The Problem with Problem Sharks<\/a> Nautilus (Micael T)<\/p>\n Lost cities of the Amazon: how science is revealing ancient garden towns hidden in the rainforest<\/a> Guardian (Kevin W)<\/p>\n The birth of naturalism<\/a> aeon (Anthony L)<\/p>\n Alt Lit<\/a> Sam Kriss (Anthony L)<\/p>\n A very American fear<\/a> aeon (Micael T). How about it can create unrealistic expectations about bodies and sex acts and make it difficult to get aroused by normal stimuli? Why, for instance, have boob jobs become pervasive among actresses (if you know the telltale signs, it\u2019s evident) and plenty of \u201cnot paid to be looked at\u201d women with the money also buying them?<\/p>\n Why Doctors Test Too Much<\/a> Nautilus (Micael T). Patients need to say no.<\/p>\n #COVID\/Pandemics<\/p>\n Worked hard on this, and I hope it will be a useful resource for many. <\/p>\n A beginner\u2019s guide to Long COVID, with a discussion of mechanisms: https:\/\/t.co\/1BI5PqSKuH<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Julia Marie (@julia_doubleday) February 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Every time you catch Covid, it increases your risk of your immune system getting confused and attacking the processes that handle sugar in your body.<\/p>\n Which is called diabetes.<\/p>\n So it should be no surprise that diabetes growth has accelerated. pic.twitter.com\/qyxFxN0Pfa<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 tern (@1goodtern) February 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n IMHO one year of immunity is not much immunity, particularly given the many long-term costs of getting even one case of Covid. The \u201cnatural immunity\u201d folks never factor that in:<\/p>\n New study in Nature finds no such thing as natural immunity to covid after the arrival of omicron. Pre-omicron, infection provided 80% protection against re-infection one year later. This falls to under 5% at one year with omicron pic.twitter.com\/GGLcb0SzJV<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nate Bear (@NateB_Panic) February 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Measles Outbreak Mounts Among Children in One of Texas\u2019 Least Vaccinated Counties<\/a> KFF Health News<\/p>\n Very unwelcome news! H5N1 genotype D1.1 6 identified in 6 Nevada dairy herds. This is NOT the strain that’s been circulating on farms so far. It’s the strain that sent a 13yo girl in Canada to ICU, and that killed a man in Louisiana. Bad time for a public health comms blackout. pic.twitter.com\/HY6S1Sl2Wy<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Noha Aboelata, MD (@NohaAboelataMD) February 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n \u2018Back to plastic!\u2019 \u2013 Trump <\/a> RT (Kevin W)<\/p>\n Indoor Marijuana Ops Are Consuming a Staggering Amount of Energy<\/a> OilPrice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n Big companies see no China recovery soon, adding to trade tensions gloom<\/a> Reuters<\/p>\n Pharmaceuticals become a battlefield in the Sino-US trade war<\/a> Asia Times (Kevin W). We predicted this as a key leverage point for China a decade ago. Bizarre that Trump didn\u2019t carve them out. Pharmaceuticals are routinely exempted from sanctions for humanitarian reasons. But Trump does not care about humans. <\/p>\n Donald Trump pauses tariffs on low-cost parcels in US-China trade reprieve<\/a> Financial Times. More \u201cFire, aim, ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n South of the Border<\/p>\n Venezuela: \u201cSuperfluous people\u201d?<\/a> Multipolar via machine translation<\/p>\n Mexican border cities are in limbo as tariff threats spark fears of a recession<\/a> Independent\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n O Canada<\/p>\n All bets are off<\/a> Luke Savage (Chuck L). A Trump own goal.<\/p>\n Canadians Overwhelmingly Support Retaliatory Oil Tariffs In Trump Trade War<\/a> OilPrice\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n NATO Secretary General: \u201cWe must prepare for war\u201d \u2013 No, we don\u2019t have to do anything! <\/a>Nachdenkseitsen (Michael T)<\/p>\n Italy\u2019s budget watchdog cuts growth estimates as problems mount<\/a> Reuters<\/p>\n Union vice-chairman reported to police and warned: \u201cIdentified as a spy\u201d<\/a> Expressen (Sweden) via machine translation. Micael T: \u201cEveryday life in vassal country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Old Blighty<\/p>\n Britain\u2019s \u2018grooming gangs\u2019 under renewed scrutiny and investigations<\/a> Le Monde<\/p>\n Starmer goes nuclear in hunt for long-term growth<\/a> BBC (Kevin W)<\/p>\n UK food security in \u2018precarious state\u2019, warns National Preparedness Commission<\/a> NFUOnline<\/p>\n Scotland in midst of \u2018massive energy debt crisis\u2019, charities warn<\/a> News.STV\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Israel v. The Resistance<\/p>\n \u2018Existence is resistance\u2019: Palestinians tell Trump they won\u2019t leave Gaza<\/a> Defend Democracy<\/p>\n Bomb the area, gas the tunnels: Israel\u2019s unbridled war on Gaza\u2019s underground<\/a> +972 (guurst). We said early on that Israel would resort to gas. <\/p>\n Did You Notice? They Admitted Possibly Killing Almost a Million Palestinians<\/a> BettBeat (Dr. Kevin)<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8Press Conference Statement by Gaza\u2019s Government Media Office on the Israel\u2019s Violations of the Humanitarian Protocol and Delays in Delivering Humanitarian Aid to Gaza In the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/p>\n Despite 20 days having passed since the\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) February 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \ud83d\udea8 DROP SITE NEWS REPORT | Israel\u2019s Restrictive & Arbitrary Medical Evacuation System Is Dooming Thousands of Wounded Palestinians in Gaza To Death or Lifelong Disability<\/p>\n Dr. Feroze Sidhwa spoke to Drop Site about Israel\u2019s medical evacuation procedures in Gaza, which he\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/KksGvQKVi2<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) February 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cAll the gloves come off in Gaza.\u201d<\/a> Patrick Lawrence<\/p>\n Israel considers sending Gazans to Puntland \u2013 and the tiny breakaway statelet is keen <\/a> Telegraph (Kevin W)<\/p>\n Whoever ends up rebuilding Gaza, this is the enormous scale of the task <\/a> Sydney Morning Herald (Kevin W)<\/p>\n The Window for Diplomacy with Iran Is Closing<\/a> Daniel Larison<\/p>\n Why Did Trump Threaten To Modify Or Rescind India\u2019s Sanctions Waiver For Iran\u2019s Chabahar Port?<\/a> Andrew Korybko<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n Ukraine Inches Closer to Final Call-Up<\/a> Simplicius<\/p>\n Europe\u2019s Ukraine Delusion<\/a> Thomas Fazi, Compact<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Big Brother is Watching You Watch<\/p>\n Who Else Wants Access To Apple Users\u2019 Encrypted Data?<\/a> Moon of Alabama (Chuck L). This is why I do not use \u201cthe cloud\u201d. Yet even after having disabled every Apple cloud service, the phone nags me constantly to sign in with my Apple ID. They really want to know too much about you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n F-35 Fails to Improve on Delays and Performance Issues: Key Software Deficiencies Persist<\/a> Military Watch<\/p>\n Rubio to boycott G20 meeting<\/a> RT (Kevin W)<\/p>\n Over 70 countries warn sanctions on ICC heighten \u2018risk of impunity\u2019 for grave crimes<\/a> Anadolu Agency\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump 2.0<\/p>\n Trump says he\u2019s revoking Biden\u2019s security clearance, ending intelligence briefings in payback move<\/a> Associated Press (Kevin W)<\/p>\n Trump Signs Order to Fight \u2018Anti-Christian Bias\u2019<\/a> New York Times<\/p>\n People are feeling galvanized\u2019: Anti-Trump protesters rally in cities across<\/a> US USAToday. Anything less than a general strike or strikes that hit essential services is performative. <\/p>\n US farmers \u2018prepare for the worst\u2019 in new Trump trade war<\/a> Financial Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n DOGE<\/p>\n Musk\u2019s Treasury Incursion Puts Entire Financial System at Risk<\/a> Bloomberg<\/p>\n Meet Elon Musk\u2019s \u2018baby-faced assassins\u2019 leading Doge takeover<\/a> The Times<\/p>\n Exclusive: DOGE Staffers Appear to Have Admin Accounts at Department of Education as Trump Seeks to Abolish It<\/a> Zeteo<\/p>\n DOGE targets Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as Musk tweets \u2018RIP\u2019<\/a> Washington Post. The CFPB is funded by the Fed<\/a>, not Congress, although it was set up by Congress. The Fed has not been bowing to Trump. <\/p>\n Judge blocks Trump from placing thousands of USAID workers on leave and giving them 30-day deadline <\/a>Associated Press. Also halts evacuations from foreign countries. <\/p>\n Red states pursue their own DOGE-style reforms<\/a> The Hill<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8JASON CALACANIS: “How USAID got to the top of the DOGE list is that Trump decided to pause Foreign Aid for 90 days \u2014 reasonable enough. A couple days later the White House said this USAID leadership was trying to circumvent this Executive Order. That alerted the DOGE team and\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/r6ZnaYkQ4D<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Autism Capital \ud83e\udde9 (@AutismCapital) February 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Exclusive: ACLU asks Congress to investigate plans to fire \u2018probationary\u2019 federal employees<\/a> The Hill. An investigation = wet noodle lashing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Immigration<\/p>\n Huge Upward Adjustment to Employment & Labor Force as Wave of Immigrants is Finally Included, Unemployment Drops, Wage Growth Accelerates: The Annual Revisions Are Here<\/a> Wolf Richter<\/p>\n MUST WATCH: New Jersey\u2019s Democrat Governor Phil Murphy seems to admit to harboring an illegal alien in his home:<\/p>\n \u201cWe said, you know what, let\u2019s have her live at our house above our garage, and good luck to the feds coming in to try to get her.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/mMfP0BelUF<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Conservative War Machine (@WarMachineRR) February 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n Our No Longer Free Press<\/p>\n Austrian Police Detain Richard Medhurst; Accuse Him of Being Hamas Member; UK Extends Probe Against Him<\/a> ConsortiumNews<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Police State Watch<\/p>\n Watch: Senators and Witnesses Expose Biden Admin\u2019s Debanking Scandal as New Operation Choke Point Evidence Emerges<\/a> Reclaim the Net (Micael T)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Bezzle<\/p>\n The US Needs a Sovereign Wealth Fund Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle<\/a> Stephanie Kelton (Chuck L)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Class Warfare<\/p>\n The Race-Blind College-Admissions Era Is Off to a Weird Start<\/a> Atlantic (Chuck L)<\/p>\n County workers wanted a raise, but got a 4-day workweek instead<\/a> CBS (David in Friday Harbor)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antidote du jour (via<\/a>):<\/p>\n And a bonus (Chuck L):<\/p>\n Elephant brought to hospital to say goodbye to his terminally ill caretaker. \ud83e\udd72\ud83d\ude1e pic.twitter.com\/TKSNS6vy88<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nature is Amazing \u2618\ufe0f (@AMAZlNGNATURE) February 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A second bonus (Chuck L):<\/p>\n A penguin jumped on a boat to escape a Seal\u2026 so they took him to the iceberg where his friends were waiting pic.twitter.com\/21NOyJeU8v<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Pubity (@pubity) February 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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