Fears of ‘rogue rewilding’ in Scottish Highlands after further lynx sightings Guardian (Kevin W)
News – DNA Study Rules Out Possible Identity for Burial at Jamestown Archaeology Magazine (Anthony L)
The scientist who believes he’s found the answer to permanent weight loss Telegraph. While I absolutely agree with the general premise, he ignores (or at least this article does) the trick of keto, which is that if you don’t eat enough carbs, your body goes into a ketogenic state to make blood sugar from fats and/or proteins, which is inefficient and results in needing more caloric intake to produce the needed blood sugar than if one ate enough carbs. The issue with keto is that you restrict the types of foods you eat, particularly fruits and veg. Those foods have a lot of micronutrients. So IMHO keto is a good device if you go on a keto diet for one month or maybe a bit more (or similarly, do keto intermittently to hit a target weight) But he’s right about long term sustainability.
Climate/Environment
Climate change’s hidden cost: Mental health crisis among Montana’s farmers and ranchers Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Early ‘Forever Chemicals’ Exposure Could Impact Economic Success in Adulthood, Study Says Guardian
Japan EV Sales Plummet 33% in 2024, First Decline in Four Years Nikkei
South Korean Battery Giants Face Steep Losses Amid Global EV Slowdown Korea Bizwire
China?
China to keep tapping coal to meet its energy security needs Mining Weekly
India
India’s Payments Push is Cutting Out Visa and Mastercard Techcrunch
Africa
Mozambique’s default risk rises as unrest persists Semafor
Zambia’s currency stuck at record low as drought persists Reuters
The Zambian Debt Default: A Structuralist Perspective Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
South of the Border
US announces $25m reward for arrest of Venezuela’s Maduro BBC (Kevin W)
A Sinkhole Is Threatening to Consume Ecuador’s Main Source of Power Bloomberg
European Disunion
Germany records highest company insolvencies since financial crisis Reuters
Progress in the trial against Ursula von der Leyen Cocominute (Micael T)
Working Class Front Lines 2025 Prolitarian [Sweden], via machine translation (Micael T)
Israel v. The Resistance
7 hours ago, the premies in Nasser hospital had no more oxygen. There has been no update on their situation since. https://t.co/5YgeHYWQoW
— Bedazzling Bearer of Bad News (@PixieOfDeath) January 10, 2025
Kevin W: “Must see video”:
Regular, everyday, peace-loving Israeli women were asked if they knew the number of children killed in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/VXQAk0pctM
— John P (@Johnpatrick500) January 2, 2025
Deaths from traumatic injury in Gaza ‘exceptionally high’ and under-reported Scimex (Dr. Kevin)
Will There Be a Gaza Deal Before Trump’s Inauguration? Drop Site (Robin K). Helps explain why Trump is fiercely criticizing Netanyahu, something that likely has blindside Netanyahu. Could not happen to a nicer guy.
Loss of Syria and financial stress preclude Iranian strike on Israel, generals say Iran International. Note this differs from what other experts have said. Disinfo? Internal debates?
New Not-So-Cold War
Olaf Scholz blocked €3B Ukraine aid proposal, German report says Politico
Russia Will Liberate The Donbas In 2025; The Ukraine War Ends At The Polish Border, more Mark Sleboda
🇫🇷🇺🇦 It turns out that the French did not train the Ukrainian Armed Forces for free, they took 7,000-10,000 dollars for training each soldier. This is the kind of help from the West.
But that is not the whole problem, the problem is that the training does not correspond to the… pic.twitter.com/6SNUx9wFSR
— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) January 10, 2025
Exclusive: China’s Shandong Port, entry point for most sanctioned oil, bans US-designated vessels Reuters (guurst). From a few days ago, still germane.
European imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia at ‘record levels’ Guardian
US Treasury imposes ‘sweeping’ sanctions on Russian oil industry RT
Japan sanctions 11 individuals, 54 entities in Russia, some companies in 7 other countries TASS (guurst)
View from Britain: “It’s a proxy war with Russia in West Africa, whether we say so or not” International Affairs (Micael T)
Syraqistan
‘Separatist terrorists’ in Syria ‘increasingly cornered, looking for new patrons’: Turkish president Anadolu Agency
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked To Spy On Your Location 404media
As the agricultural drone industry takes off, federal regulators struggle to keep up Investigate Midwest (Robin K)
Imperial Collapse Watch
Cost Of Navy’s Newest Arleigh Burke Destroyers Is Ballooning WarZone (guurst)
Crippling Conditions: The IMF and Global Inequality Harvard International Review
Defining the Deep State Larry Johnson. He sees outsourcing as seminal.
False-flagging surges as global conflicts stoke shipping fraud Tradewinds News
Trump 2.0
Trump sentencing: Judge gives Trump ‘unconditional discharge’ to respect presidency ABC. Lambert covered in Water Cooler…
Looting The ‘Allies’ Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)
Why does Trump want Greenland? Resource-rich country has a key place due to climate change EuroNews
The Great Elon Musk Pie-in-the-Face Fest Continues: When the empire gets bratty, the vassals get trampled Tarik Cyril Amar
What Happens in Greenland Need Not Stay in Greenland Tarik Cyril Amar (Micael T)
Biden
Key Republican claims Bob Woodward told him Biden was financially corrupt Guardian (Paul R)
Democrats kick off fight to protect ObamaCare subsidies in new Congress The Hill
California Burning
JUST IN: Los Angeles Fire Department chief Kristin Crowley turns on Los Angeles leadership, says they failed her.
Remarkable interview.
Crowley called out the city for having no water in the Santa Ynez Reservoir.
Reporter: “Did the city of Los Angeles fail you and your… pic.twitter.com/fUQPoW32QA
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 10, 2025
LAFD and Mayor’s office refutes speculation Chief Crowley was “dismissed” amid fires CBS
California bans insurance cancellation, non-renewals in LA areas affected by fires Fox
Home Losses From the LA Fires Hasten ‘An Uninsurable Future’ Time. We discussed this problem in general terms in a recent post; experts are even more blunt.
Supreme Court appears inclined to uphold TikTok ban in US Reuters (Kevin W)
Here’s Everything You Still Can’t Say on “Free Speech” Meta Platforms Reclaim the Net (Micael T)
Zuckerberg says Biden officials would ‘scream,’ ‘curse’ at Meta team over COVID takedown requests The Hill (Kevin W)
What happens when someone subpoenas Cloudflare to unmask a blogger? This… The Register
Billionaires should not own media Julian Macfarlane (Micael T)
AI
Biden to further limit Nvidia AI chip exports in final push Bloomberg
Wall Street Job Losses May Top 200,000 as AI Replaces Roles Bloomberg
The Bezzle
DOJ Cleared To Sell $6.5 Billion In Bitcoin Seized From Silk Road Cryptobriefing
Guillotine Watch
Praising Pozzo Persuasion (Micael T)
Class Warfare
“All Our Future Money Is Gone”: The Impossible Task of Providing Child Care in Rural Illinois Propublica (Robin K)
Antidote du jour (via):
And a bonus:
A parrot plays peekaboo with a neighbor’s cat. pic.twitter.com/FNlMC1QVx1
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) January 9, 2025
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
