New Clues to the Origins of Human Drugs: Chimpanzees Caught Therapeutic Every Different’s Wounds within the Wild SciTechDaily (Chuck L)
Dolphins Give Themselves Names That May Disguise Secret Data ScienceAlert (Chuck L). See? Sp Putin actually was utilizing them as spies!
250 million bees escape after truck overturns in US DW
A treatment for individualism aeon
Poisonous Origins, Poisonous Choices: Biases in CEO Choice SSRN. Paul R:
This paper dropped at you by the letters W, T, and F. I assumed poisonous origins meant prior unhealthy behaviour or one thing metaphorical like that, however no, they actually meant prenatal publicity to toxins resulting in dysfunctional CEO behaviour. The summary:
We look at how choice bias in CEO promotion amplifies risk-taking, utilizing prenatal publicity to air pollution as an exogenous shock to particular person danger preferences. CEOs born in future Superfund websites usually tend to be promoted internally, suggesting corporations reward noticed success with out recognizing underlying danger tolerance. These “Superfund CEOs” excel in inner roles however pursue riskier exterior insurance policies as soon as promoted-leading to better volatility and weaker efficiency. Our outcomes counsel corporations might systematically mistake luck for talent in promotion choices, filtering for high-variance risk-takers whose traits solely change into problematic when decision-making shifts to uncovered, irreversible domains. In brief, Superfund CEOs show efficiency with basically decrease imply however greater variance.
Moi: See this listing of spurious correlations, which additionally contains AI justifications!
#COVID-19
COVID-Associated Cardiac Deaths Spiked Considerably Publish-Pandemic Naveen Shankar
Thailand, Singapore and China masks up as COVID-19 reemerges Nikkei
Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC retains recommending covid vaccine for youths Washington Publish. However nobody is recommending air flow for youths. IM Doc reported {that a} faculty district in his area did that in a critical method, plus had sick children keep dwelling for the period, and their degree of instances was a IIRC 1/tenth the common within the state.
Local weather/Surroundings
World faces new hazard of ‘financial denial’ in local weather battle, Cop30 head says Guardian (Kevin W)
Scientists worry Britain’s total meals chain is contaminated as research finds microplastics in bugs Impartial
Carbon footprint of Israel’s conflict on Gaza exceeds that of many total international locations Guardian (resilc)
China?
US defence secretary urges army build-up over ‘imminent’ China menace Monetary Instances
Trump claims China has “completely violated” tariff pause deal Axios
Bessent Says US-China Talks ‘Stalled,’ Pushes for Trump-Xi Name Bloomberg
U.S.-China Commerce Truce Dangers Falling Aside Over Uncommon-Earth Exports Wall Avenue Journal
All of the Chinese language tech giants are at the moment within the technique of switching from Nvidia to homegrown AI chips, compelled to take action by US export controls.
Onerous to overstate how ironic it’s: the whole level of the export controls was to forestall precisely this, the entire of China – the… pic.twitter.com/t1G5Ygcxgy
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) Might 30, 2025
Macron to China: Maintain North Korea out of Ukraine conflict or danger NATO coming to Asia Politico (Kevin W). Kill me now. I hope we get a World Instances finger-wagging on the epic stoopid that this demand represents.
Japan
Hovering rice costs are stirring political bother in Japan – historical past reveals this usually results in a change of presidency The Dialog (Kevin W)
European Disunion
Brussels tells EU capitals to chop water use by 10% in face of droughts Monetary Instances
World buyers launch Europe defence funds to revenue from rearmament Reuters
Why does Switzerland have extra nuclear bunkers than every other nation? Guardian (Kevin W)
Previous Blighty
Israel v. the Resistance
‘Catastrophic starvation’: UN warns 2.3 million folks in Gaza face hunger Aljazeera
When the Lifeless Converse and the Dwelling Refuse to Hear CounterPunch (resilc)
What’s contained in the containers of support being distributed in Gaza? Center East Eye
* * * Hamas says US Gaza ceasefire plan backed by Israel fails to fulfill its calls for BBC
* * * The US, Britain, France, and Germany are getting ready to push the UN nuclear watchdog to declare Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations on the upcoming IAEA assembly — the primary such declaration in almost twenty years, Reuters reported citing diplomats. pic.twitter.com/y9vrc8S7zu
— Iran Worldwide English (@IranIntl_En) Might 30, 2025
Trump Says New Iran Deal Should Enable US To ‘Blow Up No matter We Need’ Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
New Not-So-Chilly Conflict
CopeState map updates. “Gray zone” of their parlance can imply something from truly gray zone (i.e., not likely below anybody’s management) to 100% secured by Russian forces.
Sumy oblast is popping right into a shaping theater. Kiev has already siphoned off two of its higher cell… pic.twitter.com/EDB2akrSw1
— Russians With Perspective (@RWApodcast) Might 30, 2025
‼️🇺🇦 Rebellion in Ukraine. The media will not present you this as a result of it would not match the narrative.
The Ukrainian folks are actually mobilising to assault or hinder conscription officers taking their sons and husbands. pic.twitter.com/y7DZBwzbaW
— Spetsnaℤ 007 🇷🇺 (@Alex_Oloyede2) Might 29, 2025
U.S.-Provided Air Defenses Fail In Ukraine Moon of Alabama
* * * Zelenskyy says he mentioned doable Ukraine-Russia-US-Türkiye summit with Turkish president Anadolu Company. Lordie. Making an attempt to retrade the “form of the desk” settlement. So how can Ukraine be trusted to stick to something critical?
* * * NATO reportedly desires 40,000 extra German troops for protection in opposition to Russia Kyiv Impartial
WWIII got here and went Julian Macfarlane
Putin Seeks Broad Safety Settlement, + Oreshnik to Berlin? Simpilcius. resilc: “Any western pledge is the same as a bucket of chilly spit”
WHAT DID PRESIDENT TRUMP KNOW WHEN PRESIDENT PUTIN’S HELICOPTER CAME UNDER UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK IN KURSK John Helmer
* * * The federal government is promoting the roof Kommersant through machine transaltion. Micael T: “Housing should be an object of hypothesis, by no means only a home.” Moi: The neoliberals received in Russia.
Large Brother is Watching You Watch
Trump Faucets Palantir to Compile Information on People New York Instances. resilc: “Stasiland.”
NSA shares uncooked intelligence together with People’ information with Israel Guardian (Chuck L)
Haiti’s Beleaguered Authorities Launches Drones In opposition to Gangs Wall Avenue Journal. resilc: “Coming to USA USA for a two method battle vs the state”
Think about letting your rival learn each chip blueprint you design. That’s what the US simply confirmed you’ve been doing.https://t.co/ZzFJBkWsN3
— William Huo (@wmhuo168) Might 30, 2025
Imperial Collapse Watch
Larry Wilkerson & Chas Freeman: Why America’s Lacking Grand Technique May Be a World Catastrophe Dialogue Works. A should hear. Word each say the US has no grand technique, which is even worse than a foul one.
International Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at Eurasian worldwide public political hearings on the formation of a contour of equal and indivisible safety and cooperation in Eurasia, Perm, Might 29, 2025 Ministry of International Affairs of the Russian Federation. Essential. Lavrov has discovered new notes in depicting how Russia has had it with the duplicitous US.
America Let Its Army-Industrial May Wither. China’s Is Booming Wall Avenue Journal (resilc)
How American intelligence sees the brand new world order Lorenzo Maria Pacini (Chuck L)
Why liberal democracies win complete wars Engelsberg Concepts. Readers little doubt readers can have a subject day. With out having learn this, one wonders how this text tortures info in order to disclaim that it was Russia that defeated Germany in World Conflict II.
Trump 2.0
Jamie Dimon warns US bond market will ‘crack’ below stress from rising debt Monetary Instances. The Fed can go the Japan route of shopping for the debt…however many heads will explode.
Shock! New “MAHA” Report Is Filled with Junk Science and Pretend Research New Republic Appears like RFJ, Jr. is as much as his previous tips. I couldn’t get previous the primary chapter of his Fauci guide because of its dishonesty. It was closely footnoted and over half had been bogus. Within the majority of that half, the textual content of the guide misrepresented what the research stated. For the remaining, the proof within the footnote was doubtful, reminiscent of from a cherry picked, contested research.
ACA protection losses ensuing from tax invoice may rile GOP voters STAT
GOP runs into voter buzzsaw of criticism on Trump’s ‘huge, stunning invoice’ The Hill
Republican Senator (Iowa) Joni Ernst hosted a tall corridor this morning. The county (Butler) voted 72% for Donald Trump.
Medicaid cuts (UNIVERSALLY UNPOPULAR, even in GOP strongholds) got here up, the viewers yelled “folks will die!”
With a giant ass shit-eating grin, she replied… pic.twitter.com/Drwz2ySLOZ
— William Walter (@wilwalter93) Might 30, 2025
New York Charities Fear They Gained’t Be In a position to Make Up for Steep Medicaid and SNAP Cuts THE CITY
I don’t perceive the premise for concern from Varoufakis re different nations’ CBDCs. The US has no jurisdiction. If the US tries one thing epically silly, like yanking the banking licenses of overseas banks licensed in New York (the most typical method for overseas banks to function within the greenback) in international locations that permit CBDCs, that will in very brief order create a worldwide despair. Commerce and worldwide securities transactions would come to a grinding halt. It will in all probability cease the operation of Visa and Mastercard abroad, as an illustration. However:
TRUMP WANTS THE DARKEST CORNERS OF BIG TECH TO OWN THE DOLLAR
The IMF-World Financial institution Spring conferences are often placid affairs that taking part central bankers want to overlook quickly after they’re over. Not this Spring. This April the sensation a number of central bankers introduced again…
— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) Might 30, 2025
Tariffs
Trump doubles metal tariffs to 50% in ‘main announcement’ CNN. Lordie. Aluminum too. So Trump has to compensate for the courts roughing him up on his “Liberation Day” tariffs?
Immigration
The Trump Administration Desires to Create an ‘Workplace of Remigration’ Wired (Dr. Kevin)
Trump’s Deportations Hang-out Employees within the Fields of Rural New York New York Instances. resilc: “Dairies will probably be closing….twice a day occasions 365 milkingzzzzzzzzzzz”
Groves of Academe
US orders further visa screening for Harvard-bound vacationers Anadolu Company (Kevin W)
Mr. Market is Moody
U.S. Oil Firms Are ‘Battening Down the Hatches’ New York Instances (Kevin W)
AI
AI Fashions Present Indicators of Falling Aside as They Ingest Extra AI-Generated Information Futurism. We linked to the underlying story, however necessary to not miss.
The Bezzle
Digital Corruption Takes Over DC Paul Krugman (resilc)
Guillotine Watch
Unique | Former Dash CEO Marcelo Claure Sells Aspen Teardown for $37.3 Million Wall Avenue Journal
Musk’s SpaceX city in Texas proposes a brand new map and zoning CNBC (resilc)
Class Warfare
Burnout is at a 10-year excessive for U.S. staff The Hill (resilc)
Don’t Name It a Facet Hustle. These People Are ‘Polyworking.’ New York Instances. resilc: “serfs till demise.”
The Tragic Historical past of Neoliberalism Robert Reich (resilc). Did he ever apologize for touting NAFTA? I appear to have missed it.
Colorado’s governor vetoes landmark ban on rent-setting algorithms Related Press (Paul R)
Antidote du jour (through):
A bonus:
I can’t cease laughing.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/MAU6BB6uRq
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) Might 29, 2025
A second bonus (Chuck L):
Uncommon footage of a moose shedding each its antlers captured with a drone in a forest in New Brunswick.
📽: Derek Burgoynepic.twitter.com/rTaUQ95gcC
— Marvel of Science (@wonderofscience) Might 29, 2025
And a 3rd:
Watch the second this mom owl who misplaced her infants meets two orphaned chickspic.twitter.com/qBhUeQCJv8
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) Might 28, 2025
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
