Lyrebirds farm their own food – and shape entire forests Earth.com
Mimicking Shark Skin to Create Clean Cutting Boards Morning Ag Clips
Nowcast Negative Money and Things
Walgreens agrees to be acquired by private equity firm for almost $10 billion AP
You’ve Already Paid $6 Billion For Weight-Loss Drugs You Can’t Afford The Lever
Water
How Climate Change Puts the Safety of Drinking Water at Risk Yale Environment 360
Questions and confusion as Trump pauses key funding for shrinking Colorado River Grist
Pandemics
Pathogenicity and Transmissibility of Bovine-derived HPAI H5N1 B3.13 Virus in Pigs Avian Flu Diary
Are socially distanced chickens laying more affordable eggs? NBC News
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Without action, Spring Break could create The Gulf of Measles The Hill
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Increased risk of hospitalization for various disorders after COVID-19 infection: A Cohort study of the UK biobank spanning over a hundred disease categories Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection From the Abstract: “Compared to individuals with no known COVID-19 history, those with severe COVID-19 (hospitalized) exhibited increased hazards of hospitalization due to multiple disorders (median follow-up = 261 days), including disorders of respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, musculoskeletal systems, as well as injuries, infections and non-specific symptoms. Notably, severe COVID-19 was associated with increased hospitalization risks in 77 out of the 107 disease categories with ≥ 5 events in both groups. These results remained largely consistent in sensitivity analyses. Mild (non-hospitalized) COVID-19 was associated with increased risk of hospitalization for several disorders: aspiration pneumonitis, musculoskeletal pain and other general signs/symptoms. The risk of hospitalizations following infection was generally higher during the pre-vaccination era.”
I’ve been contacted by several people about someone using a review of T cell responses to sars cov 2 to claim that immunopathology and harm to T cells themselves does not exist. Simply put, the review is not exhaustive and is not focused on T cell dysregulation, that topic is… pic.twitter.com/rYlm3ttZ5C
— AJ Leonardi, MBBS, PhD (@fitterhappierAJ) March 5, 2025
China?
China to Channel USD138 Billion Venture Capital Into Tech Firms Via National Fund Yicai Global
‘Another DeepSeek moment’? Chinese start-up launches new AI agent, sparking widespread attention Global Times
Pete Hegseth says the US is ‘prepared’ to go to war with China after tariff retaliation threat Daily Mail
Taiwan turns to companies in Ukraine for China contingency planning Reuters
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Is Russia at risk of becoming a ‘satellite’ of China? RT
China and Russia’s strategic relationship amid a shifting geopolitical landscape Brookings
Mature, resilient, stable China-Russia relationship will not be swayed by any turn of events: FM Xinhua
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China announces major oil, natural gas deposit reserve discovery in Beibu Gulf Basin Interesting Engineering
U.S. and Philippine Forces Practice Seizing Gas Platform in South China Sea Exercise USNI
Syraqistan
More Empty Threats from Donald Trump? Larry Johnson, Sonar21
Israel’s still killing Israeli hostages with the Hannibal directive – but now in Gaza itself Jonathan Cook
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State of Siege: Israel is conducting its largest mass expulsion campaign in the West Bank since 1967 Drop Site
“‘An imagined reality.’” The Floutist
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Israel’s gas exports to Egypt and Jordan increased by over 13% in 2024 Enerdata
European Disunion
Chartbook 357 Legitimate maneuver or end run around democracy? Why the CDU-SPD plan to lift the German debt brake is not a done deal. Adam Tooze, Chartbook
Romania foils ‘revolution’ of pro-Russia group featuring a 101-year-old man Politico
What China can teach Europe about geopolitical independence The Jakarta Post
It’s insane that the European Parliament had banned lawmakers from meeting Chinese officials. They were criminalizing diplomacy.
But the good news is they reversed this stupid policy.
Europe may slowly recognize its future lies in Eurasia, not in subordination to the US empire. https://t.co/tflj9TxOJ3 pic.twitter.com/jUPCtVecQV
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) March 7, 2025
New Not-So-Cold War
As Trump pivots to Russia, allies weigh sharing less intel with U.S. NBC News
After pausing aid and intel, Trump plans to revoke legal status of 240,000 Ukrainians who fled Russian war Firstpost
US in talks with Ukraine about Saudi Arabia meeting: Middle East envoy Anadolu Agency
Trump considering major NATO policy shift NBC News. “the U.S. might not defend a fellow NATO member that is attacked if the country doesn’t meet the defense spending threshold.”
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EU leaders vow to re-arm Europe amid US retreat on Ukraine France24
Funding Europe’s Defence Verfassungsblog. “A First Take On the Commission’s ReArm Europe Plan.”
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Europe must be part of Ukraine peace deal: EU foreign policy chief Anadolu Agency
Kaja Kallas is the wrong person to lead EU foreign policy after Zelensky’s drubbing in the White House Ian Proud, The Peacemonger
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Britain can shake off US and become a drone superpower, says defence boss The Telegraph
UK to supply new US-made ‘suicide drones’ to Ukraine The Telegraph
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Putin hits out at wannabe Napoleons RT
South of the Border
The Trumpists Agitating To Coup Honduras ¡Do Not Panic!
Imperial Collapse Watch
U.S. Air Force Leadership Confirms ‘Tough Choices’ Ahead as China Develops World’s First Sixth Generation Fighter Military Watch
Will Boom Successfully Build a Supersonic Airliner? Construction Physics
Trump 2.0
Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear “pro-Hamas” Axios
Trump Creates Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Funded By Forfeited Assets: ‘I Made The Promise’ — BTC Dips 4% Benzinga Crypto
Trump Family’s DeFi Project Stocked Up on Crypto Assets Ahead of White House Crypto Summit Gizmodo
President Trump pauses Mexico and Canada tariffs until April 2 CBS News
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants Nature. “Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.”
DOGE
Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk’s authority amid backlash to DOGE cuts NBC News
Did Trump just rein Elon in? Vox
White House firings continue despite speed bumps Axios
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Starlink benefits as Trump admin rewrites rules for $42B grant program Ars Technica
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C.I.A. Begins Firing Recently Hired Officers New York Times
A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA’s List of US Properties for Sale Wired
SpaceX’s Starship explodes in space, again raining debris over Caribbean Reuters
Just saw Starship 8 blow up in the Bahamas @SpaceX @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/rTMJu23oVx
— Jonathon Norcross (@NorcrossUSA) March 6, 2025
Democrats en Déshabillé
Republicans vow to strip Green, Democrats who sang in chamber from committees The Hill
Scoop: Dems privately confront Trump speech disruptors Axios
GOP Funhouse
Senate votes to overturn CFPB big tech rule Payments Dive
Secretive D.C. Influence Project Appears to Be Running a Group House for Right-Wing Lawmakers ProPublica
2028
Gavin Newsom shocks LGBTQ allies with criticism of transgender athletes Cal Matters
Immigration
ABBOTT’S BORDER SPLURGE Texas Observer
AI
Google co-founder Larry Page reportedly has a new AI startup TechCrunch. ‘…AI that can create “highly optimized” designs for objects and then have a factory build them.’
Scale AI is being investigated by the US Department of Labor TechCrunch
Workers know exactly who AI will serve Blood in the Machine
When outplayed, AI models resort to cheating to win chess matches Tech Xplore
Police State Watch
Detroit PD Sued Over Yet Another Bogus Arrest Based On An Unverified Facial Recognition ‘Match’ Tech Dirt
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
Uncle Sam mulls policing social media of all would-be citizens The Register
Supply Chain
America Is Finding Out It’s Very Difficult to Import Eggs Bloomberg
Target hit hardest by DEI boycott; Costco saw double-digit traffic increase Supermarket News.
Crapification
Google teases AI Mode for search, giving Gemini total control over your results The Register
The Bezzle
Beware State Crypto Cronyism Boondoggle
Book Nook
Justice for Tessa Dick Evgenia and Yasha Levine, NEFARIOUS RUSSIANS
Class Warfare
Bay Area city backs down after proposing ban on ‘aiding and abetting’ homeless encampments Cal Matters
How Social Security Administration Cuts Affect You The American Prospect
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