‘Like a movie in my thoughts’: hyperphantasia and the hunt to know vivid imaginations Guardian (Kevin W)
Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even bugs could also be sentient NBC (Dr. Kevin). So the Jains are proper….
The universe could also be dominated by particles that break causality and transfer quicker than gentle, new paper suggests Stay Science (Dr. Kevin)
Norway girls convey seaweed to culinary heights in Europe PhysOrg
The Chicken Flu Outbreak Is Alarming. And the Authorities Is Stumbling. Bloomberg
#COVID-19
Frequent antibiotic could also be useful in preventing respiratory viral infections MedicalXpress
#COVID-19: How the seek for the pandemic’s origins turned toxic Related Press (furzy)
Local weather/Setting
Is a plastic-free future potential? Dezeen
A ban on single-use plastics takes impact in Hong Kong in a bid to cut back air pollution Related Press (furzy)
Europe Baked in ‘Excessive Warmth Stress’ Pushing Temperatures To File Highs Guardian
California Is Grappling With a Rising Downside: Too A lot Photo voltaic Washington Submit
Biden unveils $7 billion for rooftop photo voltaic in Earth Day message Reuters (furzy)
Warmth-Associated Emergency Division Visits — United States, Could–September 2023 CDC (furzy). Appears odd these stories come out so late.
China?
A Large Deflationary Push From China However Will Biden or Trump Enable That? Michael Shedlock
EU opens probe of TikTok Lite, citing considerations about addictive design TechCrunch
Chinese language Flying Taxi Sector Claims International Lead Thanks To Regulatory Help Monetary Instances
China remains to be years behind the U.S. regardless of Huawei’s breakthrough chips, Raimondo tells ’60 Minutes’ CNBC (Kevin W). Raimondo believes what non-public fairness tells her too….
India
Modi Calls Muslims ‘Infiltrators’ in Speech Throughout India Elections New York Instances
Excessive Court docket In India Guidelines That Viewing, Downloading Baby Porn Is Not A Crime The Publica (Dr. Kevin)
Outdated Blighty
UK Parliament approves Rwanda deportation invoice Related Press (furzy)
Tragedy as ‘5 migrants die crossing Channel’ making an attempt to succeed in Britain – hours after Rwanda regulation lastly passes by means of Parliament as Rishi Sunak vows to push on with flights inside weeks Each day Mail. Lead story
Africa
State Division To Delay Withdrawal Of U.S. Troops From Niger Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)
Gaza
Q: Palestinian civil protection crews have uncovered a mass grave with 180 individuals, together with males, girls and kids. Are you conscious of this?
STATE DEPARTMENT: We’re inquiring about it with the Authorities of Israel. pic.twitter.com/eQtqbjaK1r
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) April 23, 2024
The Stark Actuality of Israel’s Struggle in Gaza New York Instances (Kevin W). Many admissions towards curiosity, even whereas taking Israel’s claims about Hamas and Israel losses at face worth.
Will Zionism self-destruct? Alastair Crooke
Mediterranean ports warn of overflowing storage yards in newest risk to provide chain Monetary Instances. Fallout from Houthi Pink Sea assaults.
Talking With Missiles: Iran’s assault on Israel Wilmer Leon, YouTube. That is Wilmer Leon with Scott Ritter. Leon is a wonderful interviewer (asks few and excellent questions) and deserves a a lot larger following. The explanation for calling consideration to this discuss is that beginning at , Ritter provides a blow-by-blow description of how the Iranian drone/missile assault, and the way it overwhelmed the Israeli/US defensive programs, which had been believed to be the most effective on this planet, a minimum of at one web site Iran focused. Ritter goes approach past “drones led Israel to fireside, revealing how its defenses labored.” As an example, Ritter goes by means of how Israel’s layered defenses had been alleged to work below fireplace. The longer-form model begins at 29:50.
Gaza Protests
Columbia College holds distant courses as pro-Palestinian protests proceed. Learn the president’s assertion. CBS
I doubt that is official, and it produced large pushback within the replies. Nonetheless:
Facial recognition can decide whether or not you participated within the professional Hamas protests on the universities. Your jobs and your levels can be nugatory. Your hiring alternatives can be restricted.
— Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) April 22, 2024
Be aware I can’t confirm the validity of the tweet on the supply account. Whereas this story is believable, if the picture is a fabrication, it is usually the type of factor that discredits critics:
That is traditional counter protest ways: get the protest infiltrated by agitators to make all the motion look unhealthy. https://t.co/LTUgmOCUnz
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) April 22, 2024
Met police chief defends ‘skilled’ conduct of officer in pro-Palestinian protest row The Customary
Distinction with:
Jews feeling secure in London… pic.twitter.com/i8dTMYqU3y
— Warwick Hunt #Revolution #FreeAssange (@WarwickHunt4) April 21, 2024
Pink Heifer Watch
Police detain 13 making an attempt to smuggle goats onto Temple Mount for sacrifice ritual Instances of Israel (Kevin W)
Be aware the sought-after efficient date of the appliance to convey knives and whatnot to the positioning was April 22. That didn’t essentially imply the sacrifice would happen then. April 22 was the primary day of Passover. Maybe that is nonetheless on for at this time? Or tomorrow, after the second Seder?
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING RED HEIFER SACRIFICE TODAY?
LOOK AT THIS ALTAR. WHAT A DISGRACE IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING FROM A RODEO CARNIVAL OR A NASA LAUNCHPAD. CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING TO WELCOME YOUR BELOVED MESSIAH AND CREATOR OF ALL.
There’s a rumor going round that the crimson heifer… pic.twitter.com/RxVwxKazed— Matt Baker (@slave_2_liberty) April 22, 2024
Be aware additionally the killing of the heifers doesn’t imply a right away assault on Al Aqsa. The sacrifice and preparation of formality purifying water is the ultimate precursor. And the heifer-murder spot is just not in Al Aqsa however very close to by.
New Not-So-Chilly Conflict
Mobilization regulation situation for brand spanking new provides of arms to Kiev by NATO — supply TASS
What Can We Study From Our Without end Conflict in Ukraine? Chas Freeman, Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
A NASTY LITTLE BOOK ABOUT THE ALLIED INVASION OF RUSSIA IN 1918 IS A NASTY BIG LESSON FOR NOW John Helmer
It’s simply wildly irresponsible to be spreading rumors like this. https://t.co/yeLMKdqVM1
— Large Serge ☦️🇺🇸🇷🇺 (@witte_sergei) April 22, 2024
THE 3,000TH DANCE WITH BEARS John Helmer. Chuck L: “Fascinating memoir.”
Large Brother is Watching You Watch
SEC illegally monitoring People who put money into the inventory market, lawsuit claims New York Submit (Kevin W)
Trump
Trump hush cash trial adjourned after opening statements conclude, 1st witness David Pecker briefly testifies: full protection Yahoo (furzy)
New York Courts to Publish Each day Transcripts of Trump Trial New York Courts (furzy)
What’s clear about this case is that Trump is true: Turley Fox
NEW: Due to order by Choose Cannon, key proof associated to categorized docs case is now unredacted. Julie Kelly, ThreadReader
Choose approves safeguards for Donald Trump’s $175 million civil enterprise fraud attraction bond USA In the present day
Biden
Biden Fears RFK Jr. as Unbiased Candidate Will get on One other Poll Sputnik. In Water Cooler yesterday, Lambert highlighted stories that take the view that RFK, Jr. is extra of a risk to Trump as a fellow anti-status quo candidate than Biden. The flip facet is there’s a contingent of Democratic voters that could be very anti-vax and pro-non-allopathic drugs. And so they skew rich. Whether or not they add as much as a lot vote-wise is questionable, however they might have some monetary heft in the event that they swing into motion behind RFK, Jr.
Gunz
Supreme Court docket takes up Biden administration’s ‘ghost gun’ attraction The Hill
California needs Large Tech to pay for information. Google is preventing again. Washington Submit
AI
Nvidia’s falling share worth exhibits the AI reckoning has begun Unherd
AI now surpasses people in virtually all efficiency benchmarks New Atlas
A espresso roastery in Finland has launched an AI-generated mix. The outcomes had been shocking TechXplore (Dr. Kevin)
The Bezzle
Investigators say Harvard College’s morgue supervisor was a part of an underground community trafficking human stays. Right here’s the way it unravelled ABC Australia (Kevin W)
Amazon Ends California Drone Deliveries TechCrunch
Guillotine Watch
Meet the non-public physician to the rich — at $40,000 a yr CNBC
I’ve a pal who was in PE who has quite a lot of docs and nurses in his household and his spouse is a prof of medication at a extremely revered West Coast college.
He says the soiled secret is these concierge docs are much less good than most beautiful good MDs (which these guys might simply get to) on account of not seeing sufficient sick individuals and thus not having nice scientific expertise.
He had many examples. The one I keep in mind was when Reagan was shot. Hospital head of surgical procedure was insisting on doing the operation. He needed to be talked out of it to have the trauma surgeon within the ER who did gunshot victims all day take away the bullet. Similar precept.
BlackRock steps up safety for Larry Fink after ‘anti-woke’ backlash Monetary Instances
Class Warfare
Tennessee’s GOP governor says Volkswagen plant staff made a mistake in union vote Related Press
Who wants butter if you bought weapons? World arms spending reaches $2.5 trillion Accountable Statecraft
Supreme Court docket seems to favor Oregon metropolis in dispute over homeless tenting ban ABC
Wow. https://t.co/CFImeziPRE pic.twitter.com/vIYUVS19l2
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) April 22, 2024
How a lot does the ‘American dream’ value in your state? The Hill (Kevin W)
Antidote du jour (Alan T):
And a bonus:
A boy and his canine assist rescue a lady whose wheelchair is caught on tracks..🐕👩🦼🙏❤️ pic.twitter.com/9egaYX1JvO
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) April 19, 2024
One other bonus:
All of us have days like this
pic.twitter.com/ccbLHQLFwX— Science woman (@gunsnrosesgirl3) April 22, 2024
But yet another:
That is the most effective factor you’ll see at this time!! pic.twitter.com/J0wjzRaHXC
— Nature is Superb ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) April 20, 2024
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
