Chastity or Fornication?<\/a> London Review of Books<\/p>\n Athena Spacecraft Declared Dead After Toppling Over On Moon<\/a> CNN<\/p>\n Misdiagnosis of Chronic Conditions as \u2018In Your Head\u2019 Causes Lasting Damage<\/a> The Conversation<\/p>\n The Blood of Exceptionally Long-Lived People Suggests Crucial Differences<\/a> ScienceAlert. Underlying study not new but seems not to have gotten much notice.<\/p>\n Scientists discover new part of the immune system<\/a> BBC. Paul R: \u201cInteresting, but idk, science by press release is always suspicious. I\u2019ll wait for more developments before expecting too much.\u201d<\/p>\n COVID-19\/Pandemics<\/p>\n Patients with long Covid regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery<\/a> Guardian (Paul R)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n Gene-Edited Non-Browning Banana Could Cut Food Waste, Scientists Say<\/a> Guardian<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n China?<\/p>\n China \u2018mass produces\u2019 semiconductor-related papers<\/a> Asia Times (Kevin W)<\/p>\n China\u2019s exports miss forecasts as U.S. tariffs hit, imports record sharpest decline since July 2023. <\/a>CNBC<\/p>\n Economic-Themed Press Conference During Two Sessions-Full Transcript & Highlights Inside<\/a> China (guurst)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Surface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia?<\/a> Africa<\/p>\n Congo offers US minerals in exchange for security<\/a> MiningMX<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n South of the Border<\/p>\n \u2018Biased\u2019 UN report on Nicaragua ignores victims of US-backed opposition violence<\/a> Grayzone (Mike H)<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s D\u00e9tente with Venezuela <\/a> Antiwar.com (Kevin W)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n ECB cuts rates again and warns trade war fears are hurting Europe\u2019s economy<\/a> Guardian<\/p>\n Donald Tusk announces military training plan for all Polish men<\/a> BBC<\/p>\n Eurotard hysteria achieves new heights as Ursula von der Leyen unveils her new Goatse-branded defence initiative and Friedrich Merz reacts to literal fake news with a massive deficit spending plan<\/a> eugyppius (Micael T)<\/p>\n EU denies picking on US tech giants, says US also tackling monopolisation<\/a> Reuters. Since when is picking on tech giants bad?<\/p>\n \u2018Baltic Sea waters are deep \u2013 New research results on the Nord Stream attacks<\/a> Nachdenkseiten via machine translation (guurst)<\/p>\n Ursula, gravedigger of Europe ? <\/a>Translated from BAM<\/a> (Belgian Alternative Media) by Cocotteminute<\/p>\n Romania arrests six over alleged Russia-linked coup plot<\/a> Aljazeera. Doubling down.<\/p>\n Denmark\u2019s state-run postal service will no longer deliver letters<\/a> Associated Press<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Israel v. The Resistance<\/p>\n Wrecking Yemen with a Terror Designation<\/a> Daniel Larison<\/p>\n \u2018How life is in there\u2019<\/a> London Review of Books (guurst). Administrative detention in Israel. <\/p>\n Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem hit new record<\/a> +972 Magazine<\/p>\n World Bank estimates $11 billion needed for reconstruction of Lebanon after Israel-Hezbollah war<\/a> Arab News<\/p>\n Yemen\u2019s Ansarullah movement declares a four-day deadline to international mediators to advocate for the resumption of aid delivery into the Gaza Strip; otherwise, the movement would restart its naval operations against the Israeli regime.https:\/\/t.co\/4FWUpofUl5<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/rs3jIqwiH2<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 IRNA News Agency (@IrnaEnglish) March 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump says he wrote to Khamenei offering talks on Iran\u2019s nuclear program<\/a> Times of Israel. In small letters in red above the oversized headline: \u201cIran says it has not received the letter yet\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n Russia: reparations + peace: Details of the Russian peace plan<\/a> Marat Khairullin (Chuck L). A must read. Scroll down to find the Russian peace plan. It outlines how Russia proposes to keep rump Ukraine (which would include Odessa, which may disappoint a lot of Russian) militarily neutered and politically aligned, at least at the outset. Perhaps I am unduly pessimistic, but I can\u2019t see the US and certainly not the current regime in Kiev agreeing to this. Russia will have to make a lot more progress on the ground before a near-capitulation like this becomes acceptable as less bad than the direction of travel. <\/p>\n SITREP 3\/7\/25: EU\u2019s Mega-Billion Bid for Ukraine Flops Again, as Trump\u2019s Erratic Messaging Dissipates \u2018Peace\u2019 Momentum<\/a> Simplicius. Important<\/p>\n Russia\u2019s Putin Is Said to Be Ready to Agree to Ukraine Truce With Conditions<\/a> Bloomberg. Headline revised since first publication; then it was only \u201cRussia\u2019s Putin Is Said to Be Ready to Agree to Ukraine Truce\u201d. Notice the sequence (emphasis mine)<\/p>\n In the first signal of a positive response from President Vladimir Putin to US counterpart Donald Trump\u2019s call for a ceasefire, the offer was conveyed at last month\u2019s talks in Saudi Arabia between top Russian and American officials,<\/strong><\/em> the people said, asking not to be identified discussing internal policy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n *Sigh* That meeting was on February 18<\/a>. So even if accurate, as opposed to Telephone-induced<\/a> or deliberate overstatement, why is it being leaked now, particularly after Russian officials have repeatedly and consistently rejected the idea of a ceasefire or truce since then, as Lavrov did yesterday (see here staring at 1:26<\/a>)? And why would Trump be trying to bully Russia again, per the next entry, if Russia was amenable to Trump\u2019s big demand for a ceasefire or something approximating that?<\/p>\n Trump Threatens to Hit Russia with Sanctions<\/a> Wall Street Journal. Lead story. The Russians will see this as pathetic, even before you get to the microscopic level of US imports of Russian wares. They will not be impressed with Trump\u2019s dominance games. I think you can kiss that Trump request for help with negotiating with Iran goodbye. Even if Russia goes through the motions, this bluster confirms, the US in general and Trump in particular can\u2019t be trusted to stick to any position. And this seems merely to be due to the fact that Russia is continuing to hit Ukraine energy infrastructure and also struck a training site in Dniepropetrosk and killed about 150 Ukraine and an estimated 30 NATO trainers. The thing that OUGHT to have Trump upset or rethinking his approach is that he keeps saying he wants a ceasefire (and that does seem to be high on his wish list) when Lavrov has said every time Ukraine comes up that no way, no how is Russia going to agree to a ceasefire. They will stop war-making only after their minimum ask has been met, which includes Ukraine removing all forces from the four oblasts and Ukraine taking steps (which IIRC include constitutional changes) that commit them to neutrality and no NATO evah. <\/p>\n Ukraine loses access to satellite intelligence, but not completely<\/a> Ukrainska Pravda<\/p>\n Ukraine could get NATO protection without membership \u2013 Italian PM <\/a> RT (Kevin W)<\/p>\n THE REM WAR \u2013 THE RUSSIAN STATE VERSUS TRUMP AND MUSK<\/a> John Helmer<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Big Brother is Watching You Watch<\/p>\n Utah becomes first state to pass bill making app stores verify ages <\/a> CBS (Kevin W)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n U.S. Air Force Leadership Confirms \u2018Tough Choices\u2019 Ahead as China Develops World\u2019s First Sixth Generation Fighter <\/a>Military Watch<\/p>\n ANTI-IMPERIALISM ISN\u2019T TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME<\/a> John Helmer (Chuck L)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump 2.0<\/p>\n The Paradox of Trump\u2019s Economic Weapon<\/a> Foreign Affairs<\/p>\n Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada, including 250% tax on dairy<\/a> CNN (Kevin W)<\/p>\n Japan is the next target in Trump trade war<\/a> The Drink Business<\/p>\n The US: the World as Real Estate<\/a> Julian Macfarlane<\/p>\n Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear \u201cpro-Hamas\u201d<\/a> Axios (Dr. Kevin, guurst)<\/p>\n President Trump says Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau \u2018trying to use\u2019 tariff fight \u2018to stay in power\u2019<\/a> The Hill. Help me. Trudeau was dead as a leader until the Trump tariff threat gave him a new lease on life.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n DOGE<\/p>\n Chapter 04: Endogenous Money, of Money and Macroeconomics from First Principles, for Elon Musk and Other Engineers Steve Keen (Micael T)<\/p>\n Musk, Rubio clashed in front of Trump during Cabinet meeting: Sources<\/a> ABC (Jack B)<\/p>\n Federal workers\u2019 salaries represent less than 5% of federal spending and 1% of GDP <\/a> Marketplace (Kevin W)<\/p>\n Why Do Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department? <\/a> New York Times<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Democrat Death Watch<\/p>\n Senate Democrats\u2019 impending choice: Shutdown or surrender<\/a> Politico <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Immigration<\/p>\n Trump to revoke legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians as US steps up deportations <\/a>Reuters<\/p>\n Safe place for science: Aix-Marseille Universite ready to welcome American scientists<\/a> Aix-Marseille Universite (Paul R)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Our No Longer Free Press<\/p>\n BREAKING: President Trump has canceled $400 million in federal funding to Columbia University over the protests they allowed.<\/p>\n As a Jewish person who supports Israel, I still see this as a dangerous precedent\u2014penalizing free speech simply because the government disagrees with it.\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/WhK5OAZdEX<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) March 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n WaPo Laments Loss Of News From Iran Which Is Not From Iran<\/a> Moon of Alabama<\/p>\n House Republicans subpoena Google over alleged censorship<\/a> EndGadget (Kevin W)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Mr. Market Is Moody<\/p>\n Fed\u2019s Powell: \u2018No hurry\u2019 to cut rates amid Trump volatility<\/a> Axios<\/p>\n It is not the economic impact of tariffs that is most worrying. What are the lessons of the 1930s? <\/a>Economist<\/p>\n US trade deficit hits record high in January on imports surge<\/a> Reuters\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n AI<\/p>\n Signal President Calls Out Agentic AI As Having \u2018Profound\u2019 Security and Privacy Issues <\/a>Techcrunch<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Bezzle<\/p>\n Crypto prices fall as US strategic reserve plan disappoints traders<\/a> Financial Times. BWAHAHA!<\/p>\n The Spectacular Synapse Collapse<\/a> Fortune. A reminder: avoid non-bank payment processors unless you really have to go there. <\/p>\n Guillotine Watch<\/p>\n Where is Luigi Mangione getting his clothes?<\/a> Gothamist. He is not my type (I don\u2019t even have a type!) but he is cute and his legal team is making great use of that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antidote du jour. Mark T: \u201cAttached is a photo of my sister\u2019s cat, Tigger. She found him as a kitten, hungry and alone in a storm water drain in the countryside, while on a field trip.\u201d<\/p>\n And a bonus (guurst):<\/p>\n \u041a\u0430\u0436\u0434\u044b\u0439 \u0440\u044b\u0431\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0442 \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043c\u043e\u0436\u0435\u0442 pic.twitter.com\/r6PrlmxR9c<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u0418\u043d\u0433\u0430 (@aijjtoto) March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n And a second bonus (Chuck L):<\/p>\n Jack russell vs mob of emus pic.twitter.com\/E8qAkUSF9b<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nature is Amazing \u2618\ufe0f (@AMAZlNGNATURE) March 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Yet another bonus (Chuck L):<\/p>\n Two Hummingbirds taking shelter during a heavy rain\u2764#AI<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/rCySXtKjd5<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Manoco (@Moonlighhy) March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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