Dear patient readers.
Sorry for the links overload. A lot going on between Iran-Israel aftermath, Supreme Court decisions, and catchup on important stories that fell below the radar when the conflict was hot. Since this is a Saturday, perhaps you’ll be able to digest a big informational meal.
Runaway bear in runway ‘stalemate’ with Japanese airport officials Guardian (resilc)
I adore old tech and hate giving up things that can still be used:
Japanese tend to obsess over outdated tech… perfect it, but get stuck perfecting it for their own little islands, ultimately rendering them destined for world’s market obsolescence.
Examples include fax machines, plasma TVs, and the cash-register system in the video.👇🤔 pic.twitter.com/06Ss5qw9jr— ShanghaiPanda (@thinking_panda) June 26, 2025
Roman gravestones hint that ancient economies still shape the present Science (resilc)
Shadow of a Doubt: How OCD came to haunt American life Harper’s (Anthony L)
SCIENTIST BEHIND OZEMPIC WARNS THAT THERE’S A “PRICE” Futurism
Meet the ‘doomsday preppers’ who say they’re ready for World War III Daily Mail
Climate/Environment
Unborn dolphin calves have toxic metals in their blood, revealing horrific ocean pollution Earth
Scientists Pitch $117 Trillion Wind-Solar Super Network OilPrice
Floods Swamp Cities in Southwest China, And More Storms Due Asian Financial
Over 150 people sick in ‘mass casualty’ event at graduations amid US heatwave Metro
China?
China Hosts Iranian, Russian Defense Ministers Against Backdrop of ‘Momentous Change’ Defense Post
Huang and Nvidia, Musk and Tesla, Altman and OpenAI — and their China-sized robot problem Kevin Walmsey
Africa
Sudan Accuses Kenya of Funneling Arms to Paramilitaries The Defense Post
Who are JNIM, the jihadist ‘ghost enemy’ gaining momentum in the Sahel? Guardian
At least 16 people killed and 400 injured in Kenyan protests Guardian
O Canada
Trump Turns on ‘Nice’ Carney With Canadian Tech Tax Ultimatum Bloomberg
European Disunion
Ursula von der Leyen faces no-confidence vote Thomas Fazi
* * * Euphoria grips Europe’s defence industry as the world prepares for war Telegraph
“We’ll have to tighten our belts” – German Foreign Minister Wadephul explains to Germans why they must accept a lower standard of living for the sake of Ukraine.
“We also have to say it plainly: there’s an incredible amount at stake. We didn’t choose this situation ourselves,… pic.twitter.com/6GFhroChtM
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) June 27, 2025
How rare earths could make or break the EU’s defence ambitions Euractiv
“Must be credible in every millimeter to keep war away” Aftonbladet via machine translation (Micael T)
Micael T: “Manufacturing consent about Iran – ROFLMAO”. We kept the UK entry since the EU and UK are joined at the hip on this issue:
Iranian agents are already exploring possible targets in Europe Seddeuctsche Zeizung via machine translation
Iran : menace sur la France ? Le Point
Information: Iran is planning attacks in Sweden Expressen via machine translation
Targets Iran-backed terrorists could pick in UK amid ‘substantial’ threat Mirror
Old Blighty
Heavy Power London Review of Books (guurst). “If Parliament votes in favour of proscription, it will be a criminal offence to belong to or show support for Palestine Action.’ As in spray-painters of RAF planes.
Starmer still faces Labour anger over risk of ‘two-tier’ disability benefits Guardian (Kevin W)
MI6 distances its new chief from Nazi grandfather BBC (Kevin W). You heard a LOT about that grandfather as soon as the appointment was announced, at least if you read comments, from Colonel Smithers.
Israel v. Iran
Iran has legally terminated all cooperation with the IAEA.
Not suspended. Not threatened. Passed through parliament, signed by Qalibaf, delivered to Pezeshkian. The entire NPT inspection theatre is now shut, by law. pic.twitter.com/baxzrjqnHJ
— Thomas Keith (@iwasnevrhere_) June 26, 2025
* * * Trump suspends possible Iran sanctions relief RT (Kevin W)
Trump now says he’d “absolutely” bomb Iran again, “without question”, if they enrich uranium to a level that concerns him.
So the fate of the region now hinges on a retired game show host’s uranium mood ring. No treaty framework, no technical metric, just Gulf money, and the… pic.twitter.com/uOrEuCm45G
— Thomas Keith (@iwasnevrhere_) June 27, 2025
* * * Israel-Iran: The Denouement Simplicius
* * * ⚡️🇮🇱🇮🇷JUST IN: CH13’s Raviv Drucker:
“There were a lot of missile hits in IDF bases, in strategic sites that we still don’t report about…It created a situation where people don’t realize how precise the Iranians were and how much damage they caused”pic.twitter.com/sYVBM8hdOp
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) June 26, 2025
Update on Iran’s Targeting of Israel’s Defense Industry Larry Johnson
* * * Did the Attacks on Iran Succeed? Foreign Affairs
Why the Strongest Bombs Can’t Crack Performance Military Concrete Popular Mechanics (resilc)
“Midnight Hammer” – a Fordow’s Bunker Buster or just Busted Mike Mihajlovic
Check if you have a stay of exit order preventing you from leaving Israel Gov.il (resilc)
Israel v. the Rest of the Resistance
Israel issues expulsion order for Palestinians in Gaza Anadolu Agency
‘It’s a Killing Field’: IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid Haaretz (resilc)
Israel closes the most direct route for aid to Palestinians in Gaza Guardian (Kevin W)
Doctors warn flour sacks entering Gaza laced with Oxycodone: Report The Cradle (Chuck L). The Zionists are proving to be as imaginative and cruel in their depravity as Banderites.
🚨Israel’s depravity in 2 headlines:
Yesterday, Gazan families & volunteers secured UN aid trucks & prevented any looting (for the 1st time in weeks)Israel immediately responded by halting aid to Gaza
Israel wants to maintain a manufactured looting crisis to weaponize hunger! pic.twitter.com/UopVMNvdoN
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) June 26, 2025
New Not-So-Cold War
Russia Has Launched a Massive Offensive in the Zaporizhzhia Direction🚨 Military Summary 2025.06.27 YouTube
Sanctions from the (EU), the 18th package will be approved within two weeks. According to Putin they don’t work, because the EU is now importing more LNG gas. “The harsher the sanctions, the worse it is for the ones who are introducing those sanctions,” President Putin emphasised pic.twitter.com/kCirghRbT0
— sonja van den ende (@SonjaEnde) June 27, 2025
Trump will look at giving Ukraine more Patriot missiles as he calls on Putin to end war Independent
Syraqistan
Syria Today: From the Fall of a Centralised Government to the Al Qaeda Junta UK Column
Imperial Collapse Watch
NATO threatens China and Russia and endorses crystal clear international law violations Pascal Lottaz
In NATO Visit, Trump Casts Himself as a Global Peacemaker New York Times. resilc: “How funny is this?”
GAO: USCG Faces Deferred Maintenance, Obsolete Cutters and Staff Shortage Maritime Executive (Kevin W)
Trump 2.0
Trump’s disapproval rating at highest since taking office, 52% of voters say US on wrong track: poll Just the News
* * * Senate Blocks War Powers Resolution to Limit Trump’s Ability to Strike Iran Again New York Times
* * * How a GOP accounting maneuver hides $3.8 trillion in red ink from Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ Yahoo! Finance (Kevin W)
Republicans scramble to save Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ The Hill
* * * Trump’s Vocational Education Con Washington Monthly
Two major ways the Trump administration is making hurricane evacuations more difficult Yale Climate Connections
DOGE
‘Big Balls’ Is Now at the Social Security Administration Wired
Immigration
ICE, ICE Baby: Denver City Council Ends Car Theft Tracking System to Protect Illegal Immigrants Jonathan Turley (Li)
Supremes
Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions in birthright citizenship order NPR
Sotomayor joined by Jackson, Kagan on fiery birthright citizenship dissent The Hill
Supreme Court Requires Schools to Allow Opting Out From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories New York Times
Supreme Court rejects challenge to free preventive care, bolsters RFK Jr.’s power STAT
Democrat Death Wish
Zohran Can Happen Anywhere (But Having an Opponent Like Cuomo Helps) Intercept (resilc)
Police State Watch
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Moments ago at the Russel Senate Office building Medicaid activists in wheelchairs were arrested by Capitol police for staging a sit in. Their banner was snatched and their wrists tied with zip ties.#WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid pic.twitter.com/a7MNtqilSV
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) June 25, 2025
Australian police beat an opposition politician so badly that she might lose an eye. For being at an anti-genocide protest.
She was at the protest acting as a legal observer. The protest was permitted. https://t.co/abPc68dmUB
— Zionism Observer (@receipts_lol) June 27, 2025
They’re laying the groundwork. 11 Iranian nationals arrested across 7 states in a single weekend, ICE claims they’re “criminals,” DHS says 2 are IRGC. Yet not a single terrorism indictment, no weapons cache, no operational cell, just overstays, minor felonies, mismatched IDs, and… pic.twitter.com/pi1jILZ7Qe
— Thomas Keith (@iwasnevrhere_) June 26, 2025
Mr. Market is Moody
Systemic risks in the leveraged U.S. loan market may herald new financial crisis – study University of Bath
US current account gap clocks pre-2008 crash milestone Reuters
AI
BREAKING: Explosive new paper from MIT/Harvard/UChicago.
Things just got worse — a lot worse — for LLM’s and the myth that they can understand and reason.
The paper documents a pattern they called Potemkins, a kind of reasoning inconsistency (see figure below). They show that… pic.twitter.com/4ldBgxAADr
— Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus) June 27, 2025
A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy New York Times
Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features Guardian (resilc)
The Bezzle
Intellectual Property within the Quantum Innovation Value Chain Just Security
The First Week of Tesla’s Robotaxis Has Been a Disaster Futurism (Kevin W)
Stablecoins Fall Short as Cornerstone of Monetary System, Central Banks Say Wall Street Journal
The Week In Musk: Robotaxis gone wild Musk Watch
Guillotine Watch
Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos’ A-list guests run for cover as pre-wedding party is hit by huge freak thunderstorm Daily Mail. Li: “Signs of celestial displeasure.”
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez mannequins float through Venice canal in wedding protest New York Post, YouTube (DLG)
Class Warfare
From Private Profit to Public Power: Financing Development, Not Oligarchy Oxfam
Summer’s class struggle on the highway: French road workers call strike against exploitation Riktpunkt via machine translation
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus:
“You flank the left, i take the right” ahh🥰 pic.twitter.com/yTPcLdADx9
— Nature & Animals🌴 (@naturelife_ok) June 22, 2025
A second bonus:
The Platypus – a venomous, egg-laying mammal. In 1799, scientists deemed it to be a fake animal of various sewn-together parts while studying a preserved body. pic.twitter.com/eTxcPjmlj7
— Fascinating (@fasc1nate) June 27, 2025
And a third:
I think having an animal in your life makes you a better human pic.twitter.com/1m9eRiOToi
— Gabriele Corno (@Gabriele_Corno) June 22, 2025
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
