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Perhaps People Are Cynical About Success in the Creative Arts for a Reason Freddie deBoer

COVID-19/Pandemics

‘Staring over the edge’: South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week NBC

Climate/Environment

Reaching net zero won’t be enough to limit global temperatures to 1.5°C IPE

Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires Guardian

Climate Change May Be Making Pain Harder To Manage One Green Planet

After 20 Years, A Deal to Protect Amazon Forests is Falling Apart The Energy Mix

Europe’s crop droughts to worsen despite rising rainfall, study shows Open Access Government

Detailed map reveals groundwater levels across the U.S. PhysOrg (Micael T)

Roper: New England’s energy policies Are unaffordable, unreliable, unrealistic – and Vermont is leading the pack Vermont Daily Chronicle (resilc)

Water

The Middle East’s Next War Will Be Over Water Times of Israel

China?

Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese EVs in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products Associated Press

China curbs high-frequency trading to de-risk markets Asia Times (Kevin W)

Diao Daming: the costs of studying China at a distance Pekingology

China Targets the Algorithms That Made Loyal Shoppers Pay More SixthTone

Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers New York Times. Archiving not directing to the article proper.

Southeast Asia

Italian-Thai projects halted after fatal accidents Bangkok Post

South of the Border

CIA director had two-hour meeting with new Venezuelan leader in Caracas BBC

European Disunion

Trump floats new tariffs in push to acquire Greenland CNBC (resilc). The sooner the Supreme Court removes (well, effectively downgrades, Trump would still have less potent tariff weapons if the Supremes rule as expected) this bludgeon, the better.

‘We’re talking to NATO’ on Greenland: Trump Anadolu Agency

What we know about the US and European military presence in Greenland ABC Australia

Now Hear This: The United States Does Not Need Greenland Malcolm Nance, YouTube. Marred by Putin Derangement Syndrome and some errors like saying the US can fly military aircraft out of Maine. We closed the one airbase there many years ago. But he has just been to Greenland and provides details from that. Also sets forth how NATO members have a lot of cards to play, from cutting off intel to denying overflights to Danish shipping giant Maersk refusing transport to the US. Having said that, the EU state deployment of forces is utterly pathetic and I don’t have the impression that any of the retaliatory measures Nance describes are being threatened privately, let alone seriously contemplated. At a minimum, you’d see leaks to the press or laundered through NGOs and pundits if there was an intent to show some steel.

Why Greenland’s future is important to Silicon Valley Pitchbook

BATTLE ON THE ICE Nato plans for fighter jet dogfights over Greenland as Kremlin issues ‘extraordinary’ statement to oppose Trump takeover The Sun (resilc)

LGBTQ rights in Greenland Wikipedia (resilc)

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Germany news: Economy narrowly avoids 3rd year of recession DW

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France has real opportunity to leave NATO — newspaper TASS

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This is what happened when Stockholm abolished snow removal Arbetet via machine translation (Micael T)

Old Blighty

Dad’s Army! Veterans aged up to 65 to be recalled to serve as Russia threat grows Daily Mail (resilc)

UK Government to give cash payouts to people in financial crisis BBC

‘People don’t even know if help is coming’: Cornish villagers frustrated by lack of help after Storm Goretti Guardian

Say what you will about Trump, but unlike Starmer he knows his own power – and how to use it Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian (Colonel Smithers)

Israel v. The Resistance

Trump names Tony Blair, Jared Kushner to Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ Aljazeera

All war is based on deception Julian Macfarlane. On Iran body counts and the US “Never mind.”

The Iran Playbook John Mearsheimer

Iran – The ‘Ragtag Network Of Activists’ Run By The State Department Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)

Scoop: Mossad director visits U.S. for Iran consultations Axios

How Trump could hit Iran Edward Luttwak, Unherd. Hawks gotta hawk.

Alastair Crooke breaks down the IRAN WAR GAME. | Ep. 1 The Cradle, YouTube

New Not-So-Cold War

Ceremony for presenting letters of credence President of Russia

Vladimir Putin Puts Donald Trump and NATO on Notice Larry Johnson

Oreshnik vs Lviv Targets [i] Black Mountain Analysis

Stoltenberg calls on Western countries to engage in dialogue with Russia TASS (Micael T)

Big Brother is Watching You Watch

‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid 404 Media

Hackers Are Spreading Malware Through LinkedIn Comments Now Vice

Imperial Collapse Watch

De-Escalating Prior to Escalating Olivier Boyd-Barrett (Chuck L)

The united West is dead Politico

World must brace for turbulent two years, Davos report warns The National

Trump 2.0

Backlash to Trump has been more severe in his second term G. Elliott Morris

CNN poll finds majority of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities CNN (resilc)

On Foreign Policy, Trump 2.0 Is Dangerously Unrestrained American Conservative. Gee, ya think?

Pentagon begins overhaul of ‘woke’ newspaper Washington Post. Robin K: “Who knew S&S was woke?”

ICE Rampage

Why Does “Deportation” Require an Arsenal for a Purge? W.A. Lawrence

ICE Agents Arrest Workers From Mexican Restaurant Where They Just Ate Mediaite (resilc)

Leaked memo: “De-escalation is key” Ken Klippenstein

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New Evidence Reveals Renee Good Was Still Alive When ICE Blocked Medic New Republic

MAHA

MAHA says its new food pyramid is affordable and healthy. We asked experts STAT

Study debunks Trump claim that paracetamol causes autism Guardian

Gunz

‘I killed Daddy’: Pennsylvania boy, 11, shoots dad after Nintendo Switch taken away, courts docs say CNN. Note the victim had made a stab safety. Weapon was locked in a safe. My father always unloaded his weapons and locked his guns and ammo separately.

Our No Longer Free Press

Life Under a Clicktatorship Don Moynihan (resilc)

Economy

Geopolitics is warping multinationals’ commercial decisions Economist. Notice the propaganda: Multinationals should enjoy primacy over the nation-states that make their existence possible.

Copper blows up: Speculators are hoarding metals that are needed by manufacturers, builders Kevin Walmsley (Kevin W)

US lawmakers introduce bill to create $2.5 billion critical-minerals stockpile Reuters

Hamm to Halt Drilling in Bakken Shale on Lower Crude Prices Bloomberg

Food Inflation Gets Hot, but Not Every Item: A Look at Beef, Chicken, Coffee, Eggs, Dairy, Fruit & Vegetables, “Other Foods” Wolf Richter

AI

Will Google Become Our AI-Powered Central Planner? Matt Stoller

ChatGPT to start showing users ads based on their conversations CNN (Kevin W)

Trump moves to make tech giants pay for surging power costs Bloomberg

The Hidden Energy Costs of Artificial Intelligence OilPrice. resilc: “Thus the move to Greenland.”

Manual Transmission Thwarts Thieves’ Attempt To Steal A Woman’s (Kia) Soul Jalopnik (resilc)

The Bezzle

The Biggest U.S. Crypto Company Asserts Its Power in Washington New York Times

Class Warfare

Landholder vs stockholder aeon

Mapped: Paid Vacation Days Across Europe Visual Capitalist (resilc)

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  1. The Rev Kev

    ‘SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre
    @StratcomCentre
    The former Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, explains that the only way the west can avoid decades of war with Russia is to assure that Ukraine pushes Russia completely out of Ukrainian territory, including Crimea.
    “There isnt any other choice”‘

    Is she serious? Or has she spent too much time with her boss Tony Blair. Hey, maybe she hasn’t been keeping up on current events, but the Ukes are getting their a**** kicked, lady!

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    1. Polar Socialist

      With apologies to Mr. Sinclair, but it is difficult to get a woman to understand something, when her salary depends on her not understanding it.

      The problem isn’t really these immoral persons pushing for eternal war, but that they are the only ones allowed a platform, and never challenged in media about the ridiculous and obvious contradictions in their message.

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      1. The Rev Kev

        Quite true that. I have heard some politicians make some howlers of statements but the journalists never challenge them or push back at all but just nod their heads while looking serious. And it is surprising how often, for example, that when they want to interview an expert about what is going on in the Ukraine, that they bring in someone from the Atlantic Council.

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  2. Ignacio

    This is what happened when Stockholm abolished snow removal Arbetet via machine translation (Micael T)

    In short, the problem there is neoliberalism at play.

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    1. Louis Fyne

      A saavy, put-together woman can get far in office politics amongst old men—-whether it’s at a uni. or the C-suite, lmao.

      Don’t shoot the messenger!

      but it’s morphed over the years as the dirty old men have aged out and been replaced by a higher % of women and dudes who have only heard stories about “the randy before times”

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