Hybrid ‘Brolar Bears’ May Unfold By The Arctic as The Planet Warms ScienceAlert (Chuck L)
Sheep flocks function as a kind of ‘collective intelligence’ and elect momentary leaders to information them whereas shifting ZMEScience (Dr. Kevin)
What’s the Boundary Waters price? Counties and Forest Service disagree Wilderness Information (Chuck L)
NASA’s Webb Catches Fiery Hourglass as New Star Kinds NASA (lyman alpha blob)
FBI, Air Power Brokers Mysteriously Raid Home of Man Who Runs Space 51 Weblog Gizmodo
‘New’ weight of Earth revealed RT (Chuck L)
“Anna’s Archive” Opens the Door to Z-Library and Different Pirate Libraries Torrent Freak (Mark G)
The Union Pacific Silvis Heritage Donation Transfer – Departing Cheyenne YouTube (resilc). For prepare followers.
The Dengue Virus Has Been Present in Arizona Gizmodo (David L)
Our Earth, formed by life aeon
The Filth on Pig-Pen Elif Batuman, Astra (Anthony L)
What makes us dance? It truly is all about that bass NPR (David L)
Michael Wooden · Cage in Search of a Chook: Kafka’s Worlds London Overview of Books (Anthony L)
Michael Dirda on why we should always learn the classics and outdated, forgotten books Washington Put up (Anthony L)
#COVID-19
Science/Drugs
RAT COVID TESTING:
It is so necessary that you simply swab the within of your cheek (particularly on the stage of your higher & decrease molars), below your tongue and the again of your throat earlier than you swab your nostril. Sensitivity of accessible RATs will increase considerably with this strategy.— Christopher Leighton MD, FRCPC (@ccleighton) November 16, 2022
Washington Put up backs Republican-led witch-hunt in opposition to scientists WSWS
Asia
Chinese language metropolis of Guangzhou struggles to rein in report Covid outbreak Monetary Instances
Local weather/Atmosphere
The carbon conundrum: Plotting emissions, as COP27 enters its closing week chartr (resilc)
California Releases Sweeping New Local weather Motion Plan to Attain Carbon Neutrality KQED (David L)
Consultants clarify slowing ocean currents PhysOrg (David L)
Vertical Farming Must Develop Extra Than Salad Wired (resilc)
China?
At present studying Elbridge Colby’s “Technique of Denial” because it’s turning into a really influential e book within the US.
Most putting to me is that the e book is predicated on the premise that China is a risk to the US.
However the rationalization for why that’s is extremely insane.
Small 🧵
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) April 16, 2022
China’s new satellite-hunting radar goals to blind US Asia Instances
China Tops US To Take Analysis Crown At International Chip Convention Nikkei
🇸🇦💰🇨🇳It’s reported that over the last Airshow China-2022 exhibition in Zhuhai,SA signed contracts with China price 2 billion USD for the acquisition of a line for the meeting of the TB001 unmanned aerial automobile (together with know-how switch) and 300 Caihong-4B UAVs pic.twitter.com/2RQBcdoJRn
— AZ 🛰🌏🌍🌎 (@AZgeopolitics) November 19, 2022
No hope in bettering China-UK ties if London continues to impress Beijing’s backside line International Instances
Previous Blighty
Larger taxes look to be right here to remain, says IFS BBC (resilc)
UK opposition events to desk amendments to delay deletion of 4,000 EU legal guidelines Guardian
New Not-So-Chilly Conflict
🇷🇺🇺🇦 State of affairs within the Zaporozhye Route till 11:00 on 19 Nov 2022(half-hour in the past)
▪️ The AFU command continues to pay attention forces in ahead positions for a possible offensive in opposition to Melitopol. In keeping with residents within the area, 25,000 to 40,000 troops pic.twitter.com/503c3hJxkt
— AZ 🛰🌏🌍🌎 (@AZgeopolitics) November 19, 2022
>Ukraine. Navy Abstract And Evaluation 18.11.2022 YouTube. 10 Russian troopers trapped by Urkaine forces urged by Ukraine to give up. They did and have been then machine gunned in chilly blood per movies posted by Ukraine. Russian MoD analyzed them, stated troopers shot behind the pinnacle. Russia guarantees retribution, together with v. Zelensky.
Why a Diplomatic Resolution to the Ukraine Conflict is Getting Extra and Extra Elusive CounterPunch. Resilc: “Vicky Nuland sez nooooooooooooooowayyyyyyyyyyyyyy.”
* * * Ukraine says half its vitality system crippled by Russian assaults, Kyiv might ‘shutdown’ Reuters
Poland is not going to invite Ukraine to co-host missile strike investigation DefenseNews. Kevin W: “As a result of they noticed what occurred when the Ukraine co-hosted the MH17 investigations?”
* * * * * * NYT, Once more. Andrei Martyanov. Some again of the envelope calculations to debunk the never-stops-being-flogged “Russia is operating out of missiles” story.
Will Biden Promote Superior Drones to Ukraine? Intercept (resilc). Wowsers, very captured piece. The US is contemplating promoting/supplied downgraded Gray Eagle drones. As Brian Berletic defined, the official motive is that we’re afraid Russia will seize certainly one of them. He says the much more seemingly motive is that it received’t carry out nicely attributable to Russian sign jamming and different causes. The magic Turkish Bayrakters didn’t.
Syraqistan
Mohammed bin Salman: Saudi chief given US immunity over Khashoggi killing BBC (resilc)
Israel deploys remote-controlled robotic weapons in West Financial institution Related Press (David L)
Imperial Collapse Watch
America’s Suez Second American Conservative (resilc)
A Smoldering Fuse James Howard Kunstler (Li). On Ukraine and FTX. The standard nice phrase-making.
The G20 is lifeless. Lengthy reside the G20 Indian Punchline (Kevin W)
Pentagon has no concept how a lot navy tools it left in Afghanistan Process and Objective
Trump
Particular counsel Jack Smith to supervise prison investigations into Trump BBC. Kevin W: “A former battle crimes prosecutor?”
Fmr. Pres. Trump Provides Assertion on Particular Counsel Appointment C-SPAN
Trump Posted Labeled Satellite tv for pc Imagery On Twitter As President NPR
187 Years Later, Congress Thinks About Seating a Cherokee Delegate New Republic (resilc)
Abortion
Anti-abortion teams search to overturn FDA approval of abortion tablet Politico
Our No Longer Free Press
15 Automakers Elon Musk May Have Purchased As an alternative Of Twitter Jalopnik (resilc)
Elon Musk begins reinstating banned Twitter accounts, beginning with Jordan Peterson and the Babylon Bee The Verge (Li)
You may vote on whether or not to reinstate Trump on Twitter, however ballot closes quickly, I feel as of Midday PST: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/standing/1593767953706921985
The most effective individuals are staying, so I’m not tremendous frightened
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
We’ll know in not all that lengthy if Musk is blustering. However he has sufficient $ and profile on this that he just about has to make it work, even when which means redeploying loads of coders and code minders from House X and Tesla.
Democrats’ Belief and Favorability in Twitter Plummets Following Musk Take Over Gizmodo (Kevin W). I like the brand new Twitter significantly better. On the stuff I observe, sign to noise ratio has improved.
Elon Musk’s chaotic reign boosts Twitter — and its smaller rivals Monetary Instances
Nonetheless, this isn’t nicely thought out:
New Twitter coverage is freedom of speech, however not freedom of attain.
Detrimental/hate tweets can be max deboosted & demonetized, so no advertisements or different income to Twitter.
You received’t discover the tweet until you particularly search it out, which is not any totally different from remainder of Web.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2022
Inflation/Provide Chain
New Englanders Are Fed Up With Excessive Vitality Costs OilPrice (resilc)
The Bezzle
Pregnant Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to 11 years in federal jail for multimillion-dollar blood testing fraud conspiracy Each day Mail (Li)
Bubbles Aren’t Simply For Inventory Markets Ian’s Weblog (resilc)
FTX boss accused of utilizing offshore funds after chapter RT. Headline buries the lede. SBF et al declare Bahama authorities made them switch crypto submit chapter submitting to a pockets managed by Bahama.
Is Efficient Altruism to Blame for Sam Bankman-Fried? New York Journal (Jules). There was loads of upset in feedback on Water Cooler yesterday when IM Doc labored out that the FTX Basis was the only real funder of a so-sloppy-as-to-not-be-reliable examine that was broadly touted examine that discovered ivermectin to be ineffective. FTX had famously pledged to provide 1% of its internet charges to charity, by way of the FTX Basis. Bankman-Fried’s household is a part of elite medical academia. There’s usually no cash for medical trials for outdated off-patent medication. There was ethical panic among the many Biden Administration and Crew Dem over ivermectin, notably over the chance that it could scale back vaccine takeup. So that is actually not any shock.
After FTX, Crypto Exchanges Wrestle to Persuade Clients They’re Secure Bloomberg
Justice Division Mentioned To Examine Ticketmaster’s Dad or mum Firm New York Instances
How America’s prime actual property agent sells 16 properties each day The Hustle (resilc)
Class Warfare
Safety guards at Doha World Cup park declare they’re paid simply 35p an hour Guardian (resilc)
60% of Individuals reside paycheck to paycheck heading into 2022 vacation CNBC (resilc)
Antidote du jour. Robert H: “Image from chook watching associates close to D.C.”
And a bonus (Chuck L):
Child hippos studying to swim on the @CincinnatiZoopic.twitter.com/kTzs0YT3At
— Fascinating (@fasc1nate) November 16, 2022
And a second bonus (Chuck L):
“Excuse me, I will let you know once you’ve completed” pic.twitter.com/TP3kBhbQgG
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) November 17, 2022
And final however not least (guurst):
Adjusting your proposal to the grant necessities pic.twitter.com/zC4df9pRY2
— PhD_Genie (@PhD_Genie) November 17, 2022
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
