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Australia Declares Koalas an Endangered Species New York Times (Kevin W). Surprised this had not happened already. Many died in the huge bush fires a couple of years ago.
Florida’s beloved manatees are dying in alarming numbers again. Here’s why National Geographic (David L)
Someone Stole 60,000 Bees from a Pennsylvania Supermarket Chain Food & Wine. More 🙁
Respiratory infection found in dinosaur that lived 150m years ago Guardian
Seattle woman’s worry over mom’s missing Wordle update leads to police finding her held hostage Seattle Times (furzy)
Latest video shows Venus in new light RT (Kevin W)
US nuclear power plants contain dangerous counterfeit parts, report finds The Verge (David L)
Black death mortality not as widespread as believed PhysOrg (Robert M)
#COVID-19
Freedom Convoy: Canada court orders end to trucks’ bridge blockade BBC
Canada protesters dig in with military-style proficiency France24 (Dr. Kevin)
Trudeau’s empty threats: Freedom Convoy truckers are STILL on US-Canada bridge after both a 7 pm court AND midnight deadline from Ontario police to forcibly remove them came and went Daily Mail. I assume this link will be updated (DM’s frequent practice). This is as of 6:00 AM EDT. The gens d’armes have all weekend to decide what to do. They could deploy tear gas, sound cannons, water hoses…If they haven’t used force by 24 hours from now, it’s a different story.
French Police Prevent ‘Freedom Convoys’ From Blockading Paris Bloomberg
‘Splintered realities’: How NZ convoy lost its way Newroom (mgl). Hhhm.
Science/Medicine
What part of any of these is reassuring or promising?
source: https://t.co/HbpxYLKAAb pic.twitter.com/Cv6P3kSOvM— Diego Bassani, PhD (@DGBassani) February 10, 2022
Excess mortality also not helping. Data by @ArielKarlinsky and @hippopedoid pic.twitter.com/gkUrYxinTY
— Diego Bassani, PhD (@DGBassani) February 10, 2022
Wow
One year after infection, over 25% of people had lung diffusion issues.
This is serious and means there is a gas exchange problem https://t.co/BHKLaRV8ha
— Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS (@fitterhappierAJ) February 10, 2022
The HERVs that are being induced have been implicated in many autoimmune process https://t.co/9ZSfRt4lCM
I will say this again: the level of autoimmunity being elicited by SARS COV 2 is unprecedented, in my opinion.
— Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS (@fitterhappierAJ) February 9, 2022
Coronavirus can destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths Associated Press
UK/Europe
UK Treasury pushes to end most free Covid testing despite experts’ warnings Guardian. More in the “If we don’t count it, it doesn’t exist” category.
US
The FDA Delays Action on Covid Shots for Young Children New York Times
Finance/Economy
Climate/Environment
Engineers are building bridges with recycled wind turbine blades The Verge (resilc)
Don’t just blame climate change for weather disasters France24
China?
Who’s to blame for ‘phase one’ trade deal failure? Asia Times
Blinken Reassures Pacific Allies the Asia ‘Pivot’ Is Still On Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
Brexit
The tangled web Chris Grey (guurst). Important.
This week in Brexitland, February 11, 2022 Nick Tyrone (guurst)
New Cold War
The Ultimate End of NATO Scott Ritter, Consortium News (signet)
Russia confronts ‘good cop, bad cop’ ploy on Ukraine Asia Times (Kevin W). Subhead: “Putin likely unimpressed by European leaders arriving in Moscow in a bald strategy of inconsequential diplomatic gyrations.”
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions at a joint news conference following talks with UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss, Moscow, February 10, 2022 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (guurst)
Austria resists including Nord Stream 2 in EU package of Russia sanctions Reuters
Putin is channeling Khrushchev at the height of the Cold War Responsible Statecraft (resilc)
From earlier this week, still germane:
PutinChad pic.twitter.com/sEHuIMl4t2
— Theo Fletcher (@Theo_Fletcher_1) February 9, 2022
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Potential for Russian Invasion of Ukraine C-SPAN (Kevin C)
Army of Ukraine lobbyists behind unprecedented Washington blitz Responsible Statescraft
What is the Rodchenkov Act the US is Threatening to Sue Russian Olympic Skating Coaches Under? Sputnik (Kevin W). We are so petty.
Syraqistan
Washington Is Failing the Afghan People on All Fronts New Republic. Resilc: “What USA USA excels in, failure.”
Biden Moves to Split $7 Billion in Frozen Afghan Funds New York Times. Resilc: “Looting money from Afghanistan.”
Amnesty Is Right About Israel’s Apartheid, but Wrong About How to Resolve It Haaretz (David L)
US aid to Egypt and the wider failures of American security assistance Responsible Statecraft. Resilc: “I spent three years there….. pissing money into the Nile…..”
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
Late-night reports suggest CIA collecting more data on Americans The Hill. Important.
Culture Interlude
Ancient Gonzo Wisdom – Hunter S. Thompson’s excruciating writing process Bookforum Magazine (Anthony L)
Richard Seymour, Away from the Guns New Left Review (Anthony L). On EO Wilson.
Kingdom of Characters: A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China by Jing Tsu Literary Review. Anthony L “Fun – and Xi’an is worth a visit. (What struck me the first night in the hotel, was that Chinese programs had subtitles – in Chinese!).”
Egyptology Has a Problem: Patriarchy Sapiens (Chuck L)
Crossing the Blood Meridian: Cormac McCarthy and American History Los Angeles Review of Books (Anthony L)
Biden
US judges strikes down Biden climate damage cost estimate Associated Press (David L)
Vacancies in Top Health and Science Jobs May Threaten Biden’s Agenda New York Times
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Speaks Up On Wolves, But Is It Enough? Mountain Journal (furzy)
Tesla factory is “racially segregated workplace,” Calif. state agency alleges ars technica (Kevin W)
Police State Watch
Her Boyfriend Killed Her Baby While She Was at Work. Oklahoma Might Lock Her Up for Life. Mother Jones (furzy)
States Are Trying to Exempt Cops From Paying Taxes Vice (resilc)
Our Famously Free Press
Sarah Palin craters in her testimony in New York Times defamation case Washington Post (furzy). Defamation cases are very hard to win. And the defendant gets to go rooting through your life to try to prove what they said was truthful.
Bot-Generated Shooting Threats Are Terrorizing Schools Vice (furzy). Help me. The Rooskies are blamed for this. First, it is all of two schools. Second, the only one named is private. Think someone might have a beef? Or recall a few years back when Jewish community centers all across the US were getting threats…and the perp was a kid in Israel?
The Bezzle
As Kevin W notes, “Apparently BLM also stood for Buy Lotsa Mansions”:
$60M of the $90M raised by the #BlackLivesMatter national org in 2020 remains undistributed & unaccounted for. And the organization now has no official leader. Watch investigative reporter @Sean_Kev explain what he found when he followed the money. https://t.co/io8mhvCCHL pic.twitter.com/AovljBQXf2
— Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) February 10, 2022
He Donated His Kidney and Received a $13,064 Bill in Return ProPublica
What Democrats And Republicans Get Wrong About Inflation FiveThirtyEight. Resilc: “Never a chat on how pissing away a trillion a year on empire matters to the toothless people of Siler city, NC.”
The Fed Should Pick ‘Boomflation’ Over a Recession – Bloomberg (furzy)
Class Warfare
Amazon Delivery Drivers Can Be Fired for Peeing in Bottles Vice. Resilc: “They have to buy their own Amazon brand adult diapers?”
Antidote du jour (Alan T):
And a bonus (Chuck L):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
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