Links 6/3/2026 | naked capitalism

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Spilling the tea on World Dhole Day Down to Earth

The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After The Raid TorrentFreak

Gone bananas: Cattelan’s Comedian stolen from Centre Pompidou-Metz exhibition The Art Newspaper

Anxious Readers Turn to God Publisher’s Weekly

Climate/Environment

A SCIENTIFIC CASE FOR CLIMATE OPTIMISM WITH TOM CROWTHER Atmos

Supreme Court’s Limitation on Wetlands Protection Will Make Flooding Worse Inside Climate News

Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System Critical to Climate and Ocean Research The Inertia

Pandemics

Long COVID Changed Everything Health Is Political

Long Covid is not “baffling” at all. There are thousands of publications which show multi-system pathology across all body systems, including extensive evidence of organ damage. The scientific and clinical evidence is undeniable and should be reported about accurately

— Dr Elisa Perego (@elisaperego78) June 1, 2026

Ebola

DR Congo Airport Reopens In Ebola-hit Area As Suspected Cases Drop AFP. And: “…the WHO reported that the number of suspected cases had declined to 116 from 906 late last week, based on information provided by the Congolese authorities.”

Only the Right Tests Can Stop This Ebola Outbreak. Congo Has Hardly Any. New York Times

China?

With Margins Squeezed, Chinese Auto Parts Suppliers Pivot to Robotics Yicai Global

A $6.7B battery recycling market Is being rewired Battery Chronicle

Southeast Asia

Washington Wants Myanmar’s Minerals Foreign Policy

Syraqistan

IRGC retaliates in strikes on US forces in Kuwait, Bahrain Al Mayadeen. Yves with a lot more in daily update.

Israeli exports of weapons ‘battle-tested’ in Gaza, Lebanon surged by 30 percent in 2025 The Cradle

Aipac affiliate has funded lavish trips to Israel for dozens of Congress members since 7 October, filings reveal The Guardian

US regional strategy in flux as Barrack assumes Iraq, Syria, Turkiye portfolios Amwaj

Old Blighty

Peter Mandelson invited UK PM to meet Palantir’s Thiel The Register

BRITAIN’S OVERCAPACITY of atrocious leaders is causing chaos internationally, analysts say.

The island nation produces more horrible leaders than it can use and unloads them on innocent countries around the world, a study shows.

– Tony Blair, associated with horrific war crimes… pic.twitter.com/98i4Nu4nYN

— Nury Vittachi (@NuryVittachi) June 2, 2026

European Disunion

Protests escalate in Albania over Kushner-linked $4B coastal tourism project TRT World. A coincidence that it’s at the site of massive Soviet bunker designed to withstand nuclear attack?

Ukraine and Moldova on course to start formal EU membership talks in June Politico

New Not-So-Cold War

Fire, smoke greet Putin’s Economic Forum as Ukraine strikes St. Petersburg oil terminal in major attack Kyiv Independent

Russia Ships Most Oil Since 2022 as Drones Strike Refineries Bloomberg

Reports of Russia’s Collapse Are Greatly Exaggerated The Moscow Times. When you’ve lost the Moscow Times…

Ukraine’s drone advantage temporary? Events in Ukraine

How Western Europe’s elites lost the plot over Russia Brian McDonald

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The Russian-Afghan Military-Technical Deal Is A Step Towards Closer Anti-Terrorist Cooperation Andrew Korybko

Moscow’s New Military Partner Has Something Russia Needs More Than Allies The Diplomat

The Caucasus

US Plans Energy Investments in Azerbaijan, Says $8 Billion in Deals Signed EnergyNow

Turkiye, Azerbaijan announce electricity corridor to Europe The Cradle

Trump 2.0

Trump Administration Announces Stricter Rules for Medicaid Work Requirement New York Times. Could also be filed under eugenics.

Trump drops anti-weaponization fund after rare Republican pushback Christian Science Monitor

Spook Country

Trump Names Bill Pulte as Director of National Intelligence—but Housing Official Will Continue to Oversee FHFA and Fannie and Freddie Realtor

Language warning:

He’s our current DNI director getting slapped in the face with a dildo at a GME / BBBY stock festival and being given an award that says “Bill Pulte Fucks – Only the Young”. Don’t read that last part too fast https://t.co/PVZsELd9ni

— henry (@DemNationalist) June 2, 2026

Exclusive-Top US spy agencies feud over turf, mission Reuters

Democrats Suck

NEW: This announcement has sparked a big pushback from major building unions, now working to kill the bill and the moratorium (or urge a future Hochul veto).

Updates coming. https://t.co/bgLatGJCXB

— Yancey Roy (@YanceyRoy) June 2, 2026

Wars Come Home

ADAM HAMAWY, DOCTOR WHO VOLUNTEERED IN GAZA, POISED TO BECOME PRO-PALESTINE REP. FROM NEW JERSEY The Intercept

Before Graham Platner ran for Senate, he witnessed SEALs kill a civilian in Ramadi The After-Action Report

These contributions didn’t come directly from AIPAC, but, helpfully, Collins does list in her FEC filing when a contribution was funneled “through AIPAC.” It adds up to about $1.6M and roughly a third of all her money. You can find it in the memo file looking like this: https://t.co/Ickveoz49f pic.twitter.com/hZxt12K5lM

— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) June 2, 2026

The Accelerationists

What a shame:

Tonight is shaping up to be a tough night for Silicon Valley and the tech sector.

Matt Mahan, the tech-backed California governor candidate, has conceded and had a poor showing given all the spending for him.

Self-funder Saikat Chakrabarti is not looking strong in a San…

— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) June 3, 2026

Becerra, Hilton leading in most uncertain California governor’s race in years CalMatters

Here is the Contract for Palantir’s Super API for the IRS 404 Media

DOGE Whistleblower Had His Brakes Cut Hours After Elon Put Him On Blast, Suit Alleges Gizmodo

AI Doesn’t Have ROI Ed Zitron

Trump’s AI E-(I)-O could let feds pick winners and losers The Register

Microsoft’s Big New Idea for AI Gadgets Is a Badge With a Camera Gizmodo

What AI race? China and U.S. AI worlds are tightly connected Rest of World

Why Aren’t We Measuring How AI Affects Humans? IEEE Spectrum

Police State Watch

PHILLY COPS ADMIT THAT THEY’RE TRACKING “FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITY” CRITICAL OF AI The Intercept

ICE Bought Eleven Warehouses for Mass Detention. It May Be Looking to Sell Them. Project Salt Box

Economy

Vitol Says Europe and US Aren’t Facing Up to Oil Supply Crunch Bloomberg. Oh they are:

Let Them Drive Less Ken Klippenstein. “Oil execs building corporate militias, fearing “Bastille” moment over gas prices.

I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about this. California will hit tank bottoms for jet and diesel by July 4th.

The Asian import arbitrage is dead, local refining is tapped, and none of this is reversible for 12-18 months.

Could this be the Energy Crisis’ Lehman moment? https://t.co/9pmVWJPrNv pic.twitter.com/0rhqTzPCbp

— Royen Capital ✈️👨🏿‍✈️🇱🇷💹🛢️🌊⚽ (@CaptainRoyen) June 2, 2026

Global food price inflation is accelerating:

Thailand’s white rice prices surged +20% in May, the biggest monthly increase in data going back to 2008.

This benchmark used for Asian rice prices has surged +26% since April, to ~$480 per ton, while Chicago rice futures prices… pic.twitter.com/V7Q1ZaPHHy

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) June 2, 2026

Guillotine Watch