Neanderthal Dentistry, and Scientists Are Excited to Ever Hear The New York Times
City Harper’s Conscience. “In the life of a person who throws away garbage.”
Capitalism Is A Burning System: An Interview with Alejandro Pedregal MR Online
Climate/Environment
SOS flare from shipwrecked sailor may have sparked 16,000-acre fire on Santa Rosa Island, USCG tells ABC7
California’s wildfire season is already in full swing
HISTORY IS COMING: 40c EUROPE
This will undoubtedly be the worst spring heat wave in European history
We could see up to 40C in Spain, 35C in Central Europe for days.
Thousands of records will be processed in Spain, Portugal, France, Benelux, UK; Scandinavia, Germany, Alps, Czechia,… pic.twitter.com/TV9fpp3eTr– Extreme Temperatures Around the World (@extremetemps) May 20, 2026
Video and satellite images show Iran’s war-torn oil spill on Persian Gulf island AP
An epidemic
A wonderful speech delivered by Baroness Linforth in the House of Lords today calling for clean indoor air in schools.
“It would cost less than a tenner per child per year to provide students and staff with clean air – about the same cost as coffee and cake.”
☕️🧁 pic.twitter.com/aqItZRCSkN
— Cat in the Hat 🐈⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 (@_CatintheHat) May 20, 2026
The full text of Baroness Linforth’s speech is available here.
If infection with covid makes you *highly vulnerable* to almost every other pathogenic infection in many ways, you can expect an increase in almost every other pathogenic infection.
And that’s what we see.
Ten completely surprising stories:
— tern (@1gootern) May 19, 2026
Ebola
Guidelines for the prevention and control of Ebola and Marburg WHO infections
You are right to be concerned.
It is as if the epidemic never happened.
Deliberate failure to understand aerosol transmission.
It even defines >5u as droplets and not aerosols.
They didn’t learn anything. pic.twitter.com/F7WoGdHtbs— Dr Evonne T Curran NursD 💙🇺🇦 (@EvonneTCurran) May 20, 2026
A passenger on board tells me that there were not enough masks for the passengers.
– Jonathan Carlson (@TVreporter) May 21, 2026
Hantavirus
Andes Hantavirus Outbreak on a Cruise Ship, 2026 The New England Journal of Medicine
I am incredibly frustrated. We have a cruise ship outbreak report, published in the NEJM, and good clinical, epidemiological, and genomic reporting, and…
NO SPEAKING AND SETTINGS OF SYNC/FILTERING IN THE SHIP
Folks, we continue to do this. Most MD/PhD…
— Joseph Allen (@j_g_allen) May 20, 2026
Reintroduction of malaria in the US is likely: CDC’s CIDRAP report
China?
Trump says he is willing to talk to Taiwan’s leader, a major departure from diplomatic CNN norms
Visa-free travel, porcelain set, oil and gas: highlights of Putin’s visit to China TASS
Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing showed an unbreakable alliance with Xi Jinping. But behind closed doors, the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz completely criticizes the rules of Sino-Russian power relations.
Hard data tells a different story.
🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/vFlE3CfcmR– Francesco Sassi (@Frank_Stones) May 20, 2026
LET’S PLAY HIDE AND SEEK – PUTIN AND XI ARE PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK John Helmer
Nvidia says it has ‘overpowered’ China’s AI chip market to Huawei CNBC
India
India faces LPG gap of 400,000 barrels per day as power crisis continues Nikkei Asia
Syracistan
For those who don’t know, the Freedom Flotilla activists are immigrants from other countries:
🇺🇸USA
🇪🇸Spain
🇮🇹 Italy
🇹🇷Turkey
🇫🇷France
🇩🇪 Germany
🇧🇪 in Belgium
🇦🇺Australia
🇨🇦Canada
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇬🇷Greece
🇦🇱Albania
🇵🇹Portugal.And others.
ISRAEL DOES THIS TO ITS CITIZENS
– Pressed News. (@SuppressedNws1) May 20, 2026
The Horror of AI-Driven Military Directing, From Gaza to Iran Defend Democracy Press
Elon Musk praises Israel’s establishment as ‘No. 1 in the world’Jewish Insider
How Israel-Backed Sweida Became Syria’s Drug Capital New Lines Mag
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I was expecting this Axios report as the final indication that US-Israeli military action is fully coordinated #Iran it might actually be close (I sincerely hope I’m wrong). pic.twitter.com/gImNuejVdK
— Hamidreza Azizi (@HamidRezaAz) May 20, 2026
Michael Bay To Direct The True Story Of The Largest Rescue Mission In US History To Save Two Pilots Down In Iran Deadline. True story!
Old Blighty
Prisoners of Palestine Action can be sentenced as “terrorists” Palestine is still a problem
Starmer’s inner circle knew about the investigation into APCO’s Labor Together Democracy for sale
The breakup of Europe
EU examines fertilizer collection as food crisis looms in FT
Germany’s Merz proposes Ukraine as ‘EU member’ without voting rights France24
Germany’s Military Management of Ukraine Is a Key Part of Its Grand Strategy Andrew Korybko
German employment shows 486,000 fewer people out of work in the first quarter of the DPA
Africa
Kenya lowers fuel prices after deadly protests Semafor
The New Cold War
Kremlin responds to ‘borderline crazy’ threat from NATO state RT. Speaking of crazy:
Russian public threats against our Baltic countries are totally unacceptable.
Let there be no doubt.
A threat to one Member State is a threat to our entire Union.
Russia and Belarus are directly responsible for drones that put people’s lives and safety at risk…
– Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) May 20, 2026
Ukrainians Wagnerizing Events in Ukraine
Zelensky calls the Nazi collaborator and leader of the OUN, who went down with the Nazi police, the SD army and the SS Galicia Division that killed masses of Jews, Poles and Ukrainians, “a hero of Ukraine” and announces his reburial with state honors. His standing shoulder on the SS Galicia… pic.twitter.com/6IEP7gKslJ
– Ivan Katchanovski (@I_Katchanovski) May 19, 2026
South of the Border
Cuba Embraces Attack as Trump Launches Raúl Castro’s Case Amid Landfill Sanctions
US Nimitz Carrier Enters Caribbean Amid Trump Threats Against Cuba TeleSur
Bolivian Government Charges Labor Leader With Terrorism As Police Quell Protests Common Dreams. And now he plays USA.
Report on Treason in Venezuela Black Agenda
Return of the Conquerors: A New US-Zionist Colonial Front Reshaping Latin America Fiorella Isabel and Vanessa Beeley
Trump 2.0
Trump Wants Congressman Fired for Disagreeing About Ballroom Funding
Judge orders White House staff to comply with presidential records rule DOJ calls CBS News unconstitutional
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Trump IRS ‘Slush Fund’ Will Expose DOJ Lawyers In Bloomberg Fraud Cases
House Judiciary Republicans Reject Politico’s Call for Creators of New ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’
A DOJ official told the GOP coalition that big payouts are coming to the Jan. 6 NBC News
Abortion Clinic Protesters Eligible for Funding From Trump’s New ‘Anti-Gun’ Fund Politico
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Terrorist “Body Count” Hunts White House Ken Klippenstein
Trump: “Right now I’m 99% in Israel.” pic.twitter.com/395pG2GYfz
– Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 20, 2026
Israel in America
Pro-Israel groups celebrated Massie’s defeat, championing Rabbi Jewish Insider. As one would expect after they spent huge sums of money to win him over.
Another big mess at Massie primary. A last-minute post in the polls mysteriously appears at the last minute and records a voter turnout against Massie despite increasing his voter turnout by nearly 20% in 2024. pic.twitter.com/BlwgRm3U2H
— Maryann RevLight 🍉 (@MaryannRevLight) May 20, 2026
Jewish groups support bipartisan antisemitism Senate bill with $1B security allocation Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Democracies are simple
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, championed by figures like Barney Frank, is often hailed by the political establishment as a safeguard against the financial instability that marked the 2008 crisis.
However, under the bureaucratic…
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) May 20, 2026
Imperial Collapse Watch
Up down. Aurelien
Imperial Depravity Continues–Rant Karl Sanchez
BRICS
BRICS Bring Counter to Holy War BetBeat
Big Brother is Watching You
Disney accused of misusing facial recognition technology in Los Angeles Times
The Accelerationists
Smirking Musk Laughs About Everyday ‘Accident’ Ebola Prevention Cuts Since February. It is growing more and more. And no, the funding was not returned.
Central Banks
Phantoms, Left-Wing Candidates, ‘Febrile Conditions’ in Bond Markets… and President Petro’s War Against Colombia’s Central Bank Ann Pettifor
The AI
Sycophantic AI Reduces Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependent Science
How the Transformer Shortage and System Dynamics Threaten America’s AI Ambitions Warwick Powell
Intuit to lay off more than 3,000 employees to refocus on AI TechCrunch
Book Nook
Book Award Winners Face AI Allegations. Feels Like a New Standard Cable
The economy
This Arkansas Town Is Humming With the Sound of Missiles Making WSJ
Guillotine Watch
Bezos defends billionaires, hypes AI, talks taxes and praises Trump in CNBC interview CNBC
Class War
US employers spend more than $1.5 billion a year on union avoidance Economic Policy Institute
The Left, Labor Unions, and More Organizations With Savage Minds
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