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Cellist dresses up as Norman Bates’ mother for eight-part cover of ‘Psycho’ themed laughing squid
Densely arranged stone gradients sweep across sand in Jon Foreman’s extraordinary land art This behemoth (David L)
U.S. hits spate of mysterious childhood cases of severe hepatitis Daily Mail (Kevin W)
WHO monitors rise in childhood hepatitis cases in UK guardian
CDC investigates cases in Alabama, mysterious hepatitis outbreak sickening young children in Europe Science (Kevin W)
#Coronavirus disease
Science/Medicine
We are now in a worst-case scenario for SARS 2, where evolution is so diverse that it threatens our infrastructure and way of life
People are becoming permanently disabled, seeking ‘immunity’ to the fastest-spreading and evolving pathogen in history https://t.co/HRnNeSrM4R
— Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS (@fitterhappierAJ) April 15, 2022
1/Child Covid: Large multi-hospital study shows nearly 1 in 100 children admitted to hospital suffers a stroke, 1 in 90 has a heart attack, and 1 in 12 has a seizure: Symptoms found in children Nervous System Manifestations of Human Disturbance – Nearly 1 in 2 went to ICU – 1 in 100 died, this is PRE-OMICRON. pic.twitter.com/IC5SKDPVHt
— Chris Turnbull (@EnemyInAState) April 13, 2022
UN agency honors Cuban vaccine developer against COVID-19 Escambre (resilc)
Asia
Hong Kong reports fewer than 1,000 Covid cases for second day in a row Bloomberg
us
FDA authorizes breath test that can detect COVID-19 in three minutes CBS (Kevin W)
Covid news: New Omicron sub-variant spreads rapidly in New York New York Times (resilc)
climate/environment
Ocean warming leads to 10% increase in ‘extreme’ rainfall for 2020 Atlantic hurricanes Introduction to Carbon
Nitrogen availability is declining in nitrogen-rich world, researchers find Phys.org (Kevin W)
Forest fires sparked by lightning in North America will increase guardian
Milk Land v. Honey: Dairy farmers lobby against ban on bee-killing pesticides Seven days (resilc)
Even cacti may not be immune to climate change New York Times (resilc)
Mapping U.S. wind power generation by state Visual Capitalist (Kevin W)
China?
PLA rehearses visits to U.S. lawmakers around Taiwan, rehearsing “practical actions” if necessary Global Times. pivotal parts:
The exercise aims to smash reckless separatist fantasies, [a military expert] Song said, noting that attempts to stop Taiwanese separatists and their U.S. support now seem to have had little success, which is why the PLA [People’s Liberation Army] Preparations must be made for a real military conflict. If the separatists and their supporters cross the red line stipulated by the anti-secession law, the PLA will resolutely put the exercises and all plans into action to solve the Taiwan issue once and for all.
beautiful france
America occupied France crowd gathering
Macron urges limits on EU-wide executive pay in campaign battle with Le Pen Financial Times
Naive French populist tantrum may elect Marine Le Pen George Weir, The Washington Post. Hysteria speaks for itself. I’m not a fan of Le Pen, but one of her main campaign issues is inflation. Therefore, it is “naive” to worry about not being able to pay the bills.
new less cold war
The Russian Way of War: Part II Gilbert Doctorow. important.
NATO soldiers captured in special operations in Ukraine – Klimov Veterans Today
Unable to confirm these tweets:
Footage shows Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bombers launching airstrikes on the Azovstal plant, where the last wreckage of the Azovstal plant takes hold. pic.twitter.com/GC7zTs8cTC
– Ukraine Map (@MapsUkraine) April 15, 2022
? ?The Russian aerospace strategic bomber currently flying over Tula (Russia) is preparing for the second phase of special operations? ?
? ?Absolute strategic bomber has been activated? ? pic.twitter.com/9z16LLqZGz— AZ Military News (@AZmilitary1) April 15, 2022
Regarding the sunken Moskva, I don’t know, but someone who likes to discuss this on inner tubes suggests:
1. The Ukrainian Neptune missile could not have done it, for reasons. But probably a Norwegian NSM sent by the UK. Note that the Pentagon has refused to confirm that Ukraine has done so.
2. Some military personnel purportedly familiar with Russian practices stated that the weapons on board would not explode catastrophically in a fire (more supporting details provided). So the Defense Department lied about it and the rough seas. So the ship sank because it sank, or it was scuttled.
3. Other possibilities include sabotage (which would be very bad) or my favorite, a mine.
4. As exciting as it was, it was more embarrassing than a big deal, I guess, and a huge publicity black eye. Why Russia has a junk barge (Moscow is old and doesn’t sound like it’s well maintained) as its flagship is peculiar at best. However, since Turkey does not allow warships to enter the Black Sea, there will be no naval battles. Moscow does have (apparently only) long-range missiles. I know other ships in the fleet have short-range missiles, also because it’s more useful to deploy from where they are.
U.S. Army trains Ukrainians to use howitzers and radars to fight Russia in major shift Military.com (guurst). It’s too late to make any changes.
Russia threatens cross-border attack on Kyiv ‘command center’ moscow times
Ukraine: life in a minefield Caucasus Balkans
* * * U.S. sided with Ukraine’s far-right, sabotaging Zelensky’s historic peace mission aaron mate
Biden official admits U.S. refused to talk to Ukraine and NATO ahead of Russian invasion Responsible governance. Resillc: “Missed.”
Clinton’s revisionism to NATO expansion recoil
The end of strategic noise?The Russian-Ukrainian War and the Future of NATO war on the rock
Two U.S. lawmakers visit Kyiv as Biden considers sending top officials Antiwar.com (resilc)
* * * Putin’s standoff with Europe’s ruble risks de facto gas embargo Bloomberg
Long queues of Russian trucks leave Poland as EU ban deadline looms Financial Times
Pakistan
How long will Sharif be in Pakistan? Asia Times (Kevin W)
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Pakistan to show support for Imran Khan. Take a look at:pic.twitter.com/xj3OnBQQsw
— Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) April 15, 2022
Surprised a lot of people, especially in the rain:
Canada protests against Pakistani import government! #Imported_government_approvedpic.twitter.com/gjq3PZtWbz
— PTI (@PTIofficial) April 15, 2022
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka crisis: Protesters reject government’s invitation to talks Yongan
Syria
‘Rise of the explosion’: Israeli-Palestinian tensions rise in Ramadan Al Jazeera (resilc)
The Taliban are the true modernizers of Afghanistan Palladium (Robert M)
Empire Crash Watch
US admits use of white phosphorus in Fallujah guardian
— Socialist planning beyond capitalism (@beyond_capital) April 14, 2022
The F-35 was too effective – against the Americans. Andrew Cockburn (resilc)
Military wants ‘robot ships’ to replace sailors in battle Washington post
Biden
Biden shakes hands with Thin Air after speech in North Carolina New York Post
Biden needs to show restraint – in his public comments Responsible Statecraft (resilc)
Watch now: Why Biden isn’t really going after Amazon David Sirota
Democrats are opposing veterinarians washington monthly
Regulating the Womb (with Dr. Michelle Bracher Goodwin) Michael Moore
police state watch
NYPD powerless to stop Brooklyn shooting, but mayor calls for more intercept
Our famous free news
Western dissent over US/NATO Ukraine policy is minimal, but censorship activity is extremee Glenn Greenwald
More upgrades for online review Caitlin Johnstone (Kevin W.). There is also plenty of soft censorship. When I watch Dimash 5 days a week, YouTube will happily provide Dimash videos on the landing page. Now I regularly check counter-narrative sources (I really hate video as a source of information, they are time inefficient) like Alexander Mercouris and Arnab Goswami of Republic TV. When I search by name it usually gives me date content and I have to do a filtered search to find fresh products. YouTube does not provide me with any geopolitical or even political content. Instead, it fixes it (they assume only men are interested in geopolitics) and relaxation videos I’ve never seen (I assume they’re promoted).
Twitter censors Ukraine war coverage Jimmy Dole, YouTube
Police play Disney music to stop individual recordings for copyright infringement Sacramento Bee (resilc)
Indian crypto investors in panic mode as bitcoin exchanges deactivate deposits Bitcoin (Kevin W)
Twitter takes ‘poison pill’ to block Musk takeover Bloomberg
How Tesla and EV Charging Networks Threaten the Future of Gas Stations sound. Resilc: “I was driving on I-85/95 from Chapel Hill, North Carolina to Stamford, Vermont, and the only electric car I saw was my neighbor’s in North Carolina.”
the price of life london review of books (guurst)
Mass demonstrations spread globally as food, gas costs spiral WSWS
Class struggle
Woman claims selling methamphetamine is only job option smoking gun (resilc)
Antidote. Scott D: “Our dog arrived without a spine. Canaan, in case you were wondering.”
And bonuses. Alan T: “Pom is very excited about the prospect of going out”:
Check out yesterday’s link and antidote du Jour here.
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