Groundbreaking video of wolf attacking beaver Quetico Superior Wilderness News (Chuck L)
Deep links that equate mathematical proofs with computer programs Quanta (David L)
Menstrual health companies promote display of menstrual blood in advertisements Wall Street Journal (Dr. Kevin)
Teen brains at risk: common herbicides linked to cognitive decline Neuroscience (David L)
Young Americans are losing their Southern accents Economist (Dr. Kevin). Not in Alabama. But many are good at adjusting them for the Yankees.
Best Buy discontinues sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs Variety (Kevin W). Your humble blogger is very upset. Many foreign and older movies are only available on DVD. You should get it before it’s gone and buy a spare Region 1 DVD player. Moreover, if you download a movie, the authorities will get further information about your preferences (yes, if you buy a movie, in theory they will as well, but if you buy a movie from a decentralized seller (I can assure you that there is no system in place to aggregate the data.)
#COVID-19 (new coronavirus infection)
Long COVID-19: Key findings, mechanisms, and recommendations Nature (David L)
Codagenics Announces Promising Research Results on Intranasal Coronavirus Vaccine Sidrup (ma)
Britain’s top civil servant says government is like a ‘tragic joke’ during pandemic Guardian (Kevin W)
Trudeau government puts Canadian detective on trial in connection with infant death and mRNA vaccine investigation Related documents (Chuck L)
Climate/Environment
Africa’s revolt against net zero Thomas Fudge
Hydropower dams struggle to cope with the world’s increasingly severe weather wired
US authorities refuse to investigate crop toxicity of ‘inert’ pesticide chemicals Guardian (Kevin W)
Research: The best way to restore ecosystems is to listen to indigenous peoples Grist (David L.). Well, I don’t think you should just listen.
‘People are happier in walkable neighborhoods’: US communities that banned cars Guardian (Kevin W, Fergie)
China?
Biden wants to close loopholes to slow China’s cannibalization of U.S. AI chips register
China’s promise of prosperity brought debt and hardship to Laos Washington Post (Fergy)
Gaza
🇪🇬♥️🇵🇸 Egyptians cross the desert into Palestine to bring water, food and supplies to the people of Gaza. These kind-hearted Egyptians are taking this action despite Israeli threats and previous bombings at the Gaza-Egypt border crossing that left several people dead. pic.twitter.com/jI9BB0Zx6H
— 🅰Pocalypseos 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🅉 (@apocalypseos) October 13, 2023
Israel told Gaza’s one million residents that they would be bombed if they did not flee south within 24 days.
Now Israel is bombing the fugitives.
The corporate media doesn’t cover much of this, so it’s up to us to spread the word. pic.twitter.com/myXfLqwWLg
— Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) October 13, 2023
Day 7 of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood: Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing underway in Gaza Mondo Weiss
* * * No end in sight: Israel has no good options in Gaza financial times
The US is in trouble over Israel’s war in Gaza indian punch line
* * * Hamas militants had detailed maps of Israeli towns, military bases and infiltration routes Wall Street Journal (Fergy)
Security briefing Almonitor (Fergy). See first entry. Prime Minister Netanyahu certainly seems to want war. Recall that in his first statement after the Hamas attack, he looked happy as a punch.
Extremist politics in Israel and Ukraine Alastair Crooke, Alexander Mercouris, Glenn Diesen, YouTube. Important background on Israel and Palestine, especially an introduction to the plan to rebuild the Temple on the Temple Mount. For a related article, see this story of his Crooke. ‘Al-Aqsa flood’: Surprisingly, some are surprised Al Mayadeen
* * * Why I don’t support Israel anymore and never will Scott Ritter (Chuck L). important.
Trap: Refuse to hire John Ganz
The true dividing line between Israel and Palestine Slavoj Žižek, Project Syndicate (David L)
China is entering an active political struggle against the West
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed support for Palestine in a meeting with EU representative Borrell, saying that the Palestinian people have been oppressed by Israel for more than half a century. He also… pic.twitter.com/LbsTXkKmwU
— Sprinter (@Sprinter99800) October 13, 2023
* * * Saudi Arabia postpones normalization of Israel after hitting US targets bloomberg
The vicious kabuki theater of the Israeli-Palestinian war Larry Johnson. A reliable judgment of where this is going.
What does it mean to treat Hamas like ISIS? New York Times (David L)
* * * Before the Soviet Red Army destroyed the Wehrmacht in World War II, the Zionist movement entered into a secret transfer agreement with the Nazis and broke the Jewish-American boycott of Hitler.
80 years later, Israel is treating rebellious refugees as Nazis and bombing them in ghettos pic.twitter.com/IQx73xsraX
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) October 14, 2023
A new war that’s not so cold war
Ukraine, allies aim to avoid stalemate amid growing headwinds wall street journal
US imposes first sanctions on tanker owners based on Russian price caps Reuters (Kevin W)
Why Germany is upset about sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine Politico (Kevin W)
syrakistan
U.US, Qatar deny access to $6 billion from Iranian prisoner trade New York Times. Kevin W: “Unable to agree”
‘Freezing’ Iran Humanitarian Fund is self-defeating responsible national strategy
imperial collapse watch
When war technology doesn’t work as advertised Asia Times (Kevin W)
Army doesn’t know where large amounts of surplus weapons and equipment are located Defense One (Kevin W)
playing cards
George Conway says how to make Trump ‘crazy’ New Republic (Fergy). These armchair cringes seem to forget that President Trump had an impossibly abusive father and thus has a very high threshold for mental distress.
President Trump says he wants Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be ‘impeached’ during Israel-Hamas war Rolling Stone (Fergy)
RFK, Jr.
Dennis Kucinich, who has criticized Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians and US funding to Israel throughout his political career, is no longer RFK Jr.’s campaign manager.
RFK’s successor will be his daughter-in-law, a former CIA officer. pic.twitter.com/ZSM6X1JgVX
— Brianna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) October 13, 2023
republican clown car
Republicans step up search for escape hatch from speaker’s chaos Politico (Kevin W)
Jordan confirms House nomination with second Republican gavel the hill
Former Ohio State wrestlers say Jim Jordan betrayed them and should not be Speaker of the House. NBC (Fergy)
Darcy Fontaine · Diary: Florida under DeSantis London Book Review (Anthony L)
OPINION: Name-shaming Kennedy could hand election to Trump The Globe and Mail (Dr. Kevin)
Our press is no longer free
Europe, get off our speech lawn Matt Taibbi (Chuck L)
Liberal Islamophobia will increase in 2023 https://t.co/p5Dv11xHMx
— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) October 14, 2023
Names and faces of Harvard students involved in anti-Israel statements posted on mobile bulletin boards and online sites CNN (Kevin W)
Good news and bad news for those who want to cancel me because of my opposition to Israeli apartheid/occupation: The good news is that I am in Vienna, where I was scheduled to give the 2023 Otto Wagner Lecture, hosted by the IKA Institute, on Monday. It’s been canceled. Art and architecture (and more…)
— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) October 13, 2023
I’ve had a Youtube account for over 15 years, but now that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians, Youtube suddenly shut down my account permanently.
This is no coincidence. There were a lot of videos taken in Gaza under Israeli bombing in 2009 and 2012… pic.twitter.com/Tn39HQgfCc
— Eva Karen Bartlett (@EvaKBartlett) October 14, 2023
A.I.
Michigan introduces bill to regulate AI in elections Citizens
inflation
Paul Krugman of the NY Times says that except for food, gas and rent, “inflation is over” New York Post (Kevin W)
basil
‘It seems pretty awful’: Bankman Freed jury listens to tape of Mr. Alameda’s final days Financial Times (Kevin W)
class war
The price of the same drug jumps from pennies to $20 per pill. MedPage (Carla)
“I was hesitant about posting this photo, but I changed my mind.
I didn’t know that my boyfriend had captured this moment.
A few days ago we went to eat late at night and as we were waiting for our order, we saw this homeless woman come in and ask people who were throwing trash there… pic.twitter.com/sZJ9LBPIsN
— Call to Activism (@CalltoActivism) October 12, 2023
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