Readers, Yves despatched Matt Taibbi e-mail saying 100+ readers had commented on “Why Do Mainstream Democrats Hate Matt TaibbI?“, and that it “should be horrible to be on the receiving finish of sustained bullying.” Taibbi responded, saying amongst different issues “Thanks for this! It did cheer me up, thanks.” Hat tip, NC Commentariat! –lambert
Affected person readers, I apologize for extreme size and chattiness. I over-compensated for our bizarre Easter weekend newsflow by gathering an excessive amount of, and there have been some hyperlinks I couldn’t bear to prune. –lambert
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See the flamboyant grandeur of the frequent betta fish Nationwide Geographic
Has T. rex misplaced its chunk? Menacing snarl could also be flawed AP
The Gambler Who Beat Roulette Bloomberg
Local weather
Venice Is Saved! Woe Is Venice. NYT
World warming, dwelling runs, and the way forward for America’s pastime American Meteorology Society. “We isolate human-caused warming with local weather fashions, discovering that >500 dwelling runs since 2010 are attributable to historic warming.”
Elusive Billionaire Bets Towards Europe’s Inexperienced Plans—And Mints a Fortune Bloomberg
Water
Drought-ravaged Colorado River will get reduction from snow. However long-term water disaster stays Los Angeles Instances
A Mississippi metropolis reeling from a clear water disaster sees a sudden finish to trash assortment NBC
#COVID19
Face-mask guidelines relaxed as hospitals to take huge step away from pandemic period Unbiased. Eire. Commentary:
It is basically actively making the choice to ship aged and weak folks to their death- as a result of they can not not entry healthcare once they wanted. If healthcare can’t be a secure place for the weak, what’s left?
— Dr. Deepti Gurdasani (@dgurdasani1) April 7, 2023
Some go to Happyville, some go to Ache Metropolis….
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant shedding throughout respiratory actions Worldwide Journal of Infectious Illnesses. From the Abtract: “In contrast with sufferers contaminated with pre-Omicron variants, comparable SARS-CoV-2 RNA copy numbers have been detectable in aerosol samples of sufferers contaminated with Omicron regardless of being totally vaccinated. Sufferers contaminated with Omicron additionally confirmed a slight enhance in viral aerosol shedding throughout respiratory actions and have been extra more likely to have persistent aerosol shedding past 7 days after illness onset.” A lot for vaccination stopping transmission. Additionally a lot for Walensky’s 5-days-then-back-to-work steering; she killed lots of people when she reduce the quantity from 10 days to 5.
Bivalent COVID Vaccines; Can the Unique Antigenic Sin be Forgiven? (PDF) (viewpoint) The Journal of Infectious Illnesses. “The excellent news is that if new variants escape to a degree the place there may be little cross-recognition by pre-existing reminiscence B and T cells, then it needs to be attainable to prime an efficient major immune response towards the rising spike protein. This phenomenon is routinely seen in untreated HIV an infection the place there’s a a lot increased diploma of virologic escape. At this level, hopefully the unique antigenic sin shall be forgiven.” To this layperson, looks like a lucid clarification of “unique antigenic sin.” Readers?
China?
China’s shopper restoration nonetheless doubtful as almost 60 per cent of households desire to save lots of South China Morning Put up
China well being officers lash out at WHO, defend virus search AP
Blinken to go to Vietnam subsequent week, US senator says Channel Information Asia
Myanmar
Two Years of Turmoil: Myanmar’s Spiraling Civil Conflict The Diplomat
Rise in unlicenced garment factories fuels labour exploitation in post-coup Myanmar Frontier Myanmar
Syraqistan
CIA chief visits Saudi Arabia to precise frustration about Iran rapprochement: Report Anadolu Company. “Blind-sided.” That’s a rattling disgrace.
Israeli Assault on Al Aqsa is State Terrorism Tikun Olam
Israeli spyware and adware NSO nonetheless hides among the many partitions of the White Home Al Mayadeen
Abortion
Response to Texas Abortion Capsule Ruling: Outrage, and Muted Reward NYT
New Not-So-Chilly Conflict
Ukraine will ‘disappear’ as ‘nobody wants it,’ says prime Russian safety official Anadolu Company
Ukrainians afraid of Hungary’s enlargement in Transcarpathia Each day Information Hungary. Foolish Ukrainians. It’s Poland they’ve to fret about, not Hungary!
US ‘resists’ giving Ukraine NATO accession ‘highway map’ France24
All people in Washington desires the Ukrainian ambassador at their celebration WaPo
On the Threshold of a New Worldwide Order Tricontinental
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Leaked army paperwork on Ukraine battlefield operations circulated as early as March Politico. 4/7, the primary (Telegram) tranche, lead sourced to Bellingcat.
Leaked Pentagon docs present how deep US has compromised Russian intelligence New York Put up (that’s “deeply”). 4/8, the second (4chan) tranche. Yves reveals right here that the possible supply for the primary tranche is Ukraine itself, portray itself (accurately) as weak, to both forestall the long-awaited “counter-offensive” or create an alibi for failure (and moar weapons). It happens to me that the primary tranche punches West, and the second East. I’d speculate that Ukraine’s purpose within the second tranche can be to toss an apple of discord amongst the Russian intelligence companies; maybe the empowerment of a Russian James Jesus Angleton can be the completely satisfied final result. Not that there’s a lot probability of that in any actuality we all know; the KBG has been extremely competent for a while, and that features the potential to neutralize moles, double brokers, and such-like. Maybe somebody suggested Ukraine to make use of Karl Rove’s technique of “assault the energy“?
‘Awfully Handy’: Leaked NATO Plans for Ukraine Ought to Be Taken ‘With Grain of Salt’ Sputnik. “It subsequently had a formidable topicality, which without delay, in Smiley’s eyes, made it suspect.” – John le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. And the place did I discover this hyperlink? Drudge [sighs, shrugs].
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Ukraine in a position to resume electrical energy exports after six-month hole – minister Reuters
Ukrainian military did not regain Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant in October Ukrainska Pravda
Human wave ways are demoralizing the Russian military in Ukraine The Atlantic Council
Biden Administration
May Dementia within the Nationwide Safety Workforce Create a Safety Menace? RAND Company. Or, oddly unmentioned, mind fog?
‘We want you all’: Harris takes White Home message on weapons to Nashville Politico. Immediately Harris is getting numerous good press. Did Biden slip a cog?
The Downside With the IRS Pledge To not Audit Extra Earners Beneath $400,000 WSJ
B-a-a-a-a-d Banks
Toronto-Dominion Turns into Greatest Financial institution Brief With $3.7 Billion on the Line Bloomberg
What I learnt from three banking crises Gillian Tett, FT
The Supremes
Clarence Thomas’s Billionaire Benefactor Collects Hitler Artifacts Washingtonian
2024
And So It Begins: On the First Costs to Drop Towards Former President Donald Trump Lawfare. Applicable supply. Lovin’ the bio: “Scott R. Anderson is a fellow in Governance Research on the Brookings Establishment and a Senior Fellow within the Nationwide Safety Legislation Program at Columbia Legislation College. He beforehand served as an Lawyer-Adviser within the Workplace of the Authorized Adviser on the U.S. Division of State and because the authorized advisor for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.” All suggestions, apparently.
How a Drawing of Donald Trump at His Arraignment Grew to become the First Courtroom Sketch to Cowl ‘The New Yorker’ Artnet. Counting coup.
Republican Funhouse
Tennesse, Tenessee:
Tennessee’s Home expels 2 of three Democrats over weapons protest AP
Justin Pearson and Justin Jones Have a Historical past of Breaking the Standing-Quo, Even With Clothes Vogue
Capitol Seizure
Appeals courtroom ruling places tons of of Jan. 6 felony instances in limbo Politico. Obama nominee. Price a learn for the problems.
Our Famously Free Press
How Fox Chased Its Viewers Down the Rabbit Gap NYT. The Deck: “Rupert Murdoch A. G. Sulzberger constructed an empire by giving viewers readers precisely what they wished. However what they wished — election lies and revolt RussiaGate and Trump Derangement Syndrome — put that empire (and the nation) in peril.” Mounted it for ya. Not that the unique was incorrect. Simply… not as self-reflective because it might need been.
Dang. What’s that high-pitched warbling sound:
Trump-Russia was actual. The Twitter Recordsdata have been faux.
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 8, 2023
WMDs have been actual. The Afghan Conflict Diaries have been faux. Dude, come on. The schtick is getting previous.
Herring Watch
Michigan Man Charged with Assaulting Grocery Clerk with Frozen 4-pound Herring Area and Stream
An Ode to Herring, As soon as NYC’s Most Ample Fish HellGate
Digital Watch
EXCLUSIVE: First anti-aging drugs to hit cabinets in 2028, knowledgeable predicts – as Silicone Valley races to overcome demise Each day Mail
Is Massive Tech’s R&D Spending Really Hurting Innovation within the U.S.? WSJ. Onerous to see how servicing rentiers would have that impact, absolutely?
Zeitgeist Watch
OnlyFans Actress Filmed Intercourse Act at Historical Colombian Landmark, Sparking Outrage Gizmodo
Jealousy and Its Antidote: Pioneering Psychiatrist Leslie Farber on the Tangled Psychology of Our Most Damaging Emotion The Marginalian
Guillotine Watch
$4 Trillion In U.S. Wealth Is Stashed Abroad, A lot Of It In Tax Havens Forbes
Class Warfare
Civil unrest overtakes terrorism in insurance coverage claims FT
A Historic Labor Market Restoration Apricitas
Regulators say railroads should study how they construct trains ABC. Constructing a practice is known as “blocking,” and poor blocking was a contributing trigger within the East Palestine catastrophe (missed by Lever Information however not by Bare Capitalism).
Labour scarcity going through Jugiong jam manufacturing facility solved by hiring nation children ABC Australia
How Zombifying Fungi Grew to become Grasp Manipulators Scientific American
Antidote du jour (by way of):
I couldn’t discover a correct bear to go along with the blob (beneath); so, a cute fox.
Bonus antidote:
Earliest identified animal was a half-billion-year-old underwater blob https://t.co/zGwbssHSYc pic.twitter.com/UpFXZwYoF3
— New Scientist (@newscientist) September 22, 2018
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
