Links 05.12.2022 | naked capitalism

In Mexico, endangered monarch butterflies offer hope for a comeback Reuters

There is growing evidence that some dinosaurs lived in the snow and ice. How do they do it? BBC (Kevin W.).

Feeling superior because the heating is still off? You may be a New Englander WSJ

Climate

Fighting climate change won’t ‘save the planet’ Interception

Fossil fuel industry cheats media and quietly funds nonprofits to block renewables Popular Information

The return of the dialectic of nature: the struggle for freedom as a necessity Monthly review

#COVID-19

The New Zealand government has banned COVID testing to keep infected people at work. WSWS

China?

Anthony Blinken says Biden administration backs coronavirus protesters in China CNN

Protests in China are not uncommon, but the current unrest is significant Talk

Factory orders from China fell 40% due to an inexorable drop in demand CNBC

Apple plans to move production out of China WSJ (Re Silk). Re Silc: Can Tim Cook React, Not Anticipate?

A dirty road to clean energy: How China’s electric car boom is destroying the environment Rest of the world

Myanmar

Dozens of Myanmar junta fighters killed in three days of resistance attacks Irrawaddy

‘Russia is a concern’: UN delays decision on representation in Myanmar Al Jazeera

in Syracuse

Iran Vice Police Status Unclear After ‘Closure’ Comment AP

European disconnect

Europe has reduced gas demand by a quarter to get rid of dependence on Russia FT

Energy-hungry Europe cannot count on US shale resources to fill any gap in OPEC Hellenic Shipping News

Switzerland plans to ban electric vehicles on the roads and order game consoles to be turned off during power outages to reduce energy consumption. Daily Mail (BC).

Macron’s visit to the United States speaks of the alienation of Europe Indian Punchline (Kevin W.).

Dear old Blighty

UK economy to contract in 2023, risking ‘lost decade’: CBI International Business Times

The mysterious fate of the world’s first submarine off the coast of Rila North Wales Live (Kevin W.).

New not-so-cold war

Two Russian bombers damaged in alleged Ukrainian drone strike on air base Daily mail. AT Berpelson Air base Engels-2, 600 km east of Ukraine. If true, then not as big as other Ukrainian tricks (like the Kerch Bridge, which they didn’t do very well). Also a transparent attempt to provoke retribution, which will lead to an escalation of the war on NATO territory.

Military Briefing: War in Ukraine Reveals ‘Hard Reality’ of Western Weapons Potential FT. Like anyone who listens Andrey Martyanov would have known months ago.

Bayraktar TB2 practically does not fly in Ukraine, there are no new deliveries Bulgarian military

US intelligence chief optimistic about Ukrainian forces AP

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FT Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky. “I’m more responsible than brave” FT

More observations about Russia today Gilbert Doctorow

Resentment on the Western Front Project Syndicate

NYT finds new neo-Nazi units to cheer in Ukraine FAIR

Biden administration

Trump Judge Seizes Control of ICE, Supreme Court Will Decide Whether to Stop Him Voice

2024

Trump’s call for a “termination” of the Constitution draws rebuke New York Times. Comment:

Republicans in the House of Representatives sidestep questions about supporting Trump in 2024 after calling for a suspension of the Constitution Hill

healthcare

Calgary Children’s Hospice Discharges All Delayed Patients, Relocates Staff to Children’s Hospital CBC. This video is worth watching:

“This is not the society I subscribed to.” Partial transcript:

Why did so many German doctors join the Nazi Party early? International Journal of Law and Society. German since 2012. From the abstract: “Few have tried to explain the Nazis’ unauthorized admission of such an overwhelming part of the German Medical Society. This article provides insight into this paradox by examining some of the main vulnerabilities, motives and rationalizations that may have predisposed German physicians to Nazi membership – occupational vulnerabilities among physicians in general (the value of obedience and obedience to authority, evaluation of infection prevention and combating mortality). ). , and having a primary interest in biomedical knowledge and research), economic factors and motives (related to the economic insecurity of physicians and incentives for economic progress), and Nazi ideological and historical rationalizations (beliefs in social Darwinism, eugenics, and the social organism as sacred)” . Speaking of eugenics:

Our famous free press

Twitter is fun again! Matt Bivens. Deck: “Now let’s get to the rest: it’s all in the files about how the national security agencies manipulate what we see and hear.” Useful chronology with good detail.

Twitter files, explanation Gizmodo

Surrogate mother censorship: why Musk’s document dump could be a game-changer Jonathan Turley, Holm

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How Web Platforms Collapse: The Facebook Case Ted Gioya, The Honest Broker. Cruel and entertaining Facebook trampling.

Bezl

What is the ChatGPT AI chatbot phenomenon and can it replace a human? Guardian Fanboy:

But:

And but:

No mention of US sanctions against Venezuela, strange.

However, VCs have already plucked up the courage as another round of theft and rent-seeking awaits:

Please note that OpenAI commentators choose people who are willing to give up their phone number required for registration.

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Crypto entrepreneurs just spent $600,000 delivering a giant goat statue of Elon Musk to Tesla headquarters artnet

zeitgeist watch

Walking backwards has a surprising number of health benefits. Talk

Panty attack could leave North Carolina without power for days Lawton Constitution. Local coverage of vandalism at Moore County electrical substations in good detail. Makes you wonder if the criminals borrowed tactics from the war in Ukraine.

class war

Other implications of Biden toughening up railroads:

Combine with working by the rules and you can get something:


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The Democrats and the Republican Party team up to sell the American worker. Maybe we need the Labor Party. Will Bunch, Explorer

Global income inequality: time to reconsider the elephant Branko Milanovic, Social Europe

Life through the revenge of capital Charles Hudson

Bacon Bacon Shakespeare The Spy New Atlantis

Antidote for the daypath):

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