New Prehistoric Cat Species Discovered in Spain Sci News
This Camera Takes 1,000 Years to Capture a Single Photograph Science Alert
Chicago’s ‘rat hole’ was mysteriously filled and then restored. Now it’s a place of holy rat-rimony. Associated Press
‘Burn, beetle, burn’: South Dakotans torch an effigy of destructive bug The Guardian
An animal myself Aeon
Climate/Environment
Hedge funds are raking in record profits by betting on ‘catastrophe’ bonds Bloomberg
Water
Algarve drought nears “catastrophic” level Portugal Resident
Drought Latest: The Biggest Cities in Spain’s Andalucia Will Bring In Water Cuts Within Weeks ‘Unless There Is Rain for 30 Days Straight’ The Olive Press
#COVID-19
Immune damage in Long Covid Science
Old Blighty
I was investigated by Britain’s counterterrorism police, which succumbed to political pressure from top Israeli propagandists, diplomats, lobby-affiliated British government officials, and countless right-wing media outlets, who demanded I be arrested and charged over a recent…
— Mohammed El-Kurd (@m7mdkurd) January 21, 2024
How Britain Invented Modern Torture Kit Klarenberg
UK to upgrade warship defence missile system used in Red Sea Reuters
Over 367,000 UK households without central heating in sub-zero temperatures The Independent
India
Would Rather Stay Here But There Are No Jobs, Say Those at Israel Recruitment Drive in Haryana The Wire
European Disunion
Europe moves into a new world after a crippling energy crisis Bloomberg
Germany’s last solar panel producer prepares to close shop Euractiv. Relocating to US.
German farmers protest agricultural subsidy cuts in Berlin Anadolu Agency
The Koreas
Seoul’s Imported Prophets Logic Mag
China?
China’s gallium and germanium exports tumble as controls on shipments to the West take toll South China Morning Post
Syraqistan
The Mirage of Palestinian Independence in the Shadow of Israeli Policies Elijah J. Magnier
BREAKING: HAMAS RELEASE 17 PAGE BOOK ON WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON OCT 7
HAMAS AL-AQSA FLOOD OPERATION
INTRODUCTION
In light of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and as our people continue their battle for independence, dignity and… pic.twitter.com/IZAY68uHmt
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) January 21, 2024
How Israel’s ‘scholasticide’ denies Palestinians their past, present and future Toronto Star
Jewish Youth Are Indoctrinated From a Young Age in Jewish Day School to Blindly Support Israel and View Palestinians With Contempt Covert Action Magazine
Germany’s leading Jewish newspaper advocates genocide in Gaza Middle East Monitor
Why Israel’s Violence Gets So Much Notice (It’s Not Antisemitism) The Intercept
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US Navy Says Two Missing SEALs Died In Raid On Iran Ship Reuters
64 ships safely cross Red Sea after disavowing ties with Israel: Yemen’s Houthis Anadolu Agency
This is amazing.
Ships in the Red Sea are going a step further by signaling to Yemen that not only are they not involved with Israel, but with the US too.
“NO ISRAEL/US INVOLVED”
The blockade on the US is in effect. pic.twitter.com/WFVMxG7eZ4
— deeeeeee (@revolutionaryem) January 21, 2024
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Lebanon: Two Hezbollah Members Dead, Several Wounded in Suspected Israeli Drone Strike Haaretz
Syria calls on intl. community to stop Israeli attacks on civilians Al Mayadeen
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NYT’s Peter Baker reports that when it comes to deadly attacks on US troops stationed in the Mideast, “President Biden and his advisers worry that it is only a matter of time.”
Meanwhile, whenever news of an attack on US forces comes in, “officials wonder whether this will be… pic.twitter.com/3XAtgczpY9
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) January 22, 2024
New Not-So-Cold War
A PLEA TO END THE WAR IN UKRAINE Larry Johnson
At least 25 killed after Ukraine shells Russian-controlled Donetsk; Moscow calls it ‘barbaric terrorist act’ WION
Shelling of Donetsk by the AFU – A bloody Sunday International Reporters
Russian LNG producer Novatek suspends Baltic Sea terminal operations after fire from suspected Ukrainian drone attack South China Morning Post
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Duda describes building defence capacity as priority task for region The First News
On pro-war GB News Grant Shapps said we must prepare for war with Russia and said that we must encourage people to join the armed forces.
“Please Apply” said Shapps.
Would you go and fight for Shapps and what he represents? pic.twitter.com/H7u2O2hmr8
— UNN (@UnityNewsNet) January 21, 2024
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Slovakia to veto Ukraine’s NATO entry to avoid ‘world war’ World Nation News
Slovakia To Resume Cultural Cooperation With Russia RFE/RL
European Parliament concerned over Slovakia proposed legislative reforms Jurist
Thousands rally across Slovakia to condemn changes to penal code proposed by populist prime minister ABC News
Imperial Collapse Watch
US laser weapon program hits a glaring blind spot Asia Times
2024
Ron DeSantis suspends his presidential bid and endorses Trump NBC News
Wall Street billionaires plan Haley fundraiser after New Hampshire: report The Hill
Biden campaign blows off Dean Phillips floating No Labels bid: ‘There are only two options’ The Hill
Democrats en déshabillé
Genocide is not a ‘lesser evil’ The Floutist
GOP Clown Car
House GOP already considering a future without Johnson POLITICO
Trump
Trump win could force UK into war economy to back Ukraine, ex-No 10 adviser says inews
The spectre of another Trump presidency looms as Trudeau’s cabinet gathers to start a new year CBC
Trump’s victory would be a horror for Berlin’s foreign policy
A special headquarters has been created at the German Foreign Ministry to assess the consequences of Trump’s re-election for Germany. Der Spiegel reports that almost all areas of diplomats’ work will be affected, from… pic.twitter.com/DNnAhnjtP5
— S p r i n t e r (@Sprinter99800) January 21, 2024
Our Famously Free Press
The Media and Trump Lee Fang
Julian Assange ‘would rather commit suicide than go to the US’, says brother The Saturday Paper
Tools for Thinking About Censorship Ex Urbe
AI
The Eye of the Master: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence – book review Counterfire
Groves of Academe
The true cost of the latest round of cuts at UNH New Hampshire Bulletin
The Bezzle
Do Kwon’s Terraform Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Cointelegraph
Church Allegedly Issued Crypto Token Backed by Nothing But God’s Word Decrypt
Guillotine Watch
Chasm of inequality: the future as seen from Davos Counterfire
Class Warfare
Another Hollywood strike? Musicians union ‘prepared to do whatever it needs’ for AI protections and streaming residuals CNN
It’s Time To Revisit Price Controls, Beginning with Limits on Overdraft Fees The Sling
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