What was that falling from the sky Friday morning? Graupel! MPR. Chuck L: “I’ve lived in Minnesota for all however 12 years of my life, however by no means earlier than have I heard of graupel.”
Turning vegetation blue with gene modifying may make robotic weeding simpler New Scientist (Dr. Kevin)
In Two States, Reworking the Mannequin for Palliative Care Undark
As Syphilis Circumstances Soar in Newborns, ACOG Advises Extra Testing Throughout Being pregnant Related Press. Third world.
Influencers Love Ozempic—however They Aren’t Telling You Concerning the Dangers Wall Road Journal. IM Doc by e-mail some months in the past:
We now have already had 3 folks on this space who’ve ODd on these medicine by accident – leading to reasonably lengthy hospital stays for hypoglycemia. It’s truly fairly depraved.
I’ll admit – I ONLY put the orders in for any of those medicine the very first thing within the AM – the dosing and concentrations on this stuff are completely hare-brained.
However the place is the outrage?
#COVID-19
Has COVID set us up for a serious coronary heart illness epidemic? It’s occurred earlier than – Publish 1918 as’ Flu epidemic. I’ve been elevating these considerations for a number of years now re:SARS2. I’ve raised them to politicians, DHSC, CMOs,WHO – but we nonetheless aren’t mitigating 1/ https://t.co/ebSYNgdBxv
— Rae (@Sunny_Rae1) April 19, 2024
After Covid abruptly disabled me in very early 2020, I spent the subsequent 4 years making an attempt to coach folks. I made numerous threads concerning the nefarious gamers who infiltrated governments & defunded & gutted public well being as a present to enterprise. The worst folks on the planet are…
— Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) April 19, 2024
Local weather/Atmosphere
India makes an enormous guess on electrical buses Yale Local weather Connection
‘Water is extra useful than oil’: the company cashing in on America’s drought Guardian (Kevin W)
Eradicating PFAS from public water programs will price billions and take time – listed here are methods you may filter out dangerous ‘endlessly chemical compounds’ at dwelling The Dialog. NYC has PFAS free water! You do get one thing for all these taxes.
EPA Will Make Polluters Pay To Clear Up Two ‘Endlessly Chemical substances’ New York Instances
Tesla co-founder JB Straubel has constructed an EV-battery colossus within the scrublands of Nevada. He spent the day giving me the primary have a look at every part @redwoodmat has been constructing.
It begins with *30 acres* of previous batteries headed headed for recycling 🧵 pic.twitter.com/hUgwz8j8ut
— Tom Randall (@tsrandall) April 18, 2024
Pathways Alliance Paid Google to Promote on ‘Greenwashing’ Searches DeSmog
Specialists elevate considerations about how our surroundings will give rise to an ominous new period of unrest: ‘That’s the politics of the armed lifeboat’ MSN
New York Handed an Formidable Local weather Invoice for Publicly Owned Energy. The Good Companion? McKinsey Hell Gate
China?
Chinese language Cities Are Sinking Quickly NPR
De-Dollarization: Even Companies in China Are Hanging Onto Their USD Enterprise Insider (furzy)
India
India election: Voting begins as Modi seeks third time period DW
Indian IT Outsourcing Companies Lower 60,000 Jobs in First Layoffs in 20 Years India Dispatch
Down Beneath
Sydney stabbing incidents stoke Islamophobia, antisemitism as social tensions in Australia unravel South China Morning Publish
European Disunion
EU member frightened about ‘underground’ mosques – media RT.Kevin W: “They need to verify Rome’s Catacombs!”
Previous Blighty
Squatters transfer into Marco Pierre White’s Leicester Sq. restaurant days after Gordon Ramsay pub Unbiased
Crackdown on ‘sick word tradition’ may see GPs banned from signing folks off Metro (GM). Extra on this story.
Gaza
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 196: Israel strikes Iran, Gaza well being ministry says Israel destroyed the Strip’s well being system Mondoweiss
Main U.S. Charity Blocks Donations to Gaza Aid Company Amid Hunger Rolling Stone (ma)
The US Doesn’t Assist A Two-State Answer, It Simply Helps Saying It Does Caitlin Johnstone (Kevin W)
Blinken cabinets particular request to probe Israeli battle crimes: Report The Cradle
Is the Gaza battle destabilizing Jordan? Accountable Statecraft
Israel v. Iran
Israel gave US ‘final minute’ warning earlier than attacking Iran Telegraph. Contains “Netanyahu’s battle cupboard splintering as safety minister calls assault on Iran ‘lame’”
Max Blumenthal: Hamas Nonetheless Stands YouTube. See notably beginning at 14:07, on Israel press admissions concerning the effectiveness of Iran assaults, that Israel took down solely about 84% of the Iran missiles, versus the a lot ballyhooed 99%.
Precision over energy: How Iran’s ‘out of date’ missiles penetrated Israel’s air defenses The Cradle (Chuck L)
Israel Ceases to Exist If It Goes Nuclear | Andrei Martyanov Nima, YouTube. A subject of debate in feedback yesterday
Israel and Iran: Itching for Battle, Enjoying with Fireplace Juan Cole (Randy Okay)
New Not-So-Chilly Battle
Sizing up the China-Russia ‘New Axis’ Asia Instances
Ukraine introduces scheduled blackouts in 3 areas amid Russian assaults Kyiv Unbiased
SITREP 4/19/24: A Small Gust for Ukraine’s Sails? Simplicius the Thinker
ECB fires again at plans to grab Russian property RT. From Thursday, nonetheless germane.
UK insurers refuse to pay Nord Stream as a result of blasts have been ‘authorities’ backed Grayzone
Huge Brother is Watching You Watch
Cops Can Power Suspect To Unlock Cellphone With Thumbprint, US Court docket Guidelines ars technica
Senate reaches deal to cross FISA reauthorization by deadline The Hill
UK digital visas to completely exchange bodily immigration paperwork by 2025 Biometric Replace
Colorado Invoice Goals To Shield Shopper Mind Knowledge New York Instances
Trump
Man Who Self-Immolated Close to Trump Trial Has Been Recognized: Dwell Updates New York Journal. Every day Beast had posted a hyperlink to his Substack manifesto and seems to have additionally embedded it, however that has been scrubbed. If anybody has come throughout a duplicate that’s nonetheless up (maybe through the non-US press?) please pipe up with particulars.
Trump marketing campaign says it’s going to deploy hundreds of election employees to observe ballot websites Politico
Trump Eyes Social Safety Cuts By Slashing Payroll Tax Widespread Desires (Paul R)
Our No Longer Free Press
Columbia Suspends Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Day After Omar Grills Its President Truthout
Microsoft’s VASA-1 Can Deepfake a Individual With One Photograph and One Audio Observe ars technica
AI
Linus Torvalds on ‘Hilarious’ AI Hype ZDNet
The First Unintended Consequence Of AI—And It’s Large Forbes (furzy)
Meta’s latest AI-powered chatbots exhibit spectacular options and weird habits CBS (Kevin W)
Netflix Doc Accused of Utilizing AI To Manipulate True Crime Story ars technica
Reddit Is Taking Over Google Enterprise Insider
The Bezzle
Boeing Goals To Convey Flying Automobiles To Asia By 2030 Nikkei
Class Warfare
Why Do My Groceries Price So A lot? Counterpunch
A Nice Labor Explosion: Will Auto Staff Unionize in Trump Nation? Matt Stoller
Supreme Court docket ought to let states and cities clear homeless encampments Washington Publish (Dr. Kevin)
FAA to extend day off between air site visitors controller shifts after report highlights dangers CNN (Kevin W)
Battle on the Younger Scott Galloway (Robert H). Helpful knowledge, however company unsuitable. That is capital versus the younger, with younger capitalists additionally benefitting.
Louisiana lawmakers vote to take away lunch breaks for little one employees, reduce unemployment advantages Nola (Kevin W)
IBM accused of dishonest its personal govt assistants out of additional time pay The Register
Antidote du jour. CC: “This man confirmed up in my yard final spring with six hens. The flock cherished my birdfeeders. They moved on after just a few weeks, however two hens stayed and nonetheless present up on the feeders daily.”
And a bonus (Chuck L). Is that this doe a Darwin Award candidate, or has she labored out does aren’t allowed to be shot throughout searching season?
A hunter whereas aiming at a deer, pulls down his weapon, and she or he peacefully approaches him. pic.twitter.com/8ZzF0qAm4i
— Nature is Superb ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) April 19, 2024
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
