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Dear patient readers,
We appear to have cured what had become a serious problem with the mod queue over the last couple of weeks. Nearly all comments were going straight into moderation. I had an idea as to what had caused it but merely undoing that didn’t change things. But then Lambert decided to clear caches and viola! things are much better. Hopefully regulars will see the difference. Thank Lambert for his intervention.
Total solar eclipse April 8, 2024: The longest and most visible for the US in 100 years Space (furzy)
How cells from other family members live in you and protect your health New Scientist (Dr. Kevin)
#COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: From Crisis to Solution WHN Science Communications (guurst)
Tests of individuals who’ve had #LongCOVID symptoms showed “generalized cognitive slowing” with more than 1/2 of them operating at 2 standard deviations off from age-matched COVID-free controls. For everything from decisions to reactions, they are slower.https://t.co/aa2YsaxhgJ
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) January 26, 2024
Climate/Environment
The Rooftop Solar Industry Could Be On the Verge of Collapse TIME (BC). !!!!
New satellite images catch world’s worst polluters red-handed: ‘Now we really know exactly where it’s coming from’ TC (furzy)
China?
China containment becomes a lose-lose strategy for everyone South China Morning Post (furzy)
The UN China Review Finds Unprecedented Support for Tibetan Rights by Member States, While Beijing Shuts Down Criticism Central Tibetan Administration (furzy)
The politics of physiocracy Branko Milanovic (Micael T)
European Disunion
View from London: Five European ‘tribes’ for five European crises International Affairs (Micael T)
Europe’s Trump challenge: Is it ready to fight Vladimir Putin alone? Politico
EU commission chief hopes for ‘consensus’ with protesting farmers RT
Study: Record sickness rates are pushing Germany into recession Business Panorama via machine translatio. Micael T: “Oh, of course, the employees being sick is the reason. Nothing to do with gaspipelines, companies moving production abroad, greedflation and everything else.”
Venezuela Activates Plan to Neutralize Coup Attempts TeleSUR. Micael T: EU would need this too in order to chase out the US occupants.”
Gaza
Gaza’s economy has been erased. Famine and black markets are all that remain. Mondoweiss. From a couple of days ago, still germane.
🚨Breaking: The Israeli army arrests Dr. Bassam Meqdad, the head of the orthopedic surgery department at Nasser Hospital, who never left his duty since the beginning of the war, tirelessly aiding the wounded and injured pic.twitter.com/KD4Vij1Jzy
— Nour Naim| نور نعيم (@NourNaim88) January 26, 2024
Houthi Red Sea crisis rages on as US admits its impotence and begs China to help InfoBRICS
‘Thank God for the Houthis’: why Arab world is backing Yemen rebels Financial Times (furzy)
Oil tanker on fire after Houthi missile attack, firm says BBC (furzy, Kevin W)
Fuel tanker’s crew struggle to contain fire after Houthi missile attack Financial Times. New story as of Links launch time.
Hhhm:
Houthi strikes Friday evening targeted Russian oil cargoes: near-miss on the tanker ACHILLES carrying Russian crude from Ust-Luga to India, broadcasting NO LINK ISRAEL ; direct hit on the MARLIN LUANDA carrying Russian naphtha from Moroccan port Jorf Lasfar to Singapore. pic.twitter.com/tz4jAReXIg
— Dances_with_Bears (@bears_with) January 27, 2024
Emirates’ U.S. Assassins in Yemen Tell All Forever Wars (Micael T)
ICJ Provisional Measures Against Israel on Genocide
How long before Israel withdraws from the International Criminal Court? From Section 1 of Article 127 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 17 July 1998:
A State Party may, by written notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, withdraw from this Statute. The withdrawal shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification, unless the notification specifies a later date.
Note that at the Times of Israel, the stories on the ICJ ruling are way below the fold. And the first piece is a hostile editorial, not a news story: Hamas came for everyone it could kill in Israel on Oct 7. Today, The Hague encouraged it.
El Al Suspends South African Flights TPS (BC)
U.S. response to the ICJ’s order to Israel to cease fire. https://t.co/v5UNFl9x85
— Moon of Alabama (@MoonofA) January 26, 2024
UNRWA Is Investigating Charges of Workers’ Involvement in Oct. 7 Attacks New York Times (furzy)
So is this sort of thing going to stop?
This is Zionism.
Fyi they deleted it after posting. pic.twitter.com/Dv77mTyWCZ
— Censored Voice. (@CensoredNws) January 24, 2024
Chris Hedges: It May be Genocide, But it Won’t Be Stopped ScheerPost
New Not-So-Cold War
Volodymyr Zelensky’s theatre of nightmares New Statesman (furzy)
Ukraine’s richest man to lose assets in Russia RT (Micael T)
Why is NATO preparing for World War III? International Affairs (Micael T)
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find Gizmodo (Micael T). Yours truly has long been suspicious of apps along with devices engaging in non-user-initiated activity. I really really hate how my iPhone constantly asking me to log in to my iPhone account. Why the hell should I do that unless I plan to make a transaction? The high frequency of this demand suggests that this is yet another Apple spying scheme.
Americans hit with 78 BILLION robocall scams each year, new report reveals after AI-cloned voice of Joe Biden urged New Hampshire Democrats not to vote in primary Daily Mail. BC:
Wondering how much 78 billion calls generates in telecom industry revenue? Many scams even include toll free numbers to make your scamming experience more convenient. No wonder Congress and telecoms are like “We’ll get right on that”. Ironic too that the supposed best solution is being put on yet another list.
Imperial Collapse Watch
Four minutes of convulsions: Kenneth Smith executed with nitrogen gas Montgomery Advertiser (furzy)
China rallies G77 countries for major reform of WTO and Bretton Woods at Kampala summit South China Morning Post. From a few days ago, still germane. It is a bit ironic, since despite obvious problem with the WTO and Bretton Woods, China’s admission to the WTO when it did not qualify was a major spur to its growth.
Trump
Donald Trump ordered to pay $83.3mn in defamation trial Financial Times (furzy)
Colorado voter brief asks Supreme Court to keep Trump off ballot Washington Post (furzy)
Georgia Senate passes a panel with subpoena power to investigate District Attorney Fani Willis Associated Press (furzy) News
2024
Democratic concerns grow amid RFK Jr. ballot push in battleground states The Hill
GOP Clown Car
Senate deal on border and Ukraine at risk of collapse as Trump calls it ‘meaningless’ Washington Post
GOP looks for Plan B on Ukraine with border bill looking DOA The Hill
Immigration/Border Dispute
Border Crisis Heats Up as Biden Admin Loses Grip Simplicius the Thinker
Abbott Tells Tucker Carlson Texas Will Use ‘Every Tool in Our Arsenal to Defend Our State’ The Texan
Texas border: Greg Abbott joined by GOP governors, invoking confederacy Slate (furzy)
Texas makes a stand on immigration, so the White House retaliates by blocking their LNG exports.
Perfectly normal, functioning, healthy political system at work. https://t.co/IyT881dWTn
— Big Serge ☦️🇺🇸🇷🇺 (@witte_sergei) January 26, 2024
Protest Convoy Headed to Southern Border Is Calling Itself an ‘Army of God’ Vice (furzy)
God, Save Me From Your Followers Heading to the Border Calling Themselves ‘Patriots’ Charles Pearce (furzy). Memo to Pearce: Pearl clutching does not strengthen your case.
The Texas migrant drama is a distraction: US elites will keep the border wide open RT
Abortion
Nearly 65,000 US rape victims could not get an abortion in their state, analysis shows Guardian. From a couple of days ago, still germane.
GOP Lawmaker Thinks He’s an Abortion Expert Because He’s a Veterinarian New Republic
Health Care
Bill encouraging patients to shop for medical care advances Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau (Robin K)
Senate to examine walkaway deaths in assisted-living facilities Washington Post (furzy)
AI
Two-faced AI language models learn to hide deception Nature (Dr. Kevin)
Why Taylor Swift AI-Generated Deepfake Images Raise Wider Worries Bloomberg (Dr. Kevin)
How AI can undermine financial stability CEPR
Falling Apart Boeing Airplanes
Boeing Whistleblower: Production Line Has “Enormous Volume Of Defects” Bolts On MAX 9 Weren’t Installed View from the Wing (Paul R)
The Bezzle
Google Cuts Thousands of Workers Improving Search After Search Results Scientifically Shown to Suck Vice (Paul R)
Google is fighting to kill California legislation that will force it to share some ad revenue w/ newspapers, magazines & online news outlets. So Google is funding these “taxpayer protection” ads via a third party to claim it is a “tax increase” (it’s not) pic.twitter.com/aYxX1kSfZL
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) January 26, 2024
Guillotine Watch
Why the oligarchs LOVE democracy Alex Krainer (Micael T)
Class Warfare
When corporate profits force 53% of inflation the rats are fleeing Western-style democracy Ramin Mazaheri (Micael T)
Rich People Don’t Talk to Robots Josh Brown (Paul R)
NEW: an ideological divide is emerging between young men and women in many countries around the world.
I think this one of the most important social trends unfolding today, and provides the answer to several puzzles. pic.twitter.com/kG4qQReqfT
— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) January 26, 2024
What Happened to David Graeber? Los Angeles Review of Books (Micael T)
Antidote du jour (via):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
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