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Study finds bigfoot sightings correlate with black bear populations Ars Technica
Why aren’t there giant animals anymore? New study explains evolutionary shrinkage ZME Science
These Tiny Creatures Become Cannibals After Sex Turns Deadly Science Alert
Astronomers Discover the Oldest Known Black Hole, Breaking a Record Set Last Year Smithsonian
The Black Death’s Surprising Impact on Today’s Oral Health SciTech Daily
Climate/Environment
Washington’s solar permitting leaves tribal resources vulnerable to corporations High Country News
#COVID-19
The COVID-safe strategies Australian scientists are using to protect themselves from the virus abc
Dr. Al-Aly to room of unmasked Senators: Long COVID comes from COVID The Gauntlet
Old Blighty
How UK Labour stopped worrying and learned to love Davos POLITICO EU
The UK environmental protections dropped since Brexit The Guardian
If you wanted Brexit to improve environmental laws you needed Brexit with Corbyn as PM.
But he was an “anti-semite”, or so the @guardianopinion told us all. https://t.co/LkceuzhmWR
— Ian Welsh (@iwelsh) January 20, 2024
The Koreas
Miracle in Reverse Phenomenal World
China?
China property: once-mighty developers strain for lifelines of state support after end of sector’s ‘golden age’ South China Morning Post
Will China Move Toward a ‘War-Driven’ Economy? The Diplomat
Syraqistan
As Houthis vow to fight on, U.S. prepares for sustained campaign Washington Post. “Officials say they don’t expect that the operation will stretch on for years like previous U.S. wars in Iraq, Afghanistan or Syria. At the same time they acknowledge they can identify no end date or provide an estimate for when the Yemenis’ military capability will be adequately diminished. As part of the effort, U.S. naval forces also are working to intercept weapons shipments from Iran.”
BREAKING:
⚡ 🇾🇪🇮🇱Reports from Yemen that the Houthis plan to close all three waterways in the Middle East.
According to an exclusive Yemeni source, Ansarullah is considering implementing a plan they call the ‘Al-Aqsa Triangle’, by closing all three of the Middle East’s major… pic.twitter.com/Nkk0iZ2mo0
— Megatron (@Megatron_ron) January 20, 2024
US and UK Seafarers to Earn Double Pay for Red Sea Transits gCaptain
How the US created the “Iran-backed Houthis” Nonzero Newsletter
UFOs Are Bombing in Yemen Ken Klippenstein
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‘Playground of choice’: Iran mobilises to drive US troops out of Iraq Middle East Eye
Iran and US use Saudi Arabia to swap messages and cool Gaza tensions Middle East Eye
Rocket barrage targets US base in Iraq The Cradle
U.S. general: We tell the Iraqi government their bases are being attacked ERR
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Iran blames Israel, vows revenge after Guards die in Syria strike Straits Times
The Baluchistan Imbroglio New Left Review
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Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Death toll in besieged enclave nears 25,000 Al Jazeera
Hamas Toll Thus Far Falls Short of Israel’s War Aims, U.S. Says WSJ
European Disunion
US rethinks gas exports, spooking Europe POLITICO
Oil supply tightens in Europe over Red Sea disruptions Al Jazeera
Chartbook 261 A failed project of state-capitalist relations? The Eurozone at 25 (part 2) Adam Tooze
US banks muscle in on the European midmarket Euromoney
Germans protest nationwide after far-fight meeting on deportation of migrants France24
German lawmakers pass bill seeking faster deportations Deutsche Welle
New Not-So-Cold War
SITREP 1/20/24: Russian Gains Resume as Holidays End Simplicius the Thinker
Russian Missile Strike on French Contractor Base in Ukraine Highlights Heated Franco-Russian Cold War Military Watch Magazine
France can’t stop mercenaries going to Ukraine – defense chief RT
Why Ethiopia Just Joined Algeria and Kazakhstan Rejecting French Rafale Fighters to Buy Russian Su-30SMs Military Watch Magazine
Baltic states to build new defences to bolster NATO’s eastern border Euronews
The Crooked Timber of Democratic Peace and the End of History, Part 1 of 2 Gordon Hahn, Russian & Eurasian Politics
Downfall: The Conquest of Germany Big Serge Thought
Imperial Collapse Watch
New ICBM Has ‘Critical’ Cost and Schedule Overruns, Needs SecDef Certification to Continue Air & Space Forces Magazine
Army Has Temporarily Promoted 52,000 Soldiers, But Over 10,000 Still Haven’t Completed Required Schooling Military.com
The Air Force Lost A $14 Million F-35 Engine Because of a Flashlight Forbes
Not Ready for the Big Leagues imetatronink
Late Stage Capitalism’s Hostile Architecture LA Progressive
Why American cities are squalid Chris Arnade, Unherd
O Canada
Moose, Maple Syrup and Monopolies: Is Canada Finally Taking on Its Oligarchs? BIG by Matt Stoller
Spook Country
2024
DeSantis to New Hampshire voters: I’ll bring ‘Live Free or Die’ motto to White House The Hill. Okay.
The DeSantis Team Ran the Worst Campaign in History POLITICO
AI
A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine Vice
BORED WITH THE METAVERSE, ZUCKERBERG SPENDING BILLIONS ON AI CHIPS Futurism
Can an AI Become Its Own CEO After Creating a Startup? Google DeepMind Co-Founder Thinks So Inc.
The Real A.I. Fight Is About Who Gets the Gains In These Times
Healthcare?
Millions of Dollars of Pharma Money Went to the DSM-5-TR Authors Mad in America
Who is most efficient in health care? Study finds, surprisingly, it’s the VA Phys.org
Groves of Academe
Rice University sets aside $33 million to settle price-fixing lawsuit Texas Tribune
Guillotine Watch
There’s something extremely important here that is not being recognized, but those who can read between the lines are realizing it and it’s scaring the shit out of people:
Elements of the Davos class **are preparing to defect to the Trump/populist movement.**
A thread🧵: https://t.co/OOJdeY91Ua
— Smug Doomposting Publishing House (@Smug_editing) January 20, 2024
The Bezzle
Texas Is Considering a Controversial Land Swap Deal With SpaceX Gizmodo
Driverless 18-Wheelers To Roll Out In Texas Later This Year The Deep Dive
Our Famously Free Press
Music Journalism Can’t Afford A Hollowed-Out Pitchfork Defector
Class Warfare
Whatever the Supreme Court decides, California can’t keep criminalizing homelessness Cal Matters
LA’s Hugo Soto-Martinez Is Organizing Tenants Directly Jacobin
Antidote du jour (via):
Bonus:
The reindeer go around in a circle to protect the weakest located in the center. The well-known reindeer cyclone.pic.twitter.com/f4Xajelszj
— Curiosity (@MAstronomers) January 19, 2024
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
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