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Pfizer CEO Discusses His Subsequent Breakthrough Know-how – CPU Tablet That Makes Certain You’re Compliant BitChute (furzy)

Our Authentic Founders Had been Indigenous Girls Who Managed Their Personal Our bodies RSN (furzy)

Scientists uncover ‘ghost’ fossils beneath a microscope CNN (Kevin W)

Dangerous remedy aeon

#COVID-19

Science/Drugs

Genetic variants could assist clarify the variability in COVID-19 severity, examine suggests Information-medical.web (Kevin W)

“Reinfections are uncommon” 🚩
33.5% of each day infections in Quebec are reinfections. And 40% of these had already had covid between Dec ‘21 and April ‘22.

So we have now 4700 to 7700 reinfections a day, of which 1900 to 3000 *a day* already had covid b/w Dec 21 and April 22.
Uncommon 🚩🙃 https://t.co/EtKBYF1KWX

— Dr. Lisa Iannattone (@lisa_iannattone) May 21, 2022

Placing this right here as a result of scientist GM stays satisfied that the chances are very excessive the childhood hepatitis is Covid associated however the officialdom can not go there as a result of Covid is meant to be over:

U.S. experiences 180 circumstances of unexplained hepatitis in kids STAT (Kevin W)

GM severely not joyful about this: U.S. CDC says adenovirus main speculation for extreme hepatitis in kids Reuters. Observe the Twitter dialogue beneath to get an concept why:

That is the fulminant hepatitis instructing module from CDC. This tells you every thing you could know in regards to the bias operating deep inside CDC, enjoying with very ailing kids’s lives.

😡🤬 pic.twitter.com/8E6792j3Qy

— Farid Jalali MD (@farid__jalali) May 20, 2022

Asia

European airways warn they’ll bypass Hong Kong if Covid journey curbs stay South China Morning Submit (J-LS)

US

That is getting worse by the day

23 US states are actually within the world prime 50 for brand spanking new circumstances per capita

That is a comparability of US states with 195 nations

Inform me once more we’re again to regular

1/https://t.co/wJgUlVS58D

— Philip Schellekens (@fibke) May 20, 2022

Monkeypox

Monkeypox: 80 circumstances confirmed in 12 nations BBC

CDC screens 6 folks in US for doable uncommon monkeypox, says public ‘shouldn’t be involved’ CNN (Kevin W)

Concern grows as extra nations detect monkeypox DW, YouTube. GM: “And the ‘gentle’ rhetoric is already in play.”

Monkeypox is within the US information and now looks like the proper time to inform this story of a human outbreak of Monkeypox in Cameroon in 2018 which highlights a few of the many challenges researchers in low earnings nations face to publish and inform essential tales.
A 🧵

— BK Titanji #IAmAScientist🇨🇲 (@Boghuma) July 18, 2021

Local weather/Atmosphere

Historic heatwave poised to hit dozens of US states this weekend Guardian

The Annihilation of Florida: An Neglected Nationwide Tragedy Present Affairs (guurst)

Environmental Advocates Say Public Remark Is Taking a Again Seat in Biden’s Push to Export Extra LNG DeSmogBlog

China?

China seeks extra island safety pacts to spice up clout in Pacific Monetary Occasions

How China makes use of world media to unfold its views — and misinformation Grid. Resilc: “Soooooooooo, USA USA would nevah do dat.”

The Australian election map has been mendacity to you ABC Australia

India

When Indian mangoes returned to america Hindustan Occasions (J-LS)

Regardless of Speak of Free Agri Market, Modi Govt’s Export Insurance policies Are Advert Hoc and Whimsical The Wire

Sri Lanka might face meals scarcity from August, warns prime minister The Scroll (J-LS)

New Not-So-Chilly Conflict

Russia’s Vitality Big Rosneft Publicizes Germany’s Ex-chancellor’s Departure Amid Scrutiny RepublicWorld (J-LS)

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Turkey’s Erdogan Accuses Sweden Of Aiding Terrorists Amid Stockholm’s Bid To Be part of NATO RepublicWorld

US specialists skeptical of Finland, Sweden NATO bid Asia Occasions (resilc)

Nato Growth and Turkey Craig Murray. Sadly Murray’s studying of how we acquired right here is extra proof of the depth of lack of knowledge/vulnerability to propaganda of individuals within the West who type themselves as impartial thinkers. Putin has not had designs on Ukraine. The proximate reason for the Maidan occasions was that Yanukovich wished to signal an affiliation settlement with the EU, when Russia had lengthy had what amounted to a FTA with Ukraine, which included no tariffs. If Ukraine proceeded, it will imply EU items might enter Russia tariff free through Ukraine, however not the reverse. Putin mentioned to Ukraine, “You are able to do no matter you want however we aren’t going to pay for it” that means the FTA could be cancelled if Ukraine stayed on track. Russia ALSO supplied to barter with the EU and Ukraine to discover a resolution however the EU refused. Yanukovich paused, not nixed, transferring ahead on the EU deal. That led to the Maidan protests, which had been peaceable till Proper Sector and different muscle confirmed up. Oliver Stone’s documentary Ukraine on Fireplace gives an excellent overview of the Maidan coup.

Putin was against the Donbass republics declaring independence. And Jacques Baud, who was in control of NATO’s weapons containment program in 2014, mentioned NATO discovered no proof that Russia was supplying arms, that the Soviet materiel was because of the separatists capturing Ukrainian gear, which was related in sort to Russian.

Russia could have equipped weapons later however the level is that claiming Russia ginned this battle up “over a decade in the past” out of expansionist needs is a fabrication. Russia additionally acquired the separatists to return to the negotiating desk for the Minsk Accords, one thing they didn’t need to do, and settle for a mere exemption from the anti-Russian language and different legal guidelines and practices designed to harass ethnic Russians, versus independence.

I additionally imagine Murray is mistaken about Russia surrendering territory. Russia is more likely to official info on the bottom by holding referenda as they did in Crimea, constructing on the precedent the US utilized in Kosovo (I’d assume the perfect path for Russia could be to assemble an impartial state or statelets, however who is aware of what occurs subsequent). The one method they may give territory again (after which it must be not strongly ethnic Russian; Putin and the management would face loads of home opposition in any other case) could be for an enormous rollback of the financial sanctions, which I don’t see occurring. The West will attempt screaming that the vote was fastened, however the truth that Russia can take cities like Mariupol in 1/4 or much less the time it took the US to clear similar-sized cities like Mosul and Raqqa (when the buildings in these cities had been additionally much less sturdy and thus would have been considerably much less defensible) is oblique affirmation of great native help.

Russia To Set Up 12 Army Items Close to Western Border Amid Finland And Sweden’s NATO Bid Republic World

Moldova must be geared up to Nato commonplace, says UK’s Truss BBC

Russia To Finish Gasoline Provide To Finland From Might 21 After Helsinki Refuses To Pay In Rubles Republic World

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Russian rouble rallies to March 2018 degree in opposition to greenback Reuters (resilc)

4 Methods to Perceive the $54 Billion in U.S. Spending on Ukraine New York Occasions (furzy)

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Russian military takes management of Mariupol’s Azovstal metal plant Guardian (Kevin W)

Минобороны России заявило о полном освобождении территории «Азовстали» Izvestia. Extra on Azovstal. John Helmer despatched me a translation, however Google Translate refuses to course of the URL, so you have to to chop and paste the textual content into the translator of your alternative for those who can’t learn the unique.

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Blinken Says Putin Is Utilizing Meals Shortages as a Weapon of Conflict Vice. Resilc: “Like we have now no pores and skin within the blame?????????”

Can Africa exchange Russia because the EU’s predominant supply of fuel? RT (Kevin W)

ATP, WTA over Russia, Belarus ban Metro (Kevin W)

Revealed: CIA-Educated Militia Used US-Made Weapons in Lethal Assault Vice (resilc)

Syraqistan

Continually on the verge of Collapse: How Palestinians grew to become the Linchpin of Israeli Politics Juan Cole. Resilc cites:

Although the Israeli proper has dominated the nation’s politics for a few years, particularly since 1996, it stays fractious and opportunistic. The fixed have to feed the insatiable urge for food of the nation’s highly effective right-wing constituency retains pushing Israel’s right-wing events additional to the fitting. They’re merely united round such values because the racial and spiritual supremacy of Israeli Jews, their hate for Palestinians and Arabs, the will to broaden the unlawful Jewish settlements and the rejection of any mediated resolution that would offer Palestinians with their fundamental human rights.

Massive Brother is Watching You Watch

FBI Gives Chicago Police With Faux Social Media Identities Intercept. Furzy hoists: “Inner paperwork additionally reveal that police can take over informants’ social media accounts and pose as them on-line.”

Imperial Collapse Watch

Grid monitor warns of U.S. blackouts in ‘sobering report’ EnergyWire

Google ‘Personal Looking’ Mode Not Actually Personal, Texas Lawsuit Says Reuters

Tesla Asking House owners to Restrict Charging Throughout Texas Heatwave Isn’t a Good Signal The Drive (Kevin W)

Biden

Federal Judge Blocks Biden Administration From Ending Title 42 Wall Street Journal

German producer prices soar 33% annually in April, highest increase on record MarketWatch

UK pharmacists to offer alternatives to out of stock HRT products Guardian (Kevin W). Opaque as to why the supply is short.

As the American people struggle with rising gas prices & inflation, the permanent Washington establishment rushed to send $40B to Ukraine w/o defining what “winning” is & how this ends. They’d rather serve the interests of the military industrial complex than the American people.

— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) May 20, 2022

U.S. Client Spending On Gasoline Has Doubled In 12 Months OilPrice

Tesla’s golden second is over Unherd (resilc)

Simply in case you occur to get a Uber/Lyft that is a Tesla folks have to know if there is a emergency door launch within the automobile. https://t.co/bGxaXHybRc

— Alycia (@alyciadotj) May 21, 2022

Crypto Trades Elevate Questions About Inside Information Wall Avenue Journal

Hashed Pockets Takes $3.5 Billion Hit, Delphi Digital Discloses Loss After Terra’s LUNA Collapse Coindesk

Lagarde Says Crypto Is ‘Price Nothing’ and Ought to Be Regulated Bloomberg. She has the heart to say this solely now?

Class Warfare

Hannah Rector, Lindenwood Gymnastics alum (‘17) has been identified with breast most cancers at 26 💔. Her insurance coverage gained’t cowl a majority of her remedy and she or he’s a resident doctor(!). I’m heartbroken for her prognosis and infuriated at our healthcare system. Her Venmo in 4th pic pic.twitter.com/MeXRlpXxmU

— KE (@KF_Edwards) May 20, 2022

GM who lived overseas as a baby, added:

My mother was a nurse, and I virtually grew up within the hospital.

It was unthinkable for the healthcare system to not handle its personal staff even in the course of the darkest moments of the 90s, they at all times acquired precedence remedy and often with none cost even for issues that others needed to pay for.

However that has modified now there too, as a result of we’re following the enlightened lead of others. Thanks, America…

Courtroom Throws Out Girl’s $300,000 Hospital Invoice YouTube (HotFlash)

Antidote du jour. MarkT: “Catching a experience with mother.” Picture taken by household visiting Kruger Nationwide Park a couple of days again.

See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.