In unrelated news, the USS Eisenhower has moved about 1000km since last week, away from Yemen and towards the Suez Canal. Completely unrelated, I’m told.
I know naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca is our resident climate activist, but they were tempbanned for shit talking some idiot peddling MBFC… I’m posting this, but know where it came from and pls unban them.
All the complaints about supposed violations of international law that the US has made in the past really ring hollow now that Johnson has said the quiet part out loud: international bodies are designed to control the “impoverished, barbaric” Global East and South, not the “enlightened” Global West.
Usually not the biggest fan of bellingcat because they tend to be overconfident (and often wrong as a result), but when you have a surplus of information like in this case there’s little they can deny…
The NED is not the CIA (and the degree of inter-agency cooperation is likely not much greater than that between the CIA and NSA), but it serves the same purpose as an arm of the US intelligence apparatus. This is indisputable, as admitted directly by the founder of the NED.
IIRC with the pending fall of the Soviet Union (the primary counterweight to US influence) the US no longer saw a need for covertly influencing governments.
World's First High-definition Geologic Atlas of the Moon Unveiled (english.cas.ac.cn)
US denies Yemen rebels claim of strike on USS Eisenhower (www.theaustralian.com.au)
Majority for EU chat control possible – Users who refuse scanning to be prevented from sharing photos and links (www.patrick-breyer.de)
Clean energy transitions are cheaper than the fossil-fueled path we are currently on (www.iea.org)
Chinese scientists develop cure for diabetes, insulin patient becomes medicine-free in just 3 months (m.economictimes.com)
The United States used to have cachet in China. Not anymore. (www.washingtonpost.com)
US Speaker Johnson: "We don't put any international body above our sovereignty" (youtu.be)
Egyptian soldier shot dead in border incident with Israel (www.bbc.com)
Boeing whistleblower John Barnett died by suicide, police investigation concludes (www.cbsnews.com)
Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show (www.washingtonpost.com)
Aid arriving in Gaza via US-made pier but distribution blocked, says US aid chief (www.theguardian.com)
The Rise and Fall of China's LGFVs (www.cogitations.co)
Strike That Killed World Central Kitchen Workers Bears Hallmarks of Israeli Precision Strike (www.bellingcat.com)
Biden administration set to greenlight $18 billion sale of F-15 fighter jets to Israel (edition.cnn.com)
China calls for probe after five Chinese engineers killed in suicide attack in Pakistan (indianexpress.com)