What Cheetahs, Armadillos and Whales Revealed About Human DNA New York Occasions
FDA Approves Poop-Based Pill to Treat Hardy Gut Infections Gizmodo (ksmith)
Local weather/Setting
Smoke and Heat: Breaking Records in Southeast Asia The Diplomat
Toxic benzene lingered for weeks after shelter-in-place warnings ended following 2019 Houston-area chemical fire Texas Tribune
Water
“The Big Melt” has arrived as early season heatwave spikes flood concerns Climate West
#COVID-19
Urgent warning to anyone who’s had Covid over ‘long-term risk of killer complication’ The Solar (guurst)
Chickenpox hybrid-immunity debt?? https://t.co/SxoVdndH8b
— Anthony J Leonardi, MBBS, PhD (@fitterhappierAJ) April 27, 2023
CDC relaxes COVID restrictions for international travelers The Hill
Previous Blighty
Chinese vice-president’s coronation appearance would be ‘outrageous’, say Tories The Guardian (Kevin W)
Scotland’s lighthouse workers set to take historic strike action as union takes aim at government ‘failure’ Unite the Union
The Fortunate Nation
Federal government commits $3.8b to Australia’s northern bases after Defence Strategic Review ABC. In the meantime (Guurst):
Our refined gas comes from Singapore, Korea, India, Malaysia, Japan and Taiwan. Our crude comes from Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam and the US. If there may be battle in East Asia, as is contemplated by Govt, we’re weak to finish financial and societal shut down. 🧵4/4 #auspol pic.twitter.com/60ToZ2l2HC
— Rex Patrick (@MrRexPatrick) April 25, 2023
The Koreas
A Nuclear South Korea Is a Dangerous Miscalculation International Coverage
China denounces US plans to send nuclear ballistic submarine to South Korea South China Morning Publish
China?
China pushes largest-ever expansion of nuclear arsenal France24
China demands immediate halt to US arms sales to Taiwan Anadolu Company
Joe Biden to make landmark visit to Papua New Guinea as US vies with China for Asia-Pacific influence South China Morning Publish
New Not-So-Chilly Warfare
Xi Jinping to send Chinese peace talks delegation to Ukraine The Guardian (Kevin W)
Ukraine Peace Talks – A Grown Up Is Taking Charge Moon of Alabama
Poland seizes Russian embassy and trade mission funds RT (Kevin W)
Procurement in the Bundeswehr: Speed Now Has Priority defense-aerospace.com
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POST-PUTIN RUSSIA: THE RISE OF ULTRA-PATRIOTISM Geopolitica.RU (ctlieee)
When Russia is defeated in Ukraine, look to Chechnya PoliticoEU. Will do.
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Renewables generate more of EU’s electricity than fossil fuels over winter for 1st time Anadolu Company. “…however it can not depend on emergency demand cuts and gentle climate for future years.” And…
The Future of U.S. Natural Gas: A Conversation with Charif Souki (Video) CSIS, YouTube. (RK): “The EU is in deep doodoo vis-a-vis vitality. The US shouldn’t be. All based on plan.”
Letters LRB. (Alynch) On the origin of “iron curtain.”
Putin hails Turkey ties as first Turkish nuclear plant inaugurated Reuters
Al-Monitor/Premise poll: Turkey’s election in dead heat, Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu tied at 45% Al-Monitor
Syraqistan
Meeting of Iran, Syria and Turkey ministers of defense and intelligence in Moscow Gilbert Doctorow
Foreign actors tried to artificially accelerate Sudan military reform — diplomat TASS
Why Does Japan Have a Military Base in Djibouti? The Diplomat
South of the Border
Peru Declares a 60-Day State of Emergency at Its Border Areas teleSUR. “Moreover establishing that the Nationwide Police and the Armed Forces will keep management of inner order, the decree restricts the train of constitutional rights associated to freedom of motion, meeting, and private liberty and safety.”
Peru’s coup-plotting congress has 6% approval, 91% disapproval (but full US backing) Geopolitical Economic system Report. From April 16.
US to open Latin America migration centres, expedite deportations Al Jazeera
B-a-a-a-a-d Banks
First Republic works on plan to prevent government seizure FT
Banks, experts call for accountability above all else in Fed’s SVB report American Banker
US regulators worried about uninsured deposits before March crisis Reuters
JPMorgan employees gripe about Dimon’s return-to-office edict Reuters
Spook Nation
Hunter Biden investigation: Intel laptop letter signers scored top jobs in Biden administration Washington Examiner
America, the Single-Opinion Cult Matt Taibbi, Racket Information
Twitter is complying with more government demands under Elon Musk remainder of world
Biden Administration
White House insists Biden reporter cheat sheet ‘entirely normal’ New York Publish
Realignment and Legitimacy
Two Bush judges appointed in 1990 and one Obama decide from 2014 dominated that antitrust regulation isn’t actually a factor. There’s no higher instance of the bipartisan neoliberal Structure than this sentence. https://t.co/ekfrLJcBt2
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) April 27, 2023
The Supremes
Roberts Memo Threatened To Challenge Ethics Rules The Lever
CLARENCE THOMAS BILLIONAIRE BENEFACTOR HARLAN CROW BOUGHT CITIZENSHIP IN ISLAND TAX HAVEN The Intercept
Healthcare
A research team airs the messy truth about AI in medicine — and gives hospitals a guide to fix it STAT
Police State Watch
Gunz
Cops: Woman Shot Her Pet Parrot To Death The Smoking Gun (ReSilc)
Imperial Collapse Watch
The Global South Owes America Some Thanks Bloomberg. Commentary:
Has some actual “India must thank the British for railways” vitality. And talking of how the worldwide South ought to “thank” the North, pleasant reminder that the North drains roughly $10T from the South per 12 months: https://t.co/D5AhVOhsde https://t.co/2eWhjobipw
— Political Economic system ☭ (@Politic71178681) April 27, 2023
Guillotine Watch
Will the extraordinary boom in luxury goods ever end? FT
Elizabeth Holmes gets bail extension one day before prison term start Ars Technica
Class Warfare
US growth slowed sharply in first quarter as Fed pushed rates higher FT
US FREIGHT WORKERS SAY IT’S TIME TO NATIONALIZE THE RAILROADS The Actual Information Community
On as we speak’s earnings name, Norfolk Southern administration estimated that the East Palestine derailment will price the corporate round $387m in cleanup and authorized prices.
To place that in perspective, that’s 1/8 of what the corporate spent on inventory buybacks final 12 months.https://t.co/EyLXqKqvXR
— Extra Good Union (@MorePerfectUS) April 26, 2023
Tech
Tech giants aren’t just cutting thousands of jobs — they’re making them extinct Enterprise Insider
The Bezzle
SpaceX’s Starship blew up after launch — it also caused ‘catastrophic’ damage on the ground The Verge (Kevin W)
L’affaire Epstein
WOMEN REPORT ‘RAMPANT’ SEXUAL ABUSE AT FEDERAL PRISON WHERE GHISLAINE MAXWELL IS HELD The Attraction
Zeitgeist Watch
googling “gyre slim” “gyre retains narrowing” “is my gyre dangerously slim WebMD” as my brow grows sweatier and sweatier
— Christian Brown (@DeepOmega) April 27, 2023
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