Three million years in the past, our ancestors had been vegetarian ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
Iron Age DNA Reveals Girls Dominated Pre-Roman Britain ScienceAlert (Chuck L)
Regency Intercourse Ed Historical past Information Community (Anthony L)
The Energy of Prayer aeon. Micael T: “Are you able to Luigi oligarchs by way of prayers? Will we see oligarchs with lifeguards defending them from prayers?”
Honey, I forgot to duck: Jackson Lears London Evaluation of Books (Anthony L). On Max Boot on Reagan.
Them and us: How good are we at getting on with each other? Instances Literary Complement (Anthony L)
The Adults within the Room Michael Ignatieff (Anthony L)
Youthful Girls Are Now Extra At-Threat for Most cancers Than Males Wall Avenue Journal (Micael T). Haven’t discovered a non-paywalled model. One other report on the identical information: Most cancers instances are rising in ladies whereas declining in males, report finds NBC
#COVID-19/Pandemics
Rise of vaccine mistrust – why extra of us are questioning jabs BBC (Kevin W)
Avian influenza outbreak in Georgia halts sale of poultry, forces quarantine Fox5. KLG: “Northern a part of Georgia is hen central”
HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE.
Certainly ready in a room full of folks with infectious illness with no mitigation helps folks catch important infections that invigorate them with well being and vitality?
Or perhaps infections caught in hospital kill folks.
¯_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/lYGfqcv3PM— tern (@1goodtern) January 18, 2025
Local weather/Atmosphere
Bother Transitioning Adam Tooze, London Evaluation of Books (Anthony L)
China?
CHINA’S CONTEMPORARY PARADOX: RISING INEQUALITY, FALLING SUPPORT FOR REDISTRIBUTION World Inequality Database (Micael T)
Trump holds ‘superb’ name with China’s Xi RT
Beijing calls Biden a ‘liar’ and says hi there to Trump Asia Instances (Kevin W)
India
Wed or I’ll shoot: Contained in the prison world the place younger males are pressured to marry at gunpoint RT (Chuck L)
European Disunion
ECB Faces a Drawback: Euro Space Providers Inflation Caught at 4.0% for thirteenth Month. CPI Accelerates Additional, as Power & Sturdy Items Stopped Plunging Wolf Richter
EU faces as much as €1 trillion loss for chopping Russian gasoline – Moscow sovereign wealth fund RT
Outdated Blighty
UK economic system sliding again into recession London Loves Enterprise
Oldham gang rape survivor blasts ‘appalling’ Labour plan for native grooming inquiries and ‘speedy audit’ Unbiased (Kevin W)
Israel v. The Resistance
Israel Admits Failure in Gaza John Mearshemer
Ceasefire and colonial self-cannibalization Alon Mizrahi
Starmer’s Help for Gaza Ceasefire Riddled With Lies Jonathan Cook dinner
🚨Most Palestinians who’ll be launched on Sunday are HOSTAGES!
Not prisoners or detainees
These are civilians the IDF mass kidnapped from Gaza & the West Financial institution since Oct 7 as a bargaining chip; or “strategic property”
“We’re holding them for the offers” an Israeli officer admits👇 pic.twitter.com/zuMlUn36pa
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) January 17, 2025
All of the uncertainties surrounding the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal Thomas Fazi
New Not-So-Chilly Warfare
How the West Was Misplaced American Affairs Journal (Anthony L)
Ukraine’s Debt: an instrument of strain and spoliation within the arms of collectors CADTM (Micael T)
Nightfall for Norway is daybreak for Russia’: The looming gasoline disaster dealing with the West Telegraph
Sport Changer — Russia and Iran Signal Mutual Safety Settlement Larry Johnson. That is greater than was anticipated.
Contained in the Russia-Iran Complete Partnership Treaty: What’s In It and Why It Issues Sputnik (Kevin W)
SITREP 1/17/25: Russia-Iran’s Landmark Settlement Imitated in Starmer’s Final Minute Kiev Stunt Simplicius
🗣️ The Kremlin is anxious in regards to the provision on the development of British navy infrastructure within the “century-long treaty” between London and Kiev, said Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov. He famous that Moscow will analyze how these agreements shall be…
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) January 17, 2025
Getting Russia Mistaken: A Quarter Century of Putin American Conservative (Anthony L)
What is going to a “European Armenia” deliver? Strategic Tradition (Micael T)
6 questions and solutions in regards to the doc signed between Armenia and the USA Media Max (Michael T)
Huge Brother is Watching You Watch
WEF Director Backs UN’s Professional-Censorship AI Watchdog Reclaim the Web (Tom D)
Lawsuit alleges Vermont tracks pregnant ladies deemed unsuitable for parenthood Related Press. Paul R: “Lebensunwertes Leben. Apparently they tracked when pregnant ladies had psychological well being episodes, and flagged them to have the youngsters taken away as soon as born.”
Imperial Collapse Watch
Wars prime international threat as Davos elite gathers in shadow of fragmented world Reuters
Trump 2.0
Authorities Getting ready For “Worst Case Situations” Forward of Trump Inauguration Modernity
Georgia appeals courtroom upholds partial dismissal of Trump election interference case Courthouse Information
Yellen: Debt restrict shall be hit day after Trump’s inauguration The Hill. One other Biden parting current
U.S. Shale’s Capital Self-discipline Outweighs Trump’s Professional-Development Rhetoric OilPrice
Everybody has their causes Jan-Werner Müller, London Evaluation of Books. Anthony L: “The LRB’s concept of sensible political analyst is again”
Biden
Remembering The Golden Years: Right here Are The 11 Finest Moments Of Biden’s Presidency Babylon Bee
Biden in His Bunker Philip Pikington
California Burning
Los Angeles fires survivors face arduous federal help course of, delayed payouts WSWS
Wildfire smoke is all the time poisonous. LA’s is even worse. Grist. Keep in mind the primary responders at 9/11? Identical potential well being harm on an even bigger scale
The historic Black neighborhood of Altadena, as soon as dwelling to Jackie Robinson and Octavia Butler, has misplaced hundreds of thousands in generational wealth from the LA fires.
BT spoke with Altadena resident Kyoko Canizales whose dwelling was misplaced through the Eaton Fireplace. The house had been in her household… pic.twitter.com/CxoQfgj3WR
— BreakThrough Information (@BTnewsroom) January 16, 2025
Immigration
Trump to Launch Mass Deportation Raids in Chicago on Tuesday – SEIU 1199 to Face Management Problem Mike Elk
Senate advances Laken Riley Act, teeing up closing vote The Hill
Our No Longer Free Press
Supreme Court docket upholds TikTok ban, Biden stays execution — however broad energy now lies with Trump Drop Web site (Li)
TikTok says it would ‘go darkish’ on Sunday with out US authorities motion BBC
right here’s your transparency from the navy on the way it spies on civilians on social media https://t.co/eRCJRNjc7O
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) January 16, 2025
VIDEO: Sam Husseini’s Viral Confrontation With Blinken Decensored. Lambert featured this appalling conduct, however most of the movies weren’t the very best, and this one provides a fuller image of what transpired.
CNN In DEEP TROUBLE With Defamation Case: Authorized Analyst Jonathan Turley Warns Glenn Greenwald
Mr. Market is Moody
Investor who predicted dot-com crash points chilling three-word warning as one other market storm brews Day by day Mail (Li)
Trump’s plans may set off liquidity crises throughout Europe and Asia South China Morning Publish
US monetary deregulation would increase disaster dangers, French central financial institution chief says Reuters
AI
Falling for the Algorithm: New Examine Reveals Emotional Bonds Between Customers and ChatGPT ScienceBlog (Dr. Kevin)
The Bezzle
Wall Avenue may get a lift from $1 trillion in buybacks, Goldman says Reuters (Michael Hudson)
Regulators are investigating experiences of property harm from SpaceX Starship’s explosion CNN (Kevin W)
Class Warfare
GoFundMe Is a Well being-Care Utility Now Atlantic (Paul R)
Antidote du jour. Lennymemes through Paul R. Legend: “I knew crows had been sensible however this one is definitely dipping his nuggets.”
And a bonus (Chuck L). So why hasn’t this been made right into a kids’s story?
Cow thinks he is a showjumping horse pic.twitter.com/AVoNOJlXMR
— Nature is Superb ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) January 17, 2025
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
