Cheetos Food Dye Turns Mice Glowing The New York Post
Turtle conservation technology: Thai students invent the Thaiger (furry) beach lamp
Fly Brain Breakthrough ‘Huge Leap’ to Unlock the Human Mind BBC
2 billion-year-old rock is home to living bacteria ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
Ants can be used to make yogurt – and now we know how it works New Scientist (Dr. Kevin)
Study of 500,000 Medical Records Links Viruses to Alzheimer’s Again And Again ScienceAlert (Paul R)
#Covid 19
I can’t do this anymore. We are being forced to forget everything we have learned about Covid in the last 5 years, and pretend we have been confused for YEARS. Covid has been corrupting our hearts since 2020. If you get Covid, your heart is probably wrong.
First of all… pic.twitter.com/I3vYNFo7qF
— Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) October 4, 2024
Please explain how this was the right time to relax the public health measures for COVID. pic.twitter.com/kUsMdi7Iz4
— Bob Morris, MD, PhD (@rdmorris) October 4, 2024
Climate/Environment
US nuclear power regulator urged to address ‘dirty bomb’ dangers to society, Reuters
Ken Newcombe, former CEO of C-Quest Capital, faces multi-year criminal charges for carbon credit fraud REDD Monitor (Micael T)
Antarctica Is ‘Green’ to a Surprising Degree as a Guardian of Climate Warming
Hell froze over in Texas – the state will connect to the US grid for the first time with a grant to feed Elektrek (Kevin W)
Researchers develop a new variety of banana that can withstand the “bananocalypse” ZME Science (Dr. Kevin)
How climate risk will challenge the jobs of central bankers Financial Times
China?
Totally credible China news from The Economist 😂 pic.twitter.com/qHjIriAOIu
— Thomas Fazi (@battleforeurope) October 4, 2024
China EV tax vote leaves EU free but wary of possible Beijing retaliation South China Morning Post
The Antipodes
Australian housing “Ponzi scheme” MacroBusiness. I thought so in 2002 when prices in Sydney (certainly a bad city at the time) were already at NYC levels, and the only thing kept going up and up.
Mynamar
‘As trapped’: Minorities suffer amid conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine Aljazeera
Bangladesh Government Crumbling Under Economic Chaos WION
Africa
Dangerous conflict in the Horn of Africa Economist
Chagossians criticize lack of UK deal to hand over islands BBC (Kevin W)
The breakup of Europe
EU ‘could die’: President Macron warns European leaders of efficiency vis-à-vis US and China LBC
EU arms industry boost plan may fall short of targets, watchdog warns Reuters
France Will Uproot Chunk of Vineyards as Global Wine Demand Bloomberg (Dr. Kevin)
Gaza
How the US Worked Overtime to Deliver Weapons to Israel ProPublica (Robin K)
The West Bank crisis is intensifying amid the global focus of Gaza Middle East Monitor
This disgusting claim needs to be refuted. The last election in 2006. Hamas won by a majority, 44%, and as we now know, with the support of the Israeli government. The turnout in Gaza was 75%, so only 33% of Gazan adults voted for Hamas. The median age in Palestine is 19.7 years, so almost half of the population was not old enough to vote (18) in 2006. And that’s before getting to the fact that Hamas moved away from its opposition to Israel as a Jewish state in 2017 and toned down its opposition to Zionism.
Retired members of the Israeli Military Intelligence Unit 8200: “The only way to restore Israel’s blockade of the Middle East after October 7, 2023, is to continue the cycle of killing and destruction. The citizens of Gaza, most of whom have chosen Hamas, deserve to be destroyed without mercy.” pic.twitter.com/GIAaNd05J6
– Ramy Abdul| رامي عبدو (@RamAbdu) October 3, 2024
Retired members of the Israeli Military Intelligence Unit 8200: “The only way to restore Israel’s blockade of the Middle East after October 7, 2023, is to continue the cycle of killing and destruction. The citizens of Gaza, most of whom have chosen Hamas, deserve to be destroyed without mercy.” pic.twitter.com/GIAaNd05J6
– Ramy Abdul| رامي عبدو (@RamAbdu) October 3, 2024
Israel v. Lebanon
The death toll from Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon has risen to 2,011, with 9,535 injured Anadolu Agency.
Lebanon says Israel has hit a key border road after Beirut attacked DW
Israel’s genocidal army recently attacked the main road connecting Lebanon and Syria at the Al-Masna’ crossing, using US mk-84 bombs.
As you can see the crater is huge and the road is closed.
They do not want Lebanese people to seek asylum or treatment outside of Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/ObWHKD54f0– Hadi Htt | Hadi Htt (@HadiHtt) October 4, 2024
What are the motivations of the Biden administration in the Middle East? Mondoweiss (Tom H)
Israel v. Iran
From missile batteries to oil refineries to nuclear labs, Israel could hit many targets in Iran NBC
Attack on Iran’s Oil Infrastructure Sends Oil Prices Over $100 – Mideast Energy Researcher Sputnik (Kevin W)
Many Iranian outlets linked to the IRGC and Telegram channels are reporting, “Iran has warned the US: if you target our refineries, we will burn down refineries and oil fields throughout the region, including those in Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Kuwait, I- UAE, and Bahrain.”
— Sina Toossi (@SinaToossi) October 1, 2024
Goldman Sachs says crude could rise $20 on Iran oil shock CNBC
Iran cannot start a global oil crisis without hurting its biggest ally. The Telegraph
The New Cold War
New NATO chief backs Ukraine’s request for deep strike on Russia Politico
Syracistan
Pakistan shuts down capital as jailed PM Khan calls for Nikkei protests
Big Brother Watching Watching
License Plate Readers Build US Wide Database of More Than Licensed Vehicles (BC)
Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech in Meta’s Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers 404 Media (Dr. Kevin)
Collapse of National Security Elites’ Cyber Firm Leaves Bitter Wake Associated Press
Imperial Collapse Watch
Besides the soft veto in institutions, states use military power as a hard veto:
– After the Cold War, Russia was not included in the main centers of Europe. Europe will be organized under NATO and the EU, and eventually all of Europe will be members except Russia as… pic.twitter.com/HRJuyxDYsj– Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) October 4, 2024
Things Don’t Always Get Better Aurelien. Progress is a recent idea, in historical terms.
Trump
This is a really big admission from someone at the highest level of power inside everything I’ve been teaching you except that the CIA has effective control of the DOJ.
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) October 4, 2024
Kamala
Kamala Harris Invites Visa CEO to VP Residence Even As Management Sues Her Company Ryan Grim (Micael T). Looks like Lina Khan’s days are numbered.
2024
Biden makes first appearance in WH briefing room to warn of potentially violent election New York Post (Kevin W)
House Democrats’ new hero: Project 2025 The Hill
Immigration to another country
US will not renew legal status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants Reuters (crazy). This act so close to the election seems to be guilty
From the People Who Brought You the 2025 Project: Fabricated Evidence of Voter Fraud Brennan Center for Justice (furzy)
Haitian gang kills at least 70 as thousands flee Reuters (angry). It’s funny that we only see MSM stories about how bad things are in Haiti since the Administration (per story above) is going to deport other Haitians by not renewing their Temporary Protected Status.
Helen Aftermath
North Carolina Asks Zelensky for $100 Billion in US Babylon Bee Funding
Tim Kennedy on FEMA: ‘They are directly interfering with our ability to do jobs’
“I went to put a couple of people in a hotel last night, and they had security at the hotel and they said, ‘Oh, we’re sorry. The whole hotel is booked by the government… pic.twitter.com/CMpfigYSuF
– Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) October 4, 2024
To verify reports from helicopter owners attempting rescues:
I just received this text 20 minutes ago.
The level of incompetence of the aggressive government is astounding!! pic.twitter.com/wWbBR7FfUo
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 4, 2024
Ours is No Longer Free
Endorsement Suspicions Resurface As New Ad Agency Takes Position Find The Net (Micael T)
Walz’s War of Words: A Blatant Subversion of the First Amendment Bring Back the Net (Micael T)
The Council of Europe concluded that Julian Assange was being held as a political prisoner, right here in the United Kingdom. @umpaphi @Telegraph @times @BBCNews they never reported anything about this decision. Give us a comment about NK, Russia or China with political prisoners. pic.twitter.com/qMmLKhCVTO
— Esheru (@EsheruKwaku) October 4, 2024
Mr Market is Giddy
Markets at risk of sell-off, Bank of England warns The Times
The AI
OpenAI is Bad Business Ed Zitron (Micael T)
Three Mile Island owner seeks taxpayer support for Microsoft AI deal Washington Post (Kevin W)
Bezzle
Thermo Fisher plant making pediatric RSV drug violated FDA rules, documents show Reuters (Robin K)
Class War
Dock strike ends as workers agree on wage deal and contract extension CNBC (Kevin W)
Mediated talks with defense contractor Boeing to resume following Biden-led shutdown of WSWS docket strike
Antidote du jour. Tracie H: ” In case it’s hard to tell just what you’re looking at, the top of a bee with its nose buried in a flower.”
And a bonus:
I can’t stress enough how important it is that you watch this gorilla dance to madness. pic.twitter.com/mIxKxb9JOJ
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) October 4, 2024
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
