A look at NYC’s best animal photos, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society Gothamist (furzy)
Winners of the 2023 International Landscape Photographer of the Year Contest My Modern Met
Chemicals of ‘Concern’ Found In Philips Breathing Machines Propubluca
#COVID-19
Strong evidence to disprove post-covid neurological symptoms as “all in your head.”
Including autoimmunity to the Central Nervous System and elevated tTau in people recovering to sars cov 2
tTau is a marker of neurodegeneration https://t.co/7XH0uZ9F5x
— AJ Leonardi, MBBS, PhD (@fitterhappierAJ) December 30, 2023
More than 29,000 Americans were hospitalized with COVID last week, up 17% and the highest in a year
— BNO News (@BNOFeed) December 29, 2023
Climate/Environment
Are salvaged materials the future of building design? Financial Times (David L)
UK Startup Develops Low Carbon Jet Fuel Made From Human Waste BBC
Surfers take on giant waves as storm hits California BBC (David L)
Pictures show destruction as huge surf pounds US West Coast, flooding some low-lying areas ABC Australia (Kevin W)
First EV With Lithium-Free Sodium Battery Hits the Road In January CarNewsChina
“If no one had ever said, ‘Plant a trillion trees,’ I think we’d have been in a lot better space” REDD-Monitor (Micael T)
China?
China Looks To Dominate Building of Lower-Carbon Fuel Ships OilPrice
Afghanistan https://t.co/lPNYG9aOif
— RationalInvestor (@Orangeman1992) December 29, 2023
How Japan is willingly ceding the future to China Asia Times
European Disunion
German doctors on strike at the height of COVID, flu season DW
Jacques Delors destroyed the European left Thomas Fazi
Wolfgang Schäuble: A criminal figure of German and European politics passes away Defend Democracy (Micael T)
Old Blighty
British life-style: People increasingly turning to food black market International Affairs (Micael T)
NHS in England facing ‘storm of pressure’ as flu and Covid cases surge Guardian
Venezuela To Deploy Defensive Action in Response to UK Threat TeleSUR (Micael T)
The Tit-For-Tat British-Guyanese & Venezuelan Drills Serve Each Side’s Soft Power Interests Andrew Korybko
Gaza
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 84: Gaza at ‘catastrophic threshold’ of famine, West Bank marks ‘deadliest year on record’ for Palestinian children Mondoweiss (guurst)
We have a very important request from you, please read this post until the end and share it so that everyone can see and know the facts.
We shared the video for everyone to see, showing how Zionist police attacked Jewish children, beat them and arrested them. But X, formerly… pic.twitter.com/KjVlqao5Sj
— Torah Judaism (@TorahJudaism) December 28, 2023
* * * It’s Time to End the ‘Special Relationship’ With Israel Foreign Policy (Li)
The Biden administration once more bypasses Congress on an emergency weapons sale to Israel Associated Press
* * * Conscription in Israel upends families as war in Gaza drags on France24
* * * South Africa files case at ICJ accusing Israel of ‘genocidal acts’ in Gaza Al Jazeera (Kevin W)
South Africa Invokes Genocide Convention against Israel Sam Husseini
The ICJ Filing (guurst)
Israel Says It’s Anti-Semitic To Invoke The Genocide Convention Over Gaza Caitlin Johnstone (Dr. Kevin). Doing US exceptionalism one better.
* * * German State Television, of all places, has published a glossary to justify genocide. Dr. Goebbels would be proud if he was still in charge. Eastern Angle (Micael T)
* * * How Yemen is blocking US hegemony in West Asia The Cradle (Micael T)
No, Don’t ‘Take the Fight’ to the Houthis Daniel Larison (Micael T)
* * * Assassination Will Not Help Israel Ian Welsh (Micael T)
New Not-So-Cold War
Biggest Ever Rus Missile Strike Rocks Ukr; Medvedev, Lavrov: No Ceasefire, US Looking For Way Out Alexander Mercouris
Poland says ‘everything indicates’ a Russian missile briefly entered its airspace and left 9News (Kevin W)
Here’s the translation 👍.
Zelensky will pay, this is so sad. pic.twitter.com/EzhahnPDYI
— Spetsnaℤ 007 🇷🇺 (@Alex_Oloyede2) December 29, 2023
ZELENSKY’S DRUG EMPIRE: HOW UKRAINE TURNED INTO EUROPE’S LARGEST DRUG PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER Foundation to Battle Injustice
Moscow’s anti-sanctions tsarina: What the woman leading Russia’s Central Bank says about economic war with the West RT (UserFriendly)
Russia’s stunted LNG coup Energy Flux (Micael T)
Patrick Lawrence: To Retrieve History Scheerpost (Anthony L)
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
When You Roam, You’re Not Alone LawFare (David L).
4-year campaign backdoored iPhones using possibly the most advanced exploit ever ars technica (bob)
Imperial Collapse Watch
The Global South does not like the West’s “rules-based order” International Affairs (Micael T)
Trump
Maine’s secretary of state explains her reasons for barring Trump from primary ballot CBS (Kevin W)
Sen. Collins: Maine secretary of state’s decision to bar Trump from ballot ‘should be overturned’ The Hill
JUST IN: The federal appeals court in DC has ruled again that Trump is not immune from a lawsuit brought by police officers related to his conduct on Jan. 6.
Expect similar rulings in one or two other Jan. 6-related lawsuits: pic.twitter.com/3gkdKRl5IE
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 29, 2023
Our No Longer Free Press
Are You in an Anti-Free Speech State? We Now Have The Definitive List Jonathan Turley (Chuck L)
One more just war or just one more war? The New York Times and all the military propaganda that fits Dennis Broe
AI
AI-Created ‘Virtual Influencers’ Are Stealing Business From Humans Financial Times
Michael Cohen Used AI To Feed Lawyer Bogus Cases New York Times
The Bezzle
Ep. 58 How did a not very bright thug like Nancy Pelosi get rich in the stock market? Because the system is rigged. Jordan Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street, explains. pic.twitter.com/rZbkKc5bzD
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) December 29, 2023
Class Warfare
The question is, are we happy to live in a world that deliberately creates destitution for some? Richard Murphy
From FedEx to airlines, companies are starting to lose their pricing power CNBC
Antidote du jour. Tracie H: “This was taken at the Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanic Garden. In Los Angeles, CA.”
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
