Teeny tardigrades can survive space and lethal radiation. Scientists may finally know how Space.com
Salamanders are surprisingly abundant in US northeastern forests, research finds Phys.org
What Chickens Know: On Bonding with Birds and the Language of Hens Literary Hub
Climate
COP29 chief exec filmed promoting fossil fuel deals BBC
Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across the Country Despite National Political Climate Inside Climate Mews
Sustainable Building Effort Reaches New Heights with Wooden Skyscrapers JSTOR Daily
93 still missing after severe floods in Spain The Watchers
Syndemics
MMWR: Serologic Evidence of Recent Infection with HPAI A(H5) Virus Among Dairy Workers Avian Flu Diary
China?
China unveils $1.4tn package to shore up economy FT
Trump’s comeback no surprise for China – and this time Beijing is prepared South China Morning Post
China in ‘intensive’ consultations with EU on EV price commitments CGTN
No winners in trade wars, says Chinese envoy, as US confrontation looms Channel News Asia
China Unveils New Missile Defence System With Staggering 3000 Kilometre Range: What is the HQ-19’s Role? Military Watch
The English Paradox: Four Decades of Life and Language in Japan TokyoDev
Myanmar
Famine Imminent in Myanmar’s Rakhine State as Economy Collapses, UN Says The Diplomat
The Koreas
S.Korea fires ballistic missile after Pyongyang’s missile launches Anadolu Agency
South Korea’s ‘4B’ Movement Goes Viral in US After Trump Elected 404 Media
India
Colonies of former colonies Aeon
Africa
Oil discoveries fuel battle for strategic island off West Africa S&P Global
Syraqistan
Israeli hooligans provoke clashes in Amsterdam after chanting anti-Palestinian slogans Middle East Eye. The deck: “Travelling fans verbally abuse locals and tear down Palestine flags before fights break out with Dutch youth.”
Trump’s victory throws diplomatic bombshell into Israel’s multi-front war – analysis Jerusalem Post
Trump Will Work to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Erasing Palestinian Aspirations Haaretz
How close is the Israeli army to collapse? Asa Winstanley, Palestine is Still the Issue
Easy-fit prosthetics offer hope to thousands of Gaza amputees BBC
European Disunion
EU leaders gauge impact of Trump’s return at Budapest ECP summit BNE Intellinews
Can Europe’s unity survive as its sense of crisis grows? FT
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine Now Faces a Nuclear Decision Foreign Policy
“NATO or Nukes”: Why Ukraine’s nuclear revival refuses to die Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Ukraine loses ground to Russia as Trump win leaves future U.S. support in doubt PBS
Western leader blurts out what was once taboo on Ukraine Responsible Statecraft
US to back Ukraine’s talks with Russia if Zelenskyy is ready Ukrainska Pravda
Trump 2.0 is good news for Putin, bad news for Zelenskiy Ben Aris, Radio Moskva
Russia’s Putin says ready for dialogue with ‘courageous’ Trump Al Jazeera
Europe already ‘Trump proofing’ Ukraine war aid Responsible Statecraft
South of the Border
What Is Homelander Doing in Venezuela? Venezuelanalysis
Trump Transition
“Six ways from Sunday”?
Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the Deep State.
1. “Immediately reissue my 2020 executive order, restoring the President’s authority to remove rogue bureaucrats.”
2. “Clean out all of the corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus.”
3. “Totally reform… pic.twitter.com/Xhg297uWCe
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 8, 2024
Trump’s Return Is an Abominable Ambush for the Fed John Authers, Bloomberg
Can Trump Fire the Fed Chair? Some Legal Realism Credit Slips
Who is Susie Wiles? Trump’s new chief of staff and ‘work wife’ is grandma who has grown men quaking Daily Mail
Calling all nat sec wonks: These are the transition positions you should be paying attention to Politico
Robert Kennedy Jr’s influence over Donald Trump sparks Big Pharma alarm FT
Can the Next President Change U.S. Foreign Policy? War on the Rocks
Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: Trump Returns! Empire in Decline! (video) Dialog Works, YouTube
How would Trump’s promise of mass deportations of migrants work? BBC
Trump says there’s ‘no price tag’ for his mass deportation plan NBC
Trump’s election win sends private prisons stocks soaring as investors anticipate hard crackdown on migration Fortune
Dem governor issues stark warning to Trump: ‘You come for my people, you come through me’ FOX. Pritzker.
2024 Post Mortem
Thirty years later, the answer emerge History Unfolding
Milestones n+1a
How 5 key demographic groups voted in 2024: AP VoteCast AP
‘BlueAnon’ conspiracy theorists spread viral voter fraud claims after Trump victory France24
4D Chess: Democrats Admit Trump Actually Won In 2020 And Is Now Unable To Serve Third Term Babylon Bee
I Wonder Daring Fireball
Harvard Professors Cancel Classes as Students Feel Blue After Trump Win Harvard Crimson. Musical interlude.
Biden Administration
No One Is Running America Now Indi.ca
Digital Watch
New Device Generates Electricity From Moisture in the Air (press release) SUNY Binghamton
Police Freak Out at iPhones Mysteriously Rebooting Themselves, Locking Cops Out 404 Media
Thanks, Linus. Torvalds patch improves Linux performance by 2.6% The Register
Class Warfare
New York Times Tech Strikers Sing ‘No Scabs’ and Call a Wordle Boycott Labor Notes
Antidote du jour (Marek Szczepanek):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
