She spent a month trying to help stray dog whose head was stuck in a jug WaPo
Coyote vs Dog (It’s Not Always as Obvious as You May Think) Field and Stream
New calf brings new hope, and new concerns, for embattled Sumatran rhinos Monga Bay
Goods Deflation Is Back. It Could Speed Inflation’s Return to 2%. WSJ
US retail lobbyists retract key claim on ‘organized’ retail crime Reuters
Climate
Climate change terror Arctic News
COP28 creates fund for vulnerable countries for loss and damage from climate change—but will it reach vulnerable people? Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Frontier Carbon Removal Fund Makes $57 Million Bet on Crushed Rocks Bloomberg
Relying on Carbon Capture and Storage Could Unleash ‘Carbon Bomb’ Common Dreams
We followed an old-growth detective into the forest to fact-check B.C.’s suspicious claims about the age of trees The Narwhale
The Climate Canvasses of the Little Ice Age JSTOR Daily
Water
A ‘thirsty’ generative AI boom poses a growing problem for Big Tech CNBC
Bitcoin Mining Used More Water Than New York City Last Year WSJ
#COVID19
Health workers at highest COVID risk least likely to always follow infection-control protocols, study finds Center for Disease Research and Policy
Opinion: This is a pandemic of attrition Calgary Herald
Childhood pneumonia outbreak in Ohio unrelated to China, Europe WaPo
China?
Sorry America, China has a bigger economy than you FT
What Will It Take for China’s GDP to Grow at 4–5 Percent Over the Next Decade? Michael Pettis, China Financial Markets
People in China Are Starting to Worry About COVID Testing and Controls Coming Back Time. And just like us, China has done nothing to clean their air….
Syraqistan
If you say so:
WH’s John Kirby:
“It is not the Israeli Defense Forces’ strategy to kill innocent people.
“It’s not like the Israelis are sitting around every morning and saying, ‘Hey, how many more civilians can we kill today?’
“They are not doing that. They are trying to go after Hamas.” pic.twitter.com/M0uP2kVovx
— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) December 7, 2023
But see NC here at “Amalek”, and here on “resettlement.”
Israel’s use of disproportionate force is a long-established tactic – with a clear aim Guardian
Will Netanyahu risk a tunnel conflict to ‘eradicate Hamas’, stay in power? Al Jazeera. The tunnels are a distraction….
US focuses on reducing Houthi threat in the Red Sea Splash 247
Journalists killed and injured in Lebanon: AFP’s investigation points to Israeli army Agence France Presse
Israel’s Assassinations Road to Perdition Spy Talk
Inside the Pro-Israel Information War Lee Fang
Censorship of Gaza on social media Anadolu Agency
Hundreds of Jewish organization staffers call for White House to back Gaza cease-fire NBC. The deck: “More than 500 employees of dozens of synagogues and Jewish groups signed a letter calling for a cease-fire. Most signed anonymously for fear of their jobs.”
Senate Dems propose amendment adding conditions to Israel aid The Hill
The Gaza War Has Convinced Russia It Was Right All Along Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Press review: Putin’s Arab ‘blitz’ signals global shift and UK seen as conflict instigator TASS
European Disunion
Germany hit by last-minute train strike: Deutsche Bahn trains to be “massively affected” EuroNews
Dear Old Blighty
Labour says no longer ‘sneering at business’ and unveils 10 City advisers FT. Why do we need two Tory parties?
New Not-So-Cold War
Establishment Alarmism in Overdrive as Raytheon Lloyd Threatens Congress with War Simplicius the Thinker. Lloyd Austin.
Russia is gearing up for a long war. Will the West follow suit? Defense News
Russia Sees Shrunken, Neutral Ukraine as Basis for Peace Kyiv Post
West sabotaged Ukraine peace deal with Russia, admit Zelensky official and Germany’s ex leader Geopolitical Economy
The Senate blocked aid for Ukraine. Now what? The Economist
Ukraine Is Forming Five New Mechanized Brigades. Now They Need Vehicles. Forbes. So, for some definition of “forming.”
South of the Border
Venezuela: Gov’t Rejects US Southern Command Presence in Essequibo Amidst Border Dispute Venezuelanalysis
The nightmare economic in-tray awaiting Argentina’s Javier Milei FT
Digital Watch
OpenAI employees really, really did not want to go work for Microsoft Business Insider. From the deck: “Abandoning OpenAI would have meant losing out on lucrative pay, equity, and a rich tender offer.”
Google’s best Gemini demo was faked Tech Crunch
Social media as an incubator of personality and behavioral psychopathology: Symptom and disorder authenticity or psychosomatic social contagion? Comprehensive Psychiatry
I Learned To Love Online. Now Every Romance Leaves An Internet Trail. Byline
2024
Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax charges, adding to gun charges in special counsel probe AP. Here is the indictment. Commentary:
However, it’s not Hunter’s florid consumerism that’s the issue; it’s the sources of his income, and its distribution within the Biden clan.
Secret Service Finds Biden Attempting To Dig Own Grave On White House Lawn The Onion
Spook Country
Disinformation researcher accuses Meta of meddling in Harvard’s research The Verge
Assange
Julian Assange Could Face Extradition to the U.S. by Early 2024 Ryan Grim, The Intercept
The Final Frontier
Cow dung fuels Japan’s space ambitions Channel News Asia
ISS astronauts find tomato that was lost in space for 8 months (video) Space.com
Bad Wiring Almost Ruined NASA’s Asteroid Sample Mission Manufacturing.net
Healthcare
Drug shortages hit record highs DC News
Targeting costly meds, Biden admin asserts authority to seize certain drug patents Politico
Sports Desk
Holy moley:
Class Warfare
Central bankers are worried about you getting a raise FT
Funhouse Mirror London Review of Books. Capitalism and slavery.
The Standard of Civlization Perry Anderson, New Left Review. International law.
Light Can Travel Backward in Time (Sort Of) Scientific American
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