Survival of the nicest: have we got evolution the wrong way round? Nature (Dr. Kevin)
O.J. Simpson Excited For God To Tell Him Who Real Killer Was Babylon Bee
On your marks, get set, dope! Welcome to the Enhanced Games – the sporting event no one wants Guardian (Dr. Kevin)
Farming robot kills 200,000 weeds per hour with lasers FreeThink (Dr. Kevin)
Joseph Priestley Created Revolutionary “Maps” of Time NEH (Anthony L)
The therapist who hated me aeon (Frederick C). Yikes!
Yes, But Can You Really Explain the Difference Between Morals and Ethics? Literary Hub (Randy K)
COVID-19
COVID vaccination reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes after a COVID infection Nerdy Girls (Dr. Kevin)
Long COVID and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis and treatment: A Keystone Symposia report New York Academy of Science (Paul R)
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has released a paper & reportedly sent it to all GPs
Stunning revelations from an entity that originally pushed the Covid injections
Key paragraphs buried in middle of their paper
From The White Rabbit on X. See link below… pic.twitter.com/jenhB5Kvre
— Malcolm Roberts 🇦🇺 (@MRobertsQLD) April 11, 2024
Climate/Environment
Networked geothermal is catching on in Minnesota MPR (Chuck L)
My talk to Stewardship Summit 2024 and a plea for research funding Steve Keen (Chuck L)
China?
China protests EU’s investigation of subsidies in green industries, calling the move protectionist Associated Press (Kevin W)
Huawei Building Vast Chip Equipment R&D Center In Shanghai Nikkei
China’s Belt and Road Leaves Kenya With a Railroad to Nowhere Bloomberg (furzy)
European Disunion
Notre-Dame fire anniversary: Cathedral restoration nears completion Reuters (Kevin W)
Old Blighty
How Rishi Sunak built a close relationship with Blackstone’s bosses Financial Time (Kevin W)
Africa
Russia Sends Military Trainers and Air-Defence System to Niger, Says Niger State TV US News (Kevin W)
South of the Border
Elon Musk and Javier Milei share their love of free markets in first meeting Financial Times (Kevin W). So will Musk + say Paul Singer execute a leveraged buyout of Argentina?
Gaza
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 189: Israel and U.S. brace for Iranian retaliation as ceasefire talks stall Mondoweiss (guurst). As Alex Christoforu pointed out, the retailiation could take the form of a cyber attack. Or a false flag!
‘Disastrous’: Israel-Iran tensions test limits of US policy amid Gaza war Al Jazeera (Kevin W)
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The US dangles Yemen bait, but Ansarallah doesn’t bite The Cradle (Chuck L)
🤣🤣The French frigate “FREMM” has abandoned the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, according to French sources.
The commander of the ship stated that the Yemeni Armed Forces “do not hesitate to use drones and ballistic missiles in a very surprising and striking manner.”
He added, “It…
— Sharmine Narwani (@snarwani) April 11, 2024
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Israel is ISIS. pic.twitter.com/SjtYVjrtSy
— Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis (@DrLoupis) April 11, 2024
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⚡️Temple Mount organizations officially submit a request to the #Israeli police to allow the introduction of an altar and knives to slaughter red cows in Al-Aqsa Mosque on April 22, 2024. pic.twitter.com/ANuNHmR02H
— Middle East Observer (@ME_Observer_) April 11, 2024
Gaza |
Imagine if this was a church or a synagogue?
Israeli soldiers from the 8th brigade published a video on their instagram stories showing the blowing of a mosque. pic.twitter.com/pj8Iz1FZcp
— Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) April 11, 2024
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Invited to address a conference in Berlin about my work in Gaza hospitals during the present conflict.The German government has forcibly prevented me from entering the countrySilencing a witness to genocide before the ICJ adds to Germany’s complicity in the ongoing massacre.
— Ghassan Abu Sitta (@GhassanAbuSitt1) April 12, 2024
In an exclusive interview with Middle East Eye, Ghassan Abu Sittah, a British-Palestinian doctor who has become known for his work in Gaza, detailed how he was detained at an airport in Germany and subsequently denied entry. Abu Sittah wanted to attend a conference where he would… pic.twitter.com/UTTgsWIXpO
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) April 12, 2024
Pankaj Mishra: The Shoah after Gaza London Review of Books (Dr. Kevin)
New Not-So-Cold War
>Russia Expects ‘Unconditional Capitulation’ Of Kiev Regime Moon of Alabama
Pentagon’s Ukraine contract for Musk’s Starlink expires – Bloomberg RT
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Zelensky’s April 5 request for 25 Patriot systems = 150-200 batteries + 600-800 launchers + 10 missiles per launcher costs $80B+$32B=$112B plus 90 US soldiers per system=2,250 who can’t defend against Kinzhal or X-69. https://t.co/z4QHLtfh88 pic.twitter.com/6uocNWdqxY
— Dances_with_Bears (@bears_with) April 13, 2024
The French military deployed CAESAR self-propelled guns to Slavyansk.
The brigade artillery group includes 12 to 15 wheeled howitzers and auxiliary Renault trucks. The equipment was stored at the Starokramatorsky Machine-Building Plant from Dnepropetrovsk.
Firing positions… https://t.co/9d0mK4dhWH pic.twitter.com/IE6tpQd7hG
— MD (@distant_earth83) April 12, 2024
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US bans Russian metals RT. Kevin W: “…but not titanium which they need for their aerospace industries.”
New sanctions against Russia are US signal to Ukraine not to negotiate — Ambassador TASS (guurst)
Army Special Forces students are learning Ukrainian in new language course Task & Purpose (Kevin W)
BWAHAHA, but predictable:
RUSSIA JUST TOOK HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HECTARES OF FERTILIZED FARMLAND FROM THE AMERICANS
Yesterday, the Commander-in-Chief signed a decree on the transfer of all Agroterra assets to the Federal Agency for Asset Management. four legal entities exist with a total area of 265… pic.twitter.com/5TEcBxigGI
— Peacemaker (@peacemaket71) April 11, 2024
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
96% of US Hospital Websites Share Visitor Info With Meta, Google, Data Brokers Guardian
Imperial Collapse Watch
THE BIG GAME HAS BEGUN: RUSSIA AND CHINA “LIFT SANCTIONS” AGAINST NORTH KOREA AND JOINTLY AGREE ON ACTIONS AND SANCTIONS AGAINST EUROPE
RUSSIA / CHINA / NORTH KOREA: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi formulated the “double countermeasure” method as a response to the “double… pic.twitter.com/8tLldLWv6X
— Peacemaker (@peacemaket71) April 11, 2024
Blood, chaos and decline: these are the fruits of unbridled western hubris Guardian (Kevin W)
“Democracy is the watchword of the foreign policy establishment to overthrow foreign governments. Let me say that again: Democracy is the watchword of the foreign policy establishment to overthrow foreign governments.”
At @Heritage, I decode the ‘democracy’ censorship trick pic.twitter.com/MKqW7brLeh
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) April 10, 2024
This is by far one of the most profound and important questions facing the West in the next few decades.
Speaking is Hubert Védrine, France’s former Foreign Minister and Secretary-General of the French presidency under president Mitterrand.
He says the West, “descendants of… pic.twitter.com/UphiyrP4ok
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) April 12, 2024
East German history Crooked Timber (JB). GM, who knows a bit about life in the old Warsaw Pact, might disagree.
Biden
Arab Comedian EVISCERATES Vote-Shaming Liberals YouTube . DLG, Reality Czar: “Sometimes, what one can use most in life is a good potty-mouthed rant about the horrid state of U.S. politics. Kit Cabello does so in classic Chicago expletive-laden style.”
Democrats used campaign funds to pay Biden’s lawyers – media RT (Kevin W)
Biden hikes cost of drilling on federal lands as Trump courts oil donors Washington Post (furzy)
RFK.Jr.
Trump seeks to give boost to RFK Jr. The Hill
Louisiana High Court: It’s Priests’ “Right” Not to Be Sued for Abuse New Republic (furzy). I don’t see how this would survive a Supreme Court challenge….but that assumes someone has the gas to get there and the Court agrees to hear the case.
Our No Longer Free Press
‘Foolishness’: How Baltimore bridge conspiracy theories obscured facts Scripps (furzy). Get your smelling salts. I don’t recall seeing any of these on Twitter and I was searching. Plus “Tens of millions of views” is actually not that many (this itty bitty site gets ~1.5 million a month) particularly given that on FB and Twitter, at least half are probably bots.
Police State Watch
FBI director warns of potential terrorist attack against US Scripps (furzy). How convenient that this alert comes as the FISA warrant authority renewal is in play.
Whoa: the White House is calling the 4th Amendment of the Constitution a threat to National Security. This is a real memo sent out today: the yellow-highlighted sections just translate euphemism (“the Biggs Amendment”) to plain language (Biggs’ warrant req). (Source below in QT) https://t.co/IFMDyeW6C8 pic.twitter.com/bzRhqYnEIt
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) April 12, 2024
The Silver or the Lead: How White Collar Crime Prosecutors Get Punished Matt Stoller (Dr. Kevin)
AI
AI’s ‘mad cow disease’ problem tramples into earnings season Yahoo (furzy)
Algorithmic Management in Scientific Research SSRN. Paul R: “Replace the CEO with a computer!”
Global economy now has its own ‘Three-Body Problem’ Asia Times (Kevin W). This is bogus. Assumes that any economy is tractable, model-or-policy wise.
Class Warfare
DeSantis OKs law forbidding local governments from setting heat-exposure rules for workers Orlando Sentinel
Dollar stores are shutting down across America. They did this to themselves CNN (Kevin W)
Antidote du jour. Cheryl K: “Baby vicuña in the Pampas, Argentina.”
And a bonus (Chuck L):
I just love how baby elephants have no understanding of how absolutely massive they are so they just behave like big dog pic.twitter.com/ce8ntYqQAs
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) April 11, 2024
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
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