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In honor of National Dog Day, please enjoy these adorable pups NPR (Dr. Kevin)

This video of two cats ‘paw-xing’ has left netizens laughing. Watch Hindustan Times (David L)

100-Year-Old 360-Degree Film Camera That Uses 98-Feet Long Film PetaPixel (David L)

The Latest Webb Observations Don’t Disprove The Big Bang, But They Are Interesting Universe Today. Furzy: “Check out the images too….”

Chinese scientists create first mammal with fully reprogrammed genes South China Morning Post

Researcher studying life’s complexities to improve chronic disease care STAT (Dr. Kevin)

Everyone’s a Critic John Merrick The Baffler (Anthony L)

#COVID-19

Science/Medicine

BioNTech Founder Uğur Şahin: “The Virus Continues To Mutate at a High Speed” Der Speigel (resilc)

Post-Covid brain fog in Chess rating.reddit (Paul R)

Asia

Chinese outcry after volleyballers wear N95 masks during match BBC (resilc). But note this shows wide acceptance of an urban legend. Do N95 Masks Deprive Us of Oxygen? Smart Filter. Even when exercising, blood ox leaves were the same. I weight train (hard) in an N95. Only issue is it can get pretty moist inside the mask.

Finance/Economy

Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech over Covid-19 vaccine STAT

Climate/Environment

‘I Do Not Know If My People Will Survive’: A Fifth Year of Drought Is Coming to East Africa Byline Times (guurst)

Its largest lake is so dry, China digs deep to water crops Associated Press (resilc)

Climate change: Russia burns off gas as Europe’s energy bills rocket BBC (resilc)

Drought and Doubt on the Rio Grande: A Q&A with Watershed Scientist Martin Castro The Border Chronicle (resilc)

Climate change threatens the survival of iconic saguaro cactus in the Southwest PBS (David L)

Herschel Walker on climate bill: ‘Don’t we have enough trees around here?’ Washington Post (resilc)

China?

After Pelosi’s Visit, Most of the Indo-Pacific Sides With Beijing Foreign Policy. Oops.

Huawei’s profits collapse as US sanctions bite Asia Times

US ship unable to get Solomon Islands’ permission to dock, says Washington Guardian (Kevin W)

Old Blighty

UK Students Seek Second Jobs and Food Banks After Inflation Jump Bloomberg

The narcissism, it burns:

New Not-So-Cold War

US won’t be able to replace Russian uranium – official RT (Kevin W)

Belgian industry also groans under unprecedented energy crisis: factories are at a standstill, invoices are up to 15 times more expensive. Original:
Ook Belgische industrie kreunt onder ongeziene energiecrisis: fabrieken liggen stil, facturen zijn tot 15 keer duurder NWS (guurst)

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International Military Tribunals to be Held in Mariupol, Ukraine! Clandestine’s Newsletter (GF)

COMBINED ARMS–A LOOK AT RUSSIAN AIR OPS IN THE DONBAS Larry Johnson (guurst)

It is in the best interests of Ukraine, and the west, to end this war as soon as possible Guardian (Kevin W)

Book review: Alexander Zhuchkovsky, “85 Days in Slavyansk” Gilbert Doctorow (guurst)

U.S. Rewards Darya Dugina Assassination with $3 Billion for Weapons Dan Cohen, YouTube (Dr. William Wedin). Important. Mark Sleboda knew the Dugins personally and points out the Darya was targeted. Both she and her father were on the Ukraine intelligence service’s “Peacemaker” hit list. This is the notorious list that includes John Mearsheimer, Jeffrey Sachs, Tulsi Gabbard, and Rand Paul. Per Newsweek: “The list was compiled by the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation, part of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.”

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Zelensky Steamrolls Workers To Pave Way For Mass Privatization Jimmy Dore, YouTube

US embassy tweet sparks outrage in Lebanon The Cradle (guurst). You’ll see why it is in this category…

Pakistan

Imperial Collapse Watch

World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers Department of State (guurst). “WMEAT Will No Longer be Published”

Trump Raid

Over 180 classified docs removed by National Archives from Mar-a-Lago, affidavit says NPR

Biden Mocks Trump’s Claim He Declassified Mar-a-Lago Documents v. Trump Says Redacted Affidavit Reinforces Need for Special Master Bloomberg

Five takeaways from the Mar-a-Lago search affidavit The Hill

This appears to be the best, erm, authority Fox is able to find who can speak to the Trump claim of his declassification authority (although the folks at Judicial Watch share that view) . Admittedly, he does cite two Supreme Court decisions:

GOP Clown Car

Resilc: “He will be far, far worse than Trump.”

A Rare Peek Inside the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy New Republic

Abortion

Louisiana woman denied abortion despite fetus’s fatal abnormality to travel to North Carolina Guardian (Kevin W)

What the Kansas abortion vote could mean for Missouri: ‘People are paying attention’ KCUR (furzy)

Our No Longer Free Press

Only Lone Nuts Need Apply: The Media’s Antipathy to Deeper Digs and Notes From the Memory Hole: When the Establishment Buries You Russ Baker (Chuck L)

Americans Don’t Want Books Banned, But They’re Divided Over What Schools Teach FiveThirtyEight. Resilc: “Never enough worthless polls. Merikins want: Cheap gas, cheap food, healthcare and a school where their kids come home after they’re done with their third p/t job.”

Book banned at a school named after its author Boing Boing (furzy)

New York Fuel Supply Is So Low It Triggered White House Warning Bloomberg

CalPERS executives urge industry to follow their lead on DEI Pension & Investments (Kevin W)

Will El Salvador be the first country bankrupted by crypto? Rolling Stone (Paul R)

Powell comments fuel 1,000-point market rout Friday as stocks slide for a second week CNBC

US stocks tumble more than 3% after Powell stands firm on rate rises Financial Times

Class Warfare

The Origin of Student Debt: The Danger of Educated Proles Intercept (resilc)

Starbucks Illegally Denied Raises to Union Members, Labor Board Says New York Times (Kevin W)

Ohio School Hires Strikebreaking Company – 1st Chipotle Unionizes in Michigan – Omaha Workers Forced to Endure “Surprise Active Shooter Drill” Mike Elk

Bernie Sanders Is Rallying to Build Working-Class Power Jacobin (furzy)

How Nonprofits Use a Legal Loophole to Flip California Homes — for a Profit KQED (resilc)

Antidote du jour (Cliff V):

And a bonus:

News you can use, shark edition:

A second bonus (Chuck L). Some are critical of the man, arguing that he was the trapper. While probably true, my father was a trapper. He took it up to help a friend whose baby lambs were being eaten by coyotes. My father used humane traps, as it appears this man did. My father carried a pistol to shoot the coyotes. I assume this man was armed. If so, he could just as easily shot the wolf as freed it, at much less risk to him. Or he could have left the wolf to die.

My father once caught a Rottweiler by its hind leg, and was not so clever about pinning the dog to make sure he wouldn’t get mauled. But the dog quickly worked out that my father was there to help.

See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.

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