World’s oldest 3D map found ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
Infants born on Mars might diverge from Earthlings inside a few generations ZMEScience (Dr. Kevin)
Lifetime danger and projected burden of dementia Nature Drugs (guurst). Eeek.
Local weather/Setting
PFAS: The astronomical value of depolluting Europe Le Monde
Supreme Court docket Permits Hawaii To Sue Oil Firms Over Local weather Change Results CBS
Taking a look at one other 12 months of @ECMWF reanalysis information, it nonetheless appears just like the AMOC is quickly slowing down.
Northward warmth transport by the tropical Atlantic Ocean has decreased considerably.
A lower of 0.5 PW represents ~16,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules per 12 months! https://t.co/ngpE5VMBOW pic.twitter.com/aC1XifqPUs
— Leon Simons (is ok) (@LeonSimons8) January 12, 2025
The totally believable case that local weather change makes London a lot colder Monetary Occasions
World’s report warmth is worsening air air pollution and well being in World South Mongabay
RECORD HEAT ALLOVER AFRICA
Information hold being smashed allover the tropics,every single day
CAMEROON Douala additionally broke its January report with 36.2C after breaking these of all earlier monthsFRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES
Insane MIN 30.1 MAX 36.9 Juan de Nova
RECORD HOTTEST DAY & NIGHT pic.twitter.com/dHf19LJE6K— Excessive Temperatures Round The World (@extremetemps) January 11, 2025
Local weather change forcing farmers to interchange cows with goats, chickens with geese FirstPost
China?
US finalizes rule to successfully ban Chinese language autos, which might embody Polestar The Verge
Why China’s Ice Silk Street has Trump up in Arctic arms Asia Occasions (Kevin W)
In 2024, China’s electrical energy demand grew by roughly 1.4 Germanys.
Or 70% of 1 full Japan.
(tough calcs forward, reader beware) pic.twitter.com/v1f8SAGjNs
— David Fishman (@pretentiouswhat) January 13, 2025
TSMC ‘a chunk of meat on the chopping block’ the US would reasonably destroy than lose: spokesperson World Occasions (guurst)
China plans to blow Starlink out of the sky in a Taiwan conflict Asia Occasions
Koreas
S Korea impeached president arrested after investigators scale partitions BBC. Wowsers
O Canada
Canada Says It Will Match US Tariffs If Trump Launches Commerce Struggle Michael Shedlock
European Disunion
🇩🇪 The German left-wing chancellor candidate, Sahra Wagenknecht, has referred to as for lifting sanctions towards Russia and sustaining the import of Russian fuel.
In her view, the U.S. sanctions coverage has nothing to do with the Ukrainian battle and is solely geared toward boosting the… pic.twitter.com/JS4ZpGrm9r
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) January 12, 2025
The window of alternative for a attainable rehabilitation of Nord Stream is closing Nachdenkseiten through machine translation (Micael T)
EU’s enlargement course of anticipated to realize impetus: Commissioner Anadolu Company
Israel v. The Resistance
Israel’s Ben Gvir Threatens To Stop Authorities Over Ceasefire Deal Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
Trump’s Motion Demonstrates Biden’s Failure In Stopping The Genocide Moon of Alabama (Kevin W). Headline assumes Israel gained’t flagrantly violate the ceasefire because it has in Lebanon, and that it will get performed.
Fairly fascinating interview with outgoing US Amb. to Israel Jack Lew, the place he says the Biden admin has by no means ordered Israel to finish its rampage in Gaza, by no means criticised its increasing the conflict to Lebanon, nor its assault on Rafah, by no means imposed an arms embargo. pic.twitter.com/qK3aGwh7yl
— Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) January 13, 2025
In Israel, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt paints the “genius” pager assault in Lebanon as a mannequin for countering “antisemitism” within the US
Virtually looks as if Greenblatt is interesting to a international apartheid state for terror instruments to make use of towards Americans pic.twitter.com/yWq8e4nviH
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) January 14, 2025
New Not-So-Chilly Struggle
Massive frontline abstract 7-13 January 2025 Marat Khairullin. Grimmer than a whole lot of YouTube takes.
However then:
#Ukraine launched a complete of 200 drone strikes and 15 ATACMS missiles on numerous components of #Russia. The primary assault areas have been the Tula area and the town of Kazan. pic.twitter.com/RLXwPMuahk
— Mina (@Mina696645851) January 14, 2025
🇺🇦🇷🇺🇹🇷🇪🇺 Ukraine attacked European fuel provides!
“On January 11, Kyiv tried to assault a station in Kuban, which provides fuel through the Turkish Stream, with 9 UAVs in an effort to cease fuel provides to Europe. Throughout the repulse of the assault, air protection items shot down all of the… pic.twitter.com/wrKpr5kDq5
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) January 13, 2025
Why NATO’s Plan to Conscript Ukraine’s Youth Will Fail Glenn Diesen (Micael T). For some definition of failure. Apart from the shortage of a Plan B, motives embody having Ukraine appear remotely viable not less than by German elections and get Trump hooked up to the tar child (by persevering with funding by following the continuing fallacy of making an attempt to enhance Ukraine’s place earlier than negotiations)
Russia Says Ukraine Focused Infrastructure of Fuel Pipeline to Turkey Protection Publish (Kevin W)
Syraqistan
How Trump can break China’s tightening grip on Central Asia Asia Occasions (Kevin W)
Massive Brother is Watching You Watch
Authorities Websites Throughout the U.S. Are Awash in Hardcore Porn Intercept
Imperial Collapse Watch
The State of Western Warcraft Lee Slusher (AG). Necessary
Califorinia Burning
What occurred on Tuesday, Jan. 14 through the Eaton, Palisades firestorms in Southern California Los Angeles Occasions. Dwell updates
Home barrels towards battle over inserting situations on California fireplace support The Hill
Notably harmful’ wildfire climate returns to California and will linger for months, say forecasts Guardian
1/6
Jan. 6 committee members discuss to White Home about pardons Punchbowl. Take together with your most well-liked dose of salt.
Trump 2.0
Hegseth’s views on ladies in fight, infidelity and extra — in his personal phrases Related Press (Kevin W)
The Predictable Capitulation of Tulsi Gabbard Patrick Lawrence, Consortium Information
Transfer quick, break issues – dash to kiss Trump’s ring. It’s the tech bros inauguration derby Guardian (Kevin W)
Biden
Biden Will Take away Cuba From Record of State Sponsors of Terrorism New York Occasions
Biden’s nationwide safety advisor simply mentioned an “surprising occasion” within the subsequent few days is “completely attainable” and could be the one factor that retains him in energy.
Do you suppose it is a menace?pic.twitter.com/fMTH4hqBxE
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) January 15, 2025
Our No Longer Free Press
Faux information is not only the practise of the Proper Invoice Mitchell. On financial and financial canards.
The insane hypocrisy of this.
On the one hand the US authorities is arguing within the Supreme Court docket that banning TikTok does not violate the First Modification on free speech as a result of TikTok is not distinctive sufficient that People’ speech going down on the platform couldn’t occur… https://t.co/st6QTVW2Wg
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) January 15, 2025
US TikTok customers flock to Chinese language app Xiaohongshu in protest with TikTok ban looming Related Press (Kevin W)
Google requiring re-education courses for individuals who spout Wrongthink — as a situation to having the ability to use YouTube after a “violation” — is likely one of the creepiest issues I’ve ever heard: https://t.co/ZIr55K5CzI
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 14, 2025
Mr. Market is Moody
Credit score Card Default Wave Hits U.S. Banks Doug Casey (Micael T)
Producer Costs Offended Bear
PPI Inflation Accelerates to +3.3%, Pushed by “Core Providers,” +4.0%, each the Worst Readings in Almost 2 Years Wolf Richter
Falling beginning charges increase prospect of sharp decline in residing requirements Monetary Occasions. Sigh. Japan has weathered this very effectively. However it’s also very cohesive, with low earnings inequality.
AI
Coaching AI fashions won’t want monumental information centres Economist (Kevin W)
Water scarcity fears as Labour’s first AI development zone sited near new reservoir Guardian
The Bezzle
The New $30,000 Facet Hustle: Making Job Referrals for Strangers Bloomberg
Class Warfare
US Worker Engagement Sinks To 10-Yr Low Gallup
Even Harvard M.B.A.s Are Struggling to Land Jobs Wall Avenue Journal
Over a century in the past, the Clayton Antitrust Act declared that “the labor of a human being isn’t a commodity or article of commerce,” and that “nothing contained within the antitrust legal guidelines shall be construed to forbid the existence of labor . . . organizations.”
After President Wilson… https://t.co/rKRMXOLVzy
— Basel Musharbash (@musharbash_b) January 14, 2025
Hanging out at Starbucks will value you as firm drops open-door coverage Seattle Occasions (Kevin W)
Drug Commercials Aren’t Simply Annoying — They’re Costing You Cash The Lever. This will likely look like outdated information (as within the outrageous expenditure on advertising exceed R&D) however this focuses on misinformation, a much less well-publicized angle.
Antidote du jour (Cheryl Ok):
And a bonus (Chuck L). Steadiness of energy!
In Africa, the encounter between two lions, 4 vultures, a hyena and a giraffe, who didn’t know what to do subsequent, was filmed. pic.twitter.com/VCo8OxM4Rt
— Nature is Wonderful ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) January 15, 2025
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
