Seal hunted by killer whales escapes by jumping onto photographer’s boat Associated Press (Dr. Kevin)
German scientists discover that rats hunt bats in the dark Not the Bee (Li)
The Best and Worst Hit Songs of the 1960s Ted Golia. This list is way too skewed to the early 1960s. And even for the earlier 60s, what about Downtown? For the later 60s, how about icons like Age of Aquarius? Bridge Over Troubled Waters? Proud Mary? American Woman? Eli’s Coming?
Everyone worries about kids not reading – but this is worse Aftonbladet via machine translation (Micael T). Yours truly vehemently disagrees. I have always had horrible manual dexterity, dreadful penmanship despite some effort, and despised art class. I did have a go at a couple of musical instruments, which was again a bust due to said terrible manual dexterity. Having said that, most kids are at least somewhat adept, so neglecting skills that require use of hands is a bad idea for them.
Scientists tie lupus to a virus nearly all of us carry MedicalXpress (fk)
Gene Therapy Gets FDA’s Strongest Warning After Fatal Liver Injuries MedPage
The Monks in the Casino: A brief theory of young men, “the loneliness crisis,” and life in the 21st century Derek Thompson (Micael T)
#COVID-19/Pandemics
We’re five years into the pandemic, and the science is telling a very different story than “just a cold.” COVID affects blood vessels, organs, metabolism, and cognition — and the impacts compound with each infection. It’s the same pattern we saw with smoking: people felt fine…… pic.twitter.com/dYIR2PsEAj
— World Health Network (@TheWHN) November 14, 2025
Persistent neurological sequelae in children and adolescents after SARS-CoV-2: a scoping review
🔥An international scoping review(2020-2024) debunking AGAIN the “MILD” narrative!
“Results demonstrate a considerable burden of COVID-19-related persistent neurological… pic.twitter.com/KDuokcdgyn
— Harry Spoelstra (@HarrySpoelstra) November 1, 2025
A Surprise Flu Variant Threw Off the Vaccine. Get Ready for a Brutal Winter Gizmodo (Paul R). Sigh. Flu vaccine not that effective to begin with.
Climate/Environment
Umeå residents receive birch seedlings from the municipality Extrakt via machine translation (Micael T)
The Arctic On Fire High North News
Tehran Enters Its 200th Day Without Rain, Setting an Unprecedented Record in the Past 60 Years Rokna
Severe Water Shortage Forces Thousands to Leave Homes in Western Afghanistan Kabul Now
Yellow fever and dengue cases surge in South America as climate crisis fuels health issues Guardian
China?
China’s economy jolted by weakest factory output, retail sales growth in over a year Reuters
China’s Economy Falters With Growth Hurt by Investment Slump Bloomberg
China Property Slump to Drag on 2026 Growth, Citi Says Caixin
Silicon Oasis: How Abu Dhabi Plays Both Sides of US-China China Talk
China Buys More Brazil Soybeans as US Purchases Stall Farm Policy News (resilc)
South of the Border
Trump says he made up his mind on Venezuela action Anadolu Agency. Moar gaslighting.
The U.S. Is Terrorizing Its Neighborhood Daniel Larison
Florida Man Occupied Government vs Venezuela Brad Pearce
European Disunion
Europe’s carmakers face ‘devastating’ chip crisis as Nexperia supply crunch continues Financial Times
EU conservatives vote with far right to approve cuts to green rules Politico
Germany agrees new military service plan to boost troop numbers BBC
We have had five years of nonstop political panic in Germany – over Covid, Russia and now Alternative für Deutschland. What will we panic over next? eugyppius (Micael T). IMHO. fatigue will eventually set in.
📡Berlin just outlawed Huawei from 6G… while China is already field-testing 6G in 20 cities
Reading the SCMP report on Germany's ban of Huawei from its future 6G networks is a masterclass in historical amnesia (https://t.co/GECSeMJHr1)
Or perhaps Germany is just writing its… pic.twitter.com/uBkrQGarQd
— StarBoySAR 🇭🇰 🇨🇳 🥭 (@StarboySAR) November 14, 2025
French National Assembly overwhelmingly votes to suspend controversial pension reform France24
Rain of money on independent school owners Klagget via machine translation (Micael T)
Old Blighty
I warned you Starmer would implode in office Owen Jones (Colonel Smithers)
Labour infighting puts chancellor’s budget plan to reassure bond markets at risk Guardian
UK Tech Secretary Urges Ofcom to Fast-Track Censorship Law Enforcement Reclaim the Net
Israel v. The Resistance
Tents in Gaza Collapse From Rain as Palestinians Struggle With Massive Flooding DropSite
Red Sea Crisis Looms as Israel–Houthi Clash Nears Horizon Geopolitics
This is Why Mark Levin Will Not Debate Tucker Carlson YouTube. In case you missed the clips of Mark Levin utterly losing his mind.
The Current Anti-Zionist Push in the US has all the Makings of a Second American Revolution Alon Mizrahi. Too hopeful but the row has become gratifyingly heated.
New Not-So-Cold War
Explosions rock Kyiv as mayor reports ‘massive’ Russian strikes across the capital France24
Chorus of ‘Corruption’ as Movement to Oust Zelensky Picks Up Steam Simplicius. Mecouris has deemed Zelensky’s position to be pretty secure due to his elimination of internal threats.
Ukraine scrambles to limit damage from blockbuster corruption scandal Politico
Nicolai Petro: Ukraine Endgame & Fragmentation of Europe Glenn Diesen, YouTube
Prof. John Mearsheimer : Putin’s Calculus: Why Russia Might Welcome a Long War YouTube. As we have been saying…
It Ain’t Money Laundering, It is Theft Larry Johnson
“Servant of the People”? More like serving his besties Tarik Cyril Amar
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
CEO of Palantir Says He Spends a Large Amount of Time Talking to Nazis Futurism
Imperial Collapse Watch
The Politics of Humiliation: Reading Robert Kagan in the midst of America’s nightmare The Baffler (Anthony L)
Troops left unfit for deployment after testing Ajax vehicles The Times
The Final Betrayal: How Technocracy Destroyed America Patrick Woo (Micael T)
Trump 2.0
The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge. Scott Bessent Used It Anyway. New York Times (resilc)
* * * Trump DRAGGED By HIS OWN BASE For DISASTROUS Fox News Interview Due Dissidence. Li: “Friendly interview in which Trump is out of it on colleges and consumer prices.”
Trump Is Falling Into the Same Trap That Ensnared Biden The Bulwark
* * * Special prosecutor assigned to Trump 2020 Georgia election case with uncertain future The Hill
Who is Thomas Crooks? pic.twitter.com/WwjvPGGRwS
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) November 14, 2025
Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Screening for Dan Bongino, Senior Staff ProPublica (Robin K)
Bechtel Chief Says U.S. Must Subsidize Trump’s Nuclear Revival OilPrice (resilc)
Trump ends support for Marjorie Taylor Greene amid growing Epstein feud Guardian (Kevin W). BWAHAHA.
If Democrats regain the White House, Trump’s ballroom could be an early casualty NBC (resilc)
Immigration
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts ProPublica
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump’s Mass Deportation Effort 404Media (Randy K)
Native American nearly deported in Iowa Polk County Jail issues ICE detainer by mistake Cedar Rapids Gazette (Robin K)
Tariffs
Trump’s tariffs: Tracking the status of international trade action Supply Chain Drive (resilc)
Shutdown
Another shutdown in January? Some lawmakers are already bracing for it The Hill
Congressional hemp restrictions threaten $28 billion industry, sending companies scrambling CNBC
Did new hemp regulations ban THC drinks and products? What to know about provision in shutdown bill USA Today
MAHA
>ByHeart’s ‘bizarre’ response to infant botulism outbreak worries food safety experts STAT. A venture funded MAHA darling denies facts. KLG adds:
Jeebus.People do not understand that the infectious dose of Clostridium botulinum spores can be in the single digits. Thus, it doesn’t take many spores to cause disease, especially in a baby. And the spores are virtually impossible to kill. Same with anthrax, which is why both organisms are on the select list of potential bio-weapons.
From the link:
Infectious dose
The minimum infective dose of C. botulinum spores for human infants is unknown, but it may be as low as 10-100 spores based on estimates from exposure to spore-containing honey Footnote 19
Democrat Death Wish
Democrats Need a Wartime Consigliere. Hakeem Jeffries Isn’t One. New York Times (resilc)
Potemkin Revolution Mike Flugennock (resilc)
Mamdani
Disciplinary case against NYPD officer sets up potential conflict for Tisch and Mamdani Gothamist
>L’affaire Epstein
Pam Bondi puts weight of SDNY behind Epstein investigation of Democrats The Hill
‘Epstein Hoax’ Got Legs? Mark Wauck
Woke Watch
The prophet of gender madness: Dr. Paul McHugh returns from the cold Unherd
Texas A&M professors now need approval for race, gender topics Cedar Rapids Gazette (Robin K)
Economy
How markets could topple the global economy Economist
Foreclosures surge 20% as Americans struggle to pay mortgages — and fears of 2008-style crash soar Daily Mail (resilc)
Record number of subprime borrowers miss car loan payments in October, data shows Reuters
We Didn’t Kill American Manufacturing—We Let It Die America’s Undoing (resilc)
Canadian Travel to the U.S. Declines for 10th Straight Month New York Times (resilc)
AI
Silicon Valley data centers totalling nearly 100MW could ‘sit empty for years’ due to lack of power — huge installations are idle because Santa Clara can’t cope with surging electricity demands Tom’s Hardware (resilc)
The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived Wired (resilc)
The Financial Engineering, Debt, and SPV Structure Behind CoreWeave x OpenAI Deal
On March 10, 2025, CoreWeave proudly published a press release announcing that it had secured OpenAI as a client with a deal valued at up to $11.9 billion, and that OpenAI would become an investor… pic.twitter.com/4cqhSXjAw5
— Kakashii (@kakashiii111) November 14, 2025
Nvidia CEO Praises Trump Energy Chief — a Climate Denier — and his ‘Passion’ for Science DeSmog Blog
The vampires feed on us when we’re alone Yasha Levine
AI Companies Are Encouraging Users To Believe Chatbots Are People, And It’s Insanely Creepy Caitlin Johnstone (Kevin W)
Guillotine Watch
Waymo Was on a Roll in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat New York Times
resilc: “Too funny, Clinton one of the main creators of Trump. He should be Burr and challenge her to a duel”
Class Warfare
Ford CEO says he has 5,000 open mechanic jobs with 6-figure salaries from the shortage of manually skilled workers: ‘We are in trouble in our country’ Fortune (resilc)
Customers are the best check against dynamic pricing in restaurants Washington Post (Dr. Kevin). Sigh. This really misses the point. I don’t want to conceive of dining out as an adversarial relationship.
The D.N.C. Ordered Workers Back to the Office. Its Union Isn’t Pleased. New York Times (Li)
Eco-Marxism and Prometheus Unbound Monthly Review (Robin K)
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus:
After hours stranded on the ice, cold and trembling, this dog was finally saved
When rescuers arrived, you could see the relief in his eyes pic.twitter.com/1KcEQwj5jo
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) November 15, 2025
And a second bonus:
The bird even realized he had won 😅🥳 pic.twitter.com/xY7jZyeQtT
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) November 14, 2025
And a third:
In 2015, a goat was thrown into a tiger’s enclosure as his weekly live feed only to become his friend..🐅🐾🐐🥺❤️ pic.twitter.com/5Pf1P58Zib
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) November 14, 2025
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
“Seal hunted by killer whales escapes by jumping onto photographer’s boat”
Seals must be pretty smart as this happens from time to time and I have seen videos showing this going back years-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uKBVwzhoxY (1:42 mins) – 8 years ago
Even Otters have done the same-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQXaewSnaf8 (3:08 mins)
Clostridium Boldinum infected the posting resulting in the typical symptom of a swollen text.