Scientists Developed a Questionnaire to Determine if Your Cat Is a Psychopath ScienceAlert (Chuck L)
Canine Arthritis Therapy Below Hearth After Reviews of Extreme, Even Deadly, Aspect Results Gizmodo (Kevin W)
Saints for Supper London Evaluation of Books (Anthony L)
How the novel grew to become a laboratory for experimental physics aeon (Dr. Kevin)
Journal that printed defective black plastic research faraway from science index ars technica (Dr. Kevin)
Mosh pit nappy, designed to keep away from queues at gig loos, sells out Sky Information (Dr. Kevin)
Chook Flu Has Hit California Dairies So Exhausting That They’re Calling It ‘Covid for Cows’ New York Occasions
” rel=”nofollow”>How America Misplaced Management of the Chook Flu, Setting the Stage for One other Pandemic KFF Well being Information (Paul R)
Local weather/Setting
Your devices are literally carbon sinks — for now Grist
Twenty years in the past, researchers began an experiment that may problem the prevailing scientific understanding of plant communities.
Whereas trendy agriculture treats range as inefficient, the Jena Experiment proved the other: complexity is the important thing to resilience. pic.twitter.com/7DSVYJTOAb
— Sam Knowlton (@samdknowlton) December 18, 2024
China?
China’s Abroad Funding Provides to Money Exodus Weighing on Yuan Bloomberg
China and Sweden board bulker suspected of Baltic cable ‘sabotage’ Tradewinds Information
NPR investigation of a Chinese language superstar dissident leads information orgs to retract tales NPR
That is one thing that most individuals outdoors China have by no means heard of: in China they’ve this telephone quantity – 12345 – which you’ll dial wherever you might be within the nation in case you have a question or a criticism that the native authorities can reply or resolve.
They’ve a authorized obligation… https://t.co/JVx7I29MKU
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) December 20, 2024
Honda and Nissan to start merger talks amid EV competitors Nikkei
Koreas
South Korean gained hits 15-year low as hawkish Fed, home politics weigh Reuters
Africa
Recognizing Somaliland: A geopolitical game-changer for West Asia? The Cradle (Chuck L)
South Sudan’s financial disaster threatens its fragile peace Economist
South of the Border
Chávez, Spirituality and Revolution: A Dialog with Joel Suárez (Half I) Venezuelanalysis (Robin Okay)
O Canada
Confronted with turmoil, a defiant Trudeau hangs on – for now BBC
An ideal storm for the Canadian greenback Assume.ing
European Disunion
Germany and France are in disaster – is the following international monetary crash brewing? Guardian
Vitality challenges for Europe mount as Russian LNG imports rise, Norway weighs export cuts. FirstPost
Trump Threatens Tariffs If EU Doesn’t Purchase Extra US Oil and Gasoline Bloomberg
Backlash builds as Elon Musk endorses Germany’s far proper Politico (Kevin W)
VW cuts 35,000 jobs – factories stay open Tagesschau through machine translation (guurst)
A matter of state: The politics of German anti-anti-Semitism Wolfgang Streeck, SAGE Journals (Kevin W)
France’s Debt Grows Additional In Problem To New PM Barrons
Photo voltaic Agency Collapse Reverberates By Danish Monetary System Bloomberg
Outdated Blighty
UK Suffers Worst November for Automobile Manufacturing Since 1980 Bloomberg
UK borrowing prices climb as ‘stagflation’ worry stalks gilt market Monetary Occasions
Israel v. the Resistance
“There’s no fireplace brigade right here. Households simply burn alive of their tents. They burn alive.” https://t.co/9sRab0G52p
— Drop Web site (@DropSiteNews) December 20, 2024
Israel’s Genocide Day 440: New studies of mass killings in Gaza floor Mondoweiss
THE NEW CEASEFIRE EQUATION Seymour Hersh. Robin Okay: “Saudis rebuild Gaza–so Israel can “mow the grass” following reconstruction each time it chooses?”
Hezbollah Secretary Basic Naim Qassem Assesses Developments in Lebanon and Syria Resistance Information
Iran key providers shut as rial plunges amid power disaster, regional pressure Aljazeera
New Not-So-Chilly Battle
Outcomes of the 12 months with Vladimir Putin President of Russia
Yuzhmash and Oreshnik Demystified Amerikanets (Dr. Kevin) and a later Mea Maxima Culpa. Hhhm.
Medley Report: Europe’s Descent, Oreshnik, and Extra Simplicius
Russia pummels Kiev in response to US & UK missile assault on Rostov Mike Hampton
Russia Faucets Soviet-Period Stockpiles as Armored-Car Provide Dwindles Wall Road Journal
One factor nobody’s speaking about is that it is questionable whether or not radar may even monitor plasma sheathed hypersonic objects. They monitor the preliminary hypersonic payload in house the place there isn’t any environment. But when it is nonetheless going close to Mach 10 in environment the plasma sheath will… https://t.co/SVipQ5vzZt
— SIMPLICIUS Ѱ (@simpatico771) December 20, 2024
Syraqistan
Russian largely halts actions at Syria’s Hmeimim air base Anadolu Company
U.S. lifts bounty on Syria’s interim chief amid diplomatic outreach Washington Put up
Trump 2.0
Chopping Authorities Is Straightforward… If You Go After McKinsey Matt Stoller
Ten Years After Normalization With Cuba, Trump Hardliners Take Cuba Again In Time Ryan Grim
Trump appoints vocal critic of pope as envoy to Vatican Anadolu Company. He actually can’t restrain himself.
Biden
Why Bidenism Failed Jacobin (Robin Okay)
8 Causes Congress Deserves Raises Babylon Bee
Senate passes invoice to spice up Social Safety advantages for some The Hill
Our No Longer Free Press
/1🚨 VICTORY 🚨
A federal court docket has denied the Stanford Web Observatory, Atlantic Council, and Aspen Institute’s try to dismiss AFL’s class motion lawsuit for conspiring with the U.S. authorities to conduct focused surveillance and censor conservative political speech. pic.twitter.com/7g7Yj0T2YQ
— America First Authorized (@America1stLegal) December 20, 2024
Mr. Market is Moody
Renewed inflation fears stalk central bankers as markets shudder Monetary Occasions
Antitrust
Readers, aren’t these inhalers additionally used for COPD?
1. At this time the Federal Circuit rejected Teva’s bid to checklist machine patents for inhalers within the Orange Guide.
Virtually which means that drug makers cannot checklist patents for issues like inhaler caps to dam generic rivals from the market & maintain costs excessive.
An enormous win for Individuals. https://t.co/sEYPwmVrfs
— Lina Khan (@linakhanFTC) December 20, 2024
Mark Cuban: A Grasp Disrupter for American Healthcare Eric Topol (Dr. Kevin)
AI
The Subsequent Nice Leap in AI Is Behind Schedule and Loopy Costly Wall Road Journal
Guillotine Watch
It’s a Mistake to Cost Luigi Mangione With Terrorism New York Occasions
Did the NYPD’s perp stroll of Luigi Mangione backfire? Gothamist (Kevin w)
Class Warfare
Antidote du jour. From Kije H, admittedly fairly some time in the past: “This monk seal visits the seashore we stay on fairly usually. They arrive ashore to relaxation.”
And a bonus (Chuck L):
The opposite swans aren’t gonna consider this pic.twitter.com/vBlDYIzByz
— Nature is Superb ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) December 16, 2024
A second bonus (Chuck L):
4. Meet Sydney, a male umbrella cockatoo socializing with Vet Hospital Workers 😂 pic.twitter.com/Dr4wAzhvY2
— Healthful Aspect of 𝕏 (@itsme_urstruly) December 18, 2024
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
