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Sorry for the thin original post. Impressive lightning strikes caused service disruptions, but not fatal.
Powerful winds carve surreal sand sculptures on frozen beach My Modern Met (David L)
Las Luminarias festival in Spain – in pictures Guardian (resilc)
Discover the world’s deepest squid at surprising depths Science Alert (Chuck L)
Tonga eruption creates puzzling ripples in Earth’s atmosphere natural (hairy)
It’s time for science to drop the word “statistically significant” Aeon (Dr. Kevin)
Ultra-low-field MRI scanner could improve global access to neuroimaging The Physical World (Dr. Kevin)
A huge project is underway to sequence the genome of every complex species on Earth Conversation (Kevin W)
Does jam exist? London Review of Books (Anthony L). About Malcolm Bull. Too much reading, too little time…
#Coronavirus disease
Masks can make you more attractive: study Reuters. Ha ha! Readers discussed this the other day and came to the same conclusion.
Science/Medicine
Omicron is a bigger risk for young people, medical data shows Bloomberg
Israel ??, the only country in the world to quadruple the vaccine (also using mask mandates and Covid passports), just broke the global record for daily Covid cases ? pic.twitter.com/G1ZDuVG2Ru
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) January 18, 2022
Antigen Testing: Real World Data Caitlin Jetlina. Dr Kevin” “How to avoid screwing up when using a rapid Covid test. “
Asia
Hong Kong to close secondary schools from Monday over coronavirus fears https://t.co/xd4XFYrT5j pic.twitter.com/fJhG5Ix452
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 20, 2022
UK/Europe
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson abandoned the new crown epidemic rules: “The government will no longer mandate masks everywhere… We will no longer require masks in classrooms… We will trust the judgment of the British people and will no longer put anyone who chooses not to wear a mask. Man is condemned as a crime.” pic.twitter.com/wgE1pBgSdb
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 19, 2022
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Florida’s top health official furloughed in support of vaccinations BBC. Only in the US…
New Mexico asks National Guard to teach amid COVID school closures Reuters
Why Covid-19 didn’t create a care crisis The New York Times (resilc). IM Doc I’m sure it would be different. One of our assistants was a CNA at the hospital and quit when her floor was handed over to Covid duty. We have other assistants, CNAs in nursing homes, who quit these jobs for similar reasons. But these advantages may not be representative. What do nurses and other frontline medical staff think?
Why Joe Biden gave up on Covid new republic
climate
Lumber prices derailed again. Blame it on climate change. Atlantic (Resilient)
A68: “Megaberg” dumped a lot of fresh water BBCMore protected areas won’t save biodiversity, experts warn PhysOrg (Robert M)
China?
Beijing officials suggest protesters ‘face punishment’ Guardian (resilc)
Is the U.S. capable of challenging China’s lithium battery dominance? oil price
old blight
Residents of Cheshire flats ‘trapped’ in homes whose value plummeted to 1p Cheshire Live. Kevin W: “Radiation from the Grenfell Fire.”
Bombing the ‘Irish Beatles’ – who ordered their murders? Decrypt UK (Chuck L)
Check the bad reputation of the African army DW (Flexibility)
Hungry Afghans use cryptocurrency to sidestep Taliban sanctions intercept
new cold war
President Biden on Russia, Ukraine and Putin span
Biden expects Putin to order Ukraine invasion, vows ‘disaster for Russia’ CNBC (Furry). Tuition fees at Lotta University must be based on this…
Putin’s Challenge to Western Hegemony Adam Tooze
Germany has a Russia problem mirror (resilc)
How Russia went wrong with the Americans Conservative
Brzezinski becomes U.S. ambassador to Poland RT (Resilience)
Syria
China plays cautious but critical role in Iran nuclear talks France 24
big brother is watching you
White House worries about open source software security Bloomberg (David L)
WhatsApp ordered to help US agents spy on Chinese phones Forbes
Meta wants to track people’s facial expressions in the Metaverse New York Post
Empire Crash Watch
Can humanity survive Washington’s delusional belief in its omnipotence? Paul Craig Roberts (Chuck L)
America needs war. Andrei Martyanov (Chuck L)
1/6
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s proposal to protect records from Jan. 6 committee hill. Not in defense of Trump, but incriminating statements are easy to find given how often he oscillates between extreme positions. They will certainly be taken out of context and given more weight than they should have given the context of the entire discussion. Trump is a terrible president, so you think it’s just a fair and impartial display of his capricious, emotionally unstable, cronyism, and chaotic behavior. No. He must be made into Hair Furore.
Part of committee involved in challenging or overturning 2020 election results subpoenas Trump allies House.gov (Kevin C)
Biden
Joe Biden’s awesome first year Matt Tabby
‘It’s been a tough time’: Why is Biden one of the least popular US presidents? guardian
A year on Joe Biden: Has America become ungovernable? BBC. Resilc: “That’s the plan.”
Democrats in pajamas
R Democrats fail to push to change Senate filibuster, sink election bill Wall Street Journal
Debate on voting rights that Democrats don’t want to have Atlantic (Resilient)
Why Schumer chose a filibuster he can’t win politics
Why Democrats Keep Proposing Voting Rights Legislation five thirty-eight
Alabama football coach Nick Saban and other sports legends with ties to West Virginia urge Joe Manchin to strengthen Voting Rights Act MarketWatch (resilc)
wake up watch
Teaching censorship: National Education Association calls on social media companies to silence critics Jonathan Turley (Chuck L)
Our famous free news
Social media bans on scientific misinformation aren’t helping, researchers say gizmo
FBI is investigating a YouTuber accused of crashing plane for view driver
police state watch
Police in this small Alabama town suck drivers into legal ‘black hole’ al.com (user friendly)
Godzilla v Mothra, 5G version
Henry Jones resigns, Theresa Taylor takes over CalPERS board SWF Institute
U.S. allows teens to drive big rigs in test apprenticeship program to help ease supply chain backlog ABC7 (Flexibility)
Train for the unbuilt Milwaukee-Madison high-speed rail line to Nigeria Wisconsin Public Radio
Crypto.com CEO Confirms Hundreds of Accounts Hacked edge. Not only was it hacked, but the content was stolen.
guillotine watch
Bentley sales soar as world in turmoil Globe and Mail
Class struggle
When I asked Wharton students what they thought the average American worker made a year, 25% thought it was more than six figures. One of them thought it was $800,000. Really don’t know what to do (actual figure is $45,000)
– Nina Strohminger (@NinaStrohminger) January 20, 2022
Antidote. Bio: “Look what Santa left under the catnip plant”:
And a bonus (Chuck L):
Red-footed boobies (Sula sula)????????? pic.twitter.com/ozwPGQElYV
— Birds of the World (@worldbirds32) January 19, 2022
Check out yesterday’s link and antidote du Jour here.
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