Pricey affected person readers,
We belief all of you loved this festive season, or a minimum of received some R&R. We want you all a contented, wholesome, and affluent 2025!
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Astronomers Uncover an Extremely-Large Grand-Design Spiral Galaxy PhysOrg
An archeological revolution transforms our picture of human freedoms aeon (Anthony L)
#COVID-19/Pandemics
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— Gina 😷 COVID is Airborne 💚 (@Saffiya_Khan1) December 30, 2024
Local weather/Atmosphere
Watch Greenland lose 563 cubic miles of ice in below 30 seconds in disturbing new time-lapse video House (Kevin W)
Race for Arctic assets in a local weather change period Asia Occasions (Kevin W)
How Oil Firms Offload Expensive Cleanup Onto the Public ProPublica (Robin Ok)
Researchers make game-changing discovery whereas experimenting with plastic replacements: ‘It can’t be ignored’ TCD
Expulsion within the title of local weather hysteria : Tanzania’s Maasai should give means Cocotteminute (Micael T). “Local weather scamming” appears extra apt.
China?
EXCLUSIVE: Former GM Exec Warns Tesla and China’s EV Domination Is Unstoppable Brighter with Herbert, YouTube (Vikas S)
What UK fighter pilots did and didn’t train China’s PLA Asia Occasions (Kevin W)
US Treasury says it was hacked by China in ‘main incident’ BBC (Kevin W)
Curiously, whereas Individuals debate methods to make medicines extra reasonably priced, China is now debating the precise reverse downside: some fear their medication have gotten too low-cost.
It’s because China launched in 2018 a centralized procurement system formally referred to as “group…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) December 29, 2024
Koreas
South Korean court docket points arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Anadolu Company
Going Nuclear Is a Unhealthy Possibility for South Korea Daniel Larison
Why was there a wall close to runway at S Korea aircraft crash airport? BBC (Kevin W)
Japan
Japan’s street to nowhere Julian Macfarlane (Micael T)
European Disunion
Elon Musk Doubles Down on Endorsement of Far-right Different for Germany Social gathering Haaretz
From a number of days again, however price a watch (Chuck L):
“You might be corrupt to the final fibre of your being.”
MIC DROP: German MEP Christine Anderson calls Ursula von der Leyen “the wrecking ball that mercilessly tears down the whole lot that has made the European peoples robust”, to her face. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ZPstrrFa5R
— Huge Awake Media (@wideawake_media) December 28, 2024
Outdated Blighty
How disillusioned Labour supporters can battle again in opposition to Starmer and Reeves Steve Eager (Micael T)
Israel v. The Resistance
After brutally expelling sufferers from northern Gaza’s hospitals to place the medical amenities out of service and implement its mass expulsion plan, the Israeli navy is arresting them of their transfers (coordinated with the World Well being Organisation) to different hospitals.
— Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) December 30, 2024
Jimmy Carter’s Palestine legacy Mondoweiss
New Not-So-Chilly Battle
The absurd story of Ukrainian fuel transit and Nord Stream Anti-Spiegel through machine translation (Micael T)
Who advantages from the top of Ukrainian fuel transit Anti-Spiegel through machine translation (Micael T). Necessary. Some key bits not what you would possibly assume.
Real “Energy Politics” in Ukraine and Jap Europe Larry Johnson
Biden Administration Proclaims Almost $6 Billion in New Ukraine Support Antiwar (Kevin W)
Ukraine corruption.
THIS YEAR: 13 (13!) Rolls Royce Spectre had been purchased in Ukraine.
Value: $650,000 every.
The primary one was delivered to a member of Parliament – Vatsak. A number of extra had been additionally purchased by deputies and officers.
Solely 3 of 13 Rolls Royce patrons have… pic.twitter.com/8kc3u6A6Wq
— Diana Panchenko 🇺🇦 (@Panchenko_X) December 29, 2024
CLOSING OUT 2024: FROM RUSSIA TO THE U.S.A. Hal Freeman (Anthony L)
Syraqistan
Chuck L: “Haven’t seen corroboration. Was Julani smoking a managed substance?”
الجولاني يعترف بإن تحركه العسكري حال دون وقوع حرب اقليمية واسعة جدا ضد اسرائيل تشارك فيها سوريا والعراق وايران مما قد يحرج تركيا ويدفعها للوقوف مع ايران.
الرجل يعترف صراحة بأن مهمته حماية اسرائيل وتأمين توغلها العسكري في سوريا بسلام.الم اقلكم اني عرفت تصهين الإخوان منذ عام ١٩٩٣ pic.twitter.com/qfEhM5A2dM
— محمد البخيتي(Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti) (@M_N_Albukhaiti) December 29, 2024
Syria’s de facto chief says holding elections may take as much as 4 years Aljazeera (Robin Ok)
BREAKING 🚨🇸🇾 first assertion by Syrian resistance in opposition to the brand new AlQaeda regime.
In contrast to the brand new regime they communicate of Palestine, Wahhabi Zionism and the Jewish ISIS. I’m so proud they used these phrases. True Syrians know that the Levant is one physique. But they had been those who… pic.twitter.com/f8Fwlj5bRi
— Syrian Woman 🇸🇾 (@Partisangirl) December 30, 2024
The scramble for Syria: Regional powers jostle for affect The Cradle
Ukraine’s Overseas Minister Meets With HTS Leaders in Damascus Antiwar (Kevin W)
US helps Syria’s ruling Al Qaeda offshoot whereas punishing its folks Aaron Mate
Imperial Collapse Watch
What a 12 months 2024 Was. How power and useful resource depletion undermined the submit WWII order and democracy Trustworthy Sorcerer
Geopolitical plates shifted this 12 months. We’ll see the fallout for years to comeps://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2024-12-30/ty-article/how-to-build-an-empire-slavery-in-ancient-rome/00000194-177e-dc0f-abdc-1f7e5bfc0000″ rel=”nofollow”>The way to Construct an Empire: Slavery in Historic Rome Haaretz (Robin Ok)
Trump 2.0
Invoice Ackman expects Trump to denationalise Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Reuters (Reuters)
RFK Jr. vs. Ozsets up conflict on weight reduction drug protection The Hill. IM Doc has raised considerations over what seems to be irreversible muscle loss (muscle mass loss is a marker of organic getting older), together with for the guts. Nonetheless, RFK, Jr., who I believe has by no means been meaningfully fats, underestimates how arduous it’s to get and hold fats off.
Appeals court docket upholds verdict discovering Trump accountable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll The Hill
Sport of Rooster, Funds Model
US to hit debt ceiling as quickly as Jan. 14 Related Press
Donald Trump is demanding that the Home of Representatives votes on the debt ceiling extension (or abolition) “NOW” Impartial
Immigration
What to learn about H-1B visas on the middle of Musk-MAGA battle The Hill
The H-1B program is about corruption and fraud, not ideology Jonathan Schachtel (Micael T)
I am not going to touch upon the precise debate that has captured the eye of X proper now – I’m not an American and I’ve by no means crossed the Atlantic – however, as a normal level, any line of reasoning that assumes
1) {that a} nation with a inhabitants the dimensions and high quality of…
— Russians With Perspective (@RWApodcast) December 27, 2024
New proof of widespread wage theft within the H-1B visa program Financial Coverage Institute. From 2021, nonetheless germane
Trump Weighs In on Immigrant Visa Debate however Presents Little Readability New York Occasions. Confirms our hypothesis in feedback, that Trump used H-2B, not H-1B visa holders.
EXCLUSIVE: Fears develop over unfold of sadistic tremendous gang Tren de Aragua throughout America… as knowledgeable points chilling new warning Each day Mail. The truth that this appears to be like like awfully propitious timing given the Trump emphasis on getting unlawful entrants who’re additionally criminals doesn’t imply the details alleged will not be true.
Mr. Market is Moody
World company borrowing climbs to report $8tn in 2024 Monetary Occasions. From earlier this week, nonetheless germane.
Boeing Falling Aside Airplanes
South Korea To Examine Boeing Plane as It Struggles To Discover Explanation for Aircraft Crash Related Press
Jeju Air faces second Boeing 737-800 incident – media RT (Kevin W)
The Bezzle
Insurers Proceed to Depend on Docs Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts ProPublica (Robin Ok)
Cocoa bean beats Bitcoin RT (Robin Ok)
Bronze mustn’t rust both:
The Olympic gold medals awarded in France rusted after simply 4 months. pic.twitter.com/bsKV65jLLZ
— Peacemaker (@peacemaket71) December 29, 2024
Guillotine Watch
America in Two Headlines Ken Klippenstein (Chuck L)
Jimmy Carter was the one ex-president within the fashionable period to overtly admit (and lament) the reality about what America has turn into within the post-Residents United period.
The nationwide press corps most likely gained’t point out this, however it was actually one thing. He was an actual one. RIP. pic.twitter.com/W3QYPT6Fwf
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) December 29, 2024
Class Warfare
Evolution Journal Editors Resign En Masse ars technica
In a First, Surgical Robots Realized Duties By Watching Movies Washington Put up
I’m an emergency doctor. The trendy telehealth mannequin ought to have all of us involved. MSNBC. Headline weirdly buries the lede. Amazon Medical being sued over affected person loss of life.
Antidote du jour (through):
And a bonus (Chuck L):
An aquarium in Japan modified the food plan of its penguins and otters resulting from rising prices, and the animals began to refuse to eat the cheaper fish pic.twitter.com/dMiTDDPwB7
— Nature is Wonderful ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) December 29, 2024
A second bonus:
Kitten watching and studying from mama cat.. pic.twitter.com/hBfTgIuknA
— Why you need to have a cat (@ShouldHaveCat) December 30, 2024
And a second bonus (Chuck L; observe neither of us is for certain if NC has featured this one earlier than, however it’s worthy of a rerun if that’s the case):
This 80-year-old retiree observed that folks had been abandoning their canine close to his farm, so he took them in and constructed a practice to take them out for rides pic.twitter.com/97cOndMnDE
— Nature is Wonderful ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) December 29, 2024
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
