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Overfed Orange Cat Who Looks Like a Pumpkin Finds a Loving Home With SPCA Cincinnati’s CEO LaughingSquid (resilc). My mother’s cat Michael was 27 pounds but he was small pony sized.

Alan Greenspan dies aged 100 Financial Times. I am posting on Greenspan, since here it is required to speak ill of the dead.

Ebola

#COVID-19/Pandemics

Climate/Environment

Seal pups and seabird chicks are suffering in extreme weather. How can we protect them? The Conversation

Climate change may soon cause a catastrophic loss of global biodiversity Nature

A Missing Piece in Climate Models: Nature’s Own Emission Yale 360

Out-of-Control Icebergs Are Wreaking Havoc on the Oceans Futurism

Britain facing ‘tropical night’ temperatures as extreme heat warning issued Sky

‘Termination shock’: trust our expert warnings on geoengineering’s planetary risks Guardian

China?

China imposes trade curbs on dozens of U.S. firms in retaliation for Pentagon blacklist CNBC

DARPA needs new powerful batteries for the Department of War. But China just built them Kevin Walmsley

Transmission Dominance with Chinese Characteristics China Talk

Japan

Japan’s FX messaging keeps markets on edge over yen intervention risk Reuters

Koreas

South Korea slams North Korea’s ‘intensified’ border fencing Anadolu Agency

Korean won hits weakest June level since 1998 crisis AJP

India-Pakistan

Pak Minister Threatens War Against India Over Water Security Amid Crisis NDTV

At least seven killed in twin roadside bombings in northwest Pakistan Independent

Southeast Asia

Thailand rejects Cambodia’s border claims, urges joint fact-finding to avoid escalation Nation Thailand

Africa

10,000 infected in major cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria Yahoo

Red Flags in the Red Sea Corridor as Sudan’s War Goes Beyond Borders BISI

South Africa’s second-biggest medical aid at risk of financial collapse Daily Investor

Ebola closure cuts off a lifeline between DRC’s Goma and Rwanda Aljazeera

Nigerian troops kill 18 terrorists in northeast operations, military says TRT

Not just a hideout: Sahel forests provide base for jihadists Agence France-Presse

As climate shifts, malaria gains ground in southern Africa Malaysian Reserve

Israel deployed troops to Somaliland after recognition, source says Middle East Eye

South of the Border

US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 2, leaves 6 survivors, in the eastern Pacific Ocean Independent

Trinidad’s Continuous State of Emergency BISI

Colombia’s escalating, brutal internal conflict is defining its presidential election BBC

Bolivian president declares state of emergency and deploys military to quell anti-government protests Guardian

European Disunion

ECB’s Chief Economist Sees Prolonged Period Of High Inflation Wall Street Journal

German farmers warn of liquidity crisis as prices fall and costs rise Yahoo

Zelensky’s Interview Poured Fuel On The Flames Of His Spiraling UPA Dispute With Poland Andrew Korybko

Thousands of staff at Czech public broadcasters strike over funding plans Guardian

Balkans

‘We want a new Albania’: protests against Jared Kushner-backed resort turn anger on government Guardian

Old Blighty

Burnham set for coronation Telegraph

Starmer says new PM to take over mid July if Burnham unopposed, or by end of August if there’s election Guardian

Bank of England unveils Armageddon stress test scenario ‘more severe than the financial crisis’ City AM

Israel v. The Resistance

Report: Netanyahu ‘in panic’ over new US-Iran Lebanon oversight mechanism; US official denies Israel excluded Times of Israel

Israel sets ‘conditions’ for ending occupation of south Lebanon: Report The Cradle (Kevin W)

‘JD Vance put lipstick on a pig: Iranians have the upper hand ‘ in peace negotiations FRANCE 24

US lifts sanctions on Iranian oil RT (Kevin W). Note too often misreported. Only a 60 day waiver

US eases oil sanctions as Iran denies Vance claim on nuclear inspectors BBC. BBC for a change is accurate in its headline.

A vessel sailing off Yemen’s coast came under attack, the second such incident in less than two weeks, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported on Sunday Shafaq

The Iran War Dead-Enders Daniel Larison

New Not-So-Cold War

Russian attacks could cut Ukraine grain exports by a third Reuters

Sabotage at the bottom of the sea The Times. Micael T: “So now it is a porn star who blew up Nord Stream. This is just getting more and more silly.”

For those with strong stomachs: Anne Applebaum and Fiona Hill: Are the Autocrats Winning?” YouTube. Robin K: “In case you’re wondering about the state of the US neocon narrative on Russia-US-EU-Ukraine. Remember: this pair are two of our “best minds” on international affairs.”

Dispute over second world war army unit threatens to divide Poland and Ukraine Guardian

Imperial Collapse Watch

When Military Fellows Replace Hill Staff Antiwar.com (Kevin W)

Breaking Back into Reality Postliberal Order

Trump 2.0

‘Blatantly unlawful’: Judge blocks DOJ subpoenas aimed at Tim Walz Politico

Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show Associated Press (resilc)

Economy

‘Running off the cliff’: An explosion of household debt has put the US economy in a tough spot Yahoo

AI

GOP embraces speculation about China’s role in data center backlash The Hill

AI risks triggering ‘catastrophic’ phone network blackouts Telegraph

Trump’s Iran peace deal is suddenly wobbling. The AI bubble is, too Australian Financial Review

Have we officially entered an AI bubble? Just look at San Francisco’s bonkers housing market Independent

Guillotine Watch

Apocalypse Early Warning System Kyle McDonald

Antidote du jour. Tracie H: “Saw this lovely Swallowtail hanging out between a Magnolia tree and this Lily of the Nile on this morning’s walk.”

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See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.

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  1. The Rev Kev

    ‘David Roth-Lindberg
    @RothLindberg
    ‼️🇮🇱 BREAKING: The Ebola disease has started to spread in the “israeli” settler entity. The second case has been recently recorded. Haaretz reported the first case yesterday.’

    And there in lay the problem of disease spread. You can have an evil brew of a virus developing in the middle of Africa and then one plane trip away it can be on the streets of New York – or Israel in this case. It can arrive in many countries that are not even thinking of Ebola. I hope that it does not spread like Covid did back in 2020 but it could happen.

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  3. DJG, Reality Czar

    Drop Site Xitter about House Dems Attacking Trump over Sanctions Relief. Or, to translate, engaging in moral triple axels to get political credit while still maintaining the Empire:

    To wit,

    Government officials had vowed relief would be tied to Iran curbing its nuclear program and “terrorist proxies,” they said, yet “neither has been addressed, but the regime has been gifted sweeping sanctions relief it has dreamed of for decades.”

    Let’s see. There’s Russiagate. There’s this business about 72,000 dead in Gaza, a number first reported several years ago and never updated because (1) behold! the Israelis haven’t killed *enough* Palestinians to consider it a genocide and (2) the Madeleine Albright Rule, as in, Just what are a couple hundred thousand dead Arabs anyway? After the imaginary weapons in Iraq (never found), there are the imaginary nuclear bombs in Iran (never planned for by the Iranians and, consequently, never found). Both the addled Dems and the resentful Trump are still looking for magical pink nuclear dust.

    I don’t know about you, brethren and sistren, but I’m getting a whiff of some truly vile people. Should I ask Michelle Obama for one of her special hallucinogenic Altoids? Or should I just go out and order fugu?

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    1. The Rev Kev

      That tweet told quite a remarkable story. I read how in earlier times farmers planted Clover after their crops came in as the Clover would help fix Nitrogen into the soil. Having been raised when lawns resemble golf greens, you forget that things may have been different in earlier times. The comments on that tweet are worth reading too-

      https://xcancel.com/IV_Musketeer/status/2068096061395132847

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