Fears of ‘rogue rewilding’ in Scottish Highlands after additional lynx sightings Guardian (Kevin W)
Information – DNA Research Guidelines Out Potential Identification for Burial at Jamestown Archaeology Journal (Anthony L)
The scientist who believes he’s discovered the reply to everlasting weight reduction Telegraph. Whereas I completely agree with the final premise, he ignores (or at the very least this text does) the trick of keto, which is that for those who don’t eat sufficient carbs, your physique goes right into a ketogenic state to make blood sugar from fat and/or proteins, which is inefficient and leads to needing extra caloric consumption to provide the wanted blood sugar than if one ate sufficient carbs. The difficulty with keto is that you just prohibit the sorts of meals you eat, notably fruits and veg. These meals have plenty of micronutrients. So IMHO keto is an effective gadget for those who go on a keto food regimen for one month or possibly a bit extra (or equally, do keto intermittently to hit a goal weight) However he’s proper about long run sustainability.
Local weather/Atmosphere
Local weather change’s hidden value: Psychological well being disaster amongst Montana’s farmers and ranchers Bozeman Every day Chronicle
Japan EV Gross sales Plummet 33% in 2024, First Decline in 4 Years Nikkei
South Korean Battery Giants Face Steep Losses Amid World EV Slowdown Korea Bizwire
China?
China to maintain tapping coal to satisfy its power safety wants Mining Weekly
India
India’s Funds Push is Chopping Out Visa and Mastercard Techcrunch
Africa
Mozambique’s default danger rises as unrest persists Semafor
Zambia’s forex caught at report low as drought persists Reuters
The Zambian Debt Default: A Structuralist Perspective Georgetown Journal of Worldwide Affairs
South of the Border
US broadcasts $25m reward for arrest of Venezuela’s Maduro BBC (Kevin W)
A Sinkhole Is Threatening to Eat Ecuador’s Primary Supply of Energy Bloomberg
European Disunion
Germany data highest firm insolvencies since monetary disaster Reuters
Progress within the trial towards Ursula von der Leyen Cocominute (Micael T)
Working Class Entrance Strains 2025 Prolitarian [Sweden], by way of machine translation (Micael T)
Israel v. The Resistance
7 hours in the past, the premies in Nasser hospital had no extra oxygen. There was no replace on their state of affairs since. https://t.co/5YgeHYWQoW
— Bedazzling Bearer of Dangerous Information (@PixieOfDeath) January 10, 2025
Kevin W: “Should see video”:
Common, on a regular basis, peace-loving Israeli girls have been requested in the event that they knew the variety of youngsters killed in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/VXQAk0pctM
— John P (@Johnpatrick500) January 2, 2025
Deaths from traumatic damage in Gaza ‘exceptionally excessive’ and under-reported Scimex (Dr. Kevin)
Will There Be a Gaza Deal Earlier than Trump’s Inauguration? Drop Web site (Robin Okay). Helps clarify why Trump is fiercely criticizing Netanyahu, one thing that doubtless has blindside Netanyahu. Couldn’t occur to a nicer man.
Lack of Syria and monetary stress preclude Iranian strike on Israel, generals say Iran Worldwide. Notice this differs from what different specialists have stated. Disinfo? Inside debates?
New Not-So-Chilly Struggle
Olaf Scholz blocked €3B Ukraine support proposal, German report says Politico
Russia Will Liberate The Donbas In 2025; The Ukraine Struggle Ends At The Polish Border, extra Mark Sleboda
🇫🇷🇺🇦 It seems that the French didn’t prepare the Ukrainian Armed Forces free of charge, they took 7,000-10,000 {dollars} for coaching every soldier. That is the sort of assist from the West.
However that isn’t the entire drawback, the issue is that the coaching doesn’t correspond to the… pic.twitter.com/6SNUx9wFSR
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) January 10, 2025
Unique: China’s Shandong Port, entry level for many sanctioned oil, bans US-designated vessels Reuters (guurst). From a couple of days in the past, nonetheless germane.
European imports of liquefied pure fuel from Russia at ‘report ranges’ Guardian
US Treasury imposes ‘sweeping’ sanctions on Russian oil business RT
Japan sanctions 11 people, 54 entities in Russia, some corporations in 7 different international locations TASS (guurst)
View from Britain: “It’s a proxy conflict with Russia in West Africa, whether or not we are saying so or not” Worldwide Affairs (Micael T)
Syraqistan
‘Separatist terrorists’ in Syria ‘more and more cornered, searching for new patrons’: Turkish president Anadolu Company
Huge Brother is Watching You Watch
See the Hundreds of Apps Hijacked To Spy On Your Location 404media
Because the agricultural drone business takes off, federal regulators battle to maintain up Examine Midwest (Robin Okay)
Imperial Collapse Watch
Value Of Navy’s Latest Arleigh Burke Destroyers Is Ballooning WarZone (guurst)
Crippling Circumstances: The IMF and World Inequality Harvard Worldwide Evaluation
Defining the Deep State Larry Johnson. He sees outsourcing as seminal.
False-flagging surges as world conflicts stoke delivery fraud Tradewinds Information
Trump 2.0
Trump sentencing: Choose offers Trump ‘unconditional discharge’ to respect presidency ABC. Lambert coated in Water Cooler…
Looting The ‘Allies’ Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)
The Nice Elon Musk Pie-in-the-Face Fest Continues: When the empire will get bratty, the vassals get trampled Tarik Cyril Amar
What Occurs in Greenland Want Not Keep in Greenland Tarik Cyril Amar (Micael T)
Biden
Key Republican claims Bob Woodward instructed him Biden was financially corrupt Guardian (Paul R)
Democrats kick off struggle to guard ObamaCare subsidies in new Congress The Hill
California Burning
JUST IN: Los Angeles Hearth Division chief Kristin Crowley activates Los Angeles management, says they failed her.
Outstanding interview.
Crowley referred to as out the town for having no water within the Santa Ynez Reservoir.
Reporter: “Did the town of Los Angeles fail you and your… pic.twitter.com/fUQPoW32QA
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 10, 2025
LAFD and Mayor’s workplace refutes hypothesis Chief Crowley was “dismissed” amid fires CBS
California bans insurance coverage cancellation, non-renewals in LA areas affected by fires Fox
Dwelling Losses From the LA Fires Hasten ‘An Uninsurable Future’ Time. We mentioned this drawback basically phrases in a current publish; specialists are much more blunt.
Supreme Courtroom seems inclined to uphold TikTok ban in US Reuters (Kevin W)
Right here’s The whole lot You Nonetheless Can’t Say on “Free Speech” Meta Platforms Reclaim the Internet (Micael T)
Zuckerberg says Biden officers would ‘scream,’ ‘curse’ at Meta group over COVID takedown requests The Hill (Kevin W)
What occurs when somebody subpoenas Cloudflare to unmask a blogger? This… The Register
Billionaires shouldn’t personal media Julian Macfarlane (Micael T)
AI
Biden to additional restrict Nvidia AI chip exports in last push Bloomberg
Wall Avenue Job Losses Could High 200,000 as AI Replaces Roles Bloomberg
The Bezzle
DOJ Cleared To Promote $6.5 Billion In Bitcoin Seized From Silk Highway Cryptobriefing
Guillotine Watch
Praising Pozzo Persuasion (Micael T)
Class Warfare
“All Our Future Cash Is Gone”: The Unimaginable Process of Offering Youngster Care in Rural Illinois Propublica (Robin Okay)
Antidote du jour (by way of):
And a bonus:
A parrot performs peekaboo with a neighbor’s cat. pic.twitter.com/FNlMC1QVx1
— Nature is Wonderful ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) January 9, 2025
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.