How a lot progress is required to realize good lives for all? Insights from needs-based evaluation World Growth Views. From September 2024, nonetheless germane.
International financial system might face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from local weather shocks, say actuaries Guardian
The world is shifting on to commerce with out the US FT
California Burning
Making Sense of the Large Hearth that Might Set Again Power Storage Inside Local weather Information
Actual property star provides grim prediction for the way forward for LA as he reveals why owners will NEVER return after fires Every day Mail
Syndemics
Osterholm Podcast: The Potential Environmental (Airborne) Unfold of H5N1 Avian Flu Diary. Osterholm: “… the very actual risk that the H5N1 virus could also be carried by contaminated `mud’ from poultry farms, infecting different close by farms, animals, and doubtlessly even people….” Properly value a learn.
Scotland in chicken flu lockdown as prevention zone established The Nationwide
* * * Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America’s largest in recorded historical past Bloomberg
* * * Amyloid-forming potential of Betacoronavirus together with SARS-CoV-2 Cell. From the Summary: “The findings of this research suggest the excessive potential of some Betacorona viruses, together with the Wild sort of SARS-CoV-2 and a few variants, similar to Gamma and Delta, to develop prion-like sequence which may act as a regulator for viral infections.”
* * * Alberta’s COVID-19 pandemic response : Alberta COVID-19 Pandemic Knowledge Evaluation Job Power : last report Alberta Authorities. Commentary:
Holy s**t! The anti-vax Alberta process pressure additionally included John Conly 😳 pic.twitter.com/No5F2cbs1Y
— Bean & Sprout’s Mother (@beansprouts_mom) January 25, 2025
China?
What China Received Proper About Huge Tech Overseas Coverage. The deck: “In contrast to Trump, Xi understood {that a} new class of enterprise titans might hijack his nation’s political system.”
‘Crucial step’: Chinese language scientists flip E coli right into a photosynthetic life kind South China Morning Submit
China urges prudence over loads in rural tasks as native debt clouds linger South China Morning Submit
Myanmar
Ex-U.S. Envoy Displays on Trump’s Probably Myanmar Coverage The Irrawaddy
Syraqistan
‘Thanks to Al-Qassam Brigades for the nice remedy’: Launched Israeli troopers says to Hamas’ armed wing fighetrs Anadolu Company
With the ceasefire in Gaza comes a grotesque problem: Counting and gathering the lifeless AP
Gaza checkpoint contractor is shell firm of ‘generational wealth administration’ agency The Grayzone
* * * Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon to proceed past 60 days, Netanyahu proclaims L’Orient Right now
Israel to Prolong Army Presence in Lebanon With Trump Administration’s Blessing Overseas Coverage
* * * Trump lifts Biden’s maintain on 2,000-pound bombs to Israel Axios
Trump desires Jordan and Egypt to just accept extra Palestinian refugees and floats plan to ‘clear out’ Gaza AP
* * * The Settler Couple Operating a Community of Israeli Communities Throughout Europe, Funded by Israel Haaretz
Iran Struggle Hawks Getting Wrecked In Trump Personnel Battle Ryan Grim, DropSite Information
Pricey Previous Blighty
Gaza protest: How Starmer and the Met have joined forces to quash all dissent Center East Eye
New Not-So-Chilly Struggle
Actuality hits house: “Ukraine is operating out of Ukrainians,” US Secretary of State Solidarity
Why is Ukraine struggling to mobilise its residents to struggle? Al Jazeera
When the symbols of Ukrainian resistance fade Al Jazeera
* * * Vladimir Putin calls Donald Trump ‘intelligent’ and suggests talks, together with over Ukraine EuroNews
Putin prepared to speak to Trump, Kyiv says no talks with out Ukraine, Europe France24
* * * NATO chief: Price of Russian victory in Ukraine could be ‘trillions not billions’ Atlantic Council
Trump Administration
Trump’s Q&A on Air Power One goes from the airplane’s coloration scheme to the destiny of TikTok and Canada and He’s emboldened, he’s organized and he’s nonetheless Trump: Takeaways from the president’s opening days AP
Trump’s ‘ice maiden’ chief of workers launches brutal takedown of Elon Musk as she REFUSES to provide him a West Wing workplace and points stark warning over being ‘co-president’ Every day Mail. Susie Wiles. “Wiles, a 67-year-old veteran of GOP politics, noticed her first victory on Trump’s first day in workplace when he confirmed Musk wouldn’t have a desk within the West Wing. The chief administrator of DOGE should additionally report back to Wiles, an indication of her management over the White Home.”
* * * How Pete Hegseth’s nomination got here again from “90% lifeless” Axios. Commentary:
I do not assume the media or the DC intelligentsia understand that to a variety of us veterans, the truth that Pete Hegseth developed a ingesting drawback after coming house from the GWOT, after which BEAT stated ingesting drawback, is a large PLUS in our minds and is by no means a adverse.
All of us…
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) January 25, 2025
Trump fires unbiased inspectors normal in Friday night time purge Politico. However:
IGs telling Trump, “No.”
That is the way you resist. pic.twitter.com/TAVJtMoJyl
— ⚖️🪴🇺🇦🌈🇮🇱🇵🇸 (@rogertansey) January 25, 2025
‘I’m terrified’: Staff describe the darkish temper inside federal businesses Politico
Antitrust
The primary days of Boss Politics Antitrust Cory Doctorow, Pluralistic
Did a Non-public Fairness Hearth Truck Roll-Up Worsen the L.A. Fires? Matt Stoller, BIG
Immigration
ICE Raids Are an Escalation of Our Lengthy-Simmering De Facto Chilly Civil Struggle Daring Fireball. Sure, and sanctuary cities are a “nullification” of which John C. Calhoun could be proud.
Trump’s try to finish birthright citizenship would overturn greater than a century of precedent AP
Digital Watch
How small Chinese language AI start-up DeepSeek shocked Silicon Valley FT
OpenAI vs. DeepSeek: A Comparative Evaluation of Capital Expenditure (CapEx) Investing Medium. Commentary:
China’s #DeepSeek might signify the most important risk to US fairness markets as the corporate appears to have constructed a groundbreaking AI mannequin at an especially low worth and w/o gaining access to cutting-edge chips, calling into query the utility of the lots of of billions value of… pic.twitter.com/wMVyczpRgT
— Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) January 24, 2025
Tech leaders reply to the fast rise of DeepSeek VentureBeat. Commentary:
Will clarify what I feel is occurring with Sam Altman’s trousers. Hopefully this thread will allow you to perceive what to search for when purchasing for pants. 🧵 https://t.co/pZNqXpCE1o
— derek man (@dieworkwear) January 25, 2025
Lambert right here: I hope Altman loses his pants. And his shirt.
* * * Google Search Now Requires JavaScript Michael Tsai
Democrats en déshabillé
‘Give us slightly time’: Democrats seek for a guideline towards Trump Semafor
Carville’s recommendation to fellow Dems on Trump: ‘Let him punch himself out’ The Hill
The Remaining Frontier
Astronomers search world ban on house promoting House Information
World Monuments Fund Places Moon on Listing of At-Danger Websites NYT
Guillotine Watch
A Begin-Up Claimed Its Gadget Might Remedy Most cancers. Then Sufferers Started Dying. NYT
Mailboxes, used automobiles and different issues making life hell in Asheville FOX
We Solely Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Support Kim Kelly, Literary Hub
Antidote du jour (Diego Delso):
Bonus antidote, “The cats who got here in from the chilly”:
I put an entire bunch of blankets on the sofa exterior and made him slightly tent. You’ll be able to simply see him peeking out.
I hope he’s heat sufficient.
Everybody say Hello Bruiser! pic.twitter.com/fl5ZO7kkgh
— Jennifer 🟥🔴🧙♀️🦉🐈⬛ 🦖 (@babybeginner) January 24, 2025
An extended thread with many cats. Double bonus antidote:
— Ramin Nasibov (@RaminNasibov) January 22, 2025
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
