Scientific research has confirmed that the vibrations produced by a cat’s purr, ranging between 25 and 150 Hertz, can accelerate bone healing and improve tissue repair.
Cats purr naturally during rest, stress, or pain, and these frequencies stimulate bone density and promote… pic.twitter.com/Ac6aQdmxV3
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 3, 2025
Climate/Environment
How popular is ecosocialist transformation? Jason Hickel
How climate change is growing into one of the biggest threats to Spain’s ‘resilient’ economy Euronews
Unusual alignment of two climate forces behind record-breaking rain, floods in Southeast Asia Channel News Asia
Water
Water shortages could derail UK’s net zero plans, study finds The Guardian
Pandemics
Americans More Likely to Accept Guidance from AMA than CDC on Vaccine Safety The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document. https://t.co/s0v8GWduGY pic.twitter.com/psH4ALhRPO
— Cat in the Hat 🐈⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 (@_CatintheHat) December 4, 2025
Japan
Beijing Rejects Takaichi’s Clarification, Says Japan ‘Absolutely Does Not Accept This’ on Taiwan Remarks Business Times
China?
US halts plans to sanction China’s spy agency in a bid to maintain trade truce: Report Firstpost
Greater China-Russia strategic alignment links two ‘battlefields’ of Eurasia ThinkChina
China Massing Military Ships Across Region in Show of Maritime Force, Sources Say Reuters
US capital investments for something other than beating China Responsible Statecraft
Indonesia to Invest $1 Billion in BRICS-Backed Bank NDB Jakarta Globe
Intel to invest additional $208 million in Malaysia, PM says Reuters
Junta Sets Up Committee to Expedite China-Backed Muse-Mandalay Railway The Irrawaddy
India
India eyes Russia S-400 deal despite US sanctions threat Asia Times
Beyond defence & oil, PM Modi & Putin build ‘co-production model’ as future of economic ties Firstpost
Syraqistan
US plan in Gaza: forced ghettoisation, annexation, mass detention, resource plunder Euro-Med Monitor
Microsoft tech abetted Israel’s genocide in Gaza, rights groups warn of legal liability Madhyamam
Israel hits multiple towns in southern Lebanon as attacks intensify Al Jazeera
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Who’s behind push to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terror group? Responsible Statecraft
Allies at odds: Yemen’s Hadhramaut has become the latest front in the Saudi–Emirati struggle The Cradle
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More questions than answers in Iraq as key gas facility comes under fire Amwaj
How an oil pipeline battle shows the US gaining sway in Iraq Reuters
Africa
U.S. Pushes PR Propaganda Through Skit Makers in Nigeria While Lining Up Military Invasion West Africa Weekly
O Canada
Natural Gaslighting: the Canada-Alberta Pipeline MOU is Built on a Blatant Pack of Lies Dougald Lamont
Old Blighty
The hunger strike is not being televised – nor will the last gasps of our dying freedoms Jonathan Cook
DWP quietly legalise taking money straight from benefit ‘fraudsters’ bank accounts The Canary
European Disunion
Thrown under the omnibus: How the EU’s digital deregulation fuels US coercion European Council on Foreign Relations
Chartbook 463: Polygloom – What’s wrong with Germany? Adam Tooze
Merz postpones Norway trip for Belgium talks on frozen Russian assets DPA
New Not-So-Cold War
Damage Control: Major Blows to EU as von der Leyen’s Rotten Regime Teeters Simplicius
So Much for the Claim that Russia is Only Making Incremental Gains Larry Johnson
ASF-infected boar carcass was deliberately dumped and may be “eastern sabotage”, says Poland Notes from Poland
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Russian oil exports reshuffled as non-sanctioned firms offset decline from Lukoil and Rosneft Intellinews
U.S. Waiver Lets Lukoil Stations Abroad Keep Operating Despite Sanctions OilPrice
War Insurance Costs Spike for Ship Owners as Black Sea Threats Grow gCaptain
South of the Border
US Military Blows Up Another Boat in Latin America Amid Scrutiny of Bombing Campaign Antiwar
This is big. The final U.S. National Security Strategy was just published and the refocus on the Western Hemisphere (i.e. the Americas) is confirmed.
The document clearly establishes this as the U.S.’s number 1 priority, saying that the U.S. will now “assert and enforce a ‘Trump… pic.twitter.com/rGSb5Ynu4L
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) December 5, 2025
‼️ Russia Defies US No-Fly Zone Over Venezuela
Trump’s declared “no-fly zone” over Venezuela is not being observed by the Russians. Russian flights to and from Venezuela continue unaltered by the American imperial decree.
This is a very revealing development.
— Will Schryver (@imetatronink) December 4, 2025
The Great Game
2026 set to be a turbulent year as civil unrest risk climbs across CEE and Central Asia Intellinews
Trump 2.0
US Institute of Peace renamed for Donald Trump despite legal battle The Guardian
The billionaire-backed techno-utopia at the heart of Trump’s controversial pardon Oligarch Watch
Supreme Court lets Texas keep new congressional map while legal battle continues Texas Tribune
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The Knives Are Out For Hegseth Moon of Alabama
US lawmakers shown video of Caribbean drug boat strike, hear admiral confirm no kill order issued Anadolu Agency
The Uniparty
Democrats, Press Gloss Over Original “Double Tap” Operations Racket News
Immigration
Tyson Foods Moves to Block Shareholder Vote on Deportation Risks Migrant Insider
America is Flying Blind on Immigration Apricitas Economics
Economy
30 percent of US corporations planning holiday season layoffs WSWS
Democrats en déshabillé
‘Peanuts’: Suffering, baseball, and religion Dailies & Sundays
Our Famously Free Press
YouTube, aka The Biggest Platform on Earth, Has Deleted All My Albums David Rovics
Spook Country
Jan. 6 Pipe Bomber Finally Arrested Half Decade Later Ken Klippenstein
Who is Brian Cole? FBI identifies suspect in Jan. 6 DC pipe bomb case USA Today
So of all the cell phones in the area at the approximate time, one person had bought 8″ nipples and end caps within the 3 years prior to the bombing? I’m sure I’ve purchased 8″ nipples and both black iron and galvanized caps just within the past 2 years.
— John Lund (@AttilaTheLund) December 4, 2025
Imperial Collapse Watch
All wars are economic Julian MacFarlane
The Enshittified Military Un-Diplomatic
Anduril Founder @PalmerLuckey’s surprising view on the Future of Warfare:
Interviewer:
“Do you believe that Space will become the defining domain for 21st century national defense?”
Palmer Luckey:
“I think space is very important, but I think the subterranean domain will… pic.twitter.com/mk6Pg55wq5
— Anduril Appreciator (@A1Anduril) December 3, 2025
Accelerationists
Trump Gave the Tech Bros Everything. Why Are They Still Crashing Out? Slate
Supply Chain
Ship Rates Spiking 467% Marks Upended Trade Across Commodities Bloomberg
AI
Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas Ars Technica
Large Language Models As The Tales That Are Sung Programmable Mutter
Police State Watch
Border Patrol Raided Arizona Medical Aid Site With No Warrant, Showing Growing “Impunity” The Intercept
RoboCop statue stands in Eastern Market 15 years after viral tweet Detroit Free Press
Healthcare?
7 deaths, hundreds of injuries may be linked to diabetes glucose monitor errors, FDA says CBS News
Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan Settles Suit for $100M to Keep New Jersey State Contract, Then Gives Board Seat to Governor’s Key Adviser HEALTH CARE un-covered
In a U.S. First, Drones Deliver AEDs in North Carolina County Duke Today
The Bezzle
Feds ask Waymo about robotaxis repeatedly passing school buses in Austin TechCrunch
Waymo Just Reprogrammed Its Robotaxis to Drive Less Safely Futurism
Class Warfare
‘If you aren’t lying, you aren’t flying.’Airline pilots hide mental health struggles to keep flying Reuters
Aldo Leopold on How to Hear the Song of Life The Marginalian
Antidote du jour (via):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
‘Cat in the Hat 🐈⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧
@_CatintheHat
NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.” ‘
So what happens if you have a variant develop that combines influenza with the bubonic plague? Do a Boris Johnson and say just ‘take it on the chin’ and let it ‘sweep through the population’ in one go? This may be the UK’s idea of what to do in such a development but you would quickly find that every country would quarantine the UK and refuse to let British airlines to land in places like Paris or New York nor would they allow ships with Brits aboard permission to dock like anywhere.
Phil Klay in this morning’s NY Times:
“Isn’t this violence delightful?”
Trump’s Boat Strikes Corrode America’s Soul