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HERODOTUS ON CHRISTMAS IN 20TH-CENTURY BRITAIN Antigone

Canine in UK collected greater than 1,000 littered bottles for recycling Washington Submit (furzy)

Large python reunited with proprietor after months roaming Austin BBC

A 400lb, silverback gorilla below anesthesia, present process a medical process. Miami, Florida. 2019 pic.twitter.com/1VGDgT6RWJ

— Laocoon of Troy (@LaocoonofTroy) December 22, 2022

Deep Studying Alone Isn’t Getting Us To Human-Like AI Nomea (David L)

Surprising however good pic.twitter.com/oELm2Maeid

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) December 23, 2022

Contained in the billion-dollar assembly for the mega-rich who need to reside endlessly MIT Know-how Overview

‘Classifying Growing older as a Illness Might Pace FDA Drug Approvals’ The Hill

Meddling Mother and father Rent Courting Coaches for Their Grown Youngsters Wall Road Journal (J-LS). I’ve all the time most popular getting a root canal to occurring a date. Effectively, besides a root canal has everlasting bodily results and most dates don’t.

Rear window New Criterion (Anthony L). On Edward Hopper.

Bach’s unintentional masterpiece New Statesman (J-LS)

#COVID-19

Science/Drugs

ma flags a brand new information web site:

Replace on my web site. US states are full. Graphs now embrace new variants and better decision, however completely different views would require clicking completely different tabs on the backside in addition to utilizing the directional arrows to scroll by tabs. Intl subsequent.https://t.co/HepDCemu4g

— Michael Olesen 💉😷🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@maolesen) November 19, 2022

SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins set off periodontal fibrosis Information-Medical.web (ma)

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BQ and XBB subvariants present distinctive immune evasion properties Information-Medical.web (guurst)

Asia

China estimates 250mn individuals have caught Covid in 20 days Monetary Occasions

China sees Malicious program in refused US vaccine provide Asia Occasions (Kevin W)

‘Revive behavior of utilizing masks,’ advices ex-Well being min Harsh Vardhan on COVID-19 state of affairs Republic World (J-LS)

RTPCR Take a look at Obligatory For International Arrivals From China, 4 Different Nations: Union Well being Min Republic World (J-LS)

Local weather/Surroundings

Information and figures about poisonous chemical substances in agriculture 2022 Pesticide Atlas (guurst)

EPA Tightens Guidelines on Air pollution From Vans, Buses and Vehicles New York Occasions

Zimbabwe Has Banned the Export of Uncooked Lithium Quartz

China?

Manila hardens South China Sea defences Bangkok Submit (furzy)

China sees Malicious program in refused US vaccine provide Asia Occasions (Kevin W)

Japan eyes international navy energy standing Asia Occasions (Kevin W)

India

Necessary choices in assembly of the Cupboard right now:

-Meals grains to be made obtainable freed from value to greater than 800 million beneficiaries until Dec 2023 below Nationwide Meals Safety Act. Will guarantee India’s meals safety.

— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) December 23, 2022

South Africa marks holidays regardless of nationwide energy cuts FirstPost (J-LS)

New Not So Chilly Warfare

Will Ukraine ever have sufficient Hearth Energy? Col Doug Macgregor Choose Napolitano, YouTube

Has NATO’s Technique To Bleed Russia Backfired? Larry Johnson

Of Notice. Andrei Martyanov (guurst). On Russia rising the dimensions of its armed forces

Bakhmut Meatgrinder & Copium Mark Sleboda (Stevelancs). Good overview.

Kiev is mulling peace plan, WSJ reviews RT

Artemovsk / Bakhmut. US troopers ‘resign’ from the navy and go and battle as merc’s. It permits NATO to disclaim its combating on the bottom. Footage like this present NATO could be very a lot concerned. pic.twitter.com/GUXx3kB0K1

— Nikolai (@Nikolai11449196) December 22, 2022

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The Declare That The Ukraine Warfare Advances US Pursuits Discredits The Declare That It’s “Unprovoked” Caitlin Johnstone (Kevin W)

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Putin, Remoted and Distrustful, Leans on Handful of Onerous-Line Advisers Wall Road Journal. Neocons gotta neocon.

Sixty years on from the Cuban missile disaster, the US has discovered its classes – however Putin has not Guardian (Kevin W)

Russia’s militarization of the Arctic exhibits no signal of slowing down CNN (furzy)

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EU worth cap on fuel might push suppliers to different markets – Novak Interfax (guurst)

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WHAT I’VE SEEN OF UKRAINE’S WAR CRIMES AGAINST CIVILIANS IN THE DONBASS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS – EVA BARLETT South Entrance (guurst)

Syraqistan

The US Captagon Act: Tightening Syria’s siege below new pretext The Cradle (guurst)

Israel: How Netanyahu handed Ben-Gvir the gun to start out an annexation battle Jonathan Prepare dinner, Center East Eye (guurst)

🧵1/13 On 16 November, UN Particular Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs requested EU Coordinator on combating #Antisemitism @kschnurbein whether or not @EU_Commission has assessed the implications for elementary rights of the IHRA definition of antisemitism 👇🏼https://t.co/Axwn6ulRyC

— Regulation for Palestine | القانون من أجل فلسطين (@Law4Palestine) December 22, 2022

A day after of the Taliban BANNED feminine college schooling, ladies & women have come out on the streets of Kabul protesting towards the decree.

They chant —“Both for everybody or for nobody. One for all, all for one”

Amplify their voices.pic.twitter.com/mWbf5Mtcr2

— Shabnam Nasimi (@NasimiShabnam) December 22, 2022

Massive Brother Is Watching You Watch

Cowl Your Tracks Digital Frontier Basis (David L)

As Lengthy as We’re on the Topic of CAPTCHAs Bruce Schneier (David L)

Meta agrees to pay $725 million to settle lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica information leak CNN (Kevin W)

1/6

The Information Underpinning Jan. 6 Committee Prison Referrals FactCheck.org (furzy). I’ve hassle with the declare that Trump had a plan, versus some impulses.

Trump

Choose slams Trump swimsuit aimed toward blocking N.Y. legal professional normal probe Politico (furzy)

Biden

SEVEN THESES ON AMERICAN POLITICS New Left Economics. Robin Ok: “Biden economics.”

Ffs pic.twitter.com/5KPovEEYKS

— Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld_) December 22, 2022

DOJ takes on ’True the Vote’ Vigilantes — lastly! Greg Palast, YouTube

Choose strips Alex Jones of chapter protections after he tried to dodge $1.5B Sandy Hook judgment Salon (furzy)

Our No Longer Free Press

1 massive factor — Unique: Bloomberg eyes WSJ, WaPo Axios (furzy)

No Free PACER as US Lawmakers Exclude Proposal from Spending Invoice Reuters

The Bezzle

Bankman-Fried affiliate admits to misuse of FTX buyer funds Monetary Occasions. Might be inferred from revised SEC submitting. However:

Ellison, the previous head of FTX’s buying and selling affiliate Alameda Analysis who pleaded responsible to seven prison costs on Monday, advised a New York choose that from 2019 to 2022 the agency had entry to “a vast line of credit score on FTX.com” and that she “knew that it was incorrect”, in response to a transcript of the plea listening to made obtainable on Friday.

“I understood that FTX executives had carried out particular settings on Alameda’s FTX.com account to take care of adverse balances in varied fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies,” Ellison mentioned on the listening to, simply days earlier than Bankman-Fried was extradited from the Bahamas to the US.

She added that she “understood that if Alameda’s FTX accounts had vital adverse balances in any explicit foreign money, it meant that Alameda was borrowing funds that FTX’s prospects had deposited”….

Ellison’s testimony on Monday afternoon was saved secret for days. Federal prosecutors had argued that revealing her plea may make it harder to persuade Bankman-Fried, who has been charged with eight prison counts, to permit himself to be introduced again from the Bahamas to New York and be arraigned.

Bankman-Fried Choose Recused As a result of Husband’s Agency Suggested FTX Bloomberg. Being a stickler, I had taken subject with earlier reviews from an internet site that may go unnamed that argued the choose wanted to recuse herself as a result of Davis Polk, her husband’s agency, had represented BlockFi on a mortgage to FTX. Earth to base, in that case, BlockFi had pursuits opposed to FTX and so no battle of curiosity. Apparently there was additionally a direct Davis Polk illustration of FTX or an FTX entity too (observe the battle between the FTX and BlockFi illustration was possible waived by whichever get together employed Davis Polk later; it typically occurs at massive companies. Consultants get vastly extra confidential info than regulation companies do. In my day, McKinsey represented Citibank, Chase, Merrill, and the then Producers Hanover. Completely different companions on every account and they didn’t share associates. And people companions hated one another).

How Massive Tech fought antitrust reform — and gained The Hill

Financial institution Error in Our Favor Matt Stoller (Chuck L)

FTC orders Mastercard to not block use of competing debit cost networks The Hill (Kevin W)

Elon Musk’s Funds Sophisticated by Declining Wealth, Twitter Pressures Wall Road Journal

Class Warfare

College of California staff approve contract settlement, ending longest greater schooling strike in U.S. Politico

Antidote du jour. The elk regulars lounging in Teton Time’s yard.

And a bonus (Robin Ok):

Peach the Newshound sniffs beneath solar canines — it’s 17 beneath at Storm Lake. @SLTimes pic.twitter.com/wapfeN0fdr

— Artwork Cullen (@cullen_art) December 22, 2022

And a second bonus (guurst):