That is out-of-this-world stunning, completely breathtaking.
Yearly on the CCTV gala – probably the most watched present on earth – they’ve ONE dance which actually units the bar. This yr that is the one.
To me that is value one million Taylor Swift or every other of the hypersexualized… https://t.co/uMVsY595PY
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) February 9, 2024
we’ve discovered it people: mcmansion heaven McMansion Hell (guurst). This one is type of fantastic in its bizarreness and flamboyant show. Perhaps it’s the truth that it has a lot glass, even when usually of the pointless customized selection. However the exterior is a horror.
Gorgeous!!!
📹 Hörður Kristleifsson on IGpic.twitter.com/Js8Vt4DH3a
— Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) February 9, 2024
Harvard College students Grapple With Rising Charges of Respiratory Sickness on Campus Harvard Crimson. ma: “Wait, so one of the best and the brightest are going to be extra mind broken for all times than their lessors?”
Emergency rooms aren’t okay Your Native Epidemiologist
Erectile dysfunction medicine could scale back threat of Alzheimer’s ZMEScience (Dr. Kevin)
#COVID-19
Covid Diaries by HCW’s Twitter (ma)
College students, school, employees and alums at #UWaterloo are asking for a city corridor with senior admin to debate COVID security measures on campus.
If that’s the case inclined, please share broadly with UW-affiliated people who could also be excited by signing.
Full Letter: https://t.co/JKSyu8VGzP pic.twitter.com/bgGywRSnUP
— Ryan Tennant (@ryantennant_) February 8, 2024
Local weather/Setting
Photo voltaic engineering: a techno-dystopian response to local weather change Thomas Fazi
Fairly main Chinese language local weather/industrial coverage information over the weekend: NDRC known as for provincial governments to speed up a coverage mandate for prime carbon emitting industries to devour renewable vitality.
That is metal, aluminum, cement, petrochemical, and many others.
🧵on what this implies:
— David Fishman (@pretentiouswhat) February 5, 2024
For a second time, US court docket bans dicamba weed killers, finds EPA violated regulation The New Lede
World’s First 12 months-Lengthy Breach of Key 1.5C Warming Restrict BBC
China?
Chinese language telecoms big Huawei raided in France by monetary prosecutors South China Morning Submit (furzy)
US Commerce Deficit in 2023 Dropped 19%, as Items Deficit with China Plunged 29%: Imports & Exports of Items & Providers Wolf Richter
Outdated Blighty
>Keir Starmer defends Labour U-turn on £28bn inexperienced spending BBC (Kevin W)
European Disunion
German overseas minister’s grandfather was ‘ardent Nazi’ – Bild RT
Gaza
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 126: U.S. claims it gained’t help ‘unplanned’ floor operation in Rafah, Israel escalates assaults anyway Mondoweiss
Gazans surviving off animal feed and rice as meals dwindles BBC. Lead story.
Israel plans to evacuate Palestinians crammed into southern Gaza metropolis forward of anticipated invasion 9News (Kevin W)
🚨Heartbreaking: the younger man “He kisses his mom’s hand whereas she is trapped beneath the rubble after being killed by an Israeli missile strike on their residence.
The sound of his screams…!! #Gaza_Genocide pic.twitter.com/2sXfQJkObJ
— Nour Naim| نور نعيم (@NourNaim88) February 9, 2024
🚨A horrifying testimony concerning the state of affairs of Dr. Mohamed Abu selmiya, who was kidnapped from Al-Shifa Hospital in #Gaza by the Israeli military, They broke each of his arms, hung a sequence round his neck, made him stroll on all fours like animals ! pic.twitter.com/AyiWivRfBZ
— Nour Naim| نور نعيم (@NourNaim88) February 9, 2024
Horrifying replace.
Keep in mind thr voice of little ladies pleading with @PalestineRCS🚑 to rescue them from imminent execution by Israeli forces?
At this time Hind was discovered along with her household slaughtered within the automotive. Yousef and Ahmad, paramedics dispatched to save lots of Hind had been additionally slaughtered. pic.twitter.com/pwWRXAiyPZ
— Jalal #CeasefireNow (@JalalAK_jojo) February 10, 2024
Israel’s Self-Destruction International Affairs. Vital regardless of some bitter notes in a few of the particulars, such on the depiction of the October 7 Hamas raid, and the concept the Saudi-Israel normalization discuss was something greater than the Saudis accommodating a Biden want for a speaking level after China brokered an Iran-Saudi deal (when you had been paying consideration, it was by no means going anyplace as a result of the Saudi calls for re recognizing a Palestinian state was a part of the scheme from the outset). It usefully frames Netanyahu as having offered Israeli society on the concept they may have all of it: slowly eradicate the Palestinians as a presence whereas Israel would take pleasure in peace and prosperity. However discover the failure to say the ICJ ruling. Even when enhancing deadlines meant it got here too late, the alternate options ought to have at the very least been contemplated.
Türkiye to make assertion at world court docket on authorized outcomes of Israeli acts in occupied Palestinian land Anadolu Company. Extra ICJ hearings later this month!
* * *
Israel’s Relentless Bombing Erases Gaza’s Heritage Websites Extensive Partitions (BC)
The warfare in Gaza is wiping out Palestine’s training and information programs The Dialog (Dr. Kevin)
* * *
“Erasing the entire space north of our border line (with Lebanon), 10-11 kilometers, fully clear… Merely to flatten the realm”Benny Ben Muvhar, head of Mevo’ot HaHermon Regional Council, says what, in his opinion, must be carried out on the Lebanese entrance. pic.twitter.com/LSLI4210qq
— B.M. (@ireallyhateyou) February 8, 2024
* * *
Biden and Starmer pays a heavy value for supporting Israel’s warfare in Gaza Center East Eye (BC) One can hope.
Invoice Permitting Far-Proper Gov’t to Deport Relations of ‘Terrorists’ Passes Preliminary Studying Communist Celebration of Israel (BC)
* * *
Notice the starvation strike is over as a result of the Brown trustees refused to listen to their calls for, notably divestment from arms suppliers to Israel. However kudos to them for attempting.
Some applause for these protesters who’re nonetheless at it 3 days later and HAVE BEEN MASKED THROUGHOUT 😷😭👏 https://t.co/3yEq3GXVzx
— Potatie (@__potatie__) February 9, 2024
New Not-So-Chilly Conflict
Zaluzhny Lastly Dismissed as Chaos Reigns in AFU Simpicius the Thinker (Chuck L)
Ukraine SitRep: A Hated New Commander – Important Lack Of Infantry Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)
* * *
Interview to Tucker Carlson President of Russia. It reads higher than it listens. Additionally the Kremlin translation is little doubt higher than Tucker’s; Mercouris all the time warns finest to attend for the Kremlin translation as a result of there are many subtleties in Russia that may be mangled or missed.
Tucker Carlson interview with Putin: what went flawed? Gilbert Doctorow. A marked distinction from the fawning over Tucker on some websites. Some very astute observations.
SOME MORE BIG TAKE AWAYS FROM TUCKER’S PUTIN INTERVIEW Larry Johnson
Westoids complaining about Putin’s interview being too pedantic have an inflated sense of self-worth: they assume the interview is primarily designed to attraction to them. Little do they know the West has turn into so irrelevant that it is now not even essentially the chief supposed…
— SIMPLICIUS Ѱ (@simpatico771) February 9, 2024
Syraqistan
Imran Khan’s allies accuse Pakistan officers of vote rigging Monetary Occasions
Huge Brother is Watching You Watch
London Underground Is Testing Actual-Time AI Surveillance Instruments To Spot Crime Wired
The Viral Good Toothbrush Botnet Story Is Not Actual 404Media. Aaw, it was a lot enjoyable!
Western Values
Then the visitation zones are launched: “An efficient device” Aftonblatt (ma)
Sweden: The place it’s taboo for dads to skip parental depart BBC (Dr. Kevin)
Imperial Collapse Watch
The Newer World Order Aurelien (Chuck L). Years in the past, in an Atlantic Financial Convention in DC, I remarked DC had a Versailles 1788 really feel. That did get amusing.
Biden
Joe Biden’s allies defend president as Democrats reel from DoJ report Monetary Occasions. Lead story. archive.ph is your buddy.
Biden’s ‘Indignant’ Press Convention Made Hur’s Reminiscence Report ‘Infinitely Worse’ Sputnik
Abortion
Two mifepristone research retracted forward of Supreme Court docket case STAT (Dr. Kevin)
Anti-abortion group’s research retracted earlier than Supreme Court docket mifepristone case ars technica (Paul R)
Gunz
In 2023, Gun Violence Trended Down Throughout the Nation Middle for American Progress
15-12 months-Outdated Is Arrested in Taking pictures of a Vacationer in Occasions Sq. New York Occasions
Our No Longer Free Press
Meta Contemplating Elevated Censorship of the Phrase “Zionist” Intercept
Anybody discover how aggressive the British response has been to the Tucker interview? The Individuals appear to have simply brushed it off. However the ragepoasting in Britain has been intense – and, it have to be mentioned, barely bizarre. 🇬🇧 https://t.co/37ar4wa9Lj
— Philip Pilkington (@philippilk) February 10, 2024
That is THE cause there are various issues we should always debunk however don’t:
https://t.co/f6E7BWzWOa pic.twitter.com/YjZnEac15K
— Malcolm Reavell (@malcolm_reavell) February 8, 2024
AI
OpenAI Considers $7 Trillion Spherical, Thinks It Can Double Income by 2025: Studies Decrypt. Paul R: “Trillion with a t.”
Sam Altman searching for trillions for AI chip fabrication from UAE, others ars technica (Kevin W)
AI Can’t Be Used To Deny Well being Care Protection, Feds Make clear To Insurers ars technica
The Bezzle
Everybody’s a sellout now Vox
Waymo Driverless Automotive Crashes Into Human Bicycle owner in San Francisco Gizmodo (Kevin W)
Class Warfare
Republicans Are Planning to Completely Privatize Medicare if Trump Wins Rolling Stone (Paul R)
McKinsey’s ‘unsatisfactory’ efficiency warning for 3,000 staff is the most recent dangerous information for large consulting corporations DNyuz (Dr. Kevin)
NASA’s JPL Lays Off A whole lot of Employees Universe At this time (furzy)
Antidote du jour:
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here