What were we all doing here? My 600-mile trip to hear an organ play a D natural<\/a> Spectator (Anthony L)<\/p>\n New species revealed after 25 years of study on \u2018inside out\u2019 fossil \u2014 and named after discoverer\u2019s mum <\/a> ScienceDaily (Kevin W)<\/p>\n The Limits of Rights<\/a> Baffler. (Anthony L). A delicious trashing: \u201cRoth\u2019s book is, plainly, very bad\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n #COVID-19\/Pandemics<\/p>\n This 26 year old man developed long covid last year after his “5th or 6th” confirmed infection. He had recovered from COVID uneventfully the first 4 or 5 times. He’s now unable to work or even read. If COVID continues to spread unchecked, then we should assume that eventually\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/kfJxs6bZsk<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Salvatore Mattera (@SalvMattera) March 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations<\/a> ProPublica (Kevin W)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n The Huge Jury Verdict Against Greenpeace Is Really An Attack on the Entire Climate Movement. It Will Backfire<\/a> Steve Donzinger (Chuck L)<\/p>\n After $1B invested over 15 years, the Gates-backed Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) promised agricultural prosperity.<\/p>\n Instead, AGRA delivered ecological damage, farmer debt, and increased hunger, leaving target countries worse off than before the program began\ud83e\uddf5 pic.twitter.com\/0DpQP2PJPp<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sam Knowlton (@samdknowlton) March 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n Malnutrition Not Due to Cash Poverty Alone<\/a> Jomo<\/p>\n China?<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s tariffs won\u2019t save Musk from China\u2019s BYD<\/a> Asia Times<\/p>\n Japan unveils first plan to evacuate 100,000 civilians from islands near Taiwan in event of conflict<\/a> Guardian\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Myanmar<\/p>\n Myanmar earthquake death toll jumps to 1,000 with over 2,300 injured<\/a> Anadolu Agency. Thanks for the expressions of concern, but Thailand was not meaningfully affected. The Bangkok building under construction that fell down looks to have been due to, erm, substandard practices. I have yet to see reports of structural damage to other buildings, which you\u2019d expect to see otherwise. Recall that Bangkok is on clay and also slowly sinking. Some readers have contacts in cities and towns much closer to Myanmar and they report no meaningful impact because those municipalities are built on granite or other solid rock. That does not prove there were no damaged buildings closer to Myanmar but does suggest the harm was pretty limited. <\/p>\n Myanmar rebels disrupt China rare earth trade, sparking regional scramble<\/a> Reuters. Wonder if the earthquake changes this equation, as in no humanitarian assistance if the rebels don\u2019t reverse course. <\/p>\n The Antipodes<\/p>\n Federal MP Andrew Gee blames staff impersonating a voter for \u2018dirty tactics\u2019 Facebook gaffe<\/a> ABC Australia (Anthony L) <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Africa<\/p>\n South Sudan opposition says vice president\u2019s arrest ends peace deal <\/a>Aljazeera<\/p>\n US Wants to Create a Fake State for New Military Base<\/a> Active Measures<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n O Canada<\/p>\n Canada PM Mark Carney says old relationship with US \u2018is over\u2019<\/a> BBC<\/p>\n Is this real? I can’t believe it.<\/p>\n These are forward flight bookings from Canada to the US. <\/p>\n This might be the single craziest thing I’ve ever seen. pic.twitter.com\/wDrU7tqReX<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Noor Al \ud83d\udcc8 (@NoorAlTrades) March 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n European Disunion<\/p>\n Europe Needs a Complete Strategic Reboot<\/a> Foreign Policy (Colonel Smithers)<\/p>\n Europe races to secure critical minerals as global supply tensions mount<\/a> Independent<\/p>\n \u2018If VW disappears, people won\u2019t stay in the town anymore\u2019 \u2013 fears over Trump\u2019s car tariffs<\/a> Sky<\/p>\n Sweden Is Rearming For War With Russia<\/a> Forbes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Israel v. The Resistance<\/p>\n I don’t believe we’ve ever seen anything that matches Israel’s barbarism. <\/p>\n Dr Mark Perlmutter: <\/p>\n \u201cMy colleague, a surgeon, had his fingers crushed by Israeli forces, was threatened with the gang rape of his wife, and was subjected to rectal probes soaked in pig\u2019s blood\u201d <\/p>\n Via\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/RmMk4IwO4V<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Abier (@abierkhatib) March 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Execution of 16 Ambulance Crew Members by Israeli Forces in Rafah southern Gaza <\/p>\n Horrific Massacre : Following coordination with the International Red Cross, Civil Defense teams entered the Tel Al-Sultan area in Rafah, south of Gaza. \u2014 Gaza Notifications (@gazanotice) March 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \ud83d\udea8Israel’s Supreme Court unanimously rejects petition to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, thus green-lighting the genocidal use of food as a weapon of war to starve Gazans to death or force them to leave!<\/p>\n That’s the court mainstream media calls “Israel’s bastion of democracy” pic.twitter.com\/zjoLYDevJn<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) March 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Anti-Hamas Gaza demonstrations reflect desperation as Israel strangles and bombards the Strip<\/a> Mondoweiss<\/p>\n Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs after unclaimed rocket attacks<\/a> Arab News<\/p>\n US moves more stealth bombers to Indian Ocean base in striking distance of Iran, Yemen<\/a> Times of Israel<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n Ukraine: Fighting to the Conclusion<\/a> Big Serge<\/p>\n SITREP 3\/28\/25: Putin Vows to \u2018Finish Off\u2019 Ukraine?<\/a> Simpilcius<\/p>\n Underground: Ten NATO officers were liquidated in a restaurant in Dnepropetrovsk<\/a> Vzglyad via machine translation. Micael T: \u201cMaybe this will get the message through to the war lusting EU-tards? The Western officers and soldiers are very much touchable.\u201d<\/p>\n Even if the war ended tomorrow, Ukraine could end up broke by 2026<\/a> Ian Proud, Responsible Statecraft. Only arguably accurate, since Ukraine is broke now and paying its bills thanks only to foreign handouts.<\/p>\n Of course, before getting to this, which = Ukraine being literally strip mined, and not rebuilt ex what is narrowly useful for that: Trump\u2019s Rewritten \u2018Deal\u2019 With Ukraine Is Imposed Indentured Servitude<\/a> Moon of Alabama. BTW, indentured servitude is not the right comparison. Indentured servitude was time limited. This is slavery. <\/p>\n The open dispute between the EU and the US over Ukrainian natural resources begins<\/a> Anti-Spiegel via machine translation. Micael T: \u201cYou will need wheelbarrows of popcorn for this show-down.\u201d Moi: Perhaps not. The Trump Administration has gone quiet. No evidence of even try to arm-twist or alternatively, vent at the Europeans, no new meetings with Russia set. Will the US go into Emily Litella \u201cNever mind\u201d mode and use the Ukraine refusal to sign the draconian \u201cminerals\u201d deal as the pretext to walk away. <\/p>\n The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue international forum<\/a> President of Russia. Important<\/p>\n \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n Main statements by the French President Emmanuel Macron following the Ukraine summit in Paris\ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd38”We have agreed that a Franco-British team could be delegated to prepare the format of the future Ukrainian army,” declared Emmanuel Macron<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd38”Our objective is clear: to\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/OBbMcbEdeA<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1a \ud835\udc0a\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc00 | \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@tweet4Anna_NAFO) March 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n India Turns Away Russian Oil Tanker As Sanctions Evolve<\/a> OilPrice\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Syraqistan<\/p>\n Syrians left in the dark as the interim government struggles to restore electricity<\/a> Independent<\/p>\n Disintegration of Syria Would Only Benefit Israel \u2013 Iranian Foreign Minister<\/a> Defend Democracy<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Imperial Collapse Watch<\/p>\n Political Pressure \u2014 Why The Intelligence Community Fails to Accurately Assess Combat Losses and Military Capability<\/a> Larry Johnson<\/p>\n On point.<\/p>\n Work by A\u00efda Amer. pic.twitter.com\/LUxNptSO5u<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 B.M. (@ireallyhateyou) March 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trump 2.0<\/p>\n Two law firms targeted by Trump sue over executive orders that sought to punish them<\/a> Associated Press<\/p>\n Judges block Trump orders targeting two law firms as Skadden cuts deal<\/a> Reuters. The white shoe firms fold. <\/p>\n Judge orders Trump administration to keep Signal records amid Yemen attack chat controversy<\/a> CNN (Kevin W)<\/p>\n Convicted of bilking investors, Nikola founder and Trump donor gets a presidential pardon <\/a> Associated Press<\/p>\n Usha Vance\u2019s Greenland Trip Somehow Gets More Embarrassing for Trump <\/a> New Republic (Kevin W)<\/p>\n According to Danish TV2, representatives from the USA have been going door-to-door in Nuuk over the past few days to find Greenlanders who wanted to be visited by Usha Vance. After they failed to find anyone, the visit was cancelled. https:\/\/t.co\/ZVZTKaymkO<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jan Petter (@lepettre) March 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Tourists are cancelling trips to the US \u2013 here\u2019s how this could affect its economy<\/a> The Conversation (Kevin W). A colleague even rerouted a flight back to this hemisphere after a long holiday, expensively, to avoid going through LAX.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n DOGE<\/p>\n DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse<\/a> Wired. Lambert points out it this long merely to write the test protocol. This looks intended to destroy Social Security. <\/p>\n FWIW, I called Monday (2 days earlier), pretty much first thing in the SSA day, was told the hold would be 20 mins. I did not do the callback (I have found airlines call back at best 50% of the time when you accept that option, so I use the speakerphone and stay on hold). It was 40 minutes. The press has said that staff cuts were starting after the end of the month. I asked the rep point blank and she said they had been told nothing of the kind. Admittedly the SSA is closing some rural offices as of then. So the result below may be the result of call volume due to all the scary news, and not yet staff cuts. <\/p>\n We’ve heard concerning things about the Social Security Administration lately, so I decided to check for myself.<\/p>\n SSA says Wednesday is the best day to call, so I called then.<\/p>\n Their system told me there would be a two-hour wait time, told me to call back, and then just hung up. pic.twitter.com\/oKUDQg3xKM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) March 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Preliminary Injunction Granted in Case Against Illegal CFPB Shutdown<\/a> Public Citizen<\/p>\n The Department of Government Inefficiency<\/a> Musk Watch<\/p>\n DOGE Will Likely Fail to Reform the Deep State Finn<\/a> Andressen (Micael T). Assumes this was an aim, against any evidence I have yet to see.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Immigration<\/p>\n DOJ asks Supreme Court to intervene in deportation flights case<\/a> The Hill. Presumptuous. Odds greatly favor the Supremes telling the DOJ to go through the normal process like everyone else. <\/p>\n Trump takes aim at foreign-born college students, with 300 visas revoked<\/a> NBC<\/p>\n Venezuelans deported to mega-prison \u2018trapped in black hole\u2019<\/a> BBC\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n What the New JFK Documents Reveal<\/a> Thomas Neuburger<\/p>\n Our No Longer Free Press<\/p>\n Meta Complies with Foreign Demand for Journalist\u2019s Info<\/a> Reclaim the Net<\/p>\n UK Tries to Silence American Online Platforms <\/a>Reclaim the Net<\/p>\n Banned Books Analysis of Censorship on Amazon.com<\/a> CitizenLab (Paul R)<\/p>\n Bloomberg\u2019s Pathetic Swipe at Substack<\/a> Matt Taibbi<\/p>\n Global ad spending expectations sink on trade war uncertainty: WARC<\/a> Marketing Dive. This will hit publisher revenues and thus staffing. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Mr. Market is Moody<\/p>\n The Synthetic Lender of Last Resort<\/a> Matt Levine, Bloomberg (Micael T)<\/p>\n Then again I\u2019m starting to come around to the idea that the secret sauce for propping up the US financial house of cards is to \u201cfiscalize\u201d every asset class by declaring it \u201cTBTF\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/MC38MYj1KD<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 chinahand (@chinahand) March 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n How Trump\u2019s reckless policies could trigger a financial crisis<\/a> South China Morning Post<\/p>\n Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs throw car industry into turmoil<\/a> Financial Times\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antitrust<\/p>\n How the American Medical Association Screws Doctors<\/a> Matt Stoller<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Bezzle<\/p>\n Elon Musk says he sold X to his AI company<\/a> CNN (Kevin W)<\/p>\n Meghan Markle\u2019s Netflix show angered critics. This columnist says she knows why<\/a> NPR. Tom D: \u201cNPR says it\u2019s racist, sexist and classist not to genuflect before one\u2019s betters.\u201d Moi: Markle\u2019s spin is not working any more. She needs to take lessons from Zelensky as to how to keep an act well beyond its sell-by date going. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Antidote du jour:<\/p>\n And a bonus:<\/p>\n These incredible ibex defy gravity climbing a near-vertical dam in search of nutritious salt.. pic.twitter.com\/PWtoPXNE8b<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) March 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A second bonus (Chuck L):<\/p>\n 19. This woman built an apartment for cats in winterpic.twitter.com\/5QK0UlP71s<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Wolf of X (@tradingMaxiSL) March 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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