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Migration of hominins out of Africa may have been driven by the first major glaciation of the Pleistocene PhysOrg (Chuck L)
Cyborg Jellyfish Could Help Explore Oceans Autonomously Universe Today (furzy)
An Introduction to the Astrolabe, the Medieval Smartphone Open Culture (Micael T)
Pioneering sociologist Erving Goffman saw magic in the mundane aeon (Anthony L)
James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe LiveScience (Kevin W)
Scientists Identify Speech Trait That Foreshadows Cognitive Decline ScienceAlert (Chuck L)
ADHD linked to unusual brain connectivity patterns in large-scale neuroimaging study PsyPost (Chuck L)
Mystery in Japan as dangerous streptococcal infections soar to record levels Guardian. Paul R: “‘Tis a mystery. It says so right in the headline.”
Scientists Discover Simple Way To Prevent Life-Threatening Birth Defects SciTech Daily (Chuck L)
#COVID-19
RCT showing high rates of viral and symptom rebound with both paxlovid and VV116.
There are multiple potential reasons, with one being the highly specific targets within viral replication (Mpro and RdRp respectively). Paxlovid and VV116 may limit viral replication, however they… pic.twitter.com/aq6ayXLiDy
— Covid Analysis (@CovidAnalysis) March 14, 2024
Climate/Environment
Climate change: The ‘insane’ plan to save the Arctic’s sea-ice BBC (Kevin W)
China?
Taiwan Confirms Presence of US Special Forces on Islands Near China’s Coast Antiwar.com. Kevin W: “Just 2.5 miles away from the mainland Chinese city of Xiamen.”
American empire strikes back at China via economic warfare South China Morning Post (furzy)
Haiti
Haiti and the curse of history Hamilton Spectator (furzy)
Myanmar
Myanmar Regime Actually Winning Using TERROR Campaign HistoryLegends (Anthony L)
Gaza
Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 161: Hamas proposes new prisoner exchange deal, Netanyahu’s office calls it ‘unrealistic’ Mondoweiss (guurst)
New Massacre Against Civilians Desperately Awaiting Aid in Gaza City Communist Party of Israel (BC)
Israeli strikes kill at least 29 Gazans awaiting aid, say Palestinian officials Reuters (furzy)
Israeli Genocide Causing ‘Complete Psychological Destruction’ of Gaza Children Common Dreams
Paul Murphy There should be no shamrock for ‘Genocide Joe’ over his stance on Israel The Journal (BC)
New Not-So-Cold War
Macron Attempts to Woo Nation to War Simplicius the Thinker. Alexander Mercouris discussed this interview in lieu of press conference at the top of his show and depicted it as chaotic. Shambolic sounds like an even better description.
Macron wants Crimea seized from Russia RT
Ukraine – France Already Lost In Odessa Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)
France all dressed up and nowhere to go Indian Punchline. From earlier in the week, still germane.
Russia election: Arrests for vandalism as ballot boxes targeted in Putin vote BBC (Kevin W)
5 Scenarios for Russia After Putin’s Next Term Politico
Putin Sees Disastrous Start to Presidential Election Newsweek (furzy). The cope, it burns.
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
US Lawmaker Cited NYC Protests in a Defense of Warrantless Spying Wired (furzy)
Imperial Collapse Watch
Gov. DeWine signs bill requiring ‘free market capitalism’ be taught in schools Cleveland.com (Carla). Not how a confident government behaves.
EU warns US about loss of credibilty RT
Russia’s demonization undermines Western universalism Asia Times
An American Who Has Helped Clear 815,000 Bombs From Vietnam New York Times (furzy)
Trump
I Listened to Trump’s Rambling, Unhinged, Vituperative Georgia Rally—and So Should You New Yorker (furzy)
Trump Campaigns in Georgia and Responds to the SOTU Address rev (furzy). The transcript.
Pence says he ‘cannot in good conscience’ endorse Trump CNN (furzy)
Trump’s Manhattan Criminal Trial May Be Delayed by at Least One Month as He Continues Multidecade Streak of Never Being Held Accountable for Anything Vanity Fair (furzy)
Fani Willis ex-lover resigns from Trump election meddling case per judge’s order BBC (furzy)
Willis and the Third Option: The McAfee Order is More Ironic than Solomonic Jonathan Turley
Biden
Biden’s Team Mocked After They Stop Reporters From Communicating With POTUS Sputnik
Kamala Harris could help her party and the country by stepping aside Washington Post (furzy). So she, like Biden, is not taking hints.
GOP Clown Car
House GOP bullish on November despite chaos, unhappiness over last year The Hill
Gunz
What James Crumbley’s manslaughter conviction means for parents CNN (furzy)
Our No Longer Free Press
Why the TikTok Ban is So Dangerous Matt Tabbi. Anthony L: “Taibbi never quite gets there”
AI
ASCII art elicits harmful responses from 5 major AI chatbots ars technica (Kevin W)
What AI-turbocharged drug development means for health care Fortune (Dr. Kevin)
AI companies like OpenAI are basically performing gain-of-function research on humanity BGR (drj)
Falling Apart Boeing Airplanes
Boeing Whistleblower: ‘If Anything Happens to Me, It’s Not Suicide’ Modernity
U.S. Is Investigating Meta for Role in Drug Sales Wall Street Journal. Lead story + exclusive.
The Bezzle
YouTubers Getting Crushed By Massive Copyright Violation Scams Garland Nixon. I see this all the time with the regulars I watch.
Everyone Is Underwater On Their Car Loans As Values Plummet Jalopnik (Kevin W). Holy moley!
Trying out Microsoft’s pre-release OS/2 2.0 The Register (William B)
Class Warfare
Is This What Happens When You Build a Real Social Safety Net, Then Take It Away? New York Times (Tom H)
Realtor settlement could bring ‘seismic shift’ to housing market The Hill. Hoo boy.
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus (Chuck L):
An Elephant Comes To Visit Its Elderly Human Companion In Village Hospital🥹❤️#Trending #viralvideo #FYP #fypviraltwitter #funny #FunniestVideos #memes #memesdaily pic.twitter.com/9XZrOdecrt
— BlissContent (@blissC0ntent) March 9, 2024
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
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