Completely satisfied 2025!!! Hope yours is off to begin.
Why Do We All Watch a Ball Drop to Have fun the New Yr? Vice
Individuals Are Sharing Subtly Bizarre Elements Of Life In America, And Even As Somebody From The US, I’m Considering Twice About Some Of These BuzzFeed (Kevin W)
Ants Carry out Higher As a Group Than People When Making an attempt to Resolve the ‘Piano Mover’s Puzzle’ Laughing Squid
A sensible, biomimetic, one-pot synthesis of firefly luciferin Nature (Micael T)
Lacking canine returns residence, rings doorbell BoingBoing
#COVID-19/Pandemics
Almost 1M chickens take a look at optimistic for hen flu at Darke County egg producer Dayton Each day Information
Local weather/Surroundings
Science and realism’: Governments plan for doomsday local weather eventualities USA Immediately
World endures ‘decade of lethal warmth’ as 2024 caps hottest years on file Guardian
After a couple of days of La Niña induced aid, we’re again above pre-2023 every day file world Sea Floor Temperatures… https://t.co/yck98QPmgJ pic.twitter.com/Hyw0wpurHY
— Leon Simons (is ok) (@LeonSimons8) December 30, 2024
‘Inexperienced’ ferry emits extra CO2 than outdated diesel ship BBC
China?
Will China’s Huge Dam Mission Spark A Water Conflict With India? India Immediately
Chuck L courteously despatched the hyperlink for the article mentioned beneath: A New Sort of Political Celebration System That Has Grown Out of Chinese language Soil Qiushi:
Many individuals dismiss China as a one-party state however the actuality is definitely way more nuanced than this.
As I’ve usually argued you can not probably perceive one thing – not to mention criticize it – for those who do not additionally perceive it from the standpoint of those that defend it. Which means,…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) December 31, 2024
Rupiah Intervention Reveals EM’s Robust-Greenback Headache Bloomberg
Koreas
South Korea poised to crash and burn in 2025 Asia Instances (Kevin W)
Africa
From Sudan to the Sahel, Conflict Spreads in Africa in 2024 International Coverage
European Disunion
Ukraine to finish transit of Russian fuel to EU BBC (Kevin W). In case you missed it.
Russia’s Gazprom stops fuel provides to Europe through Ukraine as transit deal expires TASS (guurst)
EU prepares to launch power warfare The Duran, YouTube
Fuel buying and selling days in Europe finish at 08:00 Moscow time. By the point you learn this publish, the fuel stream could have already stopped.
Throughout buying and selling hours, fuel costs in Europe rose to $536 per 1,000 cubic meters forward of the anticipated halt in Russian fuel transit by means of Ukraine, 👇 pic.twitter.com/VqEYEtHcnq
— Djole 🇷🇸 (@onlydjole) January 1, 2025
New French finance minister eyes 2025 deficit barely above 5% Reuters
Outdated Blighty
Starmer asks UK regulators for concepts to spice up development BBC. Kill me now.
Keir Starmer vows to rebuild Britain as Labour did after second world warfare Guardian (Kevin W)
Retailers face collapse as prices rocket and Excessive St misery ranges soar 25% after Funds That is Cash
Local weather change will devastate worth of properties, warns Financial institution of England Telegraph
Israel v. The Resistance
Winter rains worsen horrors confronted by displaced Palestinians in Gaza Aljazeera
Rain, starvation, displacement underneath the specter of annihilation. Their properties pulverised. Israel blocking all primary survival provides. https://t.co/tli7v9aqxq
— Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) January 1, 2025
In Gaza’s crowded tent camps, girls wrestle with a life stripped of privateness Impartial
* * * Hamas, Israel have reached an deadlock in hostage negotiations, Arab mediators inform WSJ Jerusalem Submit. Oddly not distinguished on the Journal’s web site.
Half of Iran’s industrial capability halted by power disaster Iran Worldwide
Iraq nonetheless negotiating with mediator to make sure Turkmen fuel supply Iraqi Information
Syraqistan
Syria official’s feedback on girls spark uproar New Arab
Iran objects to Afghanistan’s building of Pashdan Dam on Harirud Tehran Instances
New Not-So-Chilly Conflict
America Wants a Most Strain Technique in Ukraine International Affairs. And I would love a pony.
Finland Finds Anchor Drag Marks Left by Tanker That Broke Cables Bloomberg
Sweden’s opposition needs NATO article invoked after cable break Euronews
The Greatness of the Russian Military: Actual outcomes of 2024 Marat Khairullin. Unabashedly partisan. I belief readers can low cost for that.
Do click on by means of for particulars:
🇺🇸💥🇺🇦💥🇷🇺‼️Elon Musk is the principle perpetrator for the defeat of Ukrainian forces within the Kursk area, Ukrainians declare‼️
Former colonel of the Safety Service of Ukraine (SBU), Oleg Starikov, in an interview with political analyst Mihail Karasev, analyzed intimately the explanations 👇 pic.twitter.com/gdiLG5PvrB
— Djole 🇷🇸 (@onlydjole) December 31, 2024
Massive Brother is Watching You Watch
Reward Card Fraud Bruce Schneier
Imperial Collapse Watch
Center Powers Revisited: “Good Residents” of the World Majority Russia in International Affairs (Micael T). From a few months in the past. Nonetheless germane.
Who’d need to survive a nuclear warfare? Spectator
GOP Clown Automobile
Chip Roy on Johnson: ‘I don’t imagine he has the votes’ The Hill
No less than 10 killed, dozens injured as truck crashes into New Orleans crowd Aljazeera
Chief Justice Roberts condemns elected officers for intimidating judges The Hill (Kevin W)
Breaking: The lawsuit v Pfizer by TX Lawyer Basic, Ken Paxton is dismissed Sasha Latypova
Immigration
Li from Dec 31: “Bannon and Batya are dwell ranting proper now”:
Bannon: This system, from prime to backside, is a rip-off and a con. The employees right here underneath this program ought to be deported, similar to the 15 million we’ll begin deporting on the afternoon of January twentieth. Deport them now, and rent Americans with the identical ability set. pic.twitter.com/0Gw6iMYveJ
— Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) December 30, 2024
Steve Bannon bashes Elon Musk and makes daring new demand as MAGA row over migrant visas escalates Each day Mail
Tech Giants Safe Work Visas For Tens Of Hundreds Of Foreigners Whereas Kicking Present Workers To The Curb Each day Caller
Our No Longer Free Press
Russia Slams EU for Blocking State Media on Telegram, Vows Retaliation Information Central
U.S. Pure Fuel Futures Soar Forward of Historic Chilly Entrance OilPrice (Kevin W)
The Depletion Paradox Pure Useful resource Market Insights. We reported a few years in the past, primarily based on knowledgeable views then, that shale fuel manufacturing would peak within the mid-later 2020s, and decline step by step for a couple of years, then all of the sudden. It seems like the height arrived early.
Workplace CMBS Delinquency Charge Spikes to a File 11%, Blowing by the Monetary Disaster Peak Wolf Richter (Li)
Class Warfare
when did the Washington Submit rent Marie Antoinette as a columnist pic.twitter.com/FlyVZIDzJs
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) December 31, 2024
US bank card defaults soar to highest degree since 2010 Monetary Instances
Antidote du jour. Tracie H: “Feminine Mallard duck. She doesn’t need to get her eyes moist if she doesn’t must.”
And a bonus (Chuck L):
Somebody introduced an RC automotive to the canine park.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/SDprEFPFty
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 31, 2024
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
