Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway dumps billions of dollars of US stocks FT
Nobody Knows Anything, FedWatch Edition The Large Image
Local weather
High concentrations of floating neustonic life in the plastic-rich North Pacific Garbage Patch PLOS. “We collected samples by way of the japanese North Pacific Subtropical Gyre within the space of the North Pacific “Rubbish Patch” (NPGP) recognized to build up floating anthropogenic particles. We discovered that densities of floating life have been greater contained in the central NPGP than on its periphery….” A terrific thread on this text, with many images:
OMG it actually took somebody SWIMMING FROM HAWAII TO CALIFORNIA to find this, however wow did we discover one thing stunning within the Nice Pacific Rubbish Patch… [a thread 🧵]…
New examine: https://t.co/kcbKyYJbXv pic.twitter.com/1hVL0YFbDp— Rebecca R Helm (@RebeccaRHelm) May 5, 2023
Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems Aquatic Biology. “[The Ocean Cleanup (TOC)’s] purpose is to take away plastic from the ocean floor by gathering it with massive nets. Nevertheless, this method additionally leads to the gathering of floor marine life (neuston) as by-catch.”
Scientists Discover Fungi That Can Eat Plastic in Just 140 Days My Fashionable Met
* * * Macroalgae exhibit diverse responses to human disturbances on coral reefs International Change Biology. From the Summary: “As a substitute, we discovered relationships between the division or genera of algae and particular human disturbances that weren’t detectable when pooling taxa right into a single purposeful class, which is widespread to many analyses.” “Useful” = “ecosystem service” = “priceable.” Like soil, coral reefs aren’t priceable.
* * * Alberta is on fire: The wildfire situation today and where to find evacuation orders and alerts International Information
Water
Opinion: Water is the great test of Coloradans’ ability to understand one another Colorado Solar
#COVID19
Selective Neuronal Mitochondrial Targeting in SARS-CoV-2 Infection Affects Cognitive Processes to Induce ‘Brain Fog’ and Results in Behavioral Changes that Favor Viral Survival (preprint) Medical Science Monitor. From the Summary:
“Hypoxia within the microenvironment of choose mind areas might profit the reproductive capability of the virus. It’s attainable that in areas of cerebral hypoxia, neuronal cell vitality metabolism might change into compromised after integration of the viral genome, leading to mitochondrial dysfunction. Due to their want for fixed excessive metabolism, cerebral tissues require a direct and fixed provide of oxygen. In hypoxic situations, neurons with the very best oxygen demand change into dysfunctional. The ensuing cognitive impairment advantages viral unfold, as contaminated people exhibit behaviors that cut back safety in opposition to an infection. The consequences of compromised mitochondrial perform may additionally be an evolutionary benefit for SARS-CoV-2 by way of host interplay. A excessive viral load in sufferers with COVID-19 that includes the CNS leads to the compromise of neurons with high-level vitality metabolism. Subsequently, . Cognitive modifications related to COVID-19 may have growing significance for affected person prognosis, prognosis, and long-term care.” From 2021, nonetheless germane. Since MSH is archived within the Nationwide Library of Medication, I assume this isn’t a predatory journal…
* * * Covid is still a leading cause of death as the virus recedes WaPo. Nice deck: “However many People dispute the information and the dangers — a lot as they’ve all through the pandemic.” “… you leave ’em laughing when you go….”
* * * The plasma metabolome of long COVID-19 patients two years after infection (preprint) medRxiv N = 108. From the Summary: “Mitochondrial dysfunction, redox state imbalance, impaired vitality metabolism, and are prone to be the primary hallmarks of lengthy COVID even two years after acute COVID-19 an infection.”
Why viral reservoirs are a prime suspect for long COVID sleuths NPR
U.S. Pilot, Air Traffic Controller Shortage Leading To Fewer Flights Forbes. ‘Tis a thriller!
China?
Chinese tourists filmed crawling on cliff edge without safety gear prompts official probe as mainland social media questions tourism value of dangerous thrill-seeking South China Morning Submit. China’s capitalist ruling class normalizing precarity?
After ‘hottest April’ ever, Asia braces for new extreme weather normal as El Nino looms to supercharge heat South China Morning Submit
Fear of Covid-19 patients straining Southeast Asia hospitals returns as cases soar South China Morning Submit
Africa
Africa Is Russia’s New Resource Outlet The Nationwide Curiosity
Why African soft power matters Semafor
Zimbabwe to launch gold-backed digital token as currency concerns mount FT
Expensive Outdated Blighty
King Charles Declines Offer to Wear Burger King Crown Meals & Wine (Re Silc). From March, nonetheless germane. Commentary:
Lmao. pic.twitter.com/Dk0ANrR0FF
— Dr Ruth Marshall is Kicking In opposition to the Pricks (@wtfis2bdone) May 6, 2023
Dozens arrested in anti-monarchy protests during Charles III coronation: ‘NOT MY KING’ FOX
New Not-So-Chilly Battle
Ukrainian officials fear counteroffensive may not meet expectations of partners Ukrainska Pravda
Wagner chief asks Moscow to hand Bakhmut positions to Chechen forces France24
In Ukraine’s forests, its soldiers race to prepare for the next push against Russian forces ABC Australia
Can Zelenskiy’s Ukraine End the War? Gordon Hahn, Russian and Eurasian Politics
Update 156 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA. “The IAEA consultants on the website are persevering with to listen to shelling frequently, together with late on Friday.” If the shelling have been coming from Russia, they’d say. Subsequently, the shelling is coming from Ukraine.
2024
“No Ties to You”: MSNBC Host Spins Possible Hunter Biden Charges In Rare Interview With President Jonathan Turley. Biden was going to carry a presser so he goes on MSDNC as a substitute, lol.
B-a-a-a-a-d Banks
JPMorgan: the bank that never lets a crisis go to waste FT
UBS ‘Clean Team’ Descends On Credit Suisse As Deal Nears Closing Bloomberg
Digital Watch
The Global Race to Regulate AI Overseas Coverage
WEIRD AI: Understanding what nations include in their artificial intelligence plans Brookings Establishment
These ChatGPT Rivals Are Designed to Play With Your Emotions Wired
Our Famously Free Press
Judgment Day Has Arrived for the Journalism Business The Sincere Dealer. Effectively price a learn. Heaps and many silly cash in media.
Provide Chain
On frontier of new ‘gold rush,’ quest for coveted EV metals yields misery WaPo. Behaves oddly in Opera, OK in Safari.
Barry FitzGerald: The lithium junior catching some billionaire eyes right now Stockhead
Gunz
Texas mall shooting updates: 9 dead, including alleged gunman, 7 hospitalized ABC. Ah nicely, however:
one other day, one other taking pictures. #AllenTX pic.twitter.com/YNe9TKY5m9
— oli like ah-lee (@kindofphony) May 7, 2023
There are loads of very express movies and images of this specific taking pictures circulating; please don’t put up them. This can be a household weblog; we don’t do pr0n.
Assange
A Kingly Proposal: Letter from Julian Assange to King Charles III Julian Assange, Declassified UK
Zeitgeist Watch
‘Celebrity Nation’: New Book Tracks How Celebrity Worship Took Over in the United States Teen Vogue
Realignment and Legitimacy
Reparations panel, in historic vote, proposes payments, reforms and apology for Black Californians LA Occasions
Texas is a state of mind — but should its history be too? Mexico Information Day by day
The Jackpot
Population Decline Will Change the World for the Better Scientific American
Tom Koutsoumpas Wants to Ease the Ordeal of Dying WSJ. Brief life.
Opinion: Excess deaths in the U.S. are rising at a shocking rate Mercury Information. From April, nonetheless germane. Musical interlude.
Where 3 HAIs have risen most since 2019: Leapfrog Becker’s Hospital Assessment. HAI = Hospital-Acquired Infactions (a.okay.a. nosocomial). Reactions to Leapfrog study linked to here. “‘We had some early proof that an infection charges have been going up in the course of the pandemic,’ Ms. [Leapfrog’s CEO Leah Binder said. ‘But we were surprised at the extent of the increase, at how dramatically these rates went up. We’ve never seen increases like these.’” ‘Tis a puzzlement!
When thinking or talking promotes tumor growth Eric Topol, Ground Truths. Above all, let’s not think or talk about immune dysregulation….
Guillotine Watch
Bill Gates, Leon Black, Thomas Pritzker: One Day in the Life of Jeffrey Epstein WSJ. “Mr. Pritzker, part of a wealthy and politically connected Chicago family, was a frequent guest at Epstein’s townhouse, according to the documents.” Well, well.
Polo and Ponies: ‘My Money Pit of Choice’ NYT (Re Silc).
Everybody Wants to Go to Maine Bloomberg. Maine needs A Wall.
Class Warfare
Should we automate the CEO? The Hustle. Yes, along as we wire an electromagnetic shotgun to every CEO’s forehead.
ChatGPT is powered by these contractors making $15 an hour NBC. An enormous theft original accumulate of intellectual property, followed by brutal exploiation of precarious workers. Silicon Valley at work!
Why the super rich are inevitable The Pudding
In the Factories There Is Wealth, but There Is No Life: The Eighteenth Newsletter (2023) Tricontinental
Swearing Like A Sailor May Not Be Such A Bad Thing Discover
Make Hope Covid Underground
The Double Flame: Octavio Paz on Love The Marginalian
Antidote du jour (via):
Bonus antidote:
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— Coral City Camera (@CoralCityCamera) April 29, 2023
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.