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HERODOTUS ON CHRISTMAS IN 20TH-CENTURY BRITAIN Antigone
Dog in UK collected more than 1,000 littered bottles for recycling Washington Submit (furzy)
Giant python reunited with owner after months roaming Austin BBC
A 400lb, silverback gorilla beneath anesthesia, present process a medical process. Miami, Florida. 2019 pic.twitter.com/1VGDgT6RWJ
— Laocoon of Troy (@LaocoonofTroy) December 22, 2022
Deep Learning Alone Isn’t Getting Us To Human-Like AI Nomea (David L)
Sudden however good pic.twitter.com/oELm2Maeid
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) December 23, 2022
Inside the billion-dollar meeting for the mega-rich who want to live forever MIT Expertise Assessment
‘Classifying Aging as a Disease Could Speed FDA Drug Approvals’ The Hill
Meddling Parents Hire Dating Coaches for Their Grown Children Wall Road Journal (J-LS). I’ve at all times most popular getting a root canal to occurring a date. Effectively, besides a root canal has everlasting bodily results and most dates don’t.
Rear window New Criterion (Anthony L). On Edward Hopper.
Bach’s accidental masterpiece New Statesman (J-LS)
#COVID-19
Science/Medication
ma flags a brand new knowledge website:
Replace on my web site. US states are full. Graphs now embody new variants and better decision, however completely different views would require clicking completely different tabs on the backside in addition to utilizing the directional arrows to scroll via tabs. Intl subsequent.https://t.co/HepDCemu4g
— Michael Olesen ?????? (@maolesen) November 19, 2022
SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins trigger periodontal fibrosis Information-Medical.web (ma)
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BQ and XBB subvariants show exceptional immune evasion properties Information-Medical.web (guurst)
Asia
China estimates 250mn people have caught Covid in 20 days Monetary Occasions
China sees Trojan horse in refused US vaccine offer Asia Occasions (Kevin W)
‘Revive habit of using masks,’ advices ex-Health min Harsh Vardhan on COVID-19 situation Republic World (J-LS)
RTPCR Test Mandatory For Foreign Arrivals From China, 4 Other Nations: Union Health Min Republic World (J-LS)
Local weather/Atmosphere
Facts and figures about toxic chemicals in agriculture 2022 Pesticide Atlas (guurst)
EPA Tightens Rules on Pollution From Vans, Buses and Trucks New York Occasions
China?
Manila hardens South China Sea defences Bangkok Submit (furzy)
China sees Trojan horse in refused US vaccine offer Asia Occasions (Kevin W)
Japan eyes global military power status Asia Occasions (Kevin W)
India
Necessary choices in assembly of the Cupboard in the present day:
-Meals grains to be made out there freed from value to greater than 800 million beneficiaries until Dec 2023 beneath Nationwide Meals Safety Act.
Will guarantee India’s meals safety.— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) December 23, 2022
South Africa marks holidays despite nationwide power cuts FirstPost (J-LS)
New Not So Chilly Conflict
Will Ukraine ever have enough Fire Power? Col Doug Macgregor Choose Napolitano, YouTube
Has NATO’s Strategy To Bleed Russia Backfired? Larry Johnson
Of Note. Andrei Martyanov (guurst). On Russia growing the scale of its armed forces
Bakhmut Meatgrinder & Copium Mark Sleboda (Stevelancs). Good overview.
Kiev is mulling peace plan, WSJ reports RT
Artemovsk / Bakhmut. US troopers ‘resign’ from the navy and go and combat as merc’s. It permits NATO to disclaim its preventing on the bottom. Footage like this present NATO could be very a lot concerned. pic.twitter.com/GUXx3kB0K1
— Nikolai (@Nikolai11449196) December 22, 2022
* * * The Claim That The Ukraine War Advances US Interests Discredits The Claim That It’s “Unprovoked” Caitlin Johnstone (Kevin W)
* * * Putin, Isolated and Distrustful, Leans on Handful of Hard-Line Advisers Wall Road Journal. Neocons gotta neocon.
Sixty years on from the Cuban missile crisis, the US has learned its lessons – but Putin has not Guardian (Kevin W)
Russia’s militarization of the Arctic shows no sign of slowing down CNN (furzy)
* * * EU price cap on gas could push suppliers to other markets – Novak Interfax (guurst)
* * * WHAT I’VE SEEN OF UKRAINE’S WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS IN THE DONBASS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS – EVA BARLETT South Entrance (guurst)
Syraqistan
The US Captagon Act: Tightening Syria’s siege under new pretext The Cradle (guurst)
Israel: How Netanyahu handed Ben-Gvir the gun to start an annexation war Jonathan Prepare dinner, Center East Eye (guurst)
?1/13 On 16 November, UN Particular Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs requested EU Coordinator on combating #Antisemitism @kschnurbein whether or not @EU_Commission has assessed the implications for basic rights of the IHRA definition of antisemitism ??https://t.co/Axwn6ulRyC
— Legislation for Palestine | القانون من أجل فلسطين (@Law4Palestine) December 22, 2022
A day after of the Taliban BANNED feminine college schooling, girls & ladies have come out on the streets of Kabul protesting in opposition to the decree.
They chant —“Both for everybody or for nobody. One for all, all for one”
Amplify their voices.pic.twitter.com/mWbf5Mtcr2
— Shabnam Nasimi (@NasimiShabnam) December 22, 2022
Large Brother Is Watching You Watch
Cover Your Tracks Digital Frontier Basis (David L)
As Long as We’re on the Subject of CAPTCHAs Bruce Schneier (David L)
Meta agrees to pay $725 million to settle lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica data leak CNN (Kevin W)
1/6
The Facts Underpinning Jan. 6 Committee Criminal Referrals FactCheck.org (furzy). I’ve bother with the declare that Trump had a plan, versus some impulses.
Trump
Judge slams Trump suit aimed at blocking N.Y. attorney general probe Politico (furzy)
Biden
SEVEN THESES ON AMERICAN POLITICS New Left Economics. Robin Ok: “Biden economics.”
Ffs pic.twitter.com/5KPovEEYKS
— Clown World ™ ? (@ClownWorld_) December 22, 2022
DOJ takes on ’True the Vote’ Vigilantes — finally! Greg Palast, YouTube
Judge strips Alex Jones of bankruptcy protections after he tried to dodge $1.5B Sandy Hook judgment Salon (furzy)
Our No Longer Free Press
1 big thing — Exclusive: Bloomberg eyes WSJ, WaPo Axios (furzy)
No Free PACER as US Lawmakers Exclude Proposal from Spending Bill Reuters
The Bezzle
Bankman-Fried associate admits to misuse of FTX customer funds Monetary Occasions. May very well be inferred from revised SEC submitting. However:
Ellison, the previous head of FTX’s buying and selling affiliate Alameda Analysis who pleaded responsible to seven prison prices on Monday, instructed a New York decide that from 2019 to 2022 the agency had entry to “a limiteless line of credit score on FTX.com” and that she “knew that it was unsuitable”, based on a transcript of the plea listening to made out there on Friday.
“I understood that FTX executives had applied particular settings on Alameda’s FTX.com account to take care of unfavorable balances in varied fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies,” Ellison mentioned on the listening to, simply days earlier than Bankman-Fried was extradited from the Bahamas to the US.
She added that she “understood that if Alameda’s FTX accounts had vital unfavorable balances in any specific forex, it meant that Alameda was borrowing funds that FTX’s clients had deposited”….
Ellison’s testimony on Monday afternoon was saved secret for days. Federal prosecutors had argued that revealing her plea would possibly make it tougher to persuade Bankman-Fried, who has been charged with eight prison counts, to permit himself to be introduced again from the Bahamas to New York and be arraigned.
Bankman-Fried Judge Recused Because Husband’s Firm Advised FTX Bloomberg. To be a stickler, I had taken difficulty with earlier experiences from an internet site that can go unnamed that argued the decide wanted to recuse herself as a result of Davis Polk, her husband’s agency, had represented BlockFi on a mortgage to FTX. Earth to base, in that case, BlockFi had pursuits hostile to FTX and so no battle of curiosity. Apparently there was additionally a direct Davis Polk illustration of FTX or an FTX entity too (observe the battle between the FTX and BlockFi illustration was possible waived by whichever occasion employed Davis Polk later; it typically occurs at huge companies. Consultants get vastly extra confidential data than legislation companies do. In my day, McKinsey represented Citibank, Chase, Merrill, and the then Producers Hanover. Completely different companions on every account and they didn’t share associates. And people companions hated one another).
How Big Tech fought antitrust reform — and won The Hill
Bank Error in Our Favor Matt Stoller (Chuck L)
FTC orders Mastercard to not block use of competing debit payment networks The Hill (Kevin W)
Elon Musk’s Finances Complicated by Declining Wealth, Twitter Pressures Wall Road Journal
Class Warfare
Antidote du jour. The elk regulars lounging in Teton Time’s yard.
And a bonus (Robin Ok):
Peach the Newshound sniffs beneath solar canines — it’s 17 under at Storm Lake. @SLTimes pic.twitter.com/wapfeN0fdr
— Artwork Cullen (@cullen_art) December 22, 2022
And a second bonus (guurst):
Kangaroos within the snowpic.twitter.com/djJRLABQC5
— Fascinating (@fasc1nate) December 23, 2022
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour here.
