Studies uncover the critical role of sleep in the formation of memories ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
Scientists try to solve bird flu mystery: Why there’s so much virus in Michigan wastewater Detroit Free Press (ma)
States looking to loosen raw milk regulations despite concerns Philadelphia Inquirer (Robin K)
Is That Drink Worth It to You? New York Times (Dr. Kevin)
#COVID-19
Study shows 12% long-COVID prevalence following Omicron infection CIDRAP
Months after being diagnosed with COVID-19, one in five people are still suffering from symptoms, new research finds ABC Australia
Climate/Environment
Japanese startup plans to vaporize space junk using ground lasers Interesting Engineering (Chuck L)
It’s the grid, stupid! Geoff Russell (guurst)
Massive fraud revealed in fake Chinese climate projects subsidised by the German fossil fuel industry in service of meeting arbitrary and deeply stupid emissions quotas Eugyppius (Micael T)
China?
The US wants to decouple its military supplies from China – but can it? South China Morning Post
China targets EU pork in tit-for-tat trade spat Asia Times (Kevin W)
Free trade frenzy: the hidden costs of South Asia’s economic gamble CADTM
India
Four Years after the Galwan Clash: Ongoing India-China Tensions Financial Express
Africa
‘We need the world to wake up’: Sudan facing world’s deadliest famine in 40 years Guardian
Surge in rebel attacks sparks deadly protests in eastern Congo Reuters
European Disunion
Absolutely fascinating to read how profoundly different the AfD is to France’s Rassemblement National (RN).
The two key differences that I can see are:
1) The AfD, or at least @KrahMax, openly calls for a multipolar world order. RN, on the other hand, is for continued Western… https://t.co/Gnlo6QeLUV— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) June 15, 2024
‘Euro crisis threat’ as French borrowing costs match Portugal for first time in 20 years Telegraph
Germany presents new military service model to start conscription from next year Euractiv
Old Blighty
Thatcherism, austerity, Brexit, Liz Truss… goodbye and good riddance to all that Guardian (Kevin W)
British meddling in Macedonia backfires, exposing coup machinations The Grayzone (Kevin W)
British Army Delays Provision of New Badges Due to Paranoia Over Chinese Spying Sputnik (Kevin W)
Gaza
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 255: Netanyahu dissolves Israel’s war cabinet Mondoweiss
Gallant rejects Macron’s proposed trilateral task force to defuse Hezbollah tensions Times of Israel (Kevin W)
Extremist Israeli settlers to hold meeting on ‘occupying south Lebanon’ New Arab (Kevin W)
Israel welcome to invade Lebanon, resistance is ready: Hezbollah MP The Cradle (guurst)
Report reveals Biden deploys record number of troops to Jordan amid Gaza warhttps://t.co/D39SzAbs03
— Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) June 18, 2024
US Navy faces ‘most intense combat since World War II’ against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, defense experts say Associated Press
We Spent a Billion Dollars Fighting the Houthis… and Lost Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
Israel’s Top Court Suspends October 7 Probe Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
This photo by journalist @ismail_gh2 caught my attention,especially the first grave:
“Martyr Iman Salama & her children: Motasim,Adam…!”This is #Gaza—families buried together in makeshift graves along roadsides, under trees,next to sidewalks & in gardens of homes and hospitals pic.twitter.com/ZAaBGDuSYM
— Nour Naim| نُور (@NourNaim88) June 17, 2024
Podcaster: The sights in Gaza are terrible as well.
Moshe Feiglin: True, but not enough, we need a lot more.
P: Are you talking about dead babies?
MF: A lot. A lot. A lot. A lot.
P: You understand this is an extreme view in the world?
MF: I understand that it’s good.Another… https://t.co/EahOIY5iPp pic.twitter.com/Hr8m4AJ81x
— B.M. (@ireallyhateyou) June 16, 2024
New Not-So-Cold War
Kremlin views NATO’s rhetoric on putting nukes on alert as escalation TASS
🇺🇸🇪🇺🇨🇳 China must pay for supporting Russia in the war against Ukraine – Stoltenberg
They’re going full frontal against China and already prepared sanctions.
Get ready folks, the world is about to be divided again. This time by the west. pic.twitter.com/vOVCz9cBfl
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 18, 2024
Syraqistan
Biden’s Weird Saudi Obsession Daniel Larison
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
Immigration
Deadly border technologies are increasingly employed to violently deter migration The Conversation
Imperial Collapse Watch
Is Türkiye needed in BRICS? ВЗГЛЯД.РУ via machine translation (Micael T)
The relevance of Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities” to present-day international relations Gilbert Doctorow (guurst)
Trump
Biden
Biden freezes on stage this weekend.
Obama grabs his hand and escorts him off stage.pic.twitter.com/3evPHPKCev
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) June 17, 2024
BREAKING: The Biden campaign just released this devastating ad that demolishes Donald Trump for being a convicted felon. Retweet so all Americans see this. pic.twitter.com/QIDhTGi9Vo
— Biden’s Wins (@BidensWins) June 17, 2024
GOP Clown Car
Far-right Republicans’ latest target? No-fault divorce Guardian (Kevin W). My understanding is 3/4 of the divorces in the US are initiated by the wife.
Attack, attack, attack DRB (Anthony L). On Roger Stone.
Our No Longer Free Press
Surgeon General Wants Tobacco-Style Warning Applied To Social Media Platforms NBC
A Message About Noam Chomsky: An Update Media Lens (Chuck L)
Social Media Messed Up Our Kids. Now It Is Making Us Ungovernable Nomea (Micale T)
The Bezzle
US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel The Verge
Meta Accused of Trying To Discredit Ad Researchers The Register
French Court Orders Google, Cloudflare, Cisco To Poison DNS To Stop Piracy TorrentFreak
(Kevin W)
Class Warfare
US executive pay rises at fastest rate in 14 years Financial Times
McDonald’s will stop testing AI to take drive-thru orders, for now The Verge (Kevin W)
McDonald’s makes major change to drive-thrus after mishaps go viral Daily Mail (BC)
Is Populism Possible Without Demagoguery? Noah Millman (Micael T). Kill me now. The original populists were not demagogues.
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus (guurst):
Чудо природы — муравьед pic.twitter.com/kWEPYn53Sn
— Etna (@Etnaetoya) June 17, 2024
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.