Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years Live Science
Macron unveils ‘sublime’ Notre-Dame Cathedral after ‘impossible’ restoration Le Monde
What Food Was Served at the First Thanksgiving in 1621? Smithsonian (Anthony L). As you are still working on your leftovers…
Why are People Still Dying Needlessly of AIDS? Politics – not Science – is to Blame Health Policy Watch
Nietzsche’s Eternal Return in America American Affairs (Anthony L)
#COVID-19
Our new study shows that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein accumulates & persists in the body for years after infection, especially in the skull-meninges-brain axis, potentially driving long COVID. mRNA vaccines help but cannot stop it🔬🧠🦠🧵👇@cellhostmicrobe https://t.co/IEGx7HIrXf pic.twitter.com/3zbQZlNMIG
— Ali Max Erturk (@erturklab) November 29, 2024
COVID is the leading cause of death from infectious disease in children pic.twitter.com/5aaugijrUx
— Gregory Travis. @gregorytravis.com on Bsky (@greg_travis) November 29, 2024
Climate/Environment
Human-caused ocean warming has intensified recent hurricanes IOPScience
⚠️🌀La borrasca Bert dejó un récord absoluto de viento en el ámbito de la Península y Baleares:
→ 236 km/h de racha máxima en el mirador del Cable, Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa, el día 24.La racha máxima de toda España fue de 248 km/h, en Izaña (Tenerife), en 2005. pic.twitter.com/lINBmp2A44
— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) November 26, 2024
Thawing permafrost threatens dozens of mountain huts in Switzerland SwissInfo
Seoul has recorded its heaviest November snowfall since records began over a century ago in 1907 BBC
As the Great Lakes basin hits record-warm temperatures, it reminds us of what’s coming: Intense, lake-effect snow Weather Network
China?
This is quite funny: many people on Chinese social media (like in this video 👇) are talking about how Chinese 3-wheelers electric vehicles (called 三蹦子, San Beng Zi) are becoming really popular in the U.S. and how it’s becoming such a trend that the U.S. has launched an… pic.twitter.com/37I0I287SL
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 28, 2024
Chinese Ship’s Crew Suspected of Deliberately Dragging Anchor for 100 Miles to Cut Baltic Cables Wall Street Journal. Recall we linked to Reuters yesterday, and its second sentence said US intel didn’t think the Chinese intended sabotage.
Taiwan’s president set to visit Hawaii and Guam, drawing Beijing’s ire CNN
China’s Global Civilization Initiative & Restoring the Westphalian World Order Glenn Diesen
Chinese bond market grapples with ‘Japanification’ Financial Times
Beijing vows retaliation if Biden curbs Chinese chip firms again Asia Times (Kevin W)
1/🧵 VW: A global powerhouse brought to its knees by tariffs! The #Xinjiang plant — a production facility & a test track, once the symbol of #Volkswagen‘s expansion into the world’s largest auto market — will be handed to Shanghai Motor Vehicle Inspection Certification (SMVIC). pic.twitter.com/v2lTHUTen8
— Somali Institute of Chinese Studies (@Somali_ICS) November 29, 2024
Questions & answers on China as a major creditor power CADTM (Robin K). A great piece which I should write up a bit.
Africa
Starmer attempting to rush through Chagos handover before Trump enters White House Telegraph (Li)
Chad ends defence cooperation agreement with France Reuters
Do click through to read the full tweet (Chuck L):
🛑🇹🇩- Chad should have learned from the AES!
When Mali 🇲🇱 was alone fighting terrorism, the French prevented @GoitaAssimi and his boys from pursuing the rest of the terrorists who fled to Kidal. That was the first betrayal that Mali 🇲🇱 experienced with the French, because they… pic.twitter.com/ImKOoOiGow
— Sy Marcus Herve Traore (@marcus_herve) November 29, 2024
South of the Border
Cuba decrees contingency plan, new restrictions as energy crisis deepens Reuters
Everything is expensive!’ Bolivia faces a shocking economic collapse Associated Press
European Disunion
“D-Day” paper puts FDP leadership in need of explanation BlueWin (Micael T)
Germany has a plan for a possible World War III The Diplomat in Spain
Le Pen slams France’s ‘unjust’ budget as markets brace for government collapse Politico
Denmark paralyzed: nationwide mobile network failure halts trains and emergency services The Insider
Romania orders election recount after shock far-right win DW
Georgia: Violent clashes break out in Tbilisi as government suspends talks on joining EU Guardian
Old Blighty
MPs vote in favour of historic bill to allow assisted dying after emotional debate BBC
Israel v. The Resistance
“The precedent set in Gaza is going to spread everywhere… it signals the demise of the rule of law. When I was in #Gaza, I felt like it was the prelude to the end of humanity.”
– Dr. Tanya Hassan, a witness to Israel’s genocide of civilians in #Gaza. pic.twitter.com/ghARc8APrp
— Nour Naim| نُور (@NourNaim88) November 28, 2024
This is Disturbing
Israel blocked aid then changed out sugar for bags of sand, so they can say “see we gave aid” pic.twitter.com/FJ6mWS56ER
— Ryan Rozbiani (@RyanRozbiani) November 27, 2024
The @Chabad messiah M Schneerson: “The Jewish body looks…similar to bodies of non-Jews but…the difference…is so great that the bodies should be considered as completely different species…A non-Jewish soul comes from 3 satanic spheres while the Jewish soul stems from holiness” pic.twitter.com/uYdSykVZRS
— David Sheen (@davidsheen) November 29, 2024
* * * Two days into Lebanon ceasefire, Yemen’s Houthis say will continue attacks on Israel AlArabiya
* * * The UNRWA stated that out of the 91 attempts made by the UN to deliver aid to besieged northern Gaza between October 6 and November 25, 82 were denied and 9 were impeded.
It highlighted that the conditions for survival are diminishing for the estimated 65,000 to 75,000 people… pic.twitter.com/faJMjF1rzs
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) November 28, 2024
The ‘Ceasefire’ in Lebanon is a Ticking Bomb Drop Site (guurst). Still germane
— Hajar (@leo_lujon) November 27, 2024
New Not-So-Cold War
Russia’s hybrid warfare may trigger NATO defence clause, Germany says EuroNews. Getting crazier with every passing day: “…the frontline of Russia’s war in Ukraine had extended to the Baltic region and across Europe.”
Donald Tusk calls for naval patrols in Baltic Sea to counter Russian sabotage Financial Times
Putin says Russia would use all weapons at its disposal if Ukraine got nuclear weapons Reuters
Putin orders Satan II to be ready to deploy for nuclear war WION
Fahrenheit 7232 Scott Ritter
NATO wants a punch in the face. They’re running into trouble again... Marat Khairullin
Zelenskyy says Ukrainian territory should be under ‘Nato umbrella’ to stop war Guardian (Kevin W)
Zelensky Finally Breaks: Willing to Accept NATO Membership for Territory Swap Simplicius. This is hardly a concession. Zelensky agreed to no NATO in the Istanbul talks and Putin has maintained that any deal has to return to those terms + recognize realities on the ground.
Trump’s Ukraine envoy pick proposed forcing peace talks by withdrawing US weapons Guradian
Syraqistan
Rebel groups launch attacks on Syria’s Aleppo city Al Jazeera (Kevin W). Note that Dmitry Orlov (admittedly partisan but that does not make him wrong) depicted Syria and Russia as caught by surprise but contends that the mobilized Russia can handily contend with Syria, albeit possibly at the cost of slowing operations in Ukraine a tad.
It’s so funny to see all those zionists who claimed that Hamas are “terrorist jihadists who behead babies” are now cheering for actual terrorist jihadists who behead babies in Syria just because they are fighting Assad
— Hadi (@HadiNasrallah) November 29, 2024
Trump 2.0
Exquisite Americana London Review of Books (Anthony L)
2024 Aftermath
The Consultant Con The Baffler (Anthony L)
Antitrust
Canada’s Antitrust Watchdog Sues Google Alleging Anti-Competitive Conduct in Advertising Reuters
AI
Core copyright violation claim moves ahead in The Intercept’s lawsuit against OpenAI Nieman Journalism Lab. Paul R: “A couple of similar cases have been tossed but this one is still alive.”
Canada’s Major News Organizations Band Together To Sue OpenAI toronto.com
Class Warfare
Amazon workers across the globe are on strike for Black Friday Endgadget (Kevin W)
The Renters’ Republic Charlie Dulik (ma)
Antidote du jour (via);
And a bonus (Chuck L):
This is what I came to the internet for pic.twitter.com/boSh3XZCkq
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) November 27, 2024
A second bonus (guurst):
Наблюдение за игривыми выходками детенышей леопарда напоминает нам о бесконечном терпении, которое есть только у матери. pic.twitter.com/OJbeuY0E0O
— ©Иваныч (@Sergey07830850) November 25, 2024
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
