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Baby pygmy hippo star at Chon Buri zoo Bangkok Post

Reexamining the History of William the Conqueror Today (Anthony L)

Wild Thing: The Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux review – brutal with a serious side The Guardian (Anthony L)

Ask Ethan: Can we determine if UAPs/UFOs are aliens? Big Think

How El Nino and mega-ocean warming caused the greatest mass extinction ever ScienceDaily

Why do we have ears? They don’t make evolutionary sense. Popular Science (Dr. Kevin)

World’s leading expert reveals alarming cause of small bowel cancer rise – childhood parasite found in five people Daily Mail Important. Note that the victims are usually overweight and usually very active. I wonder if there are any drink replacements. I see ads on YouTube sometimes for those that claim to be healthy and meant for daily use.

#Covid 19

Whatever you want to believe, COVID-19 is still passing through Kansas. Even worse is waiting in the wings. Kansas Reflector (Robin K)

Climate/Environment

Farmers use ‘magic dust’ to sequester millions of tonnes of carbon
BBC. Robin K: “Volcano centric.”

Climate Change Will Force a New Political Perspective on Migrants Bloomberg

Banana wine: Malawi’s booming industry beats climate change BBC (Robin K)

Dramatic destruction in Yemen after deadly floods Digital Journal

Nigeria floods affect 1 million people after Aljazeera dam collapse

China?

China’s policies in Africa “Debt trap” or equity? Anti-Spiegel (Micael T)

Chinese military to join Brazilian military exercises with US military Reuters (Robin K)

China’s Footsteps Deep in the South Caucasus Asia Times (Kevin W)

The breakup of Europe

Card payments disrupted across Germany Tagesschau (guurst)

Old Blighty

Our values: killing pensioners to save money Alex Krainer (Micael T)

‘Special’ relationship: PM Starmer blames Tories for ‘broken’ Health Service in England but warns it is ‘putting Britain on the path to poverty’ International News (Micael T)

Gaza

Wounds, maggots and no escape. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens as sanitary conditions deteriorate CNN. ma: “You may need to include a cautionary tale in this article. And I didn’t know that Israel had been disallowing health exits, limited as they were, for four months. “

“Until We Breathe Our Last”: Journalist Anas al-Sharif Covers Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Every Day for 11 Straight Months DropSite

A Palestinian child awaits evacuation from Gaza as the pacemaker battery runs out ABC (ma). The fact that this is an MSM account is progress of some sort.

In a new video, witnesses challenge Israel’s account of the killing of an American activist by the Washington Post. Exclusive, not paywalled. Susan C:

A surprisingly good report from the Washington Post. Cruel statements criticizing Israel again. I worked with the International Solidarity Movement in the West Bank twice in the past 20 years. The aim is to use your international status, your public presence, easily and without violence, to protect the Palestinians from Israeli soldiers and violent settlers. “

UN envoy for Palestine sounds alarm over Israel-Hamas escalation in Gaza Skip Kaltenheuser, Washington Diplomat

How Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Creates Enemies on All Sides The Middle East Eye (guurst)

Israel and the Coming War Foreign Affairs. Lordie.
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A Canadian FM broadcaster claims to have recently suspended 30 arms export permits to Israel Times of Israel. Robin K: “The Canadian touch.”

The New Cold War

Putin issues new warning to NATO RT (Kevin W)

What are Storm Shadow missiles and why are they important to Ukraine? BBC (Kevin W)

Ukraine SitRep: End of Kursk Incursion – Long-Range Missiles – End Month of Alabama War (Kevin W)

‘They Stole Our Business’: On Leaving Russia, Putin Sets Conditions Bloomberg (ma)

UK has already allowed Kiev to use Storm Shadow, but won’t admit it publicly – paper TASS (guurst)

Big Brother Watching Watching

TIRED: HOW ISRAELI SPIES CONTROL YOUR VPN Mint Press. Important.

Apple Vision Pro’s Eye Tracking Reveals What People Are Wired (BC)

EU launches investigation into Google’s AI model Register. Concerns about personal data.

Syracistan

US imposes sanctions on suppliers of Pakistan’s ballistic missile program Reuters

Imperial Collapse Watch

Dangerous Silence in the Matters of the Nuclear War Consortium. Robin K: “As I recall, I saw it while sitting on my couch in Austin, TX, the ad in question was pulled after it appeared on network TV one time. In the 1960s, that wasn’t research but, um, just good taste, so we were told.”

Military Alliances of the Great Powers Global Affairs (Micael T)

Trump

A judge ruled 2 counts against Trump in the Georgia election for CBS

Trump says he won’t participate in another presidential debate CNN (Kevin W)

The German Foreign Office is trying to be modest about the Trump debate but they get their numbers wrong and upset the closest adviser of the man who may be the next president of the United States Eugyppius (Micael T). That TDS charge may be seen.

Kamala

HOLES IN HARRIS’ PARTS OF VICTORY Seymour Hersh

KFile: Harris told ACLU in 2019 he supports cutting ICE funding and providing gender reassignment surgery to detained immigrants CNN

2024

Black voters in a key battleground say they are most motivated to vote in November: The Hill poll

Goldman Sachs says Harris has a slight edge over Trump but it all comes down to Georgia Fortune

NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban resigns amid federal investigation Gothamist. This is important because, according to Mayor Bloomberg, the NYPD was the 7th largest police force in the world at the time of the Occupy Wall Street crackdown. It is thought that he included reserves in the national army estimate. If his calculations were correct at the time, it’s plausible on the same basis that the NYPD is still in the top 10.

Ours is No Longer Free

The USPS’ long-awaited new mail truck makes its debut The Associated Press carrier review (Kevin W)

The AI

rel=”nofollow”>Machines Prove Ray Kurzweil Right—The New Republic Type (Anthony L)

Bezzle

Man Arrested For Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Makes $10 Million By Listening To Their Songs With Bots Futurism. Micael T: “Only Spotify and VC, PEs are allowed to make money by stealing IP.”

Class War

Rent, utilities increase faster than free home value Republic. Robin Kash: “Rental and utility costs in 2023 rose faster than home prices for the first time in a decade, the latest sign that the inverted housing market has pushed more people into renting.”

Treasury proposes rule to prevent big corporations from dodging income taxes Associated Press (Robin K)

France: Class Struggle, Contre-attaque Edition 2024, translated by Alain Marshal

Antidote du jour. William B: “A little painted turtle runs across the 7th green at Inverwood GC, towards the pond.”

And bonus (Robin K):

Second bonus (Robin K):

See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.

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