Links 5/6/2025 | naked capitalism

Legendary Feminine Free-Divers Reveal Evolution in Motion on South Korean Island ScienceAlert (Chuck L)

Finest Westerns Of All Time Letterboxd (Bob H)

Geographic and age variations in mutational processes in colorectal most cancers Nature. Paywalled, however you possibly can learn the summary. DLG:

I learn an article this morning in Fatto Quotidiano by a scientist who writes for the newspaper repeatedly. She’s a virologist, and usually, the information isn’t nice. She thinks, although, that the research could also be begin of a significant breakthrough. If it may be ascertained and replicated.

The rise of colibactin appears to have been within the final twenty or so years. Maria Rita Gismondo attributes it to a mutation in Escherichia coli, which is regular intestinal flora. Is that this one other catastrophe associated to poor vitamin, local weather change, extra use of antibiotics within the provide chain, and pesticides?

#COVID-19/Pandemics

😎🇺🇸🌎🔥 H5N1 Chook Flu Virus Alert. 50 States. https://t.co/KrMJFgFqKr pic.twitter.com/rbKTyPfF1h

— AmericanPatriot 🇺🇸 (@ColdWarPatriot) May 6, 2025

Are US Docs Prepared if Measles Turns into Endemic Once more? Medscape

Local weather/Surroundings

L.A. Officers Take a look at Residents for Lead After Fires New York Instances

Southeast Asia’s climate-driven pest invasion threatens China’s meals safety, research finds South China Morning Submit

Huge hail storm shuts down metros in Paris 9News

China?

China dangers a spiral into deeper deflation because it diverts U.S.-bound exports to home market. CNBC. We might even see actual bifurcation: deflation in China, deflationary pressures in neighboring markets that tremendously profit from China’s funding funds and tourism, and also will be targets for product that will previously have gone to the US, versus marked inflation within the US.

China Providers Exercise Slips, Including Threat of Fast Slowdown Bloomberg

Why China is in no rush to hunt U.S. commerce deal MarketWatch

US Home passes China payments on points from financial espionage to human rights South China Morning Submit

US, China have began to talk extra diplomatically of one another Asia Instances (Kevin W)

Yawn 🥱

Toyota stated its bZ3X—the lately launched mannequin that begins at $15,000—was designed in China by the corporate’s engineers within the nation, who labored with an area joint-venture companion. It’s made in Guangzhou with Chinese language batteries and driver-assistance software program from… pic.twitter.com/KilMItq1vS

— steve hsu (@hsu_steve) May 4, 2025

India-Pakistan Row

UNSC holds closed-door talks on Indo-Pak tensions, urges restraint Enterprise Commonplace

India halts Chenab River water stream to Pakistan through Baglihar Dam GeoTV

Main airways are avoiding Pakistan’s airspace as tensions with India simmer following vacationer bloodbath CNN

South of the Border

Noboa Victorious New Left Assessment (Robin Ok)

Africa

Explosions, enormous hearth in Sudanese metropolis of Port Sudan Aljazeera

Tried coup thwarted in Burkina Faso after nationalization of Gold business Worldwide Affairs. Michael T: “As a result of the persons are by no means allowed to personal something?”

European Disunion

Friedrich Merz fails in preliminary vote to turn out to be Germany’s chancellor Monetary Instances. Hoo boy.

Germany is dangerously near banning the AfD Spectator

The demise of the centre-right Wolfgang Munchau, Unherd

A nationalist bucks pro-EU establishment, wins large in Romania Accountable Statecraft

Change of energy in Germany doesn’t bode effectively Vyzglad through machine translation (Micael T)

Outdated Blighty

‘The worst poverty we’ve seen’: How little one, two, was hospitalised with malnutrition iPaper (Kevin W)

Israel v. the Resistance

هل من وجع أكبر من هذا؟
في زمنِ التخمةِ وأمراضِ السمنة، يموت أطفالنا جوعًا.. pic.twitter.com/Sjpgs545JZ

— أنس الشريف Anas Al-Sharif (@AnasAlSharif0) May 6, 2025

⚡️🇮🇱JUST IN: Elad Barashi an Israeli media determine affiliated with Hebrew Channel 14 made a put up which is an excessive and express name for genocide, invoking the Holocaust as a desired mannequin for violence towards Palestinians in Gaza.

“I need to give an enormous thanks to the group… pic.twitter.com/KSpPt32wra

— Suppressed Information. (@SuppressedNws) May 4, 2025

Israel plans to occupy and flatten all of Gaza if no deal by Trump’s journey Defend Democracy

Hamas says ‘no level’ to talks as Israel plans expanded Gaza offensive BBC

Israel calling up tens of 1000’s of reservists to develop warfare on Gaza Aljazeera

Mike Ryan, Director of WHO’s Emergencies Programme, known as the Gaza genocide an “abomination” in a strong Could 1 assertion from Geneva.

“No help has entered Gaza since Israel ended the ceasefire in March,” he stated. “We’re complicit. We’re inflicting this. You and everybody who… pic.twitter.com/aUYlikvKgw

— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) May 3, 2025

Chuck L: “Let’s take bets on how lengthy it’ll take the Zionist entity to blow it up!”

NEW: Pope Francis’s Ultimate Want: His Popemobile Will Now Function a Clinic for Gaza’s Youngsters

Earlier than his demise, Pope Francis made one closing request: that his popemobile—the car from which he as soon as greeted crowds around the globe—be remodeled right into a cellular well being unit for… https://t.co/g7OgBjDhxO pic.twitter.com/QMqZtaPQmw

— Drop Website (@DropSiteNews) May 4, 2025

Yemen – They Defeated The Saudis, Then Biden, Now Trump Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)

Yemen bans US crude oil exports by means of Crimson Sea Mehr Information

Turkish Jets Intrude With Israeli Warplanes Attacking Syria Antiwar.com (Kevin W)

New Not-So-Chilly Conflict

Portrait of the Joker as a younger man: Zelensky 1978-1998 Occasions in Ukraine

NATO Struggles to Preserve Up as Drone Warfare Will get Gamified Simplicius

UK reportedly begins to secretly put together for Russia’s assault and updates its defence plan Ukrainska Pravda

Conflict In Ukraine – The Mineral Deal Pulls Trump Again In Moon of Alabama (Kevin W). From the weekend, however confirms our thesis in regards to the settlement.

Trump’s Delusional Cope with Ukraine, Nuclear Talks with Iran Again on the Agenda Larry Johnson

Massive Brother is Watching You Watch

Preserve It Non-public Remark (Robin Ok)

Imperial Collapse Watch

No Revolution with out Counter-Revolution Peter Turchin (albrt)

Newark air visitors controllers briefly misplaced contact with planes, union says BBC (Kevin W)

Widespread delays at US airport attributable to air visitors controllers taking go away for trauma Anadolu Company

Trump 2.0

Donald Jr. and Eric Trump Pursue New Offers That Would Enrich President Trump New York Instances. resilc: “USA USA is a silly nation run by the felony class.”

Maga’s period of ‘delicate eugenics’: let the weak get sick, assist the intelligent breed Guardian (Kevin W)

No Suggestions Brian Romanchuk. Vital.

Bessent to Milken convention: Trump will make America ‘extra interesting for buyers such as you’ CNBC (Kevin W)

Hegseth orders Pentagon to slash high ranks of army Politico (Kevin W)

Alastair Crooke: Trump Can’t Appear to Make a Deal. Decide Napolitano, YouTube. Besides the grifting type, per above.

Trump says he ‘doesn’t rule out’ utilizing army pressure to regulate Greenland Guardian

The Absurd Greenland Obsession Received’t Die Daniel Larison

“A Idiot’s Errand’: The Deadly Flaw Behind a U.S. Manufacturing Revival SupplyChainBrain. Chuck L: “You’d assume that somebody from the Cato Institute could be doing all they may to plaster the maquillage on our porcine president. However no.”

Trump Administration Asks Court docket to Dismiss Abortion Tablet Case New York Instances. Subhead: “The request echoes the place the Biden administration took within the case in January, stunning some observers.”

Tariffs

Recall yesterday per Conor’s hyperlinks that Japan stated that the US needed to drop tariffs earlier than there are negotiations, which is China’s place. Now this:

That is fairly consequential.

China, Japan, South Korea and the international locations of ASEAN simply issued a joint assertion (https://t.co/uk2upyisnt) by which they take a unified stance towards “escalating commerce protectionism”, a transparent reference to Trump’s tariffs.

They write that their… pic.twitter.com/SIoV6jhCet

— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) May 5, 2025

International Factories Wrestle to Overcome Trump Tariffs, Uncertainty Bloomberg

US Border Cities Are Being Ravaged by Canada’s Livid Boycott Bloomberg. resilc: “Vermont hurting too.”

LA’s bustling ports hit by Trump tariffs: ‘Everybody within the US will really feel this’ Guardian (Kevin W)

Republicans develop antsy after Trump feedback on tariffs, recession The Hill

DOGE

A DOGE Recruiter Is Staffing a Mission to Deploy AI Brokers Throughout the US Authorities Wired (Robin Ok)

Three-quarters of Individuals oppose Medicaid cuts, ballot reveals Iowa Capital Dispatch (Robin Ok)

Republicans eye ‘per capita caps’ in Medicaid financial savings search The Hill

Immigration

Trump admin stay updates: DHS to pay immigrants in US illegally $1K to self deport ABC

Democrat Demise Want

Kamala Harris hit with backlash as she attends $75,000-a-ticket Met Gala… and skips pink carpet to attempt to keep away from consideration Each day Mail (Li)

Police State Watch

How group activists, police and residents drove down shootings in East Harlem Gothamist

Our No Longer Free Press

Rising authoritarianism in Europe is destroying media freedom Vijesti

Brendan Carr Is Turning the FCC Into MAGA’s Censoring Machine Wired (Robin Ok)

Invoice that will punish Individuals boycotting Israel pulled from US Congress Center East Eye. For background, see Ought to Sharing Info About Israeli Companies Get You 20 Years in Jail? Cause (Kevin W)

BadBanki: Censorship by means of Frozen Property in Iceland UKColumn (Chuck L)

A.I. Is Getting Extra Highly effective, however Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse New York Instances (Jason Boxman)

Guillotine Watch

Bayer is pushing to revive Iowa invoice limiting failure-to-warn claims Des Moines Register (Robin Ok)

Class Warfare

New tax cuts largely favor the wealthy throughout states this 12 months Kansas Reflector (Robin Ok)

Antidote du jour. From a reader who has simply turn out to be an expat in Paris, displaying off his new life (preceded by footage of cafes and boulevards):

And a bonus (Robin Ok):

Nobody would consider it if its not recorded pic.twitter.com/pgpUzuDJbE

— contents that ll heal your melancholy 🌻 (@catshealdeprsn) May 4, 2025

A second bonus. On one degree commendable, however WTF with the TikToker? Why weren’t they attempting to assist the woman? An individual helping the canine, even when they didn’t get bodily, simply working in direction of him and screaming, would have gotten the man to run away quicker (and sure, I’ve intervened in a home violence state of affairs doing just about the identical factor, with no canine main the cost).