Idaho man injured and arrested after allegedly kicking bison while drunk in Yellowstone Field and stream
Pandemics
A Texas veterinarian helped unravel the mystery of bird flu in cows Time. The story under the title is not about a heroic individual, but about potentially exposed people refusing to get tested (a result of the collapse of the public health establishment + libertarianism). As a result, we have no idea of the extent of transmission (and we do not take action based on the precautionary principleeither).
Bird flu is out of control and continues to appear in the scariest places MSNBC
“Slow” flu vaccination worries experts Republic of Dermatology. Australia.
New SARS-CoV-2 KP.2 variant challenges vaccines with higher spread, study warns Medical News
China?
Rural Chinese workers unlikely to become livestreamers amid economic slowdown and reduced prospects Asia News Channel
China’s migrant workforce is aging as wage increases lag behind the general population South China Morning Post
China’s C919 passes ‘deep’ post-flight safety tests, escalates rivalry with embattled Boeing South China Morning Post
The scientist who gave the world the Covid sequence is excluded from his laboratory by the Chinese Telegraph
More than 40% of Americans now view China as an enemy, a five-year high, according to a Pew report. CNBC
Philippines summons China envoy over water cannon attack Asia News Channel
Burma
China begins sea trials of its largest aircraft carrier ever Anadolu Agency
A strongman sanctioned and the “fall” of Myawaddy in Myanmar Al Jazeera
Japan will use AI to find out what bears are doing in the woods The register
India
‘Pretty confident former R&AW chief was fully present’: Gerry Shih on Pannun murder plot Thread
Syria
House passes bill to expand definition of anti-Semitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war AP. Comment:
My statement on voting against HR 6090: pic.twitter.com/XtxQ1iHatW
– Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (@RepSaraJacobs) May 1, 2024
HR6090 – Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2023 Congress.gov. Key passage:
Practical definition of anti-Semitism IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance). Key passage:
But here we are!
Reject definitions of anti-Semitism that encompass protected speech ACLU
What’s wrong with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism? Res Publica. From 2022, still relevant.
How a dominant definition of anti-Semitism was weaponized against critics of Israel The nation. From 2023, still relevant.
Anti-Semitism and Zionism: the inner workings of the IHRA definition Criticism of the Middle East
Labor should scrap IHRA definition of antisemitism altogether Open Democracy readers will recall that the parliamentary Labor Party, the press, spies and the Israeli embassy used the IHRA to bring down Corbyn.
* * * Far-right Israeli Minister Smotrich calls for ‘no half measures’ in ‘total annihilation’ of Gaza Haaretz
Anti-Zionist Jews fight slander against their pro-Palestinian advocacy Maple
* * * The Council on Foreign Relations, the Israel Lobby, and the War on Gaza Monthly
Who do Biden and Blinken work for? The American Conservative
Biden administration ‘ignores US laws’ on arms transfers to Israel: former senior official France 24
European disunity
More than 120,000 people take part in May Day protests across France and dozens of arrests France 24
The United States is deliberately provoking a crisis on the European continent Infobrides
Live Pro-Palestinian mobilizations: Sciences Po Paris organizes an internal debate on the war in Gaza, the Lille campus closed (Google translation) C-News
A new not-so-cold war
Putin’s crushing new offensive could mean the end of Ukraine Independent
Ukraine withdraws from Eastern Front villages while awaiting US aid New York Times
In western Ukraine, a community struggles with patriotism or survival New York Times
* * * How globalization rose and fell with Nord Stream Foreign policy
US sanctions 31 China-based companies over Russia Anadolu Agency
* * * Ukraine Introduces AI-Generated Spokesperson for Foreign Ministry NDTV. Then, the trenches!
Protests break out in Georgia as parliament passes ‘foreign influence’ bill Anadolu Agency
World elections
Missing: How two key parties in India’s largest state collapsed Al Jazeera
The Caribbean
Unexpected Prime Minister’s Announcement Divides Haiti’s Newly Created Transition Council FOX
Biden administration
Potatoes retain USDA classification as a vegetable, not a grain, in bipartisan effort FOX
Antitrust
Message to Congress on Reducing Monopolies Franklin D. Roosevelt. April 29, 1938.
Academy Groves
UCLA Camp:
Pro-Israeli counter-protesters attempt to storm encampment, sparking violence Daily bruin
I’m a professor at UCLA. Why hasn’t the administration stopped last night’s blatant violence? Before
Announcement of strike authorization vote UAW 4811. “Last night, an armed group of counterprotesters attacked the Palestine Solidarity encampment at UCLA, beating demonstrators, including members of UAW 4811, with sticks, spraying them with anti-inflammatory spray -bears and pelting them with bottles and fireworks. »
Israeli professional boxer identified as attacker intimidating UCLA protesters in video Sports policy
Jessica Seinfeld and Bill Ackman fund pro-Israel counter-protests at colleges Daily Beast
Cal Poly Humboldt Camp:
(Updated 4:38 a.m.: Live stream from campus) Student arrests at Cal Poly Humboldt as law enforcement flocks to campus (video) Black red belt
Digital watch
Google search results polluted with buggy code written by AI frustrate coders The register. Autocoprophagy is happening more quickly than I imagined.
Google lays off hundreds of ‘core’ employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico CNBC
The $21 billion influencer industry faces an ad fraud problem. Business insider. Wow, luckily I was already seated.
STATEMENT: Colorado Lawmakers Approve Broad National Right to Repair Law PIRG
Zeitgeist Watch
Deliveroo rider Jenniffer Rocha, who bit her thumb, was seen working after convictionion BBC
Apocalypse yesterday, today, tomorrow Literary review
Class struggle
Should billionaires exist? Robert Reich
The era of cloud capital Yanis Varoufakis, Persuasion
Thousands of mysterious jellyfish-like creatures wash up on California shores FOX
Antidote of the day (via):
Bonus Antidote (Desert Dog). I hope this works; may require a click:
Desert Dog writes: “May 1st Surprise! Tilford the turtle goes out to feed for the 19th year. It’s spring in Missouri and he came over for a snack after a long winter sleep.
See yesterday’s links and Antidote du Jour here.
