The fierce battle over the ‘Holy Grail’ of shipwrecks BBC (Kevin W)
‘Sensational breakthrough’ marks step towards revealing hidden construction of prime numbers AAAS (Dr. Kevin)
Measures to stop golf cart–associated accidents are urgently wanted CMAJ (Dr. Kevin)
CDC conducting intensive probe into hen flu contracted by Missouri resident Kansas Reflector (Robin Okay)
#COVID-19
Australia detects the primary case of the extremely transmissible COVID-19 pressure dubbed XEC ABC Australia (Kevin W)
Had anybody seen that the spectator has lastly eliminated the infantile ‘lockdowns’ line from this graph?
Have a look at that hideous progress in UK incapacity advantages caseload attributable to the long run results of covid infections. pic.twitter.com/0teA1ugg7D
— tern (@1goodtern) October 3, 2024
Local weather/Setting
Progressive technique targets elimination of PFAS from wastewater PhysOrg (Chuck L)
New Coral Discovery Could Remedy the Ocean’s “Lacking Plastic” Thriller| SciTech Day by day (Chuck L)
Making waves: Boxwall Flood Barrier leaves sandbags excessive and dry Thaiger (furzy)
China?
Chinese language hackers entry US telecom companies, worrying nationwide safety officers CNN
Asian NATO’ calls, Taiwan strikes: ought to Beijing fear as Japan’s Ishiba will get going? South China Morning Publish
China’s Choices for Retaliation in Extremely Charged Dispute With EU Over EVs Sputnik (Kevin W)
Breast most cancers in China Lancet (furzy)
South of the Border
The mayor of a state capital in Mexico is killed lower than 1 week after he took workplace Related Press. Robin Okay: “Sheinbaum can have a tough six years, even with large fashionable assist.”
Africa
Chagos islanders displaced for a US navy base protest a deal on their future made with out them Related Press (Robin Okay)
European Disunion
EU wants sooner migrant returns, say 17 international locations together with Germany, France Politico
German authorities’s 2025 cultural price range: An assault on the liberty of artwork WSWS (Micael T)
The S-top takes out a authorities revenue assure – regardless of a fats ambassador’s wage Aftonbladet by way of machine translation (Micael T)
Outdated Blighty
Who’s Morgan McSweeney? The Labour election guru changing Sue Grey as chief of workers Impartial (Kevin W)
Israel v. The Axis of Resistance. FWIW, I instructed Lambert a couple of days in the past that I didn’t imagine Israel would assault till after Yom Kippur, which begins Oct 11. Everybody is meant to be in shul then. It could be an personal purpose to present Iran the chance to launch a counter-strike then.
🚨 HEARTWRENCHING: A will discovered beneath the rubble of Rasha, a toddler solely 10 years previous, who was killed by the Israeli military in #Gaza:
“Please don’t cry for me, as it will make me unhappy. I hope my garments can go to these in want, and my equipment to Rahaf, Lana, and Batool. The… pic.twitter.com/NGTJeeAmct
— Nour Naim| نُور (@NourNaim88) October 2, 2024
Israel’s Genocide Day 367: Israel orders new evacuations in Gaza, expands bombing on Lebanon Mondoweiss (guurst)
Israel sends 1000’s extra troops into Lebanon Monetary Occasions. Observe that the “into” could also be a stretch. Alastair Crooke claimed on Decide Napolitano on Monday that not on is Israel making what quantity to quick border incursions that it can’t make stick, however it’s also bettering appearances by specializing in attending to hamlets recognized to not be unfriendly to Israel (maybe Christian dominated?) taking pix, and departing. Observe headline on the archived model is outdated; maybe readers can ship a contemporary model later.
Over 100 rockets fired at Haifa in heaviest assault on metropolis since begin of battle Occasions of Israel
Israel strikes navy websites in central Syria, killing 5 Xinhua
‘Loss of life sentence’: Asbestos launched by Israel’s bombs will kill generations Aljazeera
* * * Scott Ritter : The Center East One 12 months after October seventh 2023. Decide Napolitano, YouTube. Many essential tidbits, equivalent to why the seismic occasion in Iran was extremely unlikely to be a nuclear take a look at. Ritter additionally describes how Israel might want to re-do any strike plans in mild of doable addition of S-400s to Iran’s defenses. Ritter thinks Israel has to discover a strategy to de-escalate with Iran as a result of it is aware of doing so would outcome within the destruction of Israel. However Norman Finkelstein has described Israel as a loopy nation and Alastair Crooke, together with others, has stated what number of Israelis see the nation as on an eschatological path. So assuming rationality could also be method too beneficiant.
A have a look at Gaza Metropolis earlier than and after October 7, 2023 Related Press (Robin Okay)
A 12 months of horror, 76 years of oppression: a visible information to the Israeli-Palestinian battle Thomas Fazi (Micael T)
How Netanyahu stole defeat from the jaws of victory Center East Eye (guurst)
* * * Blinken Authorised Coverage to Bomb Help Vans, Israeli Cupboard Members Recommend Drop Web site (Chuck L)
Israel reveals its navy losses RT (Kevin W). Have but to see commentary as as to if that is seen as an undercount
Irish troops ‘decided to fulfil mission’ in Lebanon as Israel invasion continues Irish Occasions
🧵1/19 EXCLUSIVE
In an unprecedented & largest investigation into battle crimes in Gaza, we expose the elite & secretive IDF sniper workforce, the Ghost Unit “Refaim” & their brutal executions of unarmed civilians
Troopers from Paris, Munich, Illinois, Brussel, Johannesburg, Italy-> pic.twitter.com/0N2asIubvV
— Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) October 4, 2024
🇵🇸🇮🇱 9 minutes of testimonies from each Israeli troopers and civilians explaining how the IDF killed their very own individuals on October 7.
— Censored Males (@CensoredMen) October 7, 2024
* * * Perfidy in Tehran Alastair Crooke. Aurelien will get a shout out!
Common Qassem Soleimani wins: Israel falls into the entice of the Axis of Resistance Lucas Leiroz (Chuck L)
Authorized Specialists Criticize Biden for Praising Israel’s Extrajudicial Killing of Hassan Nasrallah Orinoco Tribune (Robin Okay)
Exposing The IDF’s Insane Degree Of Incompetence | Greg Stoker, TMR YouTube. Makes Scott Ritter’s assessments look charitable.
What an Escalating Center East Battle May Imply for the International Financial system New York Occasions
Yr of battle creates cracks in Israel’s borrowing power Reuters
New Not-So-Chilly Warfare
What if Russia blocks the export of its uncooked supplies? DW
Unique: Russia’s Lavrov Warns of ‘Harmful Penalties’ for US in Ukraine Newsweek. I plan to submit on this.
Over 1,000 individuals evacuated after Ukraine’s drone assault set ablaze Russian gas storage in Crimea Anadolu Company
Ukrainian official filmed mendacity on mattress of cash RT. Robin Okay: “In all probability readying it to ship to North Carolina the place the US likely initially meant it to go.” Moi: “If this isn’t a deepfake, somebody has actually terrible judgement or alternatively, everybody in Ukraine of any significance is in on the stealing, so this type of factor doesn’t register there as provocative.”
Why Europe’s management needs battle Al Jazeera (Kevin W)
Syraqistan
Pakistan: Imran Khan’s supporters conflict with police as military seals off capital, web minimize Financial Occasions
Huge Brother is Watching You Watch
Former UK PM suggests Netanyahu planted listening gadget in his toilet The Cradle (Chuck L)
American Water, the most important water utility in US, is focused by a cyberattack ABC (Kevin W)
Imperial Collapse Watch
Way forward for US airpower in turbulent disarray Asia Occasions (Kevin W)
Kamala
🚨BREAKING: Walmart is now promoting a brand new guide titled The Achievements of Kamala Harris—and all of the pages are clean.
That is INCREDIBLE 🤣
pic.twitter.com/gX2LZ67Ipo— Jack (@jackunheard) October 6, 2024
2024
The Most Essential US Presidential Election of Our Lifetime: The Rightward Trajectory of the Two-Social gathering System Orinoco Tribune
NC tweaks voting guidelines in counties ravaged by Helene Axios (Kevin W)
Hurricane Milton is a Class 5. Florida orders evacuations and scrambles to clear Helene’s particles Related Press (Kevin W)
Immigration
U.S. approving citizenship purposes on the quickest pace in years Los Angeles Occasions. Robin Okay: “‘Immigration officers stated the timing is just not pushed by the election or any political agenda.’”
Abortion
The Supreme Courtroom has let stand a decrease court docket resolution barring emergency abortions in Texas. New Republic (furzy)
Our No Longer Free Press
Meta Is Aggressively Censoring Criticism Of US-Israeli Warmongering Caitlin Johnstone (furzy)
The Censorship Industrial Advanced Is US Authorities Counterpopulist Blowback Michael Shellenberger (Robin Okay). Interview with Mike Benz
Mr. Market is Giddy
The S&P 500 is nearly by no means this costly. It’s a catastrophe ready to occur. MarketWatch (ma)
International markets surge as $8 trillion rally faces key exams WION
Antitrust
Monopoly Spherical-Up: The Fed Took $3k From You and Gave it to Jamie Dimon Matt Stoller. Observe that the observe of getting the Fed pay curiosity on financial institution reserves as a strategy to handle rates of interest is new, a submit GFC gimmie. Earlier than, the Fed used open market operations, which didn’t enrich banks.
Guillotine Watch
I Labored for Democrats for Years. Billionaires Have Unfettered Affect Newsweek (Li)
Antidote du jour (by way of):
And a bonus (Robin Okay):
That is the most effective factor I’ve seen at this time!! pic.twitter.com/ZZhnnCQG7y
— Nature is Superb ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) October 6, 2024
A second bonus:
A farmer could not attend his aunt’s funeral,
so he put out heart-shaped meals for his sheep in order that “she might see it from heaven.” pic.twitter.com/cztTLABbmq— Figen (@TheFigen_) October 6, 2024
Another bonus (Chuck L):
This horse waited his entire life for this second. pic.twitter.com/vQae8smgv0
— Nature is Superb ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) October 5, 2024
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
