Links 6/25/2022 | naked capitalism

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CatMeows: A Publicly-Out there Dataset of Cat Vocalizations Zenodo (Micael T)

Safari-goers in Namibia have shut name with cheetah after it tries to climb into automobile YouTube (Li). Darwin Award entrants.

Linked-up-brains aeon

Fin-tastic! Rising ‘mermaiding’ subculture makes a splash Related Press (David L)

Curiosity rover finds extra proof of historic watery areas on Mars TechSpot (Kevin W)

‘Superworms’ could maintain the important thing to world’s trash disaster NPR (David L)

World’s largest micro organism found in Caribbean mangrove swamp Monetary Instances (David L)

60% of highschool college students in northern Thai metropolis have HIV Thaiger (furzy)

Couple sues Boston hospital over lack of child’s physique Related Press (resilc)

The philosophy of selfhood turned actual when my mom received dementia Psyche (Chuck L)

Kurt Vonnegut documentary took Robert Weide 40 years to movie Sydney Morning Herald. Anthony L: “So he was unstuck in time.”

#COVID-19

Science/Drugs
Antibody profiles of inside viral proteins predict extreme COVID-19 outcomes Information-medical.web (Kevin W)
The direct proof of a reservoir has been found- persistent spike within the blood at one 12 months
The secondary evidence- the naive t cell depletion- that is unhealthy. The sloughing might progress
we’d like extra antivirals imo https://t.co/Z4BdjnOR1L
— Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS (@fitterhappierAJ) June 24, 2022
“.. just like sufferers with HIV-1, the youngsters beforehand contaminated by SARS-CoV-2 could have a repetitive immune activation.. kids could also be liable to infections by different viruses, which might contribute to the event of acute hepatitis.”https://t.co/BoddH9fJ2C
— Hiroshi Yasuda (保田浩志) (@Yash25571056) June 23, 2022
Thus far being ignored by mainstream varieties. Paper is a pre-print:
Research from Senior Editor of the British Medical Journal Peter Doshi, et al, finds absolutely the threat of great AE from mRNA vaccines exceeds absolutely the threat discount of great covid-19 an infection.https://t.co/6JxOyIZVEH pic.twitter.com/PHhODa2dYt
— PLC (@Humble_Analysis) June 22, 2022
SARS-CoV-2 escapes direct NK cell killing via Nsp1-mediated downregulation of ligands for NKG2D BioRxIv (guurst)
UK/Europe
Covid infections rise 20% in England as new Omicron variants unfold Monetary Instances (Kevin W)
Asia
Thailand discovers 200 instances of Covid-19’s latest subspecies pressure of BA.4 and BA.5 TPN Nationwide Information (furzy)
US
Who Was Liable for the Botched Pandemic Response? Midwestern Physician (Glenn F)

Local weather/Setting

Germany Pushes for G-7 Reversal on Fossil Fuels in Local weather Blow Bloomberg. Lots of you will have doubtless seen that it’s the German Greens which can be tremendous hawks on Russia.
Biden Snubbed Oil Companies And Met With Offshore Wind Partnership OilPrice (Kevin W)
Lake Mead is lower than 150 toes away from turning into a “lifeless pool,” making a lot of the Southwestern U.S. uninhabitable Pure Information. Furzy: “Superb shot of practically empty Lake Mead….(solely on NaturalNews tho!!)”
Dutch energy grid can’t deal with inflow of electrical automotive charging factors NLTimes

China?

We’d like a reset in US-China relations Asia Instances (Kevin W)
Chinese language banks lend Pakistan $2.3bn to avert international change disaster Monetary Instances

Previous Blighty

Charles tells Commonwealth leaders dropping Queen is ‘for every to determine’ Guardian (resilc)
No one in Brussels has a lot curiosity in Brexit anymore. The U.Ok. is a 3rd nation and must reside with the disadvantages. Brexit didn’t even get a point out on the two day European Council summit. https://t.co/J02jUVnuAD
— John O’Brennan 🇺🇦 (@JohnOBrennan2) June 25, 2022

New Not-So-Chilly Conflict

Europe Gorges on Russian Oil Forward of Ban EnergyIntel (Kevin W)
Germany: Client fuel costs might triple amid Russian threats, official warns DW. Um, that Gazprom St. Petersburg half for Nordstream 1 actually continues to be caught in Montreal and Trudeau hasn’t provide you with a method to launch it. In the meanwhile, Russia has provided to open up Nordstream 2. However the EU can be performing as if Russia will conform to an edict that it received’t purchase fuel if the value rises above a sure degree…when Russia had urged EU utilities to enroll in mounted relatively than floating price contracts. So the EU is about to revoke a contract and Russia performing accordingly is by some means a “Russia menace”?
Nonetheless…Germany plans to nationalize elements of Nord Stream 2 – report Teletrader. Bear in mind Russia created “particular retaliatory financial measures” for events that steal property or mental property of Russians, broadly outlined, and events that do enterprise with the perp. Russia has solely made a really restricted use of those provisions. This nonsense after stealing the Gazprom property might result in sterner and extra wide-ranging countermeasures.
Factbox: The three phases of Germany’s emergency fuel plan Reuters
“Russia is taking the entire world hostage” Tagesschau (through Google Translate, unique right here, courtesy guurst)
Norway blocks meals supply to Russian miners in Svalbard MailBD
Halting Ukraine battle ‘solely probability’ to keep away from financial disaster, Hungary tells EU Monetary Instances. The skunk on the social gathering.
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Ukraine SitRep – Zolote Cauldron Closes – Lysichansk Blocked (Corrected twice) Moon of Alabama. In keeping with Alexander Mercouris’ account. Mercouris notes that an try to interrupt out of Lysychansk resulted in Ukraine troops being “shot to items” and extra particulars of surrenders.
For individuals who need extra element: Ukraine. Army Abstract And Evaluation 24.06.2022 YouTube. By the point this publish is up, he’ll in all probability have his 25.06.2022 discuss up.
Lisichansk sector disintegrating, doubtless 100’s of Ukr prisoners taken, 1000’s extra coming, Ukraine Common Workers’s new place (not kidding) is roughly “Severodonestk? We don’t know something about Severodonetsk, not our downside” – in the meantime, Ukr terrorism towards “collaborationists” within the south accelerates, regional official blown up in Kherson, somebody inform Mitch McConnell what a “actual” State Sponsor of Terror appears like; Russia hints it’s making ready to strike Kharkov hospital (we are able to assume it’s getting used as a command middle and/or arms dump – however ohmygod they’re killing pregnant ladies ohmygod!!!) Jacob Dreizin
Ukraine Conflict Day #121: Return To Snake Island (continued) Terrible Avalanche (guurst). Contradicts fairly a number of not-buying-what-Ukraine-is-selling commentators, who see Snake Island as a PR asset, though Russia has put a number of S-300s on this not very massive rock.
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BRICS+ assembly: Vladimir Putin attended a BRICS+ assembly involving the leaders of a number of invited states, held through videoconference Kremlin
Russia’s Finance Ministry remits fee on 2028 Eurobonds utilizing new settlement association in rubles Interfax
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Russia won’t be a part of Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons — MFA TASS
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Microsoft Compares Russian Hacks of Ukraine to Assassination That Began World Conflict I Vice. Resilc: “Obtained again from WalMuerto in North Adams, MA. poor, unhappy zombies strolling via the shop. USA USA. I might give a rat’s ass concerning the Ukraine.”

Syraqistan

Professional teams name Biden’s dithering on Iran deal return ‘perplexing’ Accountable Statecraft (resilc). Um, it might already be over, see Scott Ritter (keep in mind an arms management man) on this YouTube beginning at 122:30
Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov’s assertion and solutions to media questions at a joint information convention following talks with Minister of Overseas Affairs of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Tehran, June 23, 2022 Ministry of Overseas Affairs of the Russian Federation. See remarks on the JCPOA and the bombing of the Damascus airport.

Large Brother is Watching You Watch

The Federal Bureau of Tweets: Twitter Is Hiring an Alarming Variety of FBI Brokers MintPressNews (Kevin W). We linked to a different report on this follow, however this one has good element.
D.C. Energy Gamers Are Paying 1000’s of {Dollars} to Discover Dates Politico. The discovering half will not be what they’re paying for. It’s the snooping half. Paul R flags this part:
You would do it, too. For a number of 1000’s of {dollars} a month — double what the common individual spends on hire for a one-bedroom in D.C. — this matchmaker won’t solely search out potential soulmates together with your actual standards in thoughts however will do the form of investigative work that, coming from you, would appear invasive and creepy — trawling LinkedIn for singles with levels from prestigious universities, or NextDoor for householders in prosperous zip codes, or LegiStorm for Congressional staffers’ bios, salaries and make contact with info.
Lawmakers Need FTC to Examine Apple, Google Over Cell Monitoring Wall Avenue Journal (David L)

Imperial Collapse Watch

Boeing Needs Extra Cash For New Air Drive One, USAF Official Says Protection One

Abortion. I now not acknowledge this nation. Lambert additionally coated this improvement yesterday in Water Cooler, with appreciable consideration upon the flaccid response of Workforce Dem.

LIVE It’s a tragic day for the US, says Biden after abortion ruling BBC. Reside weblog.
Biden Allies in G-7 Aghast at US Abortion Rights Reversal Bloomberg. Lead story at 6:00 AM EDT.
‘Blood on their arms’: world’s medics condemn US overturn of abortion rights Guardian (Kevin W)
Truck plows into pro-abortion activists in Iowa and troopers fireplace tear fuel in Arizona whereas LA erupts in protest after SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade Every day Mail
The Onion is not taking any prisoners immediately. pic.twitter.com/qB9JWZQq6f
— Scott Edelman (@scottedelman) June 24, 2022
‘Matter of Nationwide Safety’: Democratic Veterans, Advocates Name For Codifying Proper To Abortion Protection One. Resilc: “Ruskies overturned Roe.”
Collins, Manchin counsel they have been misled by Kavanaugh and Gorsuch on Roe v. Wade NBC (resilc). Assist me.
We’re Not Going Again to the Time Earlier than Roe v. Wade. We’re Going Someplace Worse New Yorker (furzy)
EFF safety and privateness suggestions for individuals searching for abortion Digital Frontier Basis (Paul R). OMG it is a full and utter shame. Do they assume ladies are too stoopid/lazy to take the mandatory (strict) precautions if they’re in a prosecution gung ho state? We’re speaking jail time and finish of life as you as soon as knew it as penalties. Sure, the excellent news is even these punitive states could have restricted police/investigation assets, however they may get suggestions and girls getting abortions will need to depart no assault floor.
They don’t insist on burner telephones and strict separation of it from the remainder of your actions as important? They don’t inform readers that deleting stuff out of your laptop doesn’t imply it’s deleted until it’s overwritten? And in case you used e-mail, your ISP and recipients have information? How concerning the nearly common advice of NC readers once I requested about tips on how to arrange a FB account w/o tipping FB off about my meat world identification, a devoted burner laptop computer for use wherever however at my common IP tackle? There’s additionally no point out of avoiding geolocation (these telephones all do have backdoors, I don’t purchase for a second you may totally flip it off) like by leaving your telephone at dwelling or getting within the behavior of utilizing a Faraday bag just about on a regular basis?
They usually say nothing about vehicles, that newish vehicles are stuffed with monitoring goodies, and in case you use interstate and plenty of state roads, your license plate is tracked too? This text isn’t simply unserious,it’s affirmatively harmful.

Clarence Thomas: Supreme Court docket ought to ‘rethink’ rulings on contraceptives and same-sex marriage The Week (resilc)

Lawrence struck down sodomy legal guidelines that criminalized homosexual intercourse (all sodomy, on a regular basis) and straight intercourse (a lot of sodomy, a lot of the time). Ever sucked a dick? Gotten your dick sucked? Gone down on a lady? 69’d? Had anal intercourse? Pegged? Congrats, you’re a sodomite too.
— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) June 24, 2022

Federal appeals court docket places FDA ban on Juul e-cigarette gross sales on maintain NBC

How Singapore Obtained Its Manufacturing Mojo Again Wall Avenue Journal (resilc)

Class Warfare

Who’s Going to Save Native Companies From Amazon And Different Monopolies? The U.S. Postal Service. Washington Month-to-month (resilc)
Rental disaster driving up value on cellular houses CNN
‘I’m Retiring From Intercourse Work With $1 Million. What Subsequent?’ The Reduce. Resilc: “Transfer to Costa Rica.”
UK’s Greatest Rail Strike in 30 Years – Tunisia Common Strike – Migrant Employee Kicked Out of Singapore Over Fb Put up Mike Elk

Antidote du jour. That is Bob H’s Tippy, popping out of a skunk cabbage swamp:

And a bonus (dk):