Neanderthal dentistry, and the scientists who shouldn’t have had to experience it New York Times
The conscience of City Harpers. “About the life of a garbage collector.”
Capitalism is a flammable system: Alejandro Pedregal MR online interview
Climate/Environment
USCG says SOS signal from shipwrecked sailor may have started 16,000-acre fire on Santa Rosa Island, ABC7 announces
California wildfire season is already heating up Wired
History is coming: Europe’s 40c
This will probably be the most severe spring heatwave in European history
Temperatures can last for several days up to 40°C in Spain and 35°C in central Europe.
Thousands of records will be shattered in Spain, Portugal, France, the Benelux, the UK, Scandinavia, Germany, the Alps, the Czech Republic and more. pic.twitter.com/TV9fpp3eTr
— Abnormal temperatures around the world (@extremetemps) May 20, 2026
Video and satellite photos show Iranian war oil spill on Persian Gulf island Associated Press
pandemic
Baroness Linforth gave a wonderful speech in the House of Lords today calling for cleaner indoor air in schools.
“Providing clean air to students and staff costs less than 10 cents per child per year – about the same cost as coffee and cake.”
☕️🧁 pic.twitter.com/aqItZRCSkN
— Cat in the Hat 🐈⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 (@_CatintheHat) May 20, 2026
The full text of Baroness Linforth’s speech can be viewed here.
If COVID-19 makes people “more vulnerable” to nearly all other pathogenic infections through multiple mechanisms, we would expect to see an increase in nearly all other pathogenic infections.
And that’s what we’re seeing.
Publish a news article that isn’t surprising at all:
— Turn (@1goodtern) May 19, 2026
ebola hemorrhagic fever
Ebola hemorrhagic fever and Marburg disease infection prevention and control guidelines WHO
It’s natural for you to be worried.
It’s like the pandemic never happened.
It’s a deliberate failure to understand aerosol transmission.
This even number describes >5u as droplets rather than aerosols.
they haven’t learned anything. pic.twitter.com/F7WoGdHtbs
— Dr. Evonne T. Curran💙🇺🇦 (@EvonneTCurran) May 20, 2026
One passenger said there was a shortage of masks for passengers.
— Jonathan Carlson (@TVreporter) May 21, 2026
hantavirus
Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship in Andes Mountains, 2026 The New England Journal of Medicine
It’s incredibly frustrating. We have cruise ship outbreak reports published in NEJM as well as excellent clinical, epidemiological, and genomic reports.
No mention of ventilation/filtration settings on board.
Folks, we keep doing this. Many MD/PhD… https://t.co/2gmUJHnrBQ
— Joseph Allen (@j_g_allen) May 20, 2026
Potential Malaria Re-Entry into the United States: CDC Report CIDRAP
China?
Visa-free travel, porcelain sets, oil and gas: highlights of Putin’s visit to China TASS
President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing demonstrated his unwavering alliance with Xi Jinping. But behind closed doors, the Strait of Hormuz crisis is completely disrupting the rules of Sino-Russian energy relations.
Hard data tells a different story.
🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/vFlE3CfcmR
— Francesco Sassi (@Frank_Stones) May 20, 2026
Let’s play hide and seek – Putin and Xi Jinping, let’s play hide and seek, we play hide and seek John Helmer
Nvidia says it has ‘largely transferred’ China’s AI chip market to Huawei CNBC
India
India faces LPG shortage of 400,000 barrels per day due to energy crisis Nikkei Asia
syrakistan
For those who don’t know, Freedom Fleet activists are foreign nationals from:
🇺🇸America
🇪🇸Spain
🇮🇹Italy
🇹🇷Turkey
🇫🇷France
🇩🇪Germany
🇧🇪Belgium
🇦🇺Australia
🇨🇦Canada
🇬🇧UK
🇬🇷Greece
🇦🇱Albania
🇵🇹Portugal.
And others.
Israel is doing this to your fellow countrymen.
— Hidden news. (@SuppressedNws1) May 20, 2026
From Gaza to Iran, the fear of AI-driven military targets Reporting for democracy
Elon Musk praises Israeli innovation as “No.1”. One of the world’s Jewish insiders
How Israeli-backed Suwayda became Syria’s drug capital New Lines Mag
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I had been waiting for this Axios report as the final sign of a fully coordinated military action by the US and Israel. #Iran Indeed, it may be imminent (I sincerely hope I’m wrong). https://t.co/MJwSKtbTl8 pic.twitter.com/gImNuejVdK
— HamidReza Azizi (@HamidRezaAz) May 20, 2026
Director Michael Bay tells the true story of the largest rescue operation in American history to save two pilots who crashed in Iran!
old blighty
Prisoners of Palestine’s actions could be sentenced as “terrorists”; Palestine remains a problem
Starmer’s inner circle knew about APCO’s Labor Together inquiry
discord in europe
EU considers stockpiling fertilizer as food crisis looms FT
Germany’s Merz proposes making Ukraine an “associate member” of the EU without voting rights France 24
Germany’s military aid to Ukraine is a key part of its grand strategy Andrew Korybko
German employment falls by 486,000 in first quarter DPA
Africa
Kenya cuts fuel prices after deadly semaphore protests
A new war that’s not so cold war
Kremlin reacts to ‘borderline madness’ threat from NATO state RT. Speaking of crazy:
Russia’s public threats against the Baltic states are completely unacceptable.
Let there be no doubt.
A threat to one member state is a threat to the entire EU.
Russia and Belarus are directly responsible for drones that endanger people’s lives and safety…
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) May 20, 2026
Wagnerization of events in Ukraine by Ukrainians
President Zelenskiy called the leader of the OUN, a Nazi collaborator with the Nazi police, the SD battalion, and the Galician SS division that carried out the genocide of Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians, a “hero of Ukraine” and announced that he would be reburied with state honors. Standing ovation for SS Galicia… pic.twitter.com/6IEP7gKslJ
— Ivan Katchanovski (@I_Katchanovski) May 19, 2026
south of the border
While punishing the site of the blockade, President Trump begins indictment of Raul Castro, warning of invasion of Cuba
US Nimitz airline enters Caribbean amid Trump threats against Cuba Telesur
Bolivian government charges labor leader with terrorism charges as police crack down on protests Common Dream. And now he’s playing in America.
Venezuela Betrayal Black Agenda Report
Return of the Conquistadors: The New US-Zionist Colonial Front Reshaping Latin America Fiorella Isabel and Vanessa Beeley
Trump 2.0
President Trump calls for the removal of members of Congress over disagreements over the truth about banquet hall funding
Judge orders White House staff to comply with Presidential Records Act, declared unconstitutional by Justice Department CBS News
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Trump IRS “slush fund”, Justice Department lawyers to be arrested on fraud charges Bloomberg
House Judiciary Republicans reject subpoena to new anti-weaponization fund founder Politico
Justice Department official tells Republican allies that Jan. 6 defendants will receive large restitution payments NBC News
Abortion clinic protesters eligible for payments from President Trump’s new ‘anti-weaponization’ fund Politico
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Terrorist ‘Body Count’ captivates White House Ken Klippenstein
Trump: “I’m at 99% approval rating in Israel right now. I could run for prime minister. So when this is over, I’ll probably go to Israel and run for prime minister.” pic.twitter.com/395pG2GYfz
— Aaron Looper (@atrupar) May 20, 2026
Israel in America
Pro-Israel groups celebrate Massi’s defeat and cheer on Jewish insider Love. After all, it cost a huge amount of money to defeat him.
There are some major anomalies at Massey Primary. Even though Massey increased turnout by nearly 20% in 2024, mail-in voting mysteriously appeared at the last minute and recorded turnout against Massey. pic.twitter.com/BlwgRm3U2H
— Marian Revealing Light 🍉 (@MaryannRevLight) May 20, 2026
Jewish groups back bipartisan Senate anti-Semitism bill, support $1 billion security allocation Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Democrats are the worst
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, championed by figures like Barney Frank, is frequently praised in political circles as a safeguard against the financial instability that characterized the 2008 financial crisis.
But under the bureaucracy… https://t.co/1BUKdJnnLl
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) May 20, 2026
imperial collapse watch
Upper floor, lower floor. Aurelian
The continuing fall of empire – Carl Sanchez’s rants
brick countries
BRICS brings calculators to crusade BettBeat
big brother is watching you
Disney accused of abusing facial recognition technology Los Angeles Times
accelerationist
Grinning Mask laughs at ‘accidentally’ cutting Ebola prevention to Everyday Beast. From February. More and more German. And no, the funds were not recovered.
central bank
Illusions, left-wing candidates, “hot weather” in the bond market…and President Petro’s battle with Colombia’s central bank Anne Pettifor
A.I.
flattering AI reduces prosocial intentions and promotes addiction science
How transformer shortages and system dynamics threaten America’s AI ambitions Warwick Powell
Intuit lays off more than 3,000 employees as it refocuses on AI TechCrunch
book corner
Literary award winner faces AI allegations. Feels like a new normal
economy
The sound of missile production echoes in an Arkansas town WSJ
guillotine watch
Bezos defends billionaires, hypes AI, talks taxes, praises Trump in CNBC interview CNBC
class war
U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion annually on union avoidance Economic Policy Institute
The brutal spirit of the left, trade unions, and mass organizations
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