Three million years ago, our ancestors were vegetarian ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
Iron Age DNA Reveals Women Dominated Pre-Roman Britain ScienceAlert (Chuck L)
Regency Sex Ed History News Network (Anthony L)
The Power of Prayer aeon. Micael T: “Can you Luigi oligarchs through prayers? Will we see oligarchs with lifeguards protecting them from prayers?”
Honey, I forgot to duck: Jackson Lears London Review of Books (Anthony L). On Max Boot on Reagan.
Them and us: How good are we at getting on with one another? Times Literary Supplement (Anthony L)
The Adults in the Room Michael Ignatieff (Anthony L)
Younger Women Are Now More At-Risk for Cancer Than Men Wall Street Journal (Micael T). Have not found a non-paywalled version. Another report on the same data: Cancer cases are increasing in women while declining in men, report finds NBC
#COVID-19/Pandemics
Rise of vaccine distrust – why more of us are questioning jabs BBC (Kevin W)
Avian influenza outbreak in Georgia halts sale of poultry, forces quarantine Fox5. KLG: “Northern part of Georgia is chicken central”
HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE.
Surely waiting in a room filled with people with infectious disease with no mitigation helps people catch vital infections that invigorate them with health and vitality?
Or maybe infections caught in hospital kill people.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/lYGfqcv3PM— tern (@1goodtern) January 18, 2025
Climate/Environment
Trouble Transitioning Adam Tooze, London Review of Books (Anthony L)
China?
CHINA’S CONTEMPORARY PARADOX: RISING INEQUALITY, FALLING SUPPORT FOR REDISTRIBUTION World Inequality Database (Micael T)
Trump holds ‘very good’ call with China’s Xi RT
Beijing calls Biden a ‘liar’ and says hello to Trump Asia Times (Kevin W)
India
Wed or I’ll shoot: Inside the criminal world where young men are forced to marry at gunpoint RT (Chuck L)
European Disunion
EU faces up to €1 trillion loss for cutting Russian gas – Moscow sovereign wealth fund RT
Old Blighty
UK economy sliding back into recession London Loves Business
Oldham gang rape survivor blasts ‘appalling’ Labour plan for local grooming inquiries and ‘rapid audit’ Independent (Kevin W)
Israel v. The Resistance
Israel Admits Failure in Gaza John Mearshemer
Ceasefire and colonial self-cannibalization Alon Mizrahi
Starmer’s Support for Gaza Ceasefire Riddled With Lies Jonathan Cook
🚨Most Palestinians who’ll be released on Sunday are HOSTAGES!
Not prisoners or detainees
Those are civilians the IDF mass kidnapped from Gaza & the West Bank since Oct 7 as a bargaining chip; or “strategic assets”
“We’re holding them for the deals” an Israeli officer admits👇 pic.twitter.com/zuMlUn36pa
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) January 17, 2025
All the uncertainties surrounding the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal Thomas Fazi
New Not-So-Cold War
How the West Was Lost American Affairs Journal (Anthony L)
Ukraine’s Debt: an instrument of pressure and spoliation in the hands of creditors CADTM (Micael T)
Dusk for Norway is dawn for Russia’: The looming gas crisis facing the West Telegraph
Game Changer — Russia and Iran Sign Mutual Security Agreement Larry Johnson. This is more than was expected.
Inside the Russia-Iran Comprehensive Partnership Treaty: What’s In It and Why It Matters Sputnik (Kevin W)
SITREP 1/17/25: Russia-Iran’s Landmark Agreement Imitated in Starmer’s Last Minute Kiev Stunt Simplicius
🗣️ The Kremlin is concerned about the provision on the advancement of British military infrastructure in the “century-long treaty” between London and Kiev, stated Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov. He noted that Moscow will analyze how these agreements will be…
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) January 17, 2025
Getting Russia Wrong: A Quarter Century of Putin American Conservative (Anthony L)
What will a “European Armenia” bring? Strategic Culture (Micael T)
6 questions and answers about the document signed between Armenia and the USA Media Max (Michael T)
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
WEF Director Backs UN’s Pro-Censorship AI Watchdog Reclaim the Net (Tom D)
Lawsuit alleges Vermont tracks pregnant women deemed unsuitable for parenthood Associated Press. Paul R: “Lebensunwertes Leben. Apparently they tracked when pregnant women had mental health episodes, and flagged them to have the kids taken away once born.”
Imperial Collapse Watch
Wars top global risk as Davos elite gathers in shadow of fragmented world Reuters
Trump 2.0
Authorities Preparing For “Worst Case Scenarios” Ahead of Trump Inauguration Modernity
Georgia appeals court upholds partial dismissal of Trump election interference case Courthouse News
Yellen: Debt limit will be hit day after Trump’s inauguration The Hill. Another Biden parting present
U.S. Shale’s Capital Discipline Outweighs Trump’s Pro-Growth Rhetoric OilPrice
Everyone has their reasons Jan-Werner Müller, London Review of Books. Anthony L: “The LRB’s idea of brilliant political analyst is back”
Biden
Remembering The Golden Years: Here Are The 11 Best Moments Of Biden’s Presidency Babylon Bee
Biden in His Bunker Philip Pikington
California Burning
Los Angeles fires survivors face arduous federal aid process, delayed payouts WSWS
Wildfire smoke is always toxic. LA’s is even worse. Grist. Remember the first responders at 9/11? Same potential health damage on a bigger scale
The historic Black neighborhood of Altadena, once home to Jackie Robinson and Octavia Butler, has lost millions in generational wealth from the LA fires.
BT spoke with Altadena resident Kyoko Canizales whose home was lost during the Eaton Fire. The home had been in her family… pic.twitter.com/CxoQfgj3WR
— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) January 16, 2025
Immigration
Senate advances Laken Riley Act, teeing up final vote The Hill
Our No Longer Free Press
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, Biden stays execution — but broad power now lies with Trump Drop Site (Li)
TikTok says it will ‘go dark’ on Sunday without US government action BBC
here’s your transparency from the military on how it spies on civilians on social media https://t.co/eRCJRNjc7O
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) January 16, 2025
VIDEO: Sam Husseini’s Viral Confrontation With Blinken Decensored. Lambert featured this appalling conduct, but many of the videos were not the best, and this one gives a fuller picture of what transpired.
CNN In DEEP TROUBLE With Defamation Case: Legal Analyst Jonathan Turley Warns Glenn Greenwald
Mr. Market is Moody
Investor who predicted dot-com crash issues chilling three-word warning as another market storm brews Daily Mail (Li)
Trump’s plans could trigger liquidity crises across Europe and Asia South China Morning Post
US financial deregulation would raise crisis risks, French central bank chief says Reuters
AI
Falling for the Algorithm: New Study Reveals Emotional Bonds Between Users and ChatGPT ScienceBlog (Dr. Kevin)
The Bezzle
Wall Street could get a boost from $1 trillion in buybacks, Goldman says Reuters (Michael Hudson)
Regulators are investigating reports of property damage from SpaceX Starship’s explosion CNN (Kevin W)
Class Warfare
GoFundMe Is a Health-Care Utility Now Atlantic (Paul R)
Antidote du jour. Lennymemes via Paul R. Legend: “I knew crows were smart but this one is actually dipping his nuggets.”
And a bonus (Chuck L). So why hasn’t this been made into a children’s story?
Cow thinks he’s a showjumping horse pic.twitter.com/AVoNOJlXMR
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) January 17, 2025
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
