A Super Fungus Is Evolving in Polluted Cities – And It’s Spreading Through Cats SciTech Daily
Man Develops Life-Threatening Infection After Eating Feral Pig Science Alert
Imagining the Progressive Restaurant Tribune
Climate/Environment
Wildfires prompt evacuation in the Carolinas as New Jersey crews battle their own blaze AP
How Much Does Big Oil Owe Californians for the LA Fires? Breakthrough Journal
Recent Global Temperature: Acceleration or Surge? Open Mind
Nearly 300 million people in Africa faced life-threatening heat in past 3 months: Report Down to Earth
Peatlands’ carbon capture potential increases with rising temperatures Phys.org
Thriving Ecosystem Discovered Following Iceberg Calving British Antarctic Survey
Water
The High Cost of Fixing Lake Tahoe Cal Matters
Pandemics
Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage CBC
Whole-body visualization of SARS-CoV-2 biodistribution in vivo by immunoPET imaging in non-human primates Nature Communications. Commentary:
I may be wrong, but reviewing this article my ongoing suspicions only strengthens:
As diagnostic technologies advance, we will find that SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t fully exit our bodies but instead persists in concealed “refuges”—specific sites shielded by our unique immune responses,… pic.twitter.com/6zoOJvkBpl
— Harry Spoelstra (@HarrySpoelstra) March 23, 2025
“There is no money to survive”: Long COVID pushes India’s marginalized workers deeper into poverty The Sick Times
Covid’s long shadow in California: Chronic absences, student depression and the limits of money EdSource. Commentary (the whole thread is worth a read):
I’ve written a couple of threads about these rates of absence for students in England, and there are other important things to get from the image… but look at 2020/2021.
That’s the school year that runs from September 2020 to July 2021. pic.twitter.com/48iE0mY6Bq— tern (@1goodtern) March 23, 2025
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Oregon Man Sues Pet Food Company for Allegedly Killing His Cats With Bird Flu Gizmodo
The Koreas
Constitutional Court dismisses impeachment of Prime Minister Han Yonhap
China?
Dandan Zhang: China’s factory workers go gig The East is Read
China bans compulsory facial recognition and its use in private spaces like hotel rooms The Register
China’s cable cutter could sever 95% of world communications, work at extreme depths Interesting Engineering
Duterte trial loaded with heavy geopolitical implications Asia Times
European Disunion
From welfare to warfare: military Keynesianism Michael Robert’s Blog
No more soldiers: European big debt for defence, yet young men are vanishing Brussels Signal
Old Blighty
Mental health, disability and capitalism Counterfire
O Canada
Canada’s new Prime Minister Carney announces snap election in April Euro News
Syraqistan
Gaza medics issue malnutrition alert as total Israeli blockade enters fourth week The Guardian
Israel approves new agency for ‘voluntary departure’ of Palestinians from Gaza Middle East Monitor
DEVELOPING | Israeli troops besiege Rafah neighborhood; Gaza’s Civil Defense: 50,000 people near Rafah under ‘imminent danger’
Israeli forces have surrounded the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood in Rafah after ordering tens of thousands of residents to evacuate on foot toward the… https://t.co/5sp4tDQw9e
— Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) March 23, 2025
Israeli Airstrikes Kill Hamas Leader Salah al-Bardawil, Scores of Others in Gaza Orinoco Tribune
Massive Israeli airstrike on displacement tent camp in Gaza City.
In recent weeks and months, there have been several strikes on tent camps in Gaza, including in areas designated by Israel as “safe humanitarian zones”. pic.twitter.com/72yfUG4lfv
— Clash Report (@clashreport) March 23, 2025
Israel approves plan to separate, legalise 13 settlement outposts in occupied West Bank TRT World
Warnings from Israeli officials: Civil War No Longer Unthinkable Elijah J. Magnier
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An Extreme Ultimatum for Iran Daniel Larison
Azerbaijan is already friendly with Israel. Why the push to ‘normalize’? Responsible Statecraft
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Turkey suspends Imamoglu’s mayoral duties, keeps him under arrest as more protests expected Al-Monitor
Turkiye’s breaking point: Erdogan moves to crush his biggest electoral threat The Cradle
Turkiye’s Central Bank dumps $26 bln to halt lira freefall Al Mayadeen
U.S. Considering Turkish Return to F-35 Program Military Watch
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest Politico
Kurds, for now, avoid Turkish hammer, thanks to the US Responsible Statecraft
New Not-So-Cold War
Ukraine, U.S. teams hold talks in Saudi Arabia, U.S. envoy hopeful on ending war Reuters
Negotiations Continue to Go Nowhere as Europe Bashes Head Against Wall Simplicius
Geoffrey Roberts – Seven Reasons Why Putin Might Compromise on Territory to Secure a Peace Deal with Trump Brave New Europe
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Will the Ukrainian Army Turn Its Bayonets on Kiev? Gordon Hahn, Russian & Eurasian Politics
Stepan Bandera’s Sinister MI6 Alliance Exposed Kit Klarenberg, Global Delinquents
Spook Country
Deep State Still Desperate to Suppress the Facts About the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Larry Johnson, Sonar21
Trump 2.0
Constitutional Collapse New Left Review
White House Narrows April 2 Tariffs WSJ
U.S. delegation to visit Greenland as Trump talks of takeover Reuters
Tucker Carlson’s Interview with Steve Witkoff Reveals Surprising Ignorance Larry Johnson, Sonar21
‘This is not your grandmother’s Easter Egg Roll’: White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event CNN
DOGE
An Interview With A Fired USDA Specialist Defector
Musk Email Reaches Italian Workers. It Did Not Go Well. New York Times
“We had several black servants who were their friends” Musk Watch
The Monster that Government Made Dollars & Sense
Immigration
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced TIME
The man in the first paragraph sobbing as he’s beaten by Salvadoran prison guards appears to be Andry, a gay barber/makeup artist who entered the U.S. legally at a port of entry seeking asylum and who ICE seems to have falsely accused of gang membership based on his tattoos. https://t.co/Rg6cymgHg2 pic.twitter.com/NT2ty8bDK0
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) March 23, 2025
Democrats en déshabillé
Monopoly Round-Up: The Democrats’ Corporate Lawyers Get the Humiliation They Deserve BIG by Matt Stoller
Police State Watch
IRS close to finalizing data-sharing agreement with ICE, sources say ABC News
“First, They Came for Mahmoud Khalil” Drop Site
The NYPD is sending more drones to 911 calls, but privacy advocates don’t like the view The Register
L.A. Sheriff Luna defies subpoenas, sues oversight commission over deputy misconduct records Los Angeles Times
Groves of Academe
The Anti-democratic Legal Form of the University (And How to Fix It) LPE Project
Silicon Valley
What is it like to be a low I.Q.? Read Max
Supply Chain
Billion-Dollar US Levies On Chinese Ships Risk ‘Trade Apocalypse’ Bloomberg
FDA Finally Visited an Indian Drug Factory Linked to U.S. Deaths. It Found Problems ProPublica
AI
An Ordinary Analogy to Understand Pre-Training, Test-Time Compute, Inference Interconnected
Search the Database of Pirated Books AI Trained On While Trump Kills Your Local Library Gizmodo
Michigan rural libraries brace for hit from Trump order targeting spending Bridge Michigan
Imperial Collapse Watch
Scorch Marks in the Sand imetatronink
How F-35s became the new Tesla The Telegraph
Murphy, beloved bald eagle who incubated rock and became a foster dad, dies after violent storms in Missouri NBC News
The Domination Game: The American Eagle And The Canada Jay 3 Quarks Daily
Zeitgeist Watch
Quirky livestream that lets viewers help fish is a hit with millions AP
Class Warfare
When There’s Trouble Around Belt Magazine
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