Links 6/30/2025 | naked capitalism

FOLLOWING IN THE CREATIVE FOOTSTEPS OF FOXES Atmos

PALEONTOLOGISTS FIND SKELETON THAT WEIRDLY LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE BARNEY THE PURPLE DINOSAUR Futurism

How night time lizards survived the asteroid that ended the dinosaurs Phys.org

Local weather/Atmosphere

Nice Lakes scientists uncover new lifeform microbe, title it ShipGoo1 Bridge Michigan
Legume Gone: The Surprising Causes for a Tree’s Extinction in India The Revelator
In Struggle Zones, a Race to Save Key Seeds Wanted to Feed the World Yale Atmosphere 360

The Koreas

Why Do Swallows Fly to the Korean DMZ? Sapiens

China?

China’s AI industrial coverage Excessive Capability
The electrification crucial Ember Vitality

Africa

The US-brokered “peace deal” between the DRC and Rwanda is definitely wild.
The US is gaining access to $2 trillion value of DRC minerals in alternate for forcing the withdrawal of Rwandan-backed M23 militias. That’s one-tenth of the DRC’s whole mineral wealth, greater than any…
— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) June 29, 2025

Outdated Blighty

Work begins on future British nuclear assault submarine UK Defence Journal

O Canada

Canada rescinds Digital Providers Tax after Trump cuts off U.S. commerce talks CNBC

Syraqistan

Israeli Forces Kill 86 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours, Together with Assist Seekers Antiwar

There is no such thing as a drugs left right here. Not for the physique. Not for the soul.
I’ve lengthy spoken of the disintegration of Gaza’s hospitals: how we labor beneath roofs that leak shrapnel, beside beds the place kids lie half-alive. The World Well being Group calls it a collapse. Collapse…
— Dr. Ezzideen (@ezzingaza) June 28, 2025

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Intercepted Iranian communication counsel restricted injury from US strikes: Report Anadolu Company
Iran denies rumors about talks with US, says no date set Al Mayadeen
Iran orders deportation of undocumented Afghans Intellinews
Iranian parliament outlaws use of Elon Musk’s Starlink web providers Intellinews
“The struggle on sovereignty.” Patrick Lawrence, The Floutist

One noteworthy factor about Iran’s borders is, not like a lot of the Center East, they weren’t drawn for them.
The territory they maintain as we speak seems to be a lot the identical because the realms they’ve held since antiquity. pic.twitter.com/JyRbKk7OJB
— 𝗠𝗮я𝗮𝘁 (@maratkaryan) June 27, 2025

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‘Vindicated’: Unscathed by struggle, Gulf states look to capitalise on Israel and Iran’s losses Center East Eye

(🚨) WAIT… WHAT??
Brokers of Trump enterprise and political companions MBS, MBZ and el-Sisi had been secretly within the White Home as Trump agreed to go to struggle with their enemy Iran?
How is that this not the massive information proper now? How is that this not greater than each different story media is protecting? pic.twitter.com/3RgDqaSDkk
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) June 27, 2025

A really attention-grabbing information report popping out of Israel: Syria shouldn’t be prepared for a everlasting settlement with Israel or for becoming a member of the Abraham Accords in the intervening time; it’s as a substitute in going again to the 1974 ceasefire settlement (signed after the 1973 struggle), which is able to power an…
— Alon Mizrahi (@alon_mizrahi) June 30, 2025

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Turkey nears Eurofighter deal as Germany drops export ban Bulgarian Army
Turkey-US protection row could also be resolved by finish of yr, says US ambassador Turkish Minute
Deep Dive: Will Israel’s struggle on Iran finish Turkey’s peace with the PKK? Amwaj
Pezeshkian ‘urges’ Aliyev to analyze if Israel used Azerbaijani territory to assault Iran OC Media
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Starmer condemns ‘appalling hate speech’ at Glastonbury – as organiser says anti-IDF chants ‘crossed a line’ Sky Information. Video:

the mantra we’ll all be repeating, due to the sensible Bob Vylan who made all of the Zionists go insane with rage:
DEATH, DEATH, DEATH TO THE IDF
DEATH, DEATH TO THE IDF
DEATH, DEATH TO THE IDF
DEATH, DEATH TO THE IOF
DEATH, DEATH TO THE I0F
DEATH, DEATH TO THE IOF pic.twitter.com/aXTyokvSmg
— ☀️👀 (@zei_squirrel) June 28, 2025

Commentary:

Name me quaint however I discover murdering hundreds of harmless folks extra disturbing than phrases? However that’s simply me https://t.co/LxZNAkUrPC
— James Kavanagh (@JamesKavanagh_) June 28, 2025

I’m a British Jew in England
I didn’t interpret #DeathToTheIDF as a name for folks to kill me as a result of
1. I’m not within the IDF
2. It doesn’t name for the loss of life of people – the clue is in “The IDF”
3. I’m not mind lifeless
— Cease The Bollocks with Mirabel (@MirabelTweets1) June 29, 2025

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🇦🇷🇵🇸 In the meantime in Argentina pic.twitter.com/Ogrn0m4OWs
— Monitor𝕏 (@MonitorX99800) June 29, 2025

Mujeres pintan la bandera palestina en unas escaleras de Orgosolo, Cerdeña, Italia. pic.twitter.com/9sknr7i0J0
— Capitán Swing (@Capitan_Swing) June 5, 2025

European Disunion

Germany’s Greens push for inside ministers’ assembly on banning AfD DPA Worldwide
Bulgaria: Anti-Euro Protests Intensify as Sofia Faces 10-Day Blockade Novinite
Hundreds arrange road blockades in Serbia after arrests of anti-government protesters Euronews

New Not-So-Chilly Struggle

SITREP 6/29/25: Russia Launches Largest Drone Swarm of Total Struggle as Ukraine Will get Forgotten Simplicius

Final night time’s strike package deal represented one of the vital advanced saturation assaults Russia has mounted since autumn, choreographing waves of loitering munitions and stand-off weapons to erode Ukrainian air defenses throughout your entire depth of the nation. Over 450 fight drones,… pic.twitter.com/u4m6vTmFEp
— Thomas Keith (@iwasnevrhere_) June 29, 2025

Ukraine to withdraw from treaty banning anti-personnel mines Euractiv
US troopers drop stay grenades from drone in Germany, say tactic will quickly be a part of regular coaching Stars and Stripes
UK launched large operation to seek out suspected Russian double agent in MI6 The Guardian. “Unique: Operation Wedlock lasted as much as 20 years and took MI5 groups throughout world amid panic about ‘one other Philby’”
Azov vs. Azov Azov Foyer Weblog

The Caucasus

‘Russian hint’ suspected in Armenian clergy: One other priest faces legal fees JAM Information
Kremlin weighs in on unrest in Armenia RT

South of the Border

Uncovering an Archaeology of U.S. Empire in Panama Sapiens

“Liberation Day”

With 10 days to go, Trump tariff offers poised to fall in need of sweeping commerce reforms Straits Instances
U.S. will ship tariffs letters in coming days, offers not wanted, Trump says Axios

Trump 2.0

Republicans steamroll towards ultimate vote on Trump’s tax and spending cuts invoice Semafor
GOP tax invoice would imply 11.8 million folks uninsured, $1.1 trillion in well being cuts The Hill
Public Land Sale Out, However Senate GOP Megabill Nonetheless Assaults Planet Frequent Goals
Thom Tillis gained’t search re-election after conflict with Trump over ‘massive lovely invoice’ The Guardian
How the reconciliation invoice would change America Can We Nonetheless Govern?
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Trump plans to announce TikTok purchaser in two weeks Axios. At all times “two weeks.”
Elon Musk Returns to Politics by Trolling Iran and Torching Trump’s Huge Invoice Gizmodo
“The primary rule in Trump’s Washington: Don’t write something down” Election Legislation Weblog

Mamdani

Norman Finkelstein: Zohran Mamdani Has Struck A Profitable BLOW In opposition to The Israel Foyer Norman Finkelstein (Video)

Vote blue regardless of who? Not if the oligarchs don’t need the blue candidate. https://t.co/MwoR2z4lcJ
— Margaret Kimberley (@freedomrideblog) June 29, 2025

Chartbook 394 “A Metropolis we will afford”: capitalism and democracy in New York Adam Tooze

This alternate is sort of a cartoon.
Zohran: Right here’s an in depth rationalization of how we will make groceries extra reasonably priced.
CNN: Soviet Union grocery shops?
CNN’s Erin Burnett expresses worry of Zohran Mamdani opening Soviet type grocery shops in NYC.
I’m not kidding. pic.twitter.com/uA1dkZiU5u
— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) June 29, 2025

I don’t stay in NYC nor do I wish to however one factor to say is that I do know the thought of public grocery shops has turn into straightforward fodder for critics, however if you happen to transfer previous the politics, there’s precedent. This isn’t some radical new concept within the U.S.
The USDA, underneath each Republican… https://t.co/2Vg6eiQy1Y
— Steven Fulop (@StevenFulop) June 29, 2025

Antitrust

Monopoly Spherical-Up: The $100 Billion Race to Change into the Residence Shopping for Tremendous App BIG by Matt Stoller

Inexperienced Social Housing: Classes from Vienna Local weather and Group

Gunz

A number of folks lifeless as shooter assaults firefighters responding to North Idaho brush hearth Idaho Capital Solar

Huge Brother Is Watching You Watch

Sinaloa cartel used cellphone knowledge and surveillance cameras to seek out FBI informants, DOJ says Reuters

A whole bunch of staff mobilize to ‘Cease Gen AI’ and assist one another survive AI automation Blood within the Machine
Individuals Are Being Involuntarily Dedicated, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis” Futurism

Police State Watch

Bounty hunters deputized by ICE, terrorizing law-abiding folks at their workplace. That is horrible & doesn’t make us safer. We’ve realized she has a pending asylum case. I’ll proceed to demand accountability for ICE focusing on immigrants making an attempt to comply with the authorized course of. https://t.co/ajl4xiJGfz
— Rep. Scott Peters (@RepScottPeters) June 27, 2025

ICE arrest Pasadena mom with out warrant—seems they kidnapped flawed individual.
Solely 2 of three brokers had a badge—none had been in uniform.
“I didn’t know if I used to be witnessing a hate crime or a kidnapping,” mentioned witness.
Video cuts off simply as daughter begs, “Name the police.”
“And… pic.twitter.com/Or1BZgWA24
— LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 (@LongTimeHistory) June 29, 2025

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