How To Enjoy Birds All Summer All About Birds
‘Timescapes’ may explain why animal species perceive events so differently Phys.org
Cervical cancer deaths among young women in England fall to zero following HPV vaccination Down to Earth
Climate/Environment
Huge rain along the Gulf Coast with big #flooding. 2 feet of rain in spots with a return interval of 200 years. #Arthur pic.twitter.com/96OYpd9IAY
— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) June 19, 2026
This is the kind of heat/humidity combo that should get your attention.
South Texas observations supported heat indices above 130°F in spots today.
Alice reached 97°F with an 86°F dewpoint, which gives an estimated wet-bulb temperature near 90°F / 32°C.
Not theoretical. Not… https://t.co/Uy3uAwu1Ix pic.twitter.com/f0RdKVt78Q
— The Global Warmer🔥🌏 🔥 (@TheGlobalWarmer) June 18, 2026
India faces twin threat of extreme heat and a slow moving monsoon Intellinews
Scorching Heat for the Summer Solstice: The Dangerous Longevity of Europe’s New June Heatwave Severe Weather Europe
Pave Paradise, Relocate a Gopher Tortoise bioGraphic
Hacking the atmosphere: Geoengineering gets a reality check MIT Technology Review
Ebola
Ebola cases increase almost 40% in a week as death toll passes 200 AP
Pandemics
Risk of COVID-19 infections at the workplace: Lessons learned from OSHA investigations Journal of Safety Research
China?
Why Xi is walling in China’s money – and why it won’t work Asia Times
Does China Covet Siberia? Cliodynamica by Peter Turchin
Syraqistan
Iran cancels Swiss trip due to Israeli attacks on Lebanon: Sources Al Mayadeen
Hezbollah deals heavy losses to invading troops as Israel rejects withdrawing from Lebanon The Cradle
Internal Debate Rages in Tehran Over Deal with Trump Drop Site
“Deals” and “Ceasefires” in an Age of Ambiguity Sawahil
When Presidents Clashed with Imperial Israel Sam Husseini
Wanted: War-Zone Divers to Scrape Barnacles From Ships in Persian Gulf Bloomberg
European Disunion
EU leaders demand von der Leyen tools up against China Politico
Hegseth announces review of US forces in Europe as he lambasts NATO allies in Brussels meeting Euronews
Civilians in War (III) German Foreign Policy
Poland and Germany sign defence cooperation agreement Notes from Poland
Africa
UN chief warns Sudan’s El Obeid risks repeat of Al Fasher horrors TRT World
Old Blighty
Andy Burnham wins huge majority in Makerfield byelection, paving way for Starmer leadership challenge The Guardian
New Not-So-Cold War
Zelensky Launches Mass-Attack on Moscow to Impress His Brussels Curators Simplicius
Infowars Events in Ukrainę
The Resumption Of US Sanctions On Russian Oil Could Disrupt Putin’s Sino-Indo Balancing Act Andrew Korybko
Von der Leyen proposes curbing EU protection for Ukrainian refugees DPA International
South of the Border
Hyper-militarized ‘war on narco-terror’ is not stopping drug flows Responsible Statecraft
Charlie Kirk
Israeli foreign agent took over The Charlie Kirk Show days after his killing The Grayzone
FARA DOCS: ISRAEL IS SPYING ON MILLIONS OF CHRISTIAN AMERICANS IN THEIR CHURCHES Mint Press News
Trump 2.0
A tremendous birthday present Molly White
OMB FISCAL YEAR 2025 MEMOS PART 1: THE FIRST TEN MEMOS Notes on the Crises
Trump administration reverses decision to scrap ocean monitoring system The Guardian
Trump administration to end PEPFAR funding for South Africa Semafor
Pentagon tells lawmakers it needs $80B to cover costs from Iran war, other bills: Report Anadolu Agency
GOP Funhouse
GOP embraces speculation about China’s role in data center backlash The Hill
Groypthink The Baffler
Democrats Suck
‘Would You Rather Go Back to War?’ Critics Ask Democrats Fuming Over Trump’s Iran Deal Common Dreams
Obama Legacy
Obama library dedication turns presidency of war, Wall Street bailouts into Democratic Camelot WSWS
The Uniparty
A Tale of Two Cancers – The Last Decade of American Politics Truth & Balance
Police State Watch
HOW DID THE FEDS GET INTO ANTI-ICE ACTIVISTS’ SIGNAL MESSAGES? The Intercept
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
State Digital Surveillance Risk Landscape Insikt Group
MAHA
The Pro-Pandemic Administration Bug-Eyed & Shameless
Sports Desk
FIFA’s Haiti jersey ban echoes the long campaign to discredit and downplay the Haitian Revolution The Conversation
AI
Bernie Sanders’ New AI Bill Would Pay Americans $1,000 a Year Gizmodo
Exclusive-Meta lobbies Congress for protection from child-harm lawsuits Reuters
Healthcare?
OIG findings raise questions about PE’s role in Medicaid Private Equity Stakeholder Project
Immigration
The forgotten fugitives of US forever wars Responsible Statecraft
THE VISA EMPIRE: BORDERS AS A BUSINESS Lighthouse Reports
Right-wing MPs in the EU Parliament chant ‘send them back’ after passing a directive that will make it easier to deport illegal migrants
Liberal MPs (mostly women) chant in response ‘shame on you’ pic.twitter.com/zuxaiqP2qc
— Daily Romania (@daily_romania) June 17, 2026
The Bezzle
Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis to stop them driving into highway construction zones TechCrunch
Class Warfare
Corporate America’s Secret Courts Are Stealing Your Rights The Economic Populist
Union workers at Seattle Hilton strike amid World Cup Hotel Dive
Meta is Increasing the Snack Budget After Staff Morale Plummets PetaPixel
Antidote du jour (via):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
“Meta is Increasing the Snack Budget After Staff Morale Plummets”
Big Zuck getting cheap with the workers that he hasn’t fired yet. Saw one tweet about him that fits-
‘Stop the Forever Wars
@DoctorFishbones
Mark Zuckerberg seems genuinely surprised that his employees don’t like getting fired, even if it benefits him.’
https://xcancel.com/DoctorFishbones/status/2067663653856227368#m
Re: ‘Would You Rather Go Back to War?’ Critics Ask Democrats Fuming Over Trump’s Iran Deal
Schiff, big surprise, not. His whole political career has been stage-managed by AIPAC. I’ve often thought the mania of his focus on Russia in the 2016 election, amplified by the Rachel Maddow brigade, was to distract from far and away the biggest foreign culprit, Israel. From the Adelson millions to, as James Bamford wrote up in The Nation, conducting espionage to benefit the Trump campaign, Schiff, Blumenthal and Booker refused to connect the dots. It underscores the importance of making money from AIPAC and affiliates a litmus test for dropping recipients through a trap door.
“How to Enjoy Birds All Summer”
For those that live in the UK, here is a handy website which includes sound clips of those birds-
https://www.garden-birds.co.uk/
Regarding Eisenhower’s successful forcing Israel to leave the Sinai after seizing it during the 1956 Suez crisis, he threatened major economic sanctions in addition to obtaining an UN General Assembly resolution.
This is a corrected link to a lengthy YouTube video documentary about this previously posted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQIHmQ7bAQk
Simplicius: Zelensky Launches Mass Shower of Drones as a Coinkydink to Insisting on EU Membership and Attending G7 with the Big Boys and Girls and even Mark Rutte.
Yep. Noting Simplicius: “And secondly, the strikes were clearly meant to coincide with Zelensky’s ongoing European Council summit in Brussels where he needed to sell a version of Ukrainian “victory” over Russia to his comprador-masters in order to receive further funding. The Summit was used to project all the needed optics.”
Distorted message received: I buy La Stampa on Fridays. The TorinoSette section on events and openings and new foodshops across the Undisclosed Region (plus a goofy horoscope) is handy. So is the Cronaca of events and crimes in the Region.
The first twenty pages or so of La Stampa, which is now on life support, having been dumped by the Agnelli-Elkann, is propaganda. Today, the triumphalism about the attacks on Moscow was on full, florid display. Why, one would think that the Ukrainian armed forces themselves will be in Moscow in a week. As ever, the main triumphalist propagandists were the usual gang of lady warmongers that La Stampa keeps around for “diversity.” I’m thinking of Z, T, L, and P, each more lunatical than the other.
So give Simplicius a read.