Hikikomori, the Japanese phenomenon of utmost social isolation goes international ZMEScience
Local weather/Surroundings
What 5,000-year-old skeletons inform us about residing with local weather change Grist
Water
Skilled: $225 million wanted to interchange greater than 35,000 lead water pipes in RI WPRI
Early outcomes of lead testing present alarming ranges in some Delaware college ingesting water Delaware Information Journal
Des Moines Water Works recommends changing 1000’s of lead pipes KCCI
Flint residents urged to filter water as bottled water donations finish amid ongoing water disaster ABC Information
#COVID-19
This may go effectively. Vaccine solely technique, however like, now as if COVID is seasonal. https://t.co/9QmEQCuJtb
— T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) January 23, 2023
IMMUNE DAMAGE PERSISTS POST-COVID.
A Thread 🧵
Here’s a assortment of papers indicating the persistence of immuno-dysfunction post-Covid.
Let’s heretoafter confer with them because the ‘Munro Information’.
No purpose.#MunroFiles— Raffy Flynn (@RaffyFlynnArt) January 23, 2023
Syraqistan
US, Israel kick off largest ever army train as Iran nuclear talks falter Al-Monitor
Previous Blighty
BBC Chairman Helped Boris Johnson Safe $990,000 Mortgage Weeks Earlier than Successful Job – Reviews Deadline
Thames Water’s real-time map confirms uncooked sewage discharges Guardian
India
The BBC Is Abusing Freedom Of The Press To Wage Hybrid Warfare On India Andrew Korybko
China?
Good Information, World! You Can Cease Worrying In regards to the South China Sea! China Issues
Exaggerating China’s army spending, St. Louis Fed breaks all statistical guidelines with deceptive graph Geopolitical Financial system
China tightens grip as dominant LNG purchaser with long-term offers Nikkei Asia
European Disunion
5 charged over second alleged far-right plot in opposition to German authorities Guardian
Can Serbia survive EU’s financial ultimatum? Branko Milanović, Serbian Monitor
If the European Union Doesn’t Democratize, It Will Crumble Jacobin
New Not-So-Chilly Battle
#UPDATE – The heads of the military-civil administration in Sumy, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts will resign – Ukrainska Pravda https://t.co/XdG63xJAzx
— Faytuks Information Δ (@Faytuks) January 23, 2023
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Russia and West on verge of ‘actual conflict’ – Lavrov RT
EU approves additional 500 million euros in army assist for Ukraine France24
I can’t imagine this can be a actual tweet.
Abrams tanks “work” in Poland as a result of there isn’t a conflict being fought and America has personnel and bases. https://t.co/nRceikqU0d
— Huge Serge ☦️🇺🇸🇷🇺 (@witte_sergei) January 23, 2023
Why is Egypt’s Navy commanding a NATO-led coalition within the Pink Sea? The Cradle
Estonian international ministry desires to increase managed maritime space Estonian Public Broadcasting.
NATO’s Baltic States, Russia take away ambassadors as diplomatic relations downgraded Reuters
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U.S. Officers Declare Extra ‘Russiagate’ Like Nonsense Moon of Alabama. An intensive takedown of the New York Occasions’ Spanish letter bomb piece featured in yesterday’s Hyperlinks.
Proper and Left To Take part D.C. Protest: ‘Not One Extra Penny for Battle in Ukraine’ Antiwar
Germany Nonetheless Years Away From Changing Russian Fuel Capability
It should take till 2026 for Germany to put in 56 bcm of home LNG import capability – identical it imported by pipe from Russia in 2021
By 2030 capacities are seen at 76.5 bcm, 80% of consumptionhttps://t.co/EY5eyNsN8M pic.twitter.com/BSGuENxPNO
— Tracy (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) January 23, 2023
Rexit Refusniki GmbH: Lower than 9% of international corporations pull out of Russia IntelliNews
Turkey’s Erdogan reveals no give on Sweden’s NATO bid Al-Monitor
South of the Border
Brazil and Argentina getting ready new Latin American forex to ‘cut back reliance on US greenback’ Geopolitical Financial system
The London Metallic Alternate has the bottom stockpiles in 25 years, with shortages of copper, zinc, lead, and tin
You understand which nation is a prime producer of these?
Peru, the place the US simply backed a coup and mentioned “investments” with the mining minister: https://t.co/AsNQOdExup pic.twitter.com/Z3keYuFOfB
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) January 23, 2023
Biden Administration
Is Kevin McCarthy’s Secret Weapon Joe Biden? The American Prospect
DOJ prosecutions on the rise, however fines plummet International Competitors Evaluation
2024
Even Democrats Are Now Important of Biden Over Paperwork Mess Bloomberg
Trump Seems to Ditch His Personal Social Media Website Rolling Stone
GOP Clown Automotive
Democrats en déshabillé
Why Is Pete Buttigieg Refusing to Crack Down on Airways’ Scams? Jacobin
Gunz
7 Lifeless, 1 Injured in Half Moon Bay Mass Capturing; Suspect in Custody NBC Bay Space
Huge Brother is Watching You Watch
Scientists flip WiFi routers into ‘cameras’ that may see folks by partitions ZMEScience
REPS. ADAM SCHIFF AND JIM JORDAN KILLED MASS SURVEILLANCE REFORM IN 2020. WILL THEY DO IT AGAIN? The Intercept
Imperial Collapse Watch
U.S. Weapons Trade Unprepared for a China Battle, Report Says WSJ
Police State Watch
Tyre Nichols’ household lawyer says video reveals police beating Nichols like a ‘human pinata’ CNN
Officer Concerned in Tyre Nichols’ Demise Beforehand Accused of Brutality The Each day Memphian
Our No Longer Free Press
In 2014 The Guardian printed an op-ed about Ukraine by @SeumasMilne that may be shriekingly condemned as Russian propaganda at this time. I doubt there’s a single paragraph on this article that may very well be printed in at this time’s mainstream media atmosphere.https://t.co/Z7zRRbFrVo
— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) January 23, 2023
Sports activities Desk
Jeff Bezos could promote Washington Submit to purchase Commanders, buyers say: sources NY Submit
Tech
DOJ poised to sue Google over digital advert market dominance Bloomberg
Not but. Can ChatGPT lever up a portfolio agency, lay off 60% of workers, degrade software program high quality, and promote the agency to its personal secondary fund in a mushy type of fraud? https://t.co/CJHw5j3kd3
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) January 23, 2023
The Bezzle
The Russian-Linked Fee Processors Feeding the Crypto-conomy Soiled Bubble Media
US banks pressured to sever ties with crypto corporations Protos
New York’s monetary regulator takes intention at corporations co-mingling crypto funds Reuters
Class Warfare
THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS: THE ALGORITHMIC GAMBLIFICATION OF WORK Legislation and Political Financial system Challenge
Empathy Economics and Social Lessons Origins of Our Time. The deck: A major supply on Janet Yellen and the battle concept of inflation
What do indebted workers do? Financialisation and the decline of commercial motion Industrial Relations Journal. From the summary: “Since indebted workers are likely to turn into self-disciplined on the office on the worry of shedding their job and defaulting, this paper argues that the post-1970 rise of family financialisation is related to the decline of strike exercise.”
Spotify cuts 6% of its workforce — learn the memo CEO Daniel Ek despatched to workers CNBC
There’s Bipartisan Settlement on One Factor: Ticketmaster Sucks The New Republic
“Somebody hit the massive rating
They figured it out
That we’re gonna do it anyway
Even when it doesn’t pay”-Gillian Welch
Antidote du jour (courtesy of rlgroves):
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.