Lambert and I, along with many readers, agree that Ukraine has sparked the worst information environment ever. We hope readers will cooperate in the comments to reduce the fog of war – real fog and stage fog. None of us need more cheerleaders and linkless repeat memes; there are platforms. Low-value, unlinked pom pom-waves will be hit immediately.

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– Yves

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Fungi’s language stems from their electrical spiking activity Royal Society Open Science. Abstract: “Assuming that fungi use electrical activity spikes to communicate and process information in mycelial networks, we group spikes into words and perform linguistic and informational complexity analysis of fungal spike activity. We demonstrate that the distribution of fungal word lengths is similar to that of humans. The distributions of languages ??matched. We also constructed algorithms and Liz-Zempel complexity hierarchies for fungal sentences and showed that S. commune species generated the most complex sentences.” More from the Guardian. “Fungus Sentence.” Neat!

Tanis: Scientists claim to have found dinosaur fossils killed in asteroid impact BBC

climate

Atmospheric methane increase sets another record in 2021 NOAA

Politics is an obstacle to tackling climate change foot

Climate scientists are desperate: we’re crying, begging and being arrested guardian

#Coronavirus disease

‘Pokemon’, WhatsApp chats: Lawsuit reveals inner workings of nationwide COVID testing operation usa today

China?

Summary, Analysis and Simulation of Recent COVID-19 Outbreaks in Mainland China (preprint) med??Rvix. Simulation model.Conclusion: “It is not a wise strategy to withdraw all prevention and control measures until all infected populations have been cleared. 100% stopping the spread of COVID-19 infection is key. Strategies for early clearance or reduction of epidemic spread [are] possible. “

China’s lockdown puts working-class and poor provinces at risk of ‘re-poverty’ South China Morning Post

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What lessons has China learned from Putin’s war? foreign policy

Russian MP: Russia is fully willing to settle in RMB and has started negotiations with China what to read in china

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China rips Pelosi apart in reported Taiwan trip, sets up showdown Bloomberg

China warns of U.S. arms supply to Taiwan TASS

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Sudden power failure while driving!Tesla recalls nearly 130,000 vehicles and announces price hikes what to read in china

Taiwan abandons zero COVID strategy: Health minister Channel News Asia

New Zealand’s top health official resigns as COVID deaths mount WSWS

Myanmar

Myanmar central bank vice-president appointed by military junta shot dead Reuters. Send a message.

Sketches smuggled out of Insein prison reveal harsh conditions Al Jazeera

India

I don’t know how representative this response to America’s muscular India is. despite this:

Roaring in this situation: Biden’s White House authority in the US has disappeared; Democrats eyeing midterm election defeat; US allies faltered by massive counterattack of anti-Russian sanctions; US global prestige, influence due to Ukraine conflict damaged by pre- and post-processing. https://t.co/WlGDwiaGKD

– Zorawar Daulet Singh (@Z_DauletSingh) April 7, 2022

Sri Lanka: Gota needs to go – but so does the nation-state Al Jazeera

India sends over 270,000 tonnes of petrol and diesel to Sri Lanka under line of credit Mint. Comment:

The street has spoken. Will Sri Lankan strongmen listen? Bloomberg. Comment:

UK/EU

Emmanuel Macron with anger and aloofness as France’s election day approaches foot

2022 Presidential Election: The Perils of Uncertain Ballots Le Monde. From their new English version. Give Thomas Frank a column!

Why Viktor Orbán keeps winning bystander

new less cold war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks with Arnab Goswami on Russian invasion (Video) Republic. India. Zelensky, 2:13: “I can tell you and your people that I’m not ready to have any answer to Minister Lavrov’s claim that Butcha’s situation is false. Well, look at the words of this man .” Not impressive. 9:38: Zelensky wants to negotiate one-on-one with Putin.

Greek Azov fighter overshadows Zelensky’s speech to Greek parliament Greek journalist. Well, when Zelensky finally enters the US Congress, let’s hope he won’t be so careless. If he’s not careful.

Whitewashing the Nazis won’t help Ukraine Blanco Masetic, Jacobin

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U.S. shale and LNG companies meet with European countries over supply crisis Reuters

On Friday’s Blind Spot (Jerkin, nukes, democracy) Isabella Kaminska, Blindspot. To quote Daniel Yergin:

I’m still very confused as to why serious financial Twitter folks can’t understand the basic fact that shutting down Russian gas/oil is hurting us more than them. Or, if leaders go ahead with this policy, how much they will ultimately be responsible for causing global famine and mass poverty.

I have absolutely no confidence that the rest of the world would be willing to make the sacrifices necessary to make this policy a viable long-term policy.

Yes, the short-term impact on Russia may be more painful for them than for us. But the slow-burn effect on the rest of the world could be far greater. . Realigning the energy system will take at least 2 to 5 years, during which time too many people may die from the imbalances that the policy will cause.

US diplomat: Mediterranean gas pipeline to Europe not feasible Associated Press

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Collect corpses in Bucha New Yorker. “A team of Ukrainian volunteers say they have picked up three hundred bodies since the Russians withdrew.”

happy Anniversary:

Today is the 4th anniversary of the Douma massacre. The US claimed it was a chemical weapons attack and bombed Syria. The OPCW found no evidence of the CW, but its findings were doctored and reviewed. It was also confirmed that the scene of the hospital was staged.

The OPCW’s continued cover-up denies justice to the victims of Douma.

— Aaron Matt (@aaronjmate) April 7, 2022

If we really had a “rules-based international order” we would do this:

This is why it is vital that the United States recognize and support an International Criminal Court with jurisdiction over all countries, including the United States. That should be the norm for America’s crimes in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. But like Russia, the United States refused to ratify the treaty.

— Jeremy Scahill (@jeremyscahill) April 7, 2022

UN suspends Russia’s access to human rights bodies, Moscow then withdraws Reuters

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Breaking with the past, the US is using Intel to fight an information war with Russia, even if Intel isn’t rock solid NBC. “‘Not necessarily reliable intelligence,’ a US official said. “It’s more important than they go further [the Russians], especially Putin, before they do something. ‘” So, those who do the hype drive. Good to know.

U.S. officials admit they were really just lying to the public about Russia Caitlin Johnstone

Whitewashing corruption in Ukraine American Conservative Party

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Ukraine calls on NATO: ‘Weapons, weapons, weapons’ irish times

US trains ‘few’ Ukrainian troops on ‘Switchblade’ drone hill. Since last fall. Only a dozen. In the U.S. “For military training.” Really? Where? American School?

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The US will be the ultimate winner of the Ukraine crisis Janan Ganesh, Financial Times

The State Department failed to prevent the war. Will it stop peace now? American Conservative Party. The State Department’s job is to wage war, not prevent it. But the text is much better than the title.

Russia suffers heavy losses in Ukraine, it’s a ‘huge tragedy’ – Kremlin spokesman TASS

Biden administration

To preserve his reputation, the court must overturn Roe in full National Review. Too bad the Democrats never codified Roe v. Wade into law. On the plus side, they raised a lot of money from “fight for it.”

shortage

Index Risk: The Only Two Black Swans That Matter Agriculture Net

Guest Post: Stainless Steel Shortages in the U.S. metal miner

Our famous free news

What if Fox News viewers switched to CNN? Matt Iglesias, Bloomberg

health care

Judgment under uncertainty Barry Ritholtz, large image. “Making good investment decisions is no different than making good healthcare decisions.” because the market…

Zeitgeist watch

asshole Consortium News. Very worth reading.

Class struggle

Biden offers rhetoric to Amazon workers, but no action lever

Instacart claims it can now protect workers’ tips even as *sshole customers bait and switch edge

Antitrust case against gig economy labor platforms Marshall Steinbaum, Law and Political Economy. important!

Peter Thiel claims ‘financial geriatric politics’ is holding back Bitcoin foot. Michael Pettis“I’m all for a ‘revolutionary youth movement’ that upends finance and threatens billionaires, but does it have to involve raising the price of assets held by senior billionaires?”

Daily Antidote (pass):

musical interlude.

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