’ underneath strain from rising debt Monetary Instances. The Fed can go the Japan route of shopping for the debt…however many heads will explode.

Shock! New “MAHA” Report Is Filled with Junk Science and Pretend Research New Republic Appears to be like like RFJ, Jr. is as much as his outdated tips. I couldn’t get previous the primary chapter of his Fauci e book as a consequence of its dishonesty. It was closely footnoted and over half have been bogus. Within the majority of that half, the textual content of the e book misrepresented what the examine stated. For the remainder, the proof within the footnote was doubtful, equivalent to from a cherry picked, contested examine.

ACA protection losses ensuing from tax invoice may rile GOP voters STAT

GOP runs into voter buzzsaw of criticism on Trump’s ‘huge, lovely invoice’ The Hill

Republican Senator (Iowa) Joni Ernst hosted a tall corridor this morning. The county (Butler) voted 72% for Donald Trump.

Medicaid cuts (UNIVERSALLY UNPOPULAR, even in GOP strongholds) got here up, the viewers yelled “folks will die!”

With an enormous ass shit-eating grin, she replied… pic.twitter.com/Drwz2ySLOZ

— William Walter (@wilwalter93) May 30, 2025

New York Charities Fear They Received’t Be In a position to Make Up for Steep Medicaid and SNAP Cuts THE CITY

I don’t perceive the idea for concern from Varoufakis re different nations’ CBDCs. The US has no jurisdiction. If the US tries one thing epically silly, like yanking the banking licenses of overseas banks licensed in New York (the commonest manner for overseas banks to function within the greenback) in international locations that enable CBDCs, that might in very brief order create a worldwide despair. Commerce and worldwide securities transactions would come to a grinding halt. It could most likely cease the operation of Visa and Mastercard abroad, as an illustration. Nonetheless:

TRUMP WANTS THE DARKEST CORNERS OF BIG TECH TO OWN THE DOLLAR

The IMF-World Financial institution Spring conferences are often placid affairs that collaborating central bankers want to overlook quickly after they’re over. Not this Spring. This April the sensation a number of central bankers introduced again…

— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) May 30, 2025

Tariffs

Trump doubles metal tariffs to 50% in ‘main announcement’ CNN. Lordie. Aluminum too. So Trump has to compensate for the courts roughing him up on his “Liberation Day” tariffs?

Immigration

The Trump Administration Needs to Create an ‘Workplace of Remigration’ Wired (Dr. Kevin)

Trump’s Deportations Hang-out Employees within the Fields of Rural New York New York Instances. resilc: “Dairies will likely be closing….twice a day occasions 365 milkingzzzzzzzzzzz”

Groves of Academe

US orders further visa screening for Harvard-bound vacationers Anadolu Company (Kevin W)

Mr. Market is Moody

U.S. Oil Firms Are ‘Battening Down the Hatches’ New York Instances (Kevin W)

How Monetary Companies, a Market Plunge in April, and a Historic Cliff-Dive by Recreation Companies Messed with PCE Inflation Immediately. However a Snap-Again Cometh Wolf Richter

AI Fashions Present Indicators of Falling Aside as They Ingest Extra AI-Generated Information Futurism. We linked to the underlying story, however vital to not miss.

The Bezzle

Digital Corruption Takes Over DC Paul Krugman (resilc)

Guillotine Watch

Unique | Former Dash CEO Marcelo Claure Sells Aspen Teardown for $37.3 Million Wall Avenue Journal

Musk’s SpaceX city in Texas proposes a brand new map and zoning CNBC (resilc)

Class Warfare

Burnout is at a 10-year excessive for U.S. staff The Hill (resilc)

Don’t Name It a Facet Hustle. These Individuals Are ‘Polyworking.’ New York Instances. resilc: “serfs till dying.”

The Tragic Historical past of Neoliberalism Robert Reich (resilc). Did he ever apologize for touting NAFTA? I appear to have missed it.

Colorado’s governor vetoes landmark ban on rent-setting algorithms Related Press (Paul R)

Antidote du jour (through):

A bonus:

I can’t cease laughing.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/MAU6BB6uRq

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 29, 2025

A second bonus (Chuck L):

Uncommon footage of a moose shedding each its antlers captured with a drone in a forest in New Brunswick.

📽: Derek Burgoynepic.twitter.com/rTaUQ95gcC

— Surprise of Science (@wonderofscience) May 29, 2025

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