World’s largest animal rediscovered in Seychelles after being wiped out by hunting Metro (furzy)
The Most Powerful Cosmic Ray Since the Oh-My-God Particle Puzzles Scientists Nature
The sordid lessons of Kinderläden Unherd (Userfriendly)
Mysterious respiratory illness sickens dogs NPR (David L)
The Rolling Stones — with an average age of 78 — are hitting the road again in 2024 with a 16-city tour. It’s sponsored by AARP (seriously) Axios (Dr. Kevin). Better living through chemistry!
#COVID-19
No one could have foreseen this.
“Ontario COVID wastewater signal hits one-year peak: ‘Your chance of being exposed is very high’” https://t.co/2f2EpHfLEP
— T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) November 25, 2023
When the first researchers started to propose that Covid would cause AIDS like immune dysfunction, one of the main pushbacks was that since Covid had infected most of the population, we should be seeing surges of opportunistic infections & bacterial pneumoniae if that was true. https://t.co/cmZl4q7Cdb
— Stephanie Tait ♿️ (@StephTaitWrites) November 24, 2023
A new radical approach needed for Long COVID research ME Association (Seamus O)
China?
New beginning or dismal end for the Belt and Road? Asia Times
How China Lost Europe The Diplomat
EU-China Summit: the trust deficit threatening trade and diplomacy South China Morning Post
China Supplies Data To WHO About Clusters of Respiratory Illness Guardian
No New Pathogen, WHO’s Line, Why China?: What We Know About the ‘Unknown Pneumonia’ Outbreak The Wire
Climate/Environment
Why COP28 Could Be the Most Contentious in Years Foreign Policy. Would be good news. Means some countries finally getting serious.
‘You can walk around in a T-shirt’: how Norway brought heat pumps in from the cold Guardian (Kevin W)
Avocados have destroyed my country — and It’s the United States’ fault Washington Post (furzy)
Deaths From Coal Pollution Have Dropped, But Emissions May be Twice as Deadly New York Times
European Disuion
The tension simmering beneath the Dublin riots The Spectator
Geert Wilders faces early setback in Dutch coalition talks Financial Times (Kevin W)
‘It Snowballed:’ How a Knife Attack in Dublin Led to a Riot New York Times. I hate to point this out, but nowhere does the story say the rumor was untrue, that that the attacker was not an immigrant. Ditto Sky News (Dublin riots: Everything we know about the knife attack and police clashes) when it merely says that attack was stand-alone and not part of terrorist activity. Now it is correct that people should not rampage before someone has at least been charged. But the insinuation is that the rumors were false, as opposed to vigilantes should not try to usurp due process. After all, we in the US think it’s perfectly OK to destroy the careers of people merely accused of sexual misconduct, as opposed to waiting for the courts to do their work.
‘F**k the EU’: Nuland’s decade-old Maidan quip has never been more true RT
The election of Milei and the breakdown of Peronism and bourgeois democracy in Argentina WSWS
Gaza
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 49: Four-day truce begins in Gaza after a night of heavy bombardment Mondoweiss
Dramatic hostage deal doesn’t erase Israeli view: War only on pause Christian Science Monitor
The hostages’ families should have been jailed to shut them up, says former US citizen who was an Israeli spy Business Insider (Li)
The BBC is reporting that Israeli forces have opened fire on Palestinians trying to return to their homes in the north of the Gaza strip pic.twitter.com/7J0O4Gd0zR
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) November 24, 2023
‘We are overwhelmed’: southern Gaza’s exhausted doctors forced to leave children to die Guardian (Dr. Kevin)
Absolutely chilling words from @UNReliefChief Martin Griffith that really put into perspective just how historically atrocious what’s happening in Gaza is:
“The. Worst. Ever. And I don’t say that lightly. I mean I started off in my twenties dealing with Khmer rouge and you… https://t.co/Ijv3dT8ekA
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 22, 2023
Israel in diplomatic dispute with Spain and Belgium over Gaza bombardment Financial Times
Israeli forces are forcibly storming the residences of families of released Palestinian hostages, seizing celebratory items such as sweets, dispersing extended family members & instructing parents & neighbors against expressing joy or any manifestation of happiness. I kid you not
— Hanine Hassan حنين (@Hanine09) November 24, 2023
No Ceasefire in the Propaganda War Craig Murray
As Israel pounds Gaza, BBC journalists accuse broadcaster of bias Aljazeera
Joe Biden Moves to Lift Nearly Every Restriction on Israel’s Access to U.S. Weapons Stockpile Intercept
In 1988, it was estimated that each member of the Israeli military received subsidization from the US at about $9,750 per year
In 1988, the annual amount of Social Security payments dispensed to the most destitute elderly and disabled Americans was $4,248 pic.twitter.com/TUvRSQ0APl
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) November 24, 2023
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine war: Kyiv hit by biggest drone attack since war began BBC
Bad history makes for bad policy on Ukraine Responsible Statecraft
Trudeau blames ‘MAGA influence’ for stirring debate on Ukraine Politico (Kevin W)
Germany to supply Ukraine with IRIS-T systems in $1.4 billion package Defense News
Versus: US, Germany trying to nudge Ukraine to negotiating table — Bild TASS
Zelensky flags new military conscription drive RT
Finland warns Russia it is prepared to shut all border points over migrant pressure Financial Times
PERSONAL UPDATE: THE BLESSINGS & BATTLES OF LIFE IN RUSSIA Hal Freeman. More personal than some of his other posts, but still interesting.
Biden
‘Pipe down’: Biden allies step up calls for Dems to rally around president The Hill
Biden advises supporters on how to argue with their families RT, Kevin W: “Link at https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1727688106629824520“
Police State Watch
Derek Chauvin’s fight to live after brutal prison stabbing: George Floyd’s killer cop needed ‘lifesaving measures’ in medium-security jail – to which he had been transferred for his own safety Daily Mail
AI
India Seeks To Regulate Deepfakes Techcrunch
Putin Says West Cannot Have AI Monopoly So Russia Must Up Its Game Reuters
ChatGPT Generates Fake Data Set To Support Scientific Hypothesis Nature
Existing homeowners with 3% mortgages remain frozen in place, as sales fall to a new 28 year low Angry Bear
Economists May Have Been Flying Blind All Along Bloomberg (furzy)
NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company’s code EndGadget (Kevin W)
Office Landlords Can’t Get a Loan Anymore Wall Street Journal
The Bezzle
ECB Chief Lagarde Admits Her Son Lost Crypto Cash Reuters
Elon Musk says the Tesla Cybertruck will be bulletproof. That remains to be seen. Business Insider
Class Warfare
This is absolutely staggering: wages are now set to remain below their 2008 level until 2028. That’s a totally unprecedented TWO lost decades of pay growth pic.twitter.com/l2GQ4OR6mh
— Torsten Bell (@TorstenBell) November 23, 2023
Swedish union blocks Tesla components as dispute intensifies Reuters (Kevin W)
Why Long-Term Care Insurance Falls Short for So Many KFF Health News
Antidote du jour. Looks like he thinks he didn’t get his share of turkey:
A bonus antidote (Chuck L):
How a beaver fells a tree
pic.twitter.com/M3y8stwlGh— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) November 22, 2023
Yet another bonus:
the cutest video you will see today pic.twitter.com/xfJ8Gm4Ofr
— why you should have an animal (@shouldhaveanima) November 24, 2023
And a third (guurst):
Los pulpos son increíbles pic.twitter.com/a4djt6OcXu
— Conspiraciones (@ConspiracionESP) November 23, 2023
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
