Elephants have names for one another, identical 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 Widespread Pesticides NBC
Physicians scramble to employment: 5 numbers to know Becker Doctor Management. Extra essential than headline suggests. Pattern = extra crapification of US medical remedy.
Life scientists’ flight to biotech labs stalls essential educational analysis STAT (Dr. Kevin)
The Darkish Facet of a Scientific Trial AAAS (Dr. Kevin)
#COVID-19
New Research by Chinese language Virus Specialists exhibits 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/Atmosphere
Forest Pulse: The Newest on the World’s Forests International Forest Assessment (guurst)
Planting Trillions of Timber Received’t Save the Planet. Right here’s a Higher Approach 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
Do click on via to learn:
In what’s seemingly an especially consequential assembly, that is what Xi informed Biden based on the Chinese language readout of their assembly (https://t.co/Tqz4FFvuWC). I feel anybody who needs to grasp China’s standpoint wrt to the US ought to learn this:
– There are 2 choices for China…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 16, 2023
Or see: President Xi Jinping Meets with U.S. President Joe Biden Ministry of Overseas Affairs of the Folks’s Republic of China
Readout of President Joe Biden’s Assembly with President Xi Jinping of the Folks’s Republic of China White Home. Fairly the aggressive tone, and the uncharacteristic size in comparison with regular readouts strikes me as defensive. See this specifically, in distinction with Xi’s lengthy type argument that continued nice energy confrontation and competitors would result in unhealthy ends:
President Biden emphasised that the US and China are in competitors, noting that the US would proceed to spend money on the sources of American energy at house and align with allies and companions around the globe. He burdened that the US would all the time arise for its pursuits, its values, and its allies and companions. He reiterated that the world expects the US and China to handle competitors responsibly to stop it from veering into battle, confrontation, or a brand new Chilly Conflict.
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 latest/ongoing Chinese language navy 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 battle crimes Guardian (Kevin W). The sarin fuel fabrication is baaack.
Outdated Blighty
Keir Starmer suffers main Labour rise up 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 primary Gaza hospital for proof of Hamas SwissInfo. BC flags:
The Israeli navy made no point out of discovering any tunnel entrances in Al Shifa. It beforehand mentioned Hamas had constructed a community of tunnels underneath the hospital. Hamas has denied it and dismissed the newest military statements.
In justifying Israel’s invasion of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital, the Pentagon has primarily admitted that its personal intelligence evaluation asserting that Hamas navy 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
A sensational scandal for the Israeli occupation military at Al-Shifa Hospital.
The occupation military introduced crates this morning, claiming they contained assist for Al-Shifa Hospital.
They transferred them contained in the hospital, however the crates really held weapons, clothes, and… pic.twitter.com/FAzyVv2OzX
— Dunia🇵🇸 (@Dunian98) November 15, 2023
* * * All telecoms providers in Gaza to halt in coming hours — Russian envoy to UN TASS. Subhead: “‘There can be no telling what occurs there in any respect,’ he mentioned.”
Hamas bodycam video exhibits early moments of bloodbath and tunnels underneath 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’ in opposition to Israel faces trial by fireplace Reuters. Opening para:
Iran’s supreme chief delivered a transparent message to the top of Hamas after they met in Tehran in early November, based on three senior officers: You gave us no warning of your Oct. 7 assault on Israel and we is not going to enter the battle 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 Incorrect About Israel and Gaza Nicholas Kristoff, New York Occasions (David L)
Disaster Replace: Politicians In A Zionist Loss of life 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 lot of ‘violent’ anti-Israel protesters ‘begging for ceasefire’ conflict with Capitol cops outdoors DNC headquarters — 6 officers injured New York Put up. Lead story. 150 protestors = “chaos”?
A whole lot of Metro Detroit Jews stranded at D.C. airport by ‘malicious’ bus drivers Detroit Information (ma)
New Not-So-Chilly Conflict
Forbidden Russian oil flows into Pentagon provide chain Washington Put up. From a few days in the past, nonetheless germane.
The AIVD CEO who noticed how Russia ready for battle 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 challenge, as we’ve identified, there can be no significant reconstruction of Western managed areas. Non-public sector actors don’t do this, and all of the schemes contain fantasies about that. There can be at most looting. However there’s manner much less to loot than in Russia within the Nineteen Nineties. And the hassle 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 youngsters: Olena Zelenska basis concerned in little one trafficking schemes The Intel Drop (Kevin W). Warning: deal with with warning. Nevertheless, as we all know, Ukraine is fabulously corrupt and has lengthy been a serious intercourse trafficking middle.
The Decisive Second for Ukraine: A Dialog with Andriy Yermak, Head of the Workplace of the President of Ukraine Hudson (Kevin C)
Huge 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 Avenue 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 main date for Jan. 23, defying Biden’s new main order NBC (furzy)
Finances Showdown
Senate passes Johnson invoice to fund authorities, averting shutdown risk The Hill
GOP Clown Automobile
Mike Johnson’s Shady Funds Are Already Coming Again to Chunk Him Each 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 autos 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, Huge Tech is No Longer Pretending to Automobilee Phantasm of Extra (David L)
Google researchers deal a serious 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 via thousands and thousands Area (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 might be serving to nobody and report nothing value U.S. taxpayers billions yearly, report says Fortune (ma). In fact they assist somebody! The workers, who’re virtually definitely relations.
Class Warfare
Alabama lady, 84, is ready to be booted from her house of 60 YEARS as 20 relations and property buyers drive sale of 40-acre property that might be price $20M to McMansion developer Each day Mail. Lead story. And no, my VPN will not be set to Atlanta.
Antidote du jour. Sunny Roads:
Right here you possibly can see Monty, a younger and really pleasant tabby who lives in Port Moody, Canada, together with his mother, Manuela. Monty is all the time interested in what’s occurring behind the curtains.
Within the photograph 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.
