Spilling tea on Earth Down to Earth Day
Pirate Bay Remains Strong, 20 Years After Raid TorrentFreak
Dead banana: Cattelan’s clown stolen from Center Pompidou-Metz exhibition The Art Newspaper
Concerned Students Turn To God Herald’s Weekly Letter
Climate/Environment
THE CASE FOR HOPEFUL CLIMATE SCIENCE WITH TOM CROWTHER Atmos
Supreme Court Limit on Wetlands Protection Will Make Flooding Worse Amid Climate Issues
Trump Administration to Abolish Ocean Monitoring Program Key to Climate Research and Ocean Inertia
An epidemic
The Long Life-Changing COVID Is Political
The long Covid is not a “irony” at all. There are thousands of publications showing multi-system pathology in all body systems, including extensive evidence of organ damage. Scientific and medical evidence is irrefutable and must be reported accurately
— Dr. Elisa Perego (@elisaperego78) June 1, 2026
Ebola
DR Congo Airport Reopens in Ebola-hit Area As Suspected Cases Drop AFP. The WHO reported that the number of suspected cases had dropped to 116 from 906 late last week, based on data provided by Congolese authorities.
Only Correct Testing Can Stop This Ebola Outbreak. Congo does not have it at all. New York Times
China?
With Margins Squeezed, Chinese Auto Parts Suppliers Pivot to Robotics Yicai Global
The $6.7B battery market is recycled by Battery Chronicle
Southeast Asia
Washington Seeks Foreign Policy for Myanmar’s Minerals
Syracistan
IRGC retaliates for US military strikes in Kuwait, Bahrain Al Mayadeen. Yves and many more in daily updates.
Israel’s ‘war-tested’ arms exports to Gaza, Lebanon up 30 percent by 2025 The Cradle
An Aipac affiliate has funded a luxury trip to Israel for dozens of members of Congress since October 7, filings reveal The Guardian
US regional strategy shifts as Barrack takes portfolios in Iraq, Syria, Turkiye Amwaj
Old Blighty
Peter Mandelson invited UKPM to meet Palantir’s Thiel The Register
BRITAIN’S rise to power is causing chaos around the world, analysts say.
An island nation produces more fearsome leaders than it can use and pour into innocent nations around the world, research shows.
– Tony Blair, associated with horrific war crimes… pic.twitter.com/98i4Nu4nYN
— Nury Vittachi (@NuryVittachi) June 2, 2026
The breakup of Europe
Protests are escalating in Albania over the Kushner-linked TRT World coastal tourism project. How does it happen to be on the site of a large Soviet house designed to withstand a nuclear attack?
Ukraine and Moldova are set to begin formal EU membership talks in June Politico
The New Cold War
Fire, smoke greets Putin’s Economic Forum as Ukraine strikes at St. Petersburg oil facility Petersburg in a major attack on the Kyiv Independent
Russia Exports Most Oil From 2022 as Drones Strike Refineries Bloomberg
Reports of Russia’s Fall Are Greatly Exaggerated The Moscow Times. When you lost the Moscow Times…
Ukrainian drone advantage short-term? Events in Ukraine
How Western European officials lost the Russian plot Brian McDonald
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Russia-Afghan Military-Technological Agreement Is a Step Towards Counter-Terrorism Cooperation Andrew Korybko
Moscow’s New Military Partner Has Something Russia Needs More Than Diplomat Partners
The Caucasus
US Plans Energy Investments in Azerbaijan, Says $8 Billion in Deals Signed EnergyNow
Turkiye, Azerbaijan announces electricity corridor in Europe’s Cradle
Trump 2.0
Trump Administration Announces Tougher Medicaid Work Order Rules New York Times It can also be included under eugenics.
Trump drops anti-arms fund after unusual reiteration of Republican Christian Science Monitor
Spook Land
Trump Names Bill Pulte Director of National Intelligence—But Housing Official Will Continue to Oversee FHFA and Fannie and Freddie Realtor
Language warning:
He’s our current DNI director who gets slapped in the face with a dildo at the GME/BBBY stock festival and given the “Bill Pulte Fucks – Young Only” award. Don’t read that last part too quickly
— henry (@DemNationalist) June 2, 2026
Exclusive-Top US spy agency squabbles over turf, Reuters mission
Democracies are simple
UPDATE: The announcement has sparked a major backlash from major building unions, which are now working to kill the bill and suspend it (or lobby for a future Hochul veto).
Updates are coming.
— Yancey Roy (@YanceyRoy) June 2, 2026
The Wars Come Home
ADAM HAMAWY, DOCTOR WHO VOLUNTEERED IN GAZA, IS READY TO BECOME A PRO-PALESTINIAN PUBLIC. FROM NEW JERSEY The Intercept
Before Graham Platner ran for the Senate, he saw SEALs kill a civilian in Ramadi The After-Action Report.
These donations did not come directly from AIPAC, but, helpfully, Collins lists it in his FEC filing when the donation is entered “through AIPAC.” It adds up to about $1.6M and is about a third of his total earnings. You can find it in the memo file it looks like this: pic.twitter.com/hZxt12K5lM
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) June 2, 2026
The Accelerationists
What a shame:
Tonight is shaping up to be a tough night for Silicon Valley and the tech industry.
Matt Mahan, a tech-based candidate from California, agreed and had a negative look given all the spending on him.
Self-financed Saikat Chakrabarti does not look strong in San…
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) June 3, 2026
Becerra, Hilton lead in undecided California governor’s race in years CalMatters
Here is Palantir’s Super API Contract for IRS 404 Media
DOGE Whistleblower Cut His Brakes Hours After Elon Blasted Him, Says He’s Blaming Gizmodo
The AI
AI has no ROI Ed Zitron
Trump’s AI E-(I)-O May Let Feeders Pick Register Winners and Losers
Microsoft’s Big New Idea for AI Gadgets Gizmodo Camera Badge
What race is the AI? China and the US AI worlds are tightly connected to the rest of the world
Why Don’t We Measure How AI Affects People? IEEE Spectrum
Police State Watch
PHILLY COPS ADMIT TO DOWNLOADING SIGNIFICANT “FIRST AMENDMENT WORK” OF AI The Intercept
ICE Purchased Eleven Mass Detention Centers. It may look to sell itself. Project Salt Box
The economy
Vitol Says Europe, US Not Facing Fuel Supply Crisis Bloomberg. Oh see:
Let Them Drive Slow by Ken Klippenstein. “Oil is doing the job of building a corporate army, they fear a “Bastille” moment with fuel prices.
I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about this. California will hit jet and diesel tank bottoms on July 4.
Asian import arbitrage is dead, local refining is being suppressed, and none of this can be reversed for 12-18 months.
Could this be the Energy Crisis’ Lehman moment? pic.twitter.com/0rhqTzPCbp
— Royen Capital ✈️👨🏿✈️🇱🇷💹🛢️🌊⚽ (@CaptainRoyen) June 2, 2026
Global food inflation is accelerating:
Thai white rice prices rose +20% in May, the largest monthly increase in data since 2008.
The benchmark used for Asian rice prices rose +26% since April, to $480 a ton, while Chicago rice futures prices… pic.twitter.com/V7Q1ZaPHHy
— Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) June 2, 2026
Guillotine Watch
Your retirement savings are about to make Elon Musk a trillionaire Oligarch Watch
Agriculture
Inching Closer: New World Screwworm Now 52 Miles from Border Drovers
Imperial Collapse Watch
US Wallows in “Stalemate” Purgatory for Its Simplicius Act
Nothing Is The Same… Aurelien
Class War
Delusion Final Fabio Vighi, The Wise Mind. “Capital Becomes Itself.”
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