Research from PhysOrg shows that kangaroos maintain a fixed posture to conserve energy when jumping at high speeds. Ig Nobel candidate?
Patagonia’s pumas started eating penguins, but now they’re behaving strangely, new study finds Live Science (resilc)
Drone detects deadly virus in Arctic whale’s breath BBC (resilc)
oh! Aerial view of Mount Kilimanjaro😍
📹 Eric Timba (IG)pic.twitter.com/P3JgLKx6i2
— Volcaholic🌋 (@volcaholic1) December 19, 2025
New study finds that most high-achieving adults were not elite specialists in childhood The Wall Street Journal (resilc)
#New Coronavirus Infection/Pandemic
COVID-19 could literally affect a man’s future children…
New research suggests that a father’s coronavirus infection may have an impact beyond the father’s own health, affecting the mental health of his offspring.
Researchers at the Florey Institute… pic.twitter.com/keyYUAJxxV
— Shining Science (@ShiningScience) December 19, 2025
New H3N2 influenza strain raises concerns about this flu season JAMA
The United States is currently facing:
Food cases are at the highest level in 30 years, whooping cough is at the highest level in 10 years
These diseases used to be rare because vaccines were effective. pic.twitter.com/eAhDKMejdB
— Dr. Catharine Young (@DrCatharineY) December 19, 2025
Climate/Environment
Problems with the term “degrowth revolt” in machine translation (Micael T). Rhodey, you’re a godly person when it comes to negative connotations. There will be sacrifices, FFS. The question is whether it is somewhat orderly to minimize harm, or whether it is chaotic and therefore more destructive than necessary.
How climate change affects the world’s food supply – in maps and graphs Guardian
Warming ocean currents significantly destabilize ice sheets, accelerating their retreat.
Hydrogen emissions are “supercharging” the global warming impact of methane Carbon Brief
Drought and torrential rains are the biggest climate threats to Mediterranean CREAF birds
Poland puts ‘brakes’ on green development to maintain coal – Analyst Montel News
China?
China now generates twice as much electricity as the US: How will this change the technology race? CNA Insider, YouTube
China’s long-term debt pile deepens price instability Bloomberg
Housing construction falls to 25-year low, bringing ‘definitive end’ to China’s real estate boom Macau News
China lowers U.S. bond holdings to lowest level since 2008 amid debt ceiling concerns South China Morning Post
Chinese satellite annihilates Starlink using dim 2-watt laser fired from 36,000 kilometers in space Indian Defense Review (resilc)
Africa
In Senegal, climate change is increasing historic tensions between farmers and pastoralists Independent
discord in europe
Angry farmers block Brussels roads with tractors over Mercosur trade deal Al Jazeera
German government to borrow more than $600 billion next year Anadolu Agency
🚨Breaking news: Vilnius erupts🇱🇹🔥
Thousands on the streets: ‘This is no longer democracy’
Vilnius is politically on fire tonight.
Thousands of Lithuanians flooded the streets around parliament and government buildings, openly accusing their country’s rulers of selling the goods. pic.twitter.com/9mMg37S1bb
— Slavic Networks (@SlavicNetworks) December 19, 2025
old blighty
Food production is no longer profitable for British farms, says the Financial Times
israel vs resistance
I was sitting in the clinic on the first morning of the cold snap. The cold wave not only touched my body, but it ate away at my soul. A journalist once wrote to me asking about the weather and its impact on patients. That’s what I thought when I read the message…
— Dr. Ezzingaza (@ezzingaza) December 13, 2025
🚨United Nations agencies and more than 200 international and local NGOs working in Palestine warned on Wednesday that Israel’s new registration system for international aid organizations could dismantle life-saving humanitarian operations as the Gaza Strip continues to struggle with a harsh winter. https://t.co/fG4JlaR1fe pic.twitter.com/Gzn71Z2qm1
— Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) December 18, 2025
Palestinian prisoners tell how they were raped in Israeli prisons Middle East Eye
A new war that’s not so cold war
Disaster summit of Merz and von der Leyen Nachdenkzeiten with machine translation. Michael T.: “It’s not a disaster. It’s a success. They got $90 billion more than before the summit. And the highlight is the poverty of EU citizens.”
The attempted robbery resulted in humiliation of the European bureaucracy, Vzgilad, through machine translation. Michael T.: “Russian disinformation. You can’t be shamed without a certain amount of dignity and pride. The EU tars running this clown show have none of that.”
Merz, UVLD and humiliation of the EU Oliver Boyd-Barrett
NATO’s 1937 Moment Andrew Mongan
Russian oil exports face delays as tankers navigate 70% longer routes OilPrice
Merz intends to allow the BND to carry out subversive activities outside of the German Summit War (Michael T.)
Putin vows no more wars if Western countries treat Russia with respect BBC (resilc)
President Vladimir Putin leaves no doubt about Russia’s demands to end war in Ukraine…do Donald Trump and Steve Witkoff understand? larry johnson
big brother is watching over you
BUMPY RIDE: TSA will begin charging travelers a $45 fee if they arrive at an airport security checkpoint without an acceptable ID, including a REAL ID or passport.
This policy is effective from February 1, 2026 and is non-refundable. pic.twitter.com/PcBHiDZOwO
—Fox News (@FoxNews) December 1, 2025
imperial collapse watch
Future war? julian macfarlane
President Trump’s drone attacks are wrong. So did President Obama, New York Times
Trump 2.0
Sagar Tears at Breaking Point of President Trump’s White House Desecration, YouTube. Trust me, look at this.
New sign with Trump’s name installed at Kennedy Center CNN
Nine major pharmaceutical companies sign deals with President Trump to lower drug prices CNBC (Kevin W)
Exclusive: Top lawyer for the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff tells chairman that officers should retire when faced with illegal orders CNN (resil)
immigration
Magazine reporter Egbert Willies fires Kristi Noem over deportation of veterans and family members. The video clips are amazing.
LA Home Depot’s noisy machines are ‘torture’ for day laborers, advocates say The Guardian (resilc)
Trump administration seeks to prevent some immigrants from driving trucks New York Times
mamdani
Mamdani appointee resigns after anti-Semitic posts from 10 years ago resurface in New York Times. Gray Lady has placed this work behind a paywall.
Our press is no longer free
The resurgence of European fascism. The Jack Beau Incident Michael Busta (resilc)
See TikTok’s new boss, the oligarch < Australia's Israel lobby says clearly it wants criticism of Israel banned Caitlin Johnston (Kevin W)
A resolution to challenge the impact of EU and UK online censorship laws on US free speech is introduced in Congress – Take back the internet
US pays $450,000 to wildfire fighter with cancer New York Times (resilc)
How Toyota uses retro games and prizes to encourage US workers to lobby politicians revealed The Guardian
CalPERS’ $60 billion investment in “climate action” lacks environmental standards and transparency CalMatters (Joseph R)
Lafaire Epstein
Todd Blanche says Justice Department won’t release complete Esptein file to Congress by Friday deadline
Massey says Justice Department’s release of Epstein is a ‘gross dereliction’ of legal obligations
economy
‘Uniquely turbulent times’: More uncertainty awaits the global economy New York Times
mr market is expensive
Look around you: Bubbles are everywhere Bloomberg
As we have said repeatedly, QE was an asset exchange aimed at increasing the prices of real estate and securities, and it did the following:
It was a 17-year mirage fueled by QE and zero interest rates.
Instead of taking drugs and throwing the bad bankers behind bars, we chose this path.
Now everyone thinks they’re a genius just by spending all their money and sitting in the market 100% of the time.
https://t.co/mvMHHzqrih It’s all about giants
— QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) December 17, 2025
G7 recession looming, prompting search for real yields Reuters
A.I.
AI hackers are coming dangerously close to defeating humans The Wall Street Journal (resilc)
Water levels across the Great Lakes are dropping as US data centers are relocated at Guardian
basil
The Bitcoin crash is actually great news for ordinary people, economists say they are futurists
guillotine watch
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos award $5 million to leaders in neurodiversity education, Associated Press (resilc). This is outrageous. If they were serious, they would spend over $50 million on research programs and a few chairs.
class war
How Jane Austen revealed the economic foundations of society Economist (Dr. Kevin)
British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard (1937-2025): dazzling, scholarly, history-marred WSWS
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The art of trading.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/ItZsa831kW
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 19, 2025
Second bonus:
A young peregrine falcon is surprised by a butterfly.pic.twitter.com/SA1TUMwfD1
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 19, 2025
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