A massive Bronze Age city hidden for 3,500 years just surfaced<\/a> ScienceDaily (Kevin W)<\/p>\n House of Luddington on fire<\/a> Facebook. For Yoopers<\/a> \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n Studying Science in an Anti-Scientific Time<\/a> Chronicle of Higher Education (Anthony L)<\/p>\n Resurrecting a Global Killer: ACIP\u2019s Hep B Vote<\/a> MedPage<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8Here\u2019s what a fascinating case of twin girls born conjoined at the head tells us about the brain\u2014and the soul\u2014says neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor.<\/p>\n \u201cThey have what’s called a thalamic bridge, which is a bridge of brain tissue that connects the deepest parts of their brains. So\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/wqLFjT0iRL<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jan Jekielek (@JanJekielek) December 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n #COVID-19\/Pandemics<\/p>\n In 2020 I published a paper arguing that there likely was an element of CD8 T cell death in Covid. For the following years, I was met with overall antipathy from many professors for claiming covid was harming T cells. Now, a new publication highlights persistent T cell\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/fheGj5hZzi<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/7PElkhryOJ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 AJ Leonardi, MBBS, PhD (@fitterhappierAJ) December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The word subsets is really important.<\/p>\n Covid infection affects different subsets of cells in different ways, but also different subsets of people in different ways. pic.twitter.com\/uuA5qcBXnM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 tern (@1goodtern) December 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Yes, we should be wearing masks. <\/p>\n This flu is debilitating, dangerous and has already killed babies and kids amongst others. <\/p>\n This Flu season is breaking records all over the world and comes on the back of Covid which damages the immune system \u2013 which the media is silent about.\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/h6HKK6Cp2W<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Matthew Todd \ud83c\udf0f\ud83d\udd25 (@MrMatthewTodd) December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n Why Solar Geoengineering Is Now a Moral Imperativ<\/a>e Earth<\/p>\n Breaking News! PIOMAS just posted their Arctic sea-ice volume data for September, October and November (catching up after the Gov’t shutdown).<\/p>\n Here is the volume data, 1979 \u2013 2025, showing a record low for both October and November:https:\/\/t.co\/Zn47UMVckB<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/2VNUHOOBYM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Prof. Eliot Jacobson (@EliotJacobson) December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Will glacier melt lead to increased seismic activity in mountain regions?<\/a> PhysOrg<\/p>\n Where low temperature records from the 1800s may be broken this week<\/a> Washington Post<\/p>\n While a harsh cold spell in battering USA and Canada, the abnormal heat persists in Mexico,Central America and Caribbean,almost all countries are with record heat.<\/p>\n In Mexico 32C\/90F is being reached every day above 1600m asl\/5250 ft like at Huajuapan de Leon,Oaxaca State. pic.twitter.com\/slWVKScGjL<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) December 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u2018Creeping catastrophe\u2019: Climate change is driving global rise in infectious diseases, leading health experts warn<\/a> Tropical Medicine<\/p>\n Bird malaria increases in Sweden as springs get warmer<\/a> LandetsFria via machine translation (Micael T)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n China home prices to fall 3.7% this year, extending declines into 2026<\/a> Reuters<\/p>\n China Shadow Banks Back in Spotlight With Loans for Ailing Firms<\/a> Bloomberg<\/p>\n How Far Can Chinese HBM Go? <\/a>ChinaTalk<\/p>\n Oh wow, take a look at what provincial volume-based procurement is doing to medical equipment prices in China. Tests there were already inexpensive (vs the U.S.), and I\u2019m guessing this means they\u2019re about to get even cheaper.<\/p>\n Some of the price drops seen: \u2014 Rui Ma (@ruima) December 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I think this paints with far too bright colors but would appreciate informed reader input:<\/p>\n \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfc\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 Taiwan\u2019s Opposition Leader Just Flipped the Script<\/p>\n One of the most fascinating political pivots in years is happening in Taiwan.<\/p>\n Cheng Li-wun, once a firebrand pro-independence activist who condemned the KMT as \u201coppressors\u201d, is now the leader of that very same Nationalist\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Yu8fYpUNTV<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 James Wood \u6b66\u6770\u58eb (@commiepommie) December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Taiwan, Japan voice concern over Chinese military movements<\/a> Reuters\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Japan<\/p>\n Unrealized losses at Japan’s regional banks are surging:<\/p>\n Unrealized losses for Japanese regional banks on domestic bond holdings surged +$4 billion in Fiscal Q2 2025, ending September 30th, to a record $21.3 billion.<\/p>\n This marks a 260% increase since March 2024, when the Bank of\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/8Ceao9A6EN<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n In Japan, Prime Minister Takaichi tries to avoid a \u2018Truss shock\u2019<\/a> Reuters<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n India<\/p>\n FYI\u2013Putin\u2019s State Visit to India<\/a> Karl Sanchez<\/p>\n Putin Goes to India<\/a> John Mearsheimer<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n South of the Border<\/p>\n Brief Venezuela Update: Will He Or Won\u2019t He?<\/a> Mark Wauck<\/p>\n The fentanyl killing America is from top ally India \u2014 not Venezuela<\/a> Dan Cohen<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n Laugh at the political class wherever you meet them!<\/a> Overton via machine translation (Micael T)<\/p>\n Austria to go ahead with Eurovision despite financial impact of boycott <\/a> Guardian (Kevin W)<\/p>\n I hope the whole Eurovision collapses<\/a> Aftonbladet via machine translation (Micael T)<\/p>\n Sahra Wagenknecht in an interview with NachDenkSeiten: On warmongering, social division and the necessary change of course <\/a>NachDenkSeiten via machine translation (Micael T)<\/p>\n Greece\u2019s Missile Plans in the Aegean Raise Alarm in Turkey<\/a> Greek Reporter<\/p>\n Romania\u2019s far right<\/a> German Foreign Policy (Micael T)<\/p>\n The $13 Billion Time Bomb Inside Germany\u2019s Auto Empire<\/a> GuruFocus<\/p>\n Chinese Auto Parts Pour into German Car Market<\/a> Supply Chain Brain<\/p>\n Farmers\u2019 blockades cause long truck lines at Greek borders<\/a> ekathemerini<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Old Blighty<\/p>\n UK construction sector \u2018suffers sharpest slowdown since first Covid lockdown\u2019<\/a> Guardian<\/p>\n The Chancellor cannot count on banks to rescue the economy<\/a> Telegraph<\/p>\n Pakistan Demands Extradition of Political Dissidents From UK in Exchange for Taking Members of \u201cGrooming Gangs\u201d<\/a> DropSite <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Israel v. The Resistance<\/p>\n The End of the Israel Exception <\/a>Foreign Affairs. Important. <\/p>\n Sorry If This Is Antisemitic But I Think It\u2019s Wrong To Train Dogs To Rape Prisoners<\/a> Caitlin Johnstone (Micael T)<\/p>\n Israel strikes south Lebanon after first direct talks in decades<\/a> BBC<\/p>\n Trump Applies the Brakes in Lebanon and Israel Will Have to Give Diplomacy a Chance<\/a> Haaretz<\/p>\n The Jewish religion and its attitude to non-Jews: Part 1 <\/a> Israel Shahak, Matzpen.org. Chuck L: \u201cPublished 44 years ago but as relevant as ever.\u201d Moi: Important. <\/p>\n Iran\u2019s rial Hits Record Low of 1.2 Million per Dollar Amid Nuclear Sanctions<\/a> Meyka<\/p>\n Facing Severe Drought Iran Plans to Purchase Water From Neighboring Countries<\/a> Kurdistan24<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n Brief Frontline Report \u2013 December 5th, 2025<\/a> Marat Khairullin<\/p>\n Vladimir Putin\u2019s Philosophy of Complexity<\/a> Russia in Global Affairs (Micael T)<\/p>\n Putin\u2019s Top Envoy Kirill Dmitriev & His Deep Connections with the WEF, Western Elites, & Trump\u2019s Business Circles<\/a> Fiorella Isabell. One has to note that Putin has made clear that any serious negotiations have to be led by the Foreign Ministry. John Helmer has argued that Dmitriev\u2019s role is to conduct a money strip tease for the very acquisitive Trump. <\/p>\n Will internet restrictions and resource bans lead to a new brain drain?<\/a> TopWar (Micael T)<\/p>\n Child nazi spies<\/a> Events in Ukraine<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Big Brother is Watching You Watch<\/p>\n Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man\u2019s Meta Smart Glasses on Subway<\/a> Futurism<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n National Security Strategy of the United States of America<\/a> White House<\/p>\n New U.S. National Security Strategy \u2013 Fortress America, Compete China, Strangle Europe, Forget The Rest<\/a> Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)<\/p>\n The Trump Administration\u2019s New US National Security Strategy Signals a Divorce from NATO Over Ukraine<\/a> Larry Johnson<\/p>\n \u2018Pretty Explicit White Nationalism\u2019: Trump National Security Strategy Document Leaves Critics Aghast<\/a> Common Dreams (Paul R)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump 2.0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s bad\u201d: Lawmakers shocked at video of strike on survivors of alleged drug boat<\/a> Salon<\/p>\n GOP senators, lacking confidence in Hegseth, say his future is Trump\u2019s call<\/a> The Hill<\/p>\n US Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenship<\/a> BBC (Kevin W)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Immigration<\/p>\n U.S. work authorizations for legal immigrants slashed from 5 years to 18 months<\/a> Kansas Reflector (Robin K)<\/p>\n Grijalva says \u2018very aggressive\u2019 ICE officer pepper-sprayed her during Tucson raid<\/a> The Hill. These complaints are unserious until someone start filing suits over civil rights violations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n GOP Clown Car<\/p>\n Scoop: New fundraising platform ignites MAGA cash clash<\/a> Axios<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n L\u2019affaire<\/i> Epstein<\/p>\n Judge Approves Release of Epstein Grand Jury Documents in Florida Case<\/a> New York Times (Robin K)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Our No Longer Free Press<\/p>\n Inside the economics of Candace Owens\u2019s media empire and the Macron lawsuit threatening to unravel it<\/a> Fortune. Great detail on the economics of conservative podcasters and Owens in particular.<\/p>\n YouTube, aka The Biggest Platform on Earth, Has Deleted All My Albums <\/a>David Rovick. *Sigh*. \u201cIf your business depends on a platform, you don\u2019t have a business.\u201d What YouTube did was awful but not unexpected. Was he asleep when pro-Russia accounts were temporarily or permanently banned on YouTube? Has he missed the very aggressive crackdown on pro-Palestine speech in the UK? <\/p>\n Europe Fires a Speech Warning<\/a> Matt Taibbi<\/p>\n \u2018An attack on all American tech platforms\u2019: Trump admin decries EU fine on Musk\u2019s X <\/a> Politico (Kevin W)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Economy<\/p>\n Debt Gap at 50-Year High in Emerging Countries, World Bank Says<\/a> Bloomberg. We do not have a lot of external debt here in Thailand. But we DO have a very high level of non-mortgage personal debt and high overall total personal debt, to the degree that is it is officially acknowledged as a problem. <\/p>\n PCE Price Index Increases 0.3 Percent, Next Year Huge Medical Price Pressures<\/a> Michael Shedlock<\/p>\n Manufacturing Employment, Hours Going Down<\/a> Menzie Chinn<\/p>\n NAR Says Typical First-Time Homebuyer Age Was 40 in 2025, up from 33 in 2021. But Is this Accurate?<\/a> Wolf Richter<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Mr. Market is Moody<\/p>\n Global Central Banks Step Up Gold Buying Despite Record Prices<\/a> Caixin<\/p>\n Weak Japanese yen is ticking time bomb<\/a> Reuters<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n AI<\/p>\n Johns Hopkins Study Challenges Billion-Dollar AI Models <\/a>ScienceDaily (fk)<\/p>\n OpenAI Is Suddenly in Major Trouble<\/a> Futurism<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Bezzle<\/p>\n Waymo to issue recall over self-driving vehicles driving past stopped school buses<\/a> Reuters (Kevin W)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Class Warfare<\/p>\n The missing piece in the affordability debate: Higher paychecks<\/a> Economic Policy Institute<\/p>\n Americans head to dollar stores as affordability crunch pinches consumers<\/a> Financial Times<\/p>\n Kicking Robots<\/a> Harper\u2019s (Anthony L)<\/p>\n In class warfare terms, this is the PMC extracting from the super-wealthy as well as the intended, presumably generally-not-well-off aid targets:<\/p>\n This 2-minute clip is spreading like wildfire tonight for one simple reason: it\u2019s the clearest \u201cpattern recognized in real time\u201d moment about modern philanthropy most people have ever heard.<\/p>\n Nicole Shanahan (RFK Jr\u2019s 2024 running mate + ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin)\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/U3qC30hdLL<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Camus (@newstart_2024) December 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antidote du jour (via<\/a>):<\/p>\n And a bonus:<\/p>\n “What’s up?” A man inside his car in Canada had an extreme close encounter with a wild bison when the mammal calmly approached the vehicle. pic.twitter.com\/ANlgEdrzm0<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 AccuWeather (@accuweather) December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A second bonus:<\/p>\n Hyena gives Leopard the fright of its life! pic.twitter.com\/d78qoXXKj1<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nature is Amazing \u2618\ufe0f (@AMAZlNGNATURE) December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n And a third:<\/p>\n A pensioner from Siberia gave a home to an adult lynx rescued from a fur farm.pic.twitter.com\/Wvm3uCqFtA<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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