Black, red or dead: How Omaha became a hub for black squirrel scholarship Flatwater Free Press
Alarming Links Uncovered: Blue Light From Screens May Trigger Early Puberty and Stunt Growth SciTech Daily
SCIENTISTS INVENT GIANT DISHWASHING MACHINE FOR ENTIRE HUMAN BODIES Futurism
A $6 million banana?! Finshots
Climate/Environment
Climate change drives up insurance costs — and missed mortgage payments Floodlight
COP-out 29 Michael Robert’s Blog
Pandemics
We Asked 5 Experts What Trump Should Do About Bird Flu. Here’s What They Said. Barron’s
Five Eyes on India
The India-Canada Diplomatic Spat is Getting Even Worse Inkstick
Nijjar murder case: Canada invokes direct indictment, trial against four Indians to proceed without preliminary hearing Indian Express
After Kenya, now Bangladesh to review its power deals, including with Adani group The Print
Adani indictment may test Trump’s desire to keep India in US orbit Business Standard
Africa
Seven Wagner mercenaries killed in Mali attack claimed by al Qaeda affiliate The Economic Times
China?
Commentary: US car industry is passing the baton to China with barely a fight Channel News Asia
How China could strike back at Trump’s tariffs Asia Times
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U.S. to deploy missile units to Japan islands in Taiwan contingency Kyodo News
Taiwan’s ex-President Tsai says U.S. should prioritize assisting Ukraine Focus Taiwan
Philippines VP Sara Duterte threatens Marcos assassination if she is killed Al Jazeera
O Canada
Justin Trudeau dances at Taylor Swift concert as rioters storm streets of Canada New York Post
Trudeau, political leaders denounce ‘violence and hatred’ at anti-NATO demonstration in Montreal CBC. Commentary:
I was at the protests in downtown Montreal last night. The goal of the protest was to condemn the NATO military alliance for their role in global warfare and their support for Israel.
After a few blocks some windows were broken, including those of the Palais des Congrès where…
— Alex Tyrrell (@AlexTyrrellPVQ) November 23, 2024
Old Blighty
Jewish Anti-Zionist Activist Describes His Arrest Under UK’s Anti-Terror Law Truthout
Collapsing Empire: RIP Royal Navy Kit Klarenberg, Global Delinquents
Five Innovations that Make Defence Procurement Faster and Cut Cost and Risk The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK’s food bank crisis Big Issue
European Disunion
Populist Calin Georgescu takes surprise lead in Romania’s presidential election Euronews
Contra Populism? New Left Review
Syraqistan
War on Gaza: Palestinians haunted by Israeli grave defilements and body theft Middle East Eye
One-third of Jewish-American teens say they ‘sympathise’ with Hamas, Israeli government poll shows Middle East Eye
Israeli Government Imposes Sanctions on Haaretz, Cuts All Ties and Pulls Advertising Haaretz
‘Israel’ attacks press in Lebanon, Al Mayadeen mourns two colleagues Al Mayadeen
The ‘pact of silence’ between Israelis and their media +972 Magazine. From October, still germane. Commentary:
2/ No need to pity us. We are reaping the death we have sown. But it is important to state clearly that Israel is as weak as it has ever been and it is growing weaker. I’ve written this previously, but anyone who thinks Israel is triumphant is sorely mistaken. —>
— Ori Goldberg (@ori_goldberg) November 24, 2024
And:
7/ Our genocide is justified by our version of the big lie with which I began – that our lives are alone worthy of being acknowledged as lives. We were built and suckled on supremacy, so our shift to murderous solipsism was the most radical the world has ever seen. —>
— Ori Goldberg (@ori_goldberg) November 24, 2024
Hacker group claims to have targeted Mossad UPI
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Israel and Lebanon on cusp of ceasefire deal, officials say Axios
A map of Hezbollah’s attacks today against Israel, the most it has ever done in a single day at 51. The farthest south was a drone attack targeting a naval base in Ashdod, only 20 miles north of the Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/HmiYx3Tfuc
— Séamus Malekafzali (@Seamus_Malek) November 24, 2024
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Pakistani capital in lockdown before march by Imran Khan’s supporters Al Jazeera
New Not-So-Cold War
Oreshnik Transforms War, Zelensky Demands More Useless Air Defence, UK MoD Seethes, Russia Advances Alexander Mercouris (Video)
Russia increases its advance pace and continues to capture the entire Donetsk Oblast – ISW Ukrainska Pravda
Wonder-Weapon Mania Dies Down Revealing Ukraine’s Wire-Frame Reality Simplicus the Thinker
Russia recruits Yemeni mercenaries to fight in Ukraine FT
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Energy ‘corruption’ leaves Ukrainians facing a deadly freeze The Times
The Holodomor Industry Bandera Lobby Blog
Once an open neo-Nazi, Azov Movement’s top figure Dmytro Kukharchuk is upbeat about “working meetings” at Pentagon. He says Pentagon is optimistic about Ukraine and keen to replicate the example of 3rd detached assault brigade (controlled by the political leadership of the far… pic.twitter.com/mRrmUGUftS
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) November 22, 2024
The Caucasus
Georgian opposition gears up to disrupt inaugural parliament session Bne Intellinews
South of the Border
VIDEO: Evo Morales speaks to The Grayzone, blames U.S. for assassination attempt The Grayzone
Spook Country
Why has the CIA been Hiding the JFK Files for 62 Years? Larry Johnson, Sonar21
Trump Transition
The counter-insurgency is “on” – against Trump’s ‘storm’ Alastair Crooke
Trump’s national security pick: I’m on same page as Jake Sullivan about ‘our adversaries’ Politico
Tech under Trump, part 1 Blood in the Machine
Democrats en déshabillé
Bill Clinton: “in demonizing all establishments and all people who wear a tie like you and me to work and have a good education, we are breaking down the legitimacy of…people who actually know things that are very important for us today and very important for our continued… pic.twitter.com/0OfAJOa6yV
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) November 24, 2024
Police State Watch
Antitrust
Monopoly Round-Up: Economic Termites Preparing to Feast? BIG by Matt Stoller
AI
CHURCH SETS UP AI-POWERED JESUS INSIDE CONFESSIONAL BOOTH Futurism
Another four miles Internal exile
Groves of Academe
THE BUSINESS-SCHOOL SCANDAL THAT JUST KEEPS GETTING BIGGER The Atlantic
The Bezzle
Gamblers Are Sinking Billions Into a Leveraged Market Fringe Bloomberg
Class Warfare
Inside the State Fight Over ‘Swipe Fees’ Boondoggle
As Wall Street freezes Floridians out of home ownership, talk of reform ripples through Tallahassee Seeking Rents
To stay on the farm, more and more farmers are working second and even third jobs Harvest Public Media
Beyond Productivity: Reimagining Futures of Agriculture and Bioeconomy Review of African Political Economy
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