Uncommon beaked whale delights scientists Tagesschau by way of machine translation (Micael T). However it’s lifeless 🙁
Flu EXPLOSION: Surprising one in 4 adults who’re sick have flu – double final 12 months’s fee… as terrifying ‘quad-demic’ surge engulfs Britain hospitalising hundreds Day by day Mail
Formaldehyde Causes Extra Most cancers Than Any Different Poisonous Air Pollutant. Little Is Being Finished to Curb the Threat. ProPublica (Robin Ok)
Dementia Incidence Linked to Inflammatory Meals MedPage. Caffeine is anti-inflammatory, together with calorie restriction
Local weather/Surroundings
Rising wooden gasoline consumption exhibits limits of power transition JKempEnergy
Local weather Science Authorized Protection Fund gears up for a busy 4 years Yale Local weather Connections (Dr. Kevin)
Polluting shipwrecks are the ticking time-bomb on the backside of our oceans The Dialog (Kevin W)
Cambodia’s big lake shrinks as local weather change, Mekong dams reduce fish provide Nikkei
China?
China pledges extra debt, fee cuts as Trump tariff threats loom Reuters
US Curbs Scope of China Science Accord Amid Tech Rivalry Related Press
Wang Yongli clarifies China’s issuance of USD-denominated Sovereign Bonds in Saudi Arabia Pekinology. We debunked the hype over this in feedback early on.
Koreas
South Korea MPs vote to question president after mass protests over martial legislation BBC
Korean financial system on alert amid rising debt, weak consumption Pulse
Africa
Mali arrests, Niger website seizure rattle Western miners Reuters
Mining agency defaults on US loans amid Mozambique political unrest EEnews
European Disunion
ECB cuts charges once more and retains door open to additional cuts Reuters
Macron appoints centrist ally François Bayrou as France’s fourth prime minister in 2024 Le Monde
The Financial Roots of France’s Political Collapse Day by day Economic system
Revealed: The ‘Vested Pursuits’ on the EU’s Agriculture Committee DesmogBlog
What Eire’s Nice Famine can train us concerning the EU-Mercosur free commerce deal Thomas Fazi
European international locations quarrel over gasoline Vzglyad by way of machine translation (Micael T)
Swedish minister open to new measures to deal with power disaster, blames German nuclear phase-out Euractiv
Outdated Blighty
UK financial system shrinks once more in one other blow to Reeves, new figures present Impartial
Britain’s farmers are braced for £600m of collective losses after poor climate led to the second-worst harvest on report Telegraph
NFU chief says he ‘can not rule out’ meals shortages if farmers go on strike Sky
Israel v. the Resistance
Enduring the Trauma of Genocide (w/ Gabor Maté) Chris Hedges (Chuck L)
Conferences at The Hague reveal disaster and turmoil, as state representatives grapple with Israeli warrants Mondoweiss
Iran’s foreign money drops to lowest fee ever towards the greenback Intellinews
New Not-So-Chilly Conflict
Russia launches enormous assault on Ukraine with dozens of cruise missiles and drones Guardian. So now it’s official.
Russia Retaliates For ATACMS Strike – Improves Trolling Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)
EU prepares first sanctions towards Russia for disinformation – Bloomberg Ukrainska Pravda
Ending the Conflict in Ukraine: Evaluation and Suggestions Paul Robinson. Talked about approvingly by Alexander Mercouris
Syraqistan
Items Start Slowly Falling into Place in ‘New Syria’ Simplicius
Inside Israel’s opportunistic invasion of Syria Mondoweiss (guurst)
Prof. Mohammad Marandi | Syria’s Reality: No Winners, Solely LOSERS – Quick & Lengthy-Time period Chaos EXPOSED Dialogue Works. A opposite view on what the collapse of Syria means for Hezbollah and Iran. We’ll see sooner or later if his take is confirmed right.
The Roads to Damascus Tariq Ali, New Left Evaluate (Robin Ok)
Erdoğan’s Syria? Cihan Tuğal, New Left Evaluate (Robin Ok)
Turkey: A slim majority of Turks sees Assad dynasty’s fall as constructive Center East Eye
Turkish-backed fighters accused of executing Kurdish troopers in hospital Telegraph
Russia seems to tug again its forces in Syria Monetary Instances. As we predicted
Huge Brother is Watching You Watch
THREAD: The official narrative of how Luigi Mangione was apprehended doesn’t add up. Proof suggests a deeper surveillance operation involving real-time facial recognition expertise. Let’s delve into the inconsistencies and discover the implications. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/catXgNjG4v
— Marlo the Hutt (@YesYoureRacist) December 12, 2024
Imperial Collapse Watch
NATO should shift to wartime mindset, secretary common warns Sky
Useful resource nationalism on the rise amid geopolitical tensions Monetary Instances
US, China, Russia gearing up for house wars to return Asia Instances (Kevin W)
The Stinking Legacy-Prisons and focus camps of the USA Marat Khairullin (guurst)
1/6
The Jan. 6 Verdict Is In: The Rioters Lose, Even If Trump Pardons Them Politico (Kevin W)
Trump 2.0
Ontario threatens to chop off US’s energy over Trump tariff row Telegraph
Trump aides mull abolishing FDIC as a part of dramatic banking deregulation spree: report New York Put up. This could immediately crash the banking system.
Attacking Iran Would Be Insane Daniel Larison
Biden
Essential. Please click on by way of or learn the threadreader:
1/ The media isn’t reporting it however the Biden administration seems to be going into full Hitler-in-the-bunker mode and making an attempt to destroy international power markets to crush the EU financial system and decrease American residing requirements by way of extra inflation to harm Trump. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/qrVsDlC4Rr
— Philip Pilkington (@philippilk) December 13, 2024
Biden commutes sentence of Luzerne County kids-for-cash scandal decide Conahan WVIA. James C: “Serving to to slaughter hundreds of Palestinian youngsters wasn’t sufficient for Joe. Now he’s giving a cross on torturing US youngsters.” Moi: This case was so notoriously terrible that it impressed a section on Legislation and Order: SVU. See right here for the trailer.
Victims ‘shocked’ after Biden grants clemency to ‘kids-for-cash’ decide and $54 million embezzler CNN (Kevin W)
have you ever thought-about embezzling funds to purchase a present horse? https://t.co/240QYfmdp4
— chinahand (@chinahand) December 13, 2024
NYT: Pelosi fractures hip in fall overseas SFExaminer. This was destined to occur until she was religiously doing stability workout routines. At 84, she was sporting excessive heels (see right here) and frequently strolling on very onerous flooring (word different sneakers now modern for ladies, decrease “kitten” heels with a tiny level of contact, are additionally dangerous regardless of wanting in any other case). The percentages of demise in older individuals rise dramatically within the six months following a nasty fall.
Abortion
Texas AG sues New York physician for offering abortion tablets throughout state traces The Hill
Woke Watch
The reality concerning the Woke Proper Unherd
AI
1 large factor: Chatbots are studying to lie Axios (Dr. Kevin)
OpenAI whistleblower discovered lifeless in San Francisco condo Mercury Information (Kevin W)
Authorized Tech Unicorn EvenUp Relied Closely on People Regardless of AI Claims Enterprise Insider
The Bezzle
Texas Home Introduces Invoice To Set up a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve CNBC
McKinsey to pay $650M settlement over Purdue opioid consulting, stories say Axios (Dr. Kevin)
Guillotine Watch
Macabre indicators and artwork have cropped up throughout the U.S., concentrating on medical insurance executives and repeating phrases linked to the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Watch extra: 🎥 https://t.co/m1eC8QdNYf pic.twitter.com/W6PRIX92F5
— The Wall Road Journal (@WSJ) December 13, 2024
Piers Morgan requested Antichrist Peter Thiel what he would say to individuals who celebrated Luigi Mangione — who was a fan of Peter Thiel and Elon Musk — murdering an insurance coverage CEO.
If somebody can discover a worse reply to any query, I’d like to see it. That is excruciating. pic.twitter.com/Y7JTFQlUzv
— Jim Stewartson, Antifascist 🇺🇸🇺🇦🏴☠️ (@jimstewartson) December 12, 2024
Florida mother arrested for saying ‘Delay Deny Depose’ on name with BlueCross BlueShield well being insurer: ‘You persons are subsequent’ New York Put up
A Manifesto Towards For-Revenue Well being Insurance coverage Corporations Michael Moore
Bret Stephens: A Actual Higher Class Asshole – and Journalism Fraud and Liar Too Washington Babylon (Micael T)
Class Warfare
Individuals spend extra years sick than remainder of world: Research Bloomberg (Robin Ok)
A Vacation Strike at Amazon? Drop Web site (Micael T)
Antidote du jour. A really previous one from Mark T that I simply present in my inbox. “I’m a rescue cat who’s a bit particular, however now have a house :-)”
And a bonus (Chuck L). I had no thought snowy owls had been so giant:
“Meet the Snowy Owl: The Arctic’s Enchanting Ruler”
Within the linked video, we’re invited to find the charming Snowy Owl. This magnificent creature is actually an ice and snow spirit, reigning supreme within the Arctic. With its lovely plumage and piercing eyes, it’s a sight… pic.twitter.com/yTjGmfpZG5
— Zhang Heqing (@zhang_heqing) December 3, 2024
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
