Larger Beaks, Smaller Bodies: Could Climate Change Literally Change Birds? The Nature Conservancy
JWST May Have Finally Confirmed How Planets Take Shape Science Alert
Desert birds lay larger eggs when they have more helpers Science Daily
Climate/Environment
More people not having children due to climate breakdown fears, finds research Guardian
Less War, Less Warming: A Reparative Approach to US and UK Military Ecological Damages Common Wealth
After the Flood The Baffler. “Perpetual crisis and recovery in Eastern Kentucky.”
#COVID-19
‘Uncertain’ Link Between Allergic Diseases and Long COVID, Review Finds MedPage Today
Syraqistan
39 babies at risk of death at Al-Shifa Hospital due to lack of oxygen: Palestinian Health Ministry Anadolu Agency
The Israeli assault on this pediatric hospital was so intense, it forced doctors and nurses to make an impossible choice to leave five babies in the ICU behind.
I can’t adequately describe my rage at my country endorsing and bankrolling this depravity.https://t.co/MVyDt2Vqa8 pic.twitter.com/OYbx0G3WFH
— austerity is theft (@wideofthepost) November 11, 2023
The Israeli public has embraced the Smotrich doctrine +972 Magazine
The Extreme Ambitions of West Bank Settlers The New Yorker. “A leader of the settlement movement on expanding into Gaza, and her vision for the Jewish state.”
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Israel Warns Hezbollah That Beirut Could Face Similar Fate To Gaza AFP
Nasrallah’s Second Speech On Gaza Moon of Alabama
Israeli drone strikes deep into Lebanon The Cradle
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As Israeli bombs rain down on Gazan hospitals and healthcare workers, millions participate in global protests WSWS
Irish lawmakers to debate expulsion of Israeli ambassador, referral of Israel to International Criminal Court Anadolu Agency
Calls for a Gaza cease-fire divide Europe’s Socialists Politico EU
EU weighs sanctions against Iran over Israel-Hamas war Politico EU
The ‘River to the Sea’ Rorschach test Robert Wright, Nonzero Newsletter
Levelling Gaza is No ‘End-Game’ For Biden Alastair Crooke, Al Mayadeen
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Historic meeting today in Riyadh of Iranian president Raisi and Saudi Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) about which mainstream is telling you nothing Gilbert Doctorow
US military aircraft goes down in Mediterranean after training mishap Task & Purpose
India
India defence minister raises eyebrows saying India, US agree on countering ‘Chinese aggression’ Straits Times
China?
Suisheng Zhao: Ideology, Thucydides Trap, and the Taiwan question stalemate the China-U.S. game The East is Read
Washington and Nvidia should not be ‘Catch me if you can’: Global Times editorial Global Times
Why a group of ‘everyday people’ in Iowa have been invited to dinner by Chinese president Xi Jinping: ‘We’re eager to meet with him’ Fortune
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine’s Kyiv comes under attack for first time in months, mayor says Al Jazeera
Amid Russia’s attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian Defence Minister discusses victory steps with US Defence Secretary Ukrainska Pravda
No Ukrainian victory in sight – EU’s Borrell RT
EU should be ready to support Ukraine, US aid may decrease – EU diplomacy chief Ukrainska Pravda
Germany Set to Double Its Ukraine Military Aid Under Scholz Plan Bloomberg
Ukrainian military officer coordinated Nord Stream pipeline attack Washington Post. They’re back on six guys on a yacht with trail leading to General Valerii Zaluzhny, Ukraine’s highest-ranking military officer.
Another One Bites The Dust… Andrei Martyanov
European Disunion
Hungary signals veto of Ukraine EU membership talks Al Jazeera
EU has ‘Plan B’ if Hungary vetoes 50 billion euro aid for Ukraine Reuters
Hungary will help Venezuela extract oil Daily News Hungary
South of the Border
Free Trade Firepower: The Growing Hemispheric Gun Trade Nacla
Spook Country
The Censorship “Switchboard”: A New Layer to the Biden Administration’s “Orwellian Ministry of Truth” Jonathan Turley
Terror and the Secondary Trauma of Social Media RAND. “Social media companies could and should do more to moderate the virality of such content, but they have largely abdicated this responsibility.”
Stanford Group Helped US Government Censor Covid Dissidents and Then Lied About It, New Documents Show Public
Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schools Cal Matters
Imperial Collapse Watch
In our lurch toward war in three places, who exactly will fight? Responsible Statecraft
The post-America war has begun Unherd
Federations and Foreign Policy: The Quest for Koinon Benjamin Studebaker, Isonomia Quarterly
Biden Administration
Biden is lost again.
This time, the US President could not figure out where to go after the wreath-laying ceremony (today Veterans Day is celebrated in the US). pic.twitter.com/hMX3dJDGdO
— W i z a r d S X (@WizardSX0) November 11, 2023
2024
Axelrod’s sharp criticism gives nod to lingering Obama-Biden camp tensions The Hill
Declining GOP debate ratings won’t help candidates catch Trump The Hill
Confronting the Threat of Deepfakes in Politics Tech Policy Press
One Woman Died on an Alaska Mayor’s Property. Then Another. No One Has Ever Been Charged. Anchorage Daily News
Woke Watch
“Brand safety” killed Jezebel Cory Doctorow, Pluralistic
Antitrust
Big Tech on Trial: Is Google’s Reckoning Finally Here? BIG by Matt Stoller
Healthcare
California imports doctors from Mexico to fill gaping holes in farmworker healthcare Los Angeles Times
Police State Watch
LAPD Admits Man Who Slept Thru 3-Hour Bus “Standoff” Was Carrying BB Gun Only after Hero Robot Dog Story Makes Rounds Streets Blog LA
Big Brother Is Watching You Watch
The Anti-Surveillance Coalition’s Highest-Stakes Gamble Forever Wars by Spencer Ackerman
Groves of Academe
“It’s like an old friend” Along the Mississippi. On saying goodbye to a closing elementary school.
Book Nook
Book Bans Have Reached Greater Pittsburgh’s Boardrooms and Ballots BELT Magazine
Surge of book removal requests turning Nebraska libraries into cultural battlegrounds Flatwater Free Press
Tech
Hiker stranded on a cliff in Canada after following fake trail on Google Maps New York Post
Class Warfare
SURVEILLANCE WAGES: A TAXONOMY Zephyr Teachout, Law and Political Economy Project
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