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Lobsters Are Not Immortal but the Myth That They Are Seems to Be McGill (re Šilc)
Penguins at a Japanese aquarium are Being Fed Cheaper Fish – and They Aren’t Happy CNN (furzy)
Asteroid’s Surface Like a “Plastic Ball Pit,” Scientists Find LINDOLTD.com
A 4-Billion-Year-Old Piece of Earth’s Crust Has Been Identified Beneath Australia Science Alert (Kevin W)
Shinzo Abe
Legacy of Abenomics to Live Beyond Its Tragically Shot Architect Bloomberg
Friendly Relations London Review of Books. An old piece, but worth revisiting at the moment.
#COVID-19
Science/Medicine
‘Several Hundred Thousand’ New COVID Cases a Day Aren’t Being Reported as Hospitalizations Keep Climbing MarketWatch (re Šilc)
Researchers May Have Found Biomarker for Long COVID Boston Globe
Monkeypox
NEW—It is time for the global public health community to recognize a growing reality: #Monkeypox is now a pandemic—unless we declare an emergency & act quickly to combat it, we risk repeating the same mistakes we made with covid.🧵@kavitapmd @yaneerbaryam https://t.co/D2a7y0PaUD
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 7, 2022
Climate/Environment
The Suburban Lawn Will Never Be the Same Bloomberg
Wild Species Support Half of World’s Population, Report Finds Guardian (re Šilc)
MIT scientists think they’ve discovered how to fully reverse climate change Yahoo (furzy)
Amazon Rainforest: Highest Deforestation Rate in Six Years BBC
‘Disturbing’: Weedkiller Ingredient Tied to Cancer Found in 80% of US Urine Samples Guardian (Brian C)
Old Blighty
Why Was Boris Johnson so Influential at Such a Momentous Moment? Irish Times
For EU, Johnson Exit Won’t Change Much; Damage Already Done AP (furzy)
Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs under investigation by HMRC The Independent
How Boris Destroyed Boris UnHerd
How Nuclear War Would Affect the World Today LSU (sst)
Boris Johnson Is Going, but We’re Stuck With the Same Right-Wing Nightmare Jacobin
New Not-So-Cold War
UN Finds Ukrainian Forces Put Civilians at Risk in Nursing Home Attack Axios
US Announces New $400 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine antiwar.com (re Šilc)
Kiev blasts calls for oversight of US military aid to Ukraine RT (Kevin W)
Zelenskiy Sacks Ukraine’s Envoy to Germany, Other Ambassadors Reuters
Europe’s Big And Expensive Energy Mistake OilPrice.com (re Šilc)
UK Energy Bills ‘Could Hit More Than £3,300 a Year this Winter’ Guardian (Kevin W)
Syraqistan
Oil Minister Says Iraq to Act to Annul Kurdish Oil Deals ABC News (re Šilc)
In Letter to Biden, Shireen Abu Akleh’s Family Demands a Meeting and an End to Israeli Impunity The Intercept (reŠilc)
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka President to Step Down, Parliamentary Speaker Says, Amid Storm of Protests Reuters
Sri Lanka uprising
Look at the sheer size of it: pic.twitter.com/4L60K4pogH
— Maajid أبو عمّار (@MaajidNawaz) July 9, 2022
“>Sri Lanka uprising. Look at the sheer size of it. MaajidNawaz
Chile’s Resurgent Left Catalyst
Argentine Anti-Government Protests Build as President Calls for Unity World News Guru
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
Goodbye To Cash Tolls, And Some Notorious History, At George Washington Bridge Yeshiva World
1/6
Cipollone Asserted Executive Privilege to Some January 6 Committee Questions CNN
Biden
Americans Aren’t Very Happy about Biden’s Middle East Visit: Poll Responsible Statecraft
Three-Star General who Mocked Jill Biden is Suspended Washington Post
Democrats en déshabillé
‘This Is Disgusting’: An Insider’s Account on the Fall of Cuomo Politico
The Supremes
The Supreme Court spent its past term rejecting the rule of law Vox (furzy)
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecies of Clarence Thomas New Yorker
The Supreme Court Dealt a Terrible Blow to Children’s Health NYTimes
There Is No Constitutional Right to Eat Dinner The New Republic
Gunz
Father of Highland Park Suspect Has No Regrets For Helping Son Get Gun Vice
Police State Watch
New Arizona Law Makes it Illegal to Film Within 8 Feet of Police Axios
Guillotine Watch
Read Elon Musk’s Letter to Twitter Calling off His $44 Billion Takeover Deal Business Insider (Kevin W)
Elon Musk, Baloney King The Atlantic
As Musk moves to abandon deal, Twitter faces ‘worst case scenario’ Washington Post (furzy)
Supply Chain/Inflation
Peak Inflation? Why Some Prices are Tumbling Fast Globe and Mail
The Bezzle
The Financial Bubble Era Comes Full Circle Matt Taibbi (ctlieee)
Bill to Grant Crypto Firms Access to Federal Reserve Alarms Experts Washington Post
Top Fed Official Warns of ‘Serious Vulnerabilities’ in Crypto Industry Financial Times
Crypto Rout Deflates Some Web3 Startups Buoyed by Push Into Digital Tokens Wall Street Journal
Payrolls Increased 372,000 in June, More than Expected CNBC
pic.twitter.com/f0TB3GcuYV
Has this led to better care? More cost effective care? More access to care?
— James D. Geiger (@JamesDGeiger) July 8, 2022
“> Has this led to better care? More cost effective care? More access to care?
James D. Geiger
Antidote du Jour (Tracie H):
This is Mr. Allen’s Hummingbird, who was with his wife, flitting around this bush at the South Coast Botanic Gardens in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (4/18/2022).
And a bonus (dk):
Bear dug a sitting pit to watch the ducks.. pic.twitter.com/UvIgNHc0cR
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 1, 2022
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
