Birds Eat Poop A Lot, And Scientists Are Still Trying to Figure Out Why Science Alert
Deadly morel mushroom outbreak highlights big gaps in fungi knowledge Ars Technica
Writing by hand, not typing, linked to better learning and memory: Study WION
Delayed Gratification – Why Are Global Birth Rates Falling, and Does It Matter? Alpha Sources
Local weather/Atmosphere
Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in the UK: carbon storage potential and growth rates Royal Society Open Science
Radia’s WindRunner to be the world’s largest aircraft ever built Attention-grabbing Engineering. To move wind generators.
The atlas of unburnable oil for supply-side climate policies Nature
South Florida Proposes Lowering Insurance Costs 25% South Florida Solar-Sentinel
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Small farmers cry for help as climate change keeps killing crops Floodlight
Droughts, complicated by climate change, result in US beef herd hitting historic low Examine Midwest
#COVID-19
The newest wave of covid propaganda is to say that ~covid nervousness~ is the largest pandemic downside we’re dealing with. I’ve but to see the info. I’ve, alternatively, seen mountains of knowledge indicating structural and practical adjustments to coronary heart, lungs, mind, and extra. 🧵
— Noha Aboelata, MD (@NohaAboelataMD) March 17, 2024
Niger
Niger suspends military cooperation with US: Spokesman Al Jazeera. The US’ most costly drone base ($100m) is in Niger.
US plans to set up drone bases in coastal West Africa to stem Islamist advance and counter China North Africa Submit. From January, nonetheless germane.
India
Electoral Bonds Blow Giant Holes in Modi’s Anti-Corruption Plank The Wire
India Clamps Down on Dissent with Drones Tech Coverage Press
China?
Taipei hid collision between Coast Guard vessel and capsized mainland fishing boat that killed two Pekingnology
China aims to establish ‘de facto’ control in Kinmen waters: Experts CNA vs. China Coast Guard carries out more law-enforcement patrols in waters near Kinmen International Occasions
US advises caution on dealing with PRC Taipei Occasions
Taiwan sees rise in self-rescue course attendance TVBS Information
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Record number of graduates set to enter China’s workforce amid economic headwinds Channel Information Asia
China’s economic plans make a trade war likely whether Biden or Trump wins the presidency Enterprise Insider
Syraqistan
St. Patrick’s Day & Palestinians Eating Grass in Gaza Sam Husseini
Israel targets information technology experts as part of its genocide in Gaza Euro-Med
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Netanyahu won’t commit to elections, calls Schumer’s speech “inappropriate” Axios
“We don’t intervene in American politics, and we anticipate to be handled with the identical respect.” — Israeli authorities spokesperson Tal Heinrich to Newsmax pic.twitter.com/17zb0R23Ih
— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) March 17, 2024
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Egypt says won’t allow forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza Anadolu Company
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Yemen’s Houthis report fresh US-UK airstrikes on its sites Center East Monitor
Yemeni Armed Forces carry out training exercises simulating American and British invasion YPA
As Gaza war rages, U.S. military footprint expands across Middle East Washington Submit
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Israel strikes targets in Syria’s Damascus including weapons depot, war monitor says Al Arabiya
IDF says fighter jets hit Hezbollah targets in four areas of south Lebanon Occasions of Israel
It’s been 5 months because the conflict, and the Lebanese entrance is not any completely different relating to the broader battle. The depth of exchanges on the border has diverse over time. But there have been three targets that Hezbollah had hit with excessive significance, the Mount Meron air management base,… pic.twitter.com/Dzwc7EJaXC
— Ali Hashem علي هاشم (@alihashem_tv) March 15, 2024
European Disunion
Interview: Ryszard Legutko The Upheaval. “Liberal Democracy, Communism, and totalitarian temptations in free societies.”
“Have you ever all misplaced your minds?”.
Superb and terrifying speech by @SWagenknecht on the folly of Germany’s warmongering strategy to Russia. pic.twitter.com/wfOV1ebzoO
— Thomas Fazi (@battleforeurope) March 17, 2024
New Not-So-Chilly Warfare
Putin leads with 87% in Russian presidential election: Exit poll Anadolu Company
Putin reveals Navalny was to be swapped RT
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France sees no red lines in what it does to Russia: there will be consequences… Gilbert Doctorow
Fascinating: now we all know what the French consider Macron’s new warmongering angle vis à vis Russia… they usually completely hate it! https://t.co/eMg4OLSuZe
IFOP, France’s main polling firm, sees Macron’s reputation go all the way down to an appalling 28% and feedback: “The very…
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) March 17, 2024
Officials in Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria blame Ukrainian drone strike after military site blast AP
Russia Rocked by Sixth Explosion at Oil Refinery in a Week Newsweek
The timing of Ukrainian drone assaults on refineries is creating an attention-grabbing scenario for oil tanker markets.
Let’s join some dots:🧵 pic.twitter.com/bJ2GKOwzcY
— Ed Finley-Richardson (@ed_fin) March 17, 2024
Chartbook 270: How Russia makes missiles – an important report from Rhodus Intelligence Adam Tooze, Chartbook
Help Ukraine win—or risk kicking off a US losing streak Atlantic Council
O Canada
The Canadian behind the West’s massive sanctions on Russia says it’s time for Round 2 POLITICO. The primary sentence: “Chrystia Freeland is in her factor in Davos.”
South of the Border
Mexico’s Investment Boom Apricitas Economics
China steps on the gas in the Mexican auto market: ‘The long-term goal is the US’ El Pais
B-a-a-a-a-d Banks
Loan-on-loan market could fuel real-estate rebound Euromoney
2024
‘He’s lost my vote’: Many Irish Americans turn against Biden over Gaza war Al Jazeera
Boeing
Boeing’s Pain Spreads to Travelers as Airlines Cut Back on Plans Bloomberg
The U.S. auto industry’s dirty little secret: plummeting quality New Atlas
Our Famously Free Press
On Today’s Absurd New York Times Hit Piece Matt Taibbi, Racket Information
Backgrounder: Supreme Court to Hear Oral Argument in Murthy v. Missouri Tech Coverage Press
TikTok Threat Is Purely Hypothetical, U.S. Intelligence Admits The Intercept
AI
Why Are Large AI Models Being Red Teamed? IEEE Spectrum
FTC conducting inquiry into Reddit’s AI data-licensing practices ahead of IPO CNBC
Exclusive-Reddit’s IPO as much as five times oversubscribed, sources say Reuters
Survey: Using New Tech Like AI and Wearables at Work Actually Hurts Staff Well-Being Inc.
Large Brother is Watching You Watch
DWP faces ‘outrage’ and ‘paranoia’ if it continues plans to ‘spy’ on bank accounts Large Situation
Police State Watch
Lawsuits About FBI Warrantless Search of Safe Deposit Boxes Allowed to Proceed The Intercept
Meet Daystar Bot GS, Lenovo’s six-legged robodog Attention-grabbing Engineering
Groves of Academe
The Fracturing of American Higher Education Legislation and Political Financial system Venture
E book Nook
Publishing Models That Rely on Gig Workers Are Bad For Everybody Literary Hub. On the issue with “Authors Fairness,” a brand new publishing firm.
Class Warfare
Apollo humanoid robots join the Mercedes-Benz assembly line Attention-grabbing Engineering
A Growing Union Campaign Has Put REI’s Progressive Image On Trial Huff Submit
Why Is the ACLU Undermining Labor Rights? Matt Bruenig, Jacobin
Sometimes You Either Strike or Accept Death How Issues Work
An Interview With The Bee Hero Who Humanely Vacuumed Thousands Of Bees Out Of A Tennis Stadium Defector
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