Elephants have names for one another, similar to people ZMEScience (Paul R)
The Male-Feminine Longevity Hole Widens Harvard Journal. As I mentioned, US goes the way in which of Russia, and for a lot the identical causes: excessive neoliberalism at work. Male life expectancy dropped by 4 years.
International Decline In Male Fertility Linked To Frequent Pesticides NBC
Physicians scramble to employment: 5 numbers to know Becker Doctor Management. Extra vital than headline suggests. Pattern = extra crapification of US medical therapy.
Life scientists’ flight to biotech labs stalls vital tutorial analysis STAT (Dr. Kevin)
The Darkish Facet of a Medical Trial AAAS (Dr. Kevin)
#COVID-19
New Research by Chinese language Virus Specialists reveals that there are FIVE separate strains of Covid, so various that they need to be thought-about separate SARS viruses… pic.twitter.com/7pBQYSAKwg
— Chris Turnbull (@EnemyInAState) November 14, 2023
Local weather/Surroundings
Forest Pulse: The Newest on the World’s Forests International Forest Overview (guurst)
Planting Trillions of Bushes Received’t Save the Planet. Right here’s a Higher Method The Messenger (David L)
Costs For Offshore Wind Energy To Rise By 50% BBC
Colorado River in Disaster: A Los Angeles Occasions documentary Los Angeles Occasions (David L)
China?
Xi and Biden at summit converse of battle avoidance Asia Occasions (Kevin W)
Biden-Xi Assembly Delivers Small Wins and Guarantees of Higher Ties Bloomberg
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In what’s doubtless an especially consequential assembly, that is what Xi advised Biden in line with the Chinese language readout of their assembly (https://t.co/Tqz4FFvuWC). I feel anybody who needs to know China’s standpoint wrt to the US ought to learn this:
– There are 2 choices for China…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 16, 2023
A lot for normalizing relations:
Gotta be kidding. Biden insults Xi simply after assembly him by calling him a ‘dictator’. pic.twitter.com/0nwopmIc1Y
— SIMPLICIUS The Thinker Ѱ (@simpatico771) November 16, 2023
China pouring billions into new reminiscence chip manufacturing Asia Occasions (Kevin W)
Define of current/ongoing Chinese language army gross sales to Russia is now clear. Jacob Dreizin
No good choices for Myanmar’s mortally wounded regime Asia Occasions (Kevin W)
European Disunion
French courtroom points arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad for complicity in warfare crimes Guardian (Kevin W). The sarin fuel fabrication is baaack.
Outdated Blighty
Keir Starmer suffers main Labour revolt over Gaza ceasefire vote BBC (Kevin W)
Gaza
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 40: Israeli forces storm Al-Shifa Hospital, strip-naked and arrest folks inside Mondoweiss (guurst)
Israeli troops deepen search at essential Gaza hospital for proof of Hamas SwissInfo. BC flags:
The Israeli army made no point out of discovering any tunnel entrances in Al Shifa. It beforehand mentioned Hamas had constructed a community of tunnels beneath the hospital. Hamas has denied it and dismissed the most recent military statements.
In what’s doubtless an especially consequential assembly, that is what Xi advised Biden in line with the Chinese language readout of their assembly (https://t.co/Tqz4FFvuWC). I feel anybody who needs to know China’s standpoint wrt to the US ought to learn this:
– There are 2 choices for China…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 16, 2023
In justifying Israel’s invasion of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital, the Pentagon has primarily admitted that its personal intelligence evaluation asserting that Hamas army websites are hid beneath the hospital is nothing greater than recycled Israeli propaganda.
Sabrina Singh, the… pic.twitter.com/paEF5u8pf3
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) November 15, 2023
* * * All telecoms companies in Gaza to halt in coming hours — Russian envoy to UN TASS. Subhead: “‘There will probably be no telling what occurs there in any respect,’ he mentioned.”
Hamas bodycam video reveals early moments of bloodbath and tunnels beneath Gaza CNN
* * * US will take huge hit in international standing over Israel Accountable Statecraft. Not “will take” however “is taking”. See additionally: What precisely are US particular forces doing in Israel?
Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ towards Israel faces trial by hearth Reuters. Opening para:
Iran’s supreme chief delivered a transparent message to the pinnacle of Hamas after they met in Tehran in early November, in line with three senior officers: You gave us no warning of your Oct. 7 assault on Israel and we is not going to enter the warfare in your behalf.
Turkey’s Erdogan calls Israel a ‘terror state’, criticises the West Aljazeers (ma)
Canada’s Justin Trudeau tells Israel to finish ‘killing of infants’ Aljazeera (ma)
* * * What We Get Mistaken About Israel and Gaza Nicholas Kristoff, New York Occasions (David L)
Disaster Replace: Politicians In A Zionist Dying March Moneycircus (Micael T)
The Query of Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism Charles Blow, New York Occasions (David L)
* * * #BREAKING| Israeli police and settlers are within the Armanian quarter now attempting to confiscate Palestinian land claiming that they’ve permission by an Israeli courtroom. pic.twitter.com/RdZj7mGB6C
— Quds Information Community (@QudsNen) November 15, 2023
US Is Quietly Sending Israel Extra Ammunition, Missiles Bloomberg (ma)
* * * CHAOS IN DC: A whole bunch of ‘violent’ anti-Israel protesters ‘begging for ceasefire’ conflict with Capitol cops outdoors DNC headquarters — 6 officers injured New York Publish. Lead story. 150 protestors = “chaos”?
A whole bunch of Metro Detroit Jews stranded at D.C. airport by ‘malicious’ bus drivers Detroit Information (ma)
New Not-So-Chilly Battle
Forbidden Russian oil flows into Pentagon provide chain Washington Publish. From a few days in the past, nonetheless germane.
The AIVD CEO who noticed how Russia ready for warfare with the West: ‘They’re ruthless cynics’ NRC, by way of machine translation, authentic right here. guurst: “BONKERS”
Don’t plan but for Ukraine reconstruction Indian Punchline. Except for the elephant within the room of the territorial subject, as we’ve got identified, there will probably be no significant reconstruction of Western managed areas. Non-public sector actors don’t try this, and all of the schemes contain fantasies about that. There will probably be at most looting. However there’s means much less to loot than in Russia within the Nineties. And the trouble to strip mine Greece in 2015 resulted in nearly nada save the Chinese language getting the port of
EU set to slap Russia with new sanctions on diamonds, tighten oil value cap Politico (Kevin W)
Preying on kids: Olena Zelenska basis concerned in youngster trafficking schemes The Intel Drop (Kevin W). Warning: deal with with warning. Nonetheless, as we all know, Ukraine is fabulously corrupt and has lengthy been a significant intercourse trafficking heart.
The Decisive Second for Ukraine: A Dialog with Andriy Yermak, Head of the Workplace of the President of Ukraine Hudson (Kevin C)
Massive Brother is Watching You Watch
A New Battle Over Authorities Spying Intercept
Imperial Collapse Watch
Arming Ourselves In opposition to The Future. Aurelien (Chuck L)
That Scannable Spotify Tattoo Sounded Like a Good Concept on the Time Wall Road Journal (David L). A tattoo as the reply to excessive laziness?
Trump
Fulton County prosecutors ask for emergency seal of proof after video leak in election subversion case CNN (furzy)
2024
N.H. units presidential major date for Jan. 23, defying Biden’s new major order NBC (furzy)
Funds Showdown
Senate passes Johnson invoice to fund authorities, averting shutdown menace The Hill
GOP Clown Automotive
Mike Johnson’s Shady Funds Are Already Coming Again to Chew Him Day by day Beast (ma)
Abortion
A Satanic Abortion Clinic Named After The Mom Of Supreme Court docket Justice Alito Is Open in New Mexico The Messenger. ma:
I don’t know what New Mexico’s abortion legal guidelines are, but when this church declared abortion to be a sacrament, might they carry out them in any state, regardless the legal guidelines of the state? Hmmm.
Our No Longer Free Press
Lawmakers Query Apple Over Cancellation of Jon Stewart’s Present Engadget
US senators search Meta paperwork over platforms’ alleged psychological, bodily harms Reuters (furzy)
Cruise is taking all its automobiles off public roads amid expanded security probe, employees modifications CNBC (Kevin W)
Cruising is again. A brand new regulation has made lowriders legit Los Angeles Occasions (David L)
AI
With AI, Massive Tech is No Longer Pretending to Automotivee Phantasm of Extra (David L)
Google researchers deal a significant blow to the idea AI is about to outsmart people Enterprise Insider (furzy)
Coaching of 1-Trillion Parameter Scientific AI Begins HPC (David L)
Microsoft and Nvidia Are Making It Simpler To Run AI Fashions on Home windows The Verge
AI chemist finds molecule to make oxygen on Mars after sifting by way of tens of millions House (furzy). I don’t just like the personalizing of the AI within the headline.
Antitrust
Google Paid $8 Billion To Make Its Apps Default On Samsung Telephones The Hill
The Bezzle
Guillotine Watch
Ultrawealthy charities which are serving to nobody and report nothing price U.S. taxpayers billions yearly, report says Fortune (ma). After all they assist somebody! The workers, who’re nearly definitely members of the family.
Class Warfare
Alabama lady, 84, is ready to be booted from her dwelling of 60 YEARS as 20 members of the family and property traders power sale of 40-acre property that may very well be value $20M to McMansion developer Day by day Mail. Lead story. And no, my VPN shouldn’t be set to Atlanta.
Antidote du jour. Sunny Roads:
Right here you may see Monty, a younger and really pleasant tabby who lives in Port Moody, Canada, together with his mother, Manuela. Monty is at all times interested by what’s happening behind the curtains.
Within the picture with the crimson background he has been admiring the framed portraits of his distinguished Venetian cousins.
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
