A visit to the supermarket could soon be different thanks to electronic labels on the shelves NPR
Wells Fargo is betting on a Flashy Rent credit card. This is expensive for the bank. WSJ
What is easy, we make difficult, but it takes a lot of time. #Monetary sovereignty – Mitchell
Isn’t it time to stop calling it “the national debt”? Evonomy
Climate
Banks are finally realizing the consequences of climate change on housing Wired
This Ecuadorian forest thrived amid deforestation after gaining legal rights Guardian
Potential ozone depletion due to the disappearance of a satellite during atmospheric reentry in the era of mega-constellations Geophysical research letters
Texas cancels school amid concerns over extreme heat, unsafe environment for shootings The onion
Water
Disastrous numbers show poor approach to water quality in Iowa Register of Monks
Syndemics
IDPH calls for vigilance as COVID cases rise in emergency rooms WLT
Taiwanese military drones unlikely to accelerate US ‘hellscape’ against attack from mainland China South China Morning Post
Breaking down the U.S. Navy’s “hellscape” in detail Naval News
China?
Tu Guangshao explains what constitutes a ‘strong financial nation’ and China’s weaknesses Beijingnology
How innovative is China in nuclear energy? (PDF) Foundation for Information Technology and Innovation. “China’s strengths in nuclear energy innovation particularly concern organizational, systemic and incremental innovation. Many fourth-generation nuclear technologies have been known for years, but China’s state-backed approach excels in their implementation.”
India
Inside India’s first heat stroke emergency room BBC
JPMorgan triggers $40 billion rush on Indian bonds Bloomberg
Bonded slavery: the dark side of the Indian silk industry Madras Courier
New Caledonia police arrest 11 people, including an independence leader, following a revolt against French rule The diplomat
Syria
‘Completely appalled’: Air Force engineer resigns as dissent against Gaza war slowly spreads within military The interception
IDF soldier’s suicide leaves Israel on the brink The telegraph
* * * Is Israel committing genocide? Aryeh Neier, The New York Review of Books
Witnessing the Israel-Gaza War (updated June 18, 2024) (PDF) Lee Mordechai. “I write this publicly to testify that during the war there were and still are Israeli voices who strongly disagreed with Israel’s actions. »
* * * Israeli army destroys entire Palestinian side of Rafah border crossing, rendering it unusable Anadolu Agency
Behind the scenes of the ‘shocking’ police operation targeting pro-Palestinian activists in Toronto The violation
European disunity
Giorgia Meloni’s far-right European group claims top position in EU FT
Dear old Blighty
A new, not-so-cold Cold War
Russia will view sending F16s to Ukraine as aggression that activates its mutual defense agreement with North Korea. Gilbert Doctorow, Armageddon
‘It’s all coming together’: Ukraine should finally start using F-16 jets this summer Guardian
* * * Why the US and Ukraine should accept Putin’s latest peace offer David Pyne, The Real War
Illness and involvement in political assassinations: Russia publishes investigation into Chechen leader Kadyrov Ukrainian Pravda
* * * The Russian Air Force receives a new unit of Su-34 attack fighters: how far will the increase in production go? Military watch
Russia develops its first chipmaking tool – 30 years out of date from day one Tom’s material
Scary country
An anatomy of aversion to algorithms Cass R. Sunstein and Jared Gaff, SSRN
Health care
The conspiracy to play with medical literature Matt Bivens, The 100 Days
Drug shortages continue to grow. Older injectable agents are among the most vulnerable P.A.
Infection prevention in low-resource countries: two infection prevention specialists consult in East Africa Infection control today. “This education would focus on the chain of infection and hand hygiene.”
The return of pneumatic tubes MIT Technology Review
Candy microdosing epidemic more than doubles; the company refuses to call back Food safety
Supply chain
We don’t need deep sea mining (PDF) American Education Fund PIRG
Boeing
‘I know it happens’: Boeing boss admits company retaliated against whistleblowers CNN
Beak
Hedge funds’ secret weapon for fighting the SEC lives in Texas Bloomberg
Digital watch
As AI is adopted, what happens to the artists whose works were stolen to build it? Los Angeles Times
The AI took their jobs. Now they get paid to make it look human BBC. Or not:
Last week, I heard about one of the darkest uses of generational AI I’ve ever seen: First Horizon Bank is rolling out a system to detect when a call center worker was about to “lose him” and make him play an AI. -montage of family photos to their favorite song to calm them down pic.twitter.com/wFGFh6VsMg
– Brian Merchant (@bcmerchant) June 17, 2024
IMF suggests taxing CO2 emissions from AI, but not AI itself The register
Perplexity is a bullshit machine Wired
I’ll fuck you Piledrive if you mention AI again Lucidity
GenAI generates more buzz than business as technology barely reduces jobs, survey finds The register. Musical interlude.
The Boston hippies who developed technologies that Silicon Valley wouldn’t dare develop Boston Globe
Our famous free press
Nellie Bly experiences everything JSTOR daily
Juneteenth
The problem with Juneteenth Black Agenda Report
Zeitgeist Watch
Have beliefs in conspiracy theories increased over time? PLOS One. From 2022, still relevant.
Imperial Collapse Watch
Pentagon ‘very slow’ to deploy new weapons, government report says Stars and Stripes
Who will win a post-heroic war? Edward Luttwak, Unherd. The card game: “Neither the West nor its enemies are ready to fight. »
The endless allure of high mountains Noema
Antidote of the day (Anton):
See yesterday’s links and Antidote du Jour here.
