Typisch: Statt längere Ferien für Lehrlinge: Bürgerliche Politiker wollen Gymi-Ferien verkürzen https://www.watson.ch/!482092036

Ein neues Enthüllungsbuch über Facebook erzählt Ungeheuerlichkeiten aus dem Machtzentrum von Mark Zuckerbergs Milliardenkonzern. https://www.woz.ch/2524/auf-allen-kanaelen/hass-klicks-kohle/!1M7K723ZV9Y9

Das piepsende Elend: In seinem Buch «Die Verkrempelung der Welt» geht Gabriel Yoran der Frage nach, warum Firmen oft wenig Interesse an guten Produkten zeigen. https://www.woz.ch/2524/konsumkritik/von-schrott-umzingelt/!80XXZSGD4JHX

Song of the Day 🆕️🔥: https://open.spotify.com/track/3fegvXZ7BPZK9qb5oroCGb

A few weeks back, we asked for your thoughts on the growing interest in longevity – from emerging trends to treatments designed to extend our lifespan. Most of you said you’d like to read more about this, so it seems only right to start with the Basel-based researcher whose work sparked a revolution in the field.

Over 30 years ago Michael Hall, a molecular biologist at the University of Basel, made a groundbreaking discovery of the gene Target of Rapamycin, or TOR, that proved critical to the development of many cancer drugs. Today his seminal work is fuelling this area of healthcare research.

You can read the full story here 👉 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/healthcare-innovation/the-basel-researcher-whose-work-triggered-a-longevity-revolution/89102004

And react with ⏳if you’d like to read more on the topic.

Postnoscript on Legalism

https://crimethinc.com/Legalism

Donald Trump and his administration employ the laws and courts wherever it suits them. Wherever laws and courts pose an obstacle to their program, they disregard those right up to the limit imposed by the current balance of power within the state.

It is clear for all to see that for them, the law is simply one of many weapons—it has no power to bind them. Yet many of Trump’s opponents continue hamstring resistance by focusing on questions of legality and other niceties, failing to grasp the reality of the situation.

Good idea: Return rivers to their natural paths

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/15/record-number-river-blocking-dams-removed-europe

Europe dismantled 542 river-blocking dams, weirs, culverts and sluices in 2024, a report has found, helping a record number of waterways resume their natural course

“Healthy, free-flowing rivers are central to adapting to the climate crisis and boosting biodiversity, but Europe’s rivers are the most fragmented in the world,” he said. “We need to keep scaling up the removal of small obsolete dams that are blocking our rivers and set new records every year.”

Meandering rivers have slower flow speeds, evaporate more water, create more biodiversity and less erosion. They are also less prone to flooding than their straightened counter parts.

United States, Pew Research poll:

Job approval rating for President Donald Trump (GOP, right)

Disapprove: 58% (-1)
Approve: 41% (+1)

+/- vs. April 7-13, 2025

Fieldwork: June 2-8, 2025
Size: 5,044

#USA

Der Sozialist Zohran Mamdani könnte der nächste Bürgermeister von New York werden. Seine Kampagne, die die Sorgen arbeitender Menschen anspricht und Establishment-Demokraten in Bedrängnis bringt, sollte ein Vorbild für die Linke sein, findet Jacobin-Gründer Bhaskar Sunkara.

https://jacobin.de/artikel/zohran-mamdani-buergermeister-new-york-bhaskar-sunkara

https://time.com/7295195/ai-chatgpt-google-learning-school/

It is now scientifically proven that using AI makes you less intelligent.

Israel und Iran – wie aus heimlich Verbündeten Feinde wurden https://www.watson.ch/!545717611

Wo Russland, China und die arabischen Länder im Krieg zwischen Israel und Iran stehen https://www.watson.ch/!981923591

Good idea: sand batteries

https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/06/15/sand-batteries-could-be-key-breakthrough-in-storing-solar-and-wind-energy-year-round

The world’s largest sand battery has started working in the southern Finnish town of Pornainen.
Capable of storing 100 MWh of thermal energy from solar and wind sources, it will enable residents to eliminate oil from their district heating network, thereby cutting emissions by nearly 70 per cent

Vielfach wird angenommen, Donald Trump und Wladimir Putin verbinde ein gemeinsames konservatives Weltbild. In Wirklichkeit streben sie aber gar nicht in die Vergangenheit zurück, sondern treiben die antisoziale Logik unserer Gegenwart ins Extrem.

https://jacobin.de/artikel/donald-trump-wladimir-putin-koservative-neoliberalismus