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Yves here. Jonah is doing Links for the first time, which is a very big learning curve, process and content wise. So please be supportive.

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Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real fog and stage fog — in comments. None of us need more cheerleading and link-free repetition of memes; there are platforms for that. Low-value, link-free pom pom-wavers will be summarily whacked.

And for those who are new here, this is not a mere polite request. We have written site Policies and those who comment have accepted those terms. To prevent having to resort to the nuclear option of shutting comments down entirely until more sanity prevails, as we did during the 2015 Greek bailout negotiations and shortly after the 2020 election, we are going to be ruthless about moderating and blacklisting offenders.

–Yves

P.S. Also, before further stressing our already stressed moderators, read our site policies:

Please do not write us to ask why a comment has not appeared. We do not have the bandwidth to investigate and reply. Using the comments section to complain about moderation decisions/tripwires earns that commenter troll points. Please don’t do it. Those comments will also be removed if we encounter them.

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Out of the Forest: We Have Thought of Humans for a Century or More as Creatures of the Savannah, Shaped in Every Way by Grassland Life. Not So. Aeon

How Do You Know You’re Not Dreaming? Aeon

How Neurons Really Work is Being Elucidated The Economist

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Can be Killed by Pom-Pom Molecules NewScientist

Lost in space: Astronauts struggle to regain bone density France24. I thought the cosmonauts used whole body vibration plates before and after for bone density and muscle strength…

#COVID-19

Science/Medicine

UK/Europe

Covid in Scotland: One in 18 people had virus last week BBC

US

California’s COVID Levels Appear as High as Ever: ‘The Sewage Never Lies’ Sacramento Bee

China?

Chinese Air Group Simulates Striking Aircraft Carriers Near Taiwan: J-16, J-11B, Su-30 and H-6 Combat Jets Involved Military Watch

In chip war, Korea spends big to stay ahead of China Asia Times

Climate/Environment

The White House Did Not Push to Fund a Key Energy Cost-Saving Tool American Prospect

The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling isn’t the Only Legal Attack on the Environment Vox

Old Blighty

Queen’s Secret Influence on Laws Revealed in Scottish Government Memo The Guardian

La belle France

France’s Revived Left Can Stop Emmanuel Macron in His Tracks Jacobin

Does Hungary Offer a Glimpse of Our Authoritarian Future? New Yorker

The Aristocratic Ineptitude of Ursula Von Der Leyen Foreign Policy

New Not-So-Cold War

TIME IS NOT ON KYIV’S SIDE: TRAINING, WEAPONS, AND ATTRITION IN UKRAINE Modern War Institute

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The West’s Self-Defeating Sanctions The Critic

The Anatomy of Germany’s Reliance on Russian Natural Gas Der Spiegel

Russia seizes control of Sakhalin gas project, raises stakes with West Reuters and Sakhalin-2 LNG project to switch from Bermudan to Russian operator Interfax

Why the US Could be the Real Winner in the Energy Wars Financial Times

Russia demands rubles for grain exports RT. Boy has RT hollowed out. Buyers get to pay in their currency but they to set up accounts at Gazprom Bank so that Gazprom can make the currency exchange.

Concerns Grow that India is ‘Back Door’ into Europe for Russian Oil The Guardian

Exclusive: Ukraine requests Turkey detain Russian-flagged ship it says carrying Ukrainian grain Reuters

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Exclusive: EU Nears Compromise Deal to Defuse Standoff with Russia Over Kaliningrad Reuters

Syraqistan

Yemen in Purgatory Catalyst

The Unholy Alliance: Hindutva and Zionism The Cradle

‘They’re not Arriving with Trucks to Deport Us, but the Goal is the Same’ 972 Magazine

‘Intensifying Attempts to Remove Women from Public Life in Afghanistan’: India at UNHRC The Wire

Big Brother is Watching You Watch

Smart Pet Door Uses AI-Powered Facial Recognition To Allow Only Your Pets Indoors Flipboard

Your Fitbit has Stolen Your Soul UnHerd

Google Hit with More Privacy Complaints for “Deceptive” Sign-up Process [Updated] Ars Technica

Imperial Collapse Watch

Empire Burlesque: What Comes After the American Century Harpers

Biden Announces Changes in U.S. Force Posture in Europe US Department of Defense

How the System Was Rigged: The Global Economic Order and the Myth of Sovereignty Foreign Policy

Biden

Biden is Continuing Trump’s Privatization of Medicare. Here’s What You Need to Know. Wendell Potter

GOP Clown Car

‘It Was All Just a Show’: Confessions of a Republican Campaign Hit Man Politico

Supremes

The Case for Expanding the Court Before November LiberalCurrents

The Supreme Court Decided to Leave the Administrative State Alone—for Now New Republic

Confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court Sinks to New Low Statista

The Giant Pandemic Pool of Money: A new book details the penny-ante crooks extracting federal cash during COVID, and the disastrous budget decisions that gave them the opportunity American Prospect

Proposal to Teach Slavery as ‘Involuntary Relocation’ Sent to Texas Education Board NBC

Abortion

The Fresh Hell of Depending on Your Employer for Abortion Access In These Times

Should companies be in charge of abortion access? Politico

The US Supreme Court’s Blind Spots on Abortion Financial Times

Feminism Made a Faustian Bargain With Celebrity Culture. Now It’s Paying the Price. New York Times

We Shouldn’t Destroy What Is Working in Our Economy The Nation

The Immediate Outlook for the US Economy Adam Tooze

Adam Tooze Is Answering Your Questions about Inflation Foreign Policy

Out with the Old: Is Neoliberalism Really Dying? New Statesman

McKinsey, Consiglieri of the Opioid Crisis Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)

EU Moves to Rein in ‘Wild West’ of Crypto Assets with New Rules The Guardian

Class Warfare

Most Hospitals Are Ignoring a Federal Law Requiring Transparency on Prices Jacobin

Enemy Within? Hardly…Most People See Why We Need Unions Prepared to Strike The Guardian

I Got Fired for Unionizing at Starbucks. And I’d Do It Again. Jacobin

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And a bonus (guurst):

See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.

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