World’s Oldest Wine Still Liquid Inside 2,000-Year-Old Roman Funeral ZME Science
Videos showing groups of people entering NYC sewers at night are puzzling residents and AP investigators
EVs are more affordable all over the world – except the US All the World
Climate/Environment
Warming unlocks ancient carbon in Tibetan permafrost, prompting climate show Phys.org
Rising seas can ‘drown’ mangroves and release EurekAlert!
‘A balanced and habitable world is possible’: scientists put forward a big vision for the survival of the Guardian planet
India’s Heatwave Warning for the Future of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Scientists say a record number of seaweeds arrived in the Caribbean and nearby areas in May AP
Ebola
WHO Investigates Ebola Patient Movement Through UAE As Ugandan Cases Surge
An epidemic
Meet the ‘superdodgers’: The few who have never had COVID Boston Globe
China?
Xi closes the door after promising American CEOs to open the Asia Times wider
China, EU slam proposed US tariffs, dismiss forced labor allegations South China Morning Post
Southeast Asia
Washington is paying the price for losing the Asia trust East Asia Forum
Syracistan
House passes resolution to end Iran War, challenge Trump The Hill
Trump Says Iran Blockade Could Last All Summer Amid Oil Supply Fears ‘Powder Keg’ Common Dreams
LMAOOO pic.twitter.com/6tHT922FK1
— VolgaLad (@cym27s) June 3, 2026
Confirmed – Donald Trump Believes Iran Has Bomb Larry Johnson
Israel is building more military bases in Gaza, satellite images show Al Jazeera
Israel and Lebanon agree to end hostilities if Hezbollah stops attacks on BBC
When Diplomacy Can No Longer Prevent War-Torn Minds
‘When you shoot in moderation’: Trump offers new explanation for Iran ceasefire First Post
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NEW: Buried within the Senate Intelligence Authorization Act is a provision to expand intelligence sharing with Israel and block the president’s ability to limit cooperation in the future. pic.twitter.com/ET2ZWnfJWP
— Daniel Boguslaw (@DRBoguslaw) June 3, 2026
‼️BREAKING: Prime Minister Netanyahu US Congressman: Thank you for endorsing “MY PLAN” for US defense cooperation… pic.twitter.com/Y6eWszniTy
— A New Policy (@anewpolicyorg) June 3, 2026
The breakup of Europe
Chinese Companies Helping Russia Follow EU Sanctions Politico
Germany lost the vote for the seat of the UN Security Council DW
Freedom of speech ends with “Lügenfritz”. NachDenkSeiten (machine translation)
Poland officially requests US military background notes from Poland
The Western takeover of Hungary by Thomas Fazi
The Slovenian Government Is Getting the Last Laugh—Or Is It? Lily Lynch
EU plans long game against US digital supremacy Politico
The New Cold War
US House advances Ukraine aid bill, stalls final vote Kyiv Independent
Germany, France, UK Sketch Plan to Engage Putin in Ukraine Talking to Bloomberg
This is in line with Zelensky’s recent statement where he reiterated the E3 format that sidelined the EU.
One simple reason why E3 isn’t starting is Britain, which combines extreme hostility towards Moscow with the absence of any serious push against it, except…
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) June 3, 2026
RBK reports that Governor of the Central Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina has disappeared from the list of speakers in St. Petersburg International Economic Forum this year.
Two sources close to the administrator confirmed that he will not attend.
Nabiullina was scheduled to speak… pic.twitter.com/y8F6GIXPaz
— Brian McDonald (@BrianMcDonaldIE) June 3, 2026
Imperial Collapse Watch
Do Americans really know how much the world hates them? Salon
South of the Border
Denial is not a river in Egypt, or in Venezuela Black Agenda Report
Trump 2.0
Senate GOP drops $1 billion for White House ballroom budget package The Hill
Oz addresses questions about Trump’s regular doctor visits: ‘It’s a procedure, a routine checkup’ The Hill
Mullin Says DHS Will Listen to Courts If They Aren’t “Political”
Trump Strips Job Protections for Nearly 8,000 Workers Federal Policy TeleSur
Democracies are simple
Democrats Oppose Tlaib’s Decision to Stop US Joining the War on Lebanon Truthout
Big Brother is Watching You
Exclusive-Meta is scaling back a system of internal rat-tracking technology, citing employee concerns with Reuters. “They take it back”=They get a 30 minute break from supervision.
Governments are stepping up the global war on online anonymity WSWS
you could rent a hotel room under a fake name now i need an app to wash my nice clothes
— arneness (@arne__ness) May 29, 2026
Academe qualifications
My Students Can’t Read Higher Education History
The AI
OpenAI and Anthropic Sign letter to prevent AI-Developed Biological Weapons Wired
AI Dark Output: The Visible Costs of Attributing an Invisible Output
Data Center Engineers Want to Build Their Own Power Plants. How Many Will Really Do? Distilled
Sam Altman Eyes Bernie Sanders as his Pope Gizmodo
Amazon’s AI-Generated Animated Series Canceled After Relentless Derision Futurism
National Abortion Hotline staff fight back against using AI Prism
Cory Doctorow: Hell is some people – so billionaires are using AI to replace them Nerve
The economy
Hormuz Crisis: A 50% increase in oil prices could add $20 billion to the debt burden of the world’s least vulnerable economies
Immigration to another country
Immigration Restrictions and the US Health Care Workforce JAMA Network
Agriculture
How flesh-eating worms in cattle could boost US beef prices Reuters Confirmed in Texas calf yesterday.
Big diesel shock from 2022 hits US farmers Bloomberg
Farm Bankruptcies Hit Six-Year High in the Morning
Demand Increases With New No Tech, Adjustable Tractor 404 Media
Class War
‘Happiness is not just GDP’: ambition or utopia? The guard
Congressman Jeff Van Drew at Delaney Hall, where inmates are paid $1/day or less for their labor and are on hunger strike: “This is better treatment than most people get… conditions are better than 90% of the world you live in, and probably half of America.” pic.twitter.com/zAIwWgJVrP
— More Perfect US (@MorePerfectUS) June 3, 2026
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