Even if someone time travels, they may not remember or capture it: Study Interesting Engineering
How old are you really? Your blood can reveal your biological age — and risk of health problems Study Finds
SCIENTISTS SUGGEST HARVESTING BLOOD FROM MARS COLONISTS TO CONSTRUCT FUTURE CITY Futurism
Early warning tool will help control huge locust swarms EurekAlert
Brace! Risks stack up for the global economy in 2025 Reuters
Climate/Environment
Why Seas Are Surging Washington Post
Ancient Resilience of Ferns Helps Ecosystems Recover After Disasters EcoWatch
Pandemics
Key warning signs about bird flu are all going in the wrong direction NBC News
Rapid spread of H5N1 bird flu through California dairy herds suggests unknown paths of transmission STAT
The Koreas
Division and purge: South Korea’s conservatives in deep trouble Asia Times
China?
Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign nets record number of ‘tigers’ in 2024 Channel News Asia
Chinese Premier Li Qiang makes new overtures to foreign firms, pledging more access and services South China Morning Post
How far can toxic workplaces go? Employees forced to lie on floor and eat ‘Death Chilies’ The Economic Times
Old Blighty
Soldiers quit the Armed Forces in their droves despite Labour pay rise LBC
Amazon-hosted AI tool for UK military recruitment ‘carries risk of data breach’ The Guardian
European Disunion
ANAF Uncovers PNL’s TikTok Campaign Promoting Călin Georgescu Romania Journal
#Romania: New findings from Romania’s ANAF, the body that oversees financial integrity, show that the pro-EU National Liberal Party (PNL) financed the TikTok campaign that ended up amplifying public visibility of Georgescu in the presidential election. Some important findings: ⤵️ https://t.co/hKIqZ2p5bu
— Dionis Cenușa (@DionisCenusa) December 22, 2024
Syraqistan
Did Yemen’s Ansurullah Shoot Down a U.S. Navy F-18F Fighter? Assessing Conflicting Claims Military Watch
The US regime won’t tell American citizens that it has declared war on Yemen. That’s because its motives are so sordid, and so divorced from any concept of national security, it could not explain why it is there. It cannot allow Americans to know that their military is engaged in…
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) December 22, 2024
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Over 80% of Yemenis rely on foreign aid for their basic needs, 90% of which is imported. To defeat the Houthis, you don’t need to drop a single bomb. Just stop sending them free food.
— Uri Kurlianchik (@VerminusM) December 22, 2024
Mossad chief urges direct strike on Iran in response to Houthi attacks – report Jerusalem Post
Iran’s Supreme Leader rejects claims of regional proxy forces Bne Intellinews
Iran’s energy crisis hits ‘dire’ point as industries are forced to shut down New York Times
New report reveals multiple oil shipments from Turkey to Israel despite embargo Turkish Minute
New Not-So-Cold War
Dmitry Trenin: What Ukraine should look like after Russia’s victory RT
Zelensky Must Answer for Ukrainian Genocide Magyar Nemzet. The deck: “There is genocide in Ukraine, and it is now official, since even the ceasefire agreement was rejected by the Soviet penis acrobat.”
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Russian military: Moving from Syria to Libya? Deutsche Welle
Italy bristles at prospect of Russia moving ships from Syria to Libya Defense News
Earth’s magnetic North Pole is heading to Russia, what it will do to your GPS? Interesting Engineering
Biden Administration
Biden Ends Term With Parade of Lies About Our Wars Ken Klippenstein
Trump Transition
Trump suggests he wants to buy Greenland Axios
Trumperialism Un-Diplomatic
President of Panama fires back at Trump: Canal ‘belongs to Panama’ The Hill
Trump Companies Accused of Tax Evasion in Panama ProPublica. From 2019.
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Trump muses about keeping TikTok “around for a little while” Axios
House Democrats say GOP caved to Musk in funding bill, protecting his China interests CNBC
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War on drugs meets war on terror…
US fought both – and both grew. https://t.co/O5XSMwGDLb— — GEROMAN — time will tell – 👀 — (@GeromanAT) December 22, 2024
Trump Announces Colby, Duffey and Feinberg for Defense The American Conservative
Billionaire tied to shady military ops could be no. 2 Pentagon pick Responsible Statecraft. On Feinberg.
Antitrust
Monopoly Round-Up: New Deal or Crime Spree? BIG by Matt Stoller
Palantir and Anduril join forces with tech groups to bid for Pentagon contracts Financial Times
Meet the US military-industrial complex on steroids:
Silicon Valley oligarchs are forming a cartel to get huge Pentagon contracts.
Cartel members will include:
-Elon Musk’s SpaceX
-OpenAI (49% owned by Microsoft)
-Palantir (founded by far-right billionaire oligarch Peter Thiel)… https://t.co/ik1WDCw7er— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) December 23, 2024
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
Forget Chrome—Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices In 8 Weeks Forbes
Apple is reportedly working on a smart doorbell system that could unlock your door with Face ID Engadget
Police State Watch
🚨 Asked if Luigi Mangione is a terrorist, Biden’s Homeland Secretary Mayorkas replies: “ The rhetoric on social media following is extraordinarily alarming.
“It speaks of what is really bubbling here in this country and unfortunately we see that manifested in violence. The… pic.twitter.com/D3CRwE4hCn
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) December 22, 2024
Healthcare?
The Fallacy of Modern Psychiatry: Treating Symptoms, Ignoring Causes Mad In America
Guillotine Watch
‘SNL’ blasted over ‘shameful’ moment audience cheers for accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione New York Post. Commentary:
The SNL crowd cheers for Luigi Mangione last night making the host so uncomfortable he said “you’re cheering for justice right?” What he doesn’t understand is this is justice in a decaying capitalist empire. pic.twitter.com/WrUkznOSdX
— Power to the People ☭🕊 (@ProudSocialist) December 22, 2024
Luigi Mangione’s Commonplace, Deplorable Politics The Atlantic. Commentary:
Mind you, The Atlantic ran this over summer: https://t.co/77qoblthkC pic.twitter.com/3AYklrWElt
— Czarina (@fishontherun2) December 21, 2024
Class Warfare
The Cost of Anticompetitive Pricing Algorithms in Rental Housing White House Council of Economic Advisers
The New Property Feudalism Tribune
Living happily ever after? The hidden health risks of Disney princesses The BMJ
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