Box turtles are back for summer. Here’s how to help them survive another year Harvest Public Media
How One Rescue Mission Became a World Record for the Human Heritage List
Climate/Environment
When the Fields Were Ours World Island Journal
Is this the time to change the way we think about economic growth? The conversation
‘Point of no return’: New Orleans evacuation must start now due to sea level, study finds The Guardian
Federal cuts are leaving states and localities to take responsibility for weather and flood monitoring – are we right about that? Moderate Climate
Hantavirus
Performance timeline:
- Mid-March: A Dutch couple gets the virus on a landfill tour.
- April 1: MV Hondius departs from southern Argentina.
- April 6: A Dutch man falls ill.
- April 11: He dies.
- April 24: St. Helena. A man’s body is removed from the plane his wife is flying with him to South Africa. The Dutch woman was already sick before boarding the plane to South Africa.
- April 26: Dutch woman dies in SA hospital.
- April 27: A sick British man flies from Ascension Island to South Africa.
- May 2: German woman dies on MV Hondius.
Currently, we have people leaving the ship and flying around the world:
Some Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Return to US MedPage Today
Two Britons self-isolating at home after leaving ship in St Helena BBC “The UKHSA also said that British nationals currently on board will be flown home on a chartered plane, possibly from the Canary Islands, as long as they have no symptoms.”
A patient with hantavirus infection is being treated at the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (press release)
A passenger with hantavirus was on board a KLM flight in Johannesburg KLM (press release)
Spanish passenger on ‘Hondius’: ‘There are 23 people who got off Saint Helena and they’ve been wandering around’ El Pais
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Hantavirus on a cruise ship has been confirmed as a rare strain that can spread person-to-person NPR. “… it is not completely known how the Andes Virus spreads between people.”
Cluster of Hantavirus-related illnesses on cruise ships: ECDC assessment and recommendations European Center for Disease Prevention and Control
“Upon arrival, asymptomatic passengers must be sent back to their countries, even if they are infected with the virus at the time of installation.”
Important question:
Is everyone crazy now.— tern (@1gootern) May 6, 2026
“For now, the overall public health risk remains low.”
6 years ago, I had no clue as to whether the WHO could work and I believed them. Ever since I got sick. I don’t know how this will go but I can see that they are not learning anything.
— PACO (@PacoOnPause) May 6, 2026
It’s too soon to say that hantavirus will become an epidemic, we have time to contain it. But don’t think a 40% death rate means it will “burn out” that logic applies to isolated villages and not ppl traveling on international flights. In fact, the Black Death had an epidemic 40%+ death rate
— Julia Marie (@julia_doubleday) May 6, 2026
The Koreans
North Korea drops references to unity in constitution Channel News Asia
Japan
Japan’s Deep Sea Quest for Mineral Supply Security at East Asia Forum
Japan Arms Export Shift Takes Shape in Philippines Diplomat
China?
US Fires Tomahawk Missile Uses Typhon Launcher in Philippines in Provocation Aimed at China Antiwar
Syracistan
Gaza Peace Council ‘won’t hold’ Israel to deal until Hamas accepts disarmament demands: Report The Cradle
UN calls for release of flotilla activists, citing ‘gross ill-treatment’ Al Mayadeen
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The Latest Boondoggle for the US “Liberty Project” Sinks Under a Light Day
BREAKING: According to our analysis, $920 million worth of crude oil shorts were seized 70 minutes before an Axios report said the US and Iran were close to a “14-point” deal to end the war.
At 3:40 AM ET today, approximately 10,000 barrels of crude oil were taken out of… pic.twitter.com/SZafvnZHHG
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 6, 2026
The Iranian team. The speaker calls out the cynicism of the US media about the pending arrangement with Tehran Press TV
Iran hit more US military assets than reported, satellite images show WaPo
Official Washington Post Quotes About “New Scrutiny” On Israel’s Nuclear Threat Sam Husseini
Israeli Paper Admits Mossad Predicted January Riots in Iran. The opposition
It’s been over a month, and we still don’t know the name of that “downed F-15 pilot” who broke his leg, yet managed to climb a mountain, walk 110 miles, and evade the Iranian army, until the CIA could use a sonar device that could hear people’s heartbeats 40 miles away…
– FireFighterDev (@fire_starter457) May 6, 2026
The breakup of Europe
Poland could host US troops Trump has withdrawn from Germany, Politico’s Nawrocki said
Russia’s European Arctic LNG imports from Yamal reach record high in first four months of 2026 Intellinews
This deal gets worse every time Euractiv. With the US-EU trade agreement.
Africa
The Junta of Mali and Russia are losing ground to jihadists and rebels Le Monde
Russian Tactical Pullback from Northeast Money Shouldn’t Be Thrown as Fugitive Andrew Korybko
Old Blighty
MICHAEL MANSFIELD ‘VERY CONCERNED’ BY LAW AGAINST PALESTINE LAWYER Declassified UK
UK elites are frighteningly disciplined and effective when it comes to crushing popular democracy. They successfully anointed Corbyn, a passive saint, as Pol Pot meets Hitler. And now they are convincing the Brits that the anti-fascist Jew is the new Oswald Mosley.
— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) May 6, 2026
The New Cold War
Russian Foreign Ministry urges countries to withdraw embassies from Kyiv before May 9, warns of ‘retaliatory strike’ Meduza
Epstein’s story
Judge releases Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide note CNN
South of the Border
The US State Department tapped a special ops contractor to spy on the Haitian police using All-Source Intelligence’s controversial AI detector.
Trump 2.0
Insane Pre-Crime Strategy Revealed by Ken Klippenstein’s “Enthusiasts”.
Justice Department may keep 2020 FBI ballots taken in Fulton County, judge rules Guardian
White House East Wing debris dumped on nearby golf course contains toxic metals, AP report
Imperial Collapse Watch
Resistance to Sanctions and Economic Warfare The Anti-Empire Project
The Great Delusion of Foreign Sovereignty AGON
Why the World Bank changed its mind on industrial policy Jostein Hauge, Global Currents
Police State Watch
Exclusive: VA conducts internal investigation into employees who attended Alex Pretti’s CNN vigil
Our Famously Free Press
The FBI is investigating the leak of a journalist who wrote an explosive article about Kash Patel, sources tell MS NOW
The Accelerationists
Google DeepMind workers in the UK vote to unionize amid a deal with the US military The Guardian
The Need for a Decade of Populist Lily Lynch
Agriculture
California growers destroy 420,000 peach trees following SF Gate Del Monte bankruptcy
Mr. Market
The problem of food inflation soon has all investors talking about MarketWatch
The AI
Don’t Reject Data Centers. Talk a lot. Progress and Poverty. No thanks. Even if localities negotiate to avoid power surges, that can mean data centers generate their own polluting power—often with limited oversight. And the use of limited water. And water pollution. And the risks of cancer. And the noise that drives people crazy. And the whole idea of the multi-billion dollar investment circles that make our money-allocation decisions helps them continue to destroy workers, creativity, privacy, relationships, knowledge, and the planet while enriching themselves.
AI Hard Drive Shortage Makes It Expensive and Difficult to Archive Internet 404 Media
AI Company Sues For Interviewing Alleged AP Licensed Doctors
Kevin O’Leary’s Massive Data Center Project in Utah Gets Greenlight, Locals Are Angry Gizmodo. “This project will be more than twice the size of Manhattan and could use more electricity than the entire state currently uses.”
Violent Threats and Data Center Resistance Accelerate Soufan Center
Nvidia’s New Partnership Wants to Put Mini AI Data Centers in Your Home Inc.
Academe qualifications
Everyone Cheats Their Way Through College New York Magazine
The economy
The ‘K-shaped economy’ appeared at the gas pump Yahoo! Finance
Shell tops profit estimates as Iran war raises oil prices, dampens share buying CNBC
The oil shock of the Iran war is causing plastic shortages in Asia, squeezing industries and causing the ‘Middle East plus one’ to rethink Fortune’s supply chains.
Guillotine Watch
Shocking things from the CEO of Vornado Realty Trust on his latest earnings call: pic.twitter.com/XX2UoEtLUR
– More Perfect US (@MorePerfectUS) May 6, 2026
A Masterpiece in the Age of Shameless Exhibitionism Arthur Goldhammer, The Ending Sense
Bezzle
Am I Destined To Be Stung? Ed Zitron
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