The secret behind orange cats is finally revealed after 60 years of research ScienceAlert (Chuck L)
Fascinating and beautiful patterns created by bubbling lava in new eruption in Iceland pic.twitter.com/i65TZsEJVb
— Volcaholic🌋 (@volcaholic1) December 4, 2024
Archaeological excavations at Notre Dame Cathedral unearth 2,000 years of history France24 (Kevin W)
Oh my god
A team at EPFL in Switzerland has just published a paper using deep brain stimulation (DBS) to restore walking in people with spinal cord injuries.
This isn’t just nerves being reconnected. They targeted new brain regions for exercise
The results are insane
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— Vittorio (@IterIntellectus) December 3, 2024
#New Coronavirus Infection/Pandemic
Sorry, this is bullshit Matt Taibbi. Regarding the pardon for Mr. Fauci.
143 people have died from an unknown illness in southwestern Congo, local authorities said (Reuters). Our GM had already solved all this problem. Based on the previous description, his message from a full day ago was:
This looks potentially very bad.
We hope it’s a bacteria that doesn’t spread well, but if it was a respiratory virus that spreads efficiently, especially if we’re “blessed” with an asymptomatic period of infection, we’d be worried about the coronavirus. I am completely trapped in the post-infectious world of public health.
Obviously, it’s not Ebola or Marburg disease. No bleeding symptoms have been reported, and they know more about the Ebola filovirus than anyone else.
It is highly unlikely that it is a new strain of SARS-CoV-2 that has emerged there, but the symptoms are consistent and the DRC is exactly where you would expect something like this to emerge. The people who died were young. And the mortality distribution for all respiratory coronaviruses is skewed toward the elderly. In the future, it is possible that some kind of self-destructive immune system abnormality will occur with the new coronavirus strain, making it more lethal for young people, but in that case, severe cases may have different symptoms. expected to appear. Although we cannot rule this out based on the limited information provided, it is still likely to be something else. And given the ubiquity of testing resources, we would have known by now whether it was coronavirus.
A potentially deadly influenza strain, even a potentially efficient H2H-transmissible H5N1, is entirely possible, but even if it were, there are rapid and easily available methods to unravel it. They would have been able to identify it quickly because of laboratory methods. Outside.
But here it looks like we’ll have to start working on metagenomics from scratch. Even considering that, it is extremely worrying that they say nothing about it. It has been approximately 40 days since the first case occurred. This is enough time to perform sequencing and analysis even in the DRC.
On the other hand, it is likely that this virus has already spread beyond the immediate area, and once it reaches Kinshasa, which is unfortunately very close geographically, we can forget about containment if H2H spread is efficient. Masu…
Records show access to personal protective equipment (PPE), a key tool in fighting avian influenza, varies by dairy-producing state (Study Midwest (Robin K))
Why hasn’t an avian influenza pandemic begun? Science
Climate/Environment
Study finds 75 years of lead in gasoline caused mental illness in 150 million people USAToday
Study shows ‘persistent and harmful’ effects of glyphosate herbicide exposure on brain health New Lede
Earth will start absorbing more sunlight in 2023, climate researchers discover technology
The balloon system can generate solar power locally on the ground below PhysOrg (Chuck L).
China?
Here’s what to watch from the beginning of the week:
🇩🇪👈🇨🇳!! ️ After her harsh criticism of the Chinese leadership and lessons on how China should behave towards Russia, Ms. Verbock was coldly kicked out along with all German journalists!! ️
The Chinese side immediately canceled the joint press conference. pic.twitter.com/bjSkr7ZVGs
— Jole 🇷🇸 (@onlydjole) December 3, 2024
South Korea
South Korean president’s party leader calls for suspension of eligibility for Japanese Americans
South Korean President Yoon withdraws plan to visit China’s parliament in turmoil BBC
South Korea’s coup attempt fails, President Putin Erdogan talks about Syria. Kiev calls for NATO, Trump considers Alexander Mercouris plan. I’m a day late, but Mr. Mercouris’ theory at the beginning of his presentation, that the coup in South Korea didn’t last, is the only one I’ve heard that makes sense.
South Korea: The deep story behind the turmoil Zeteo. A more mundane explanation, but no less convincing. Provides useful context as to why a coup attempt did not occur even though the president was in trouble.
Yoon’s martial law stunt could bring about a lost decade for South Korea Asia Times (Kevin W)
Africa
🚨Breaking News: Niger 🇳🇪 – Orano has announced that it has lost control of its Somer subsidiary and wants to sue Niger.
Orano announced. @NIGER_CNSP has taken over the management of Somer, its last subsidiary operating in Niger, and its production can no longer be exported. therefore,… pic.twitter.com/c0yRUZruHK
— Sy Marcus Herve Traore (@marcus_herve) December 4, 2024
discord in europe
Le Monde: “Macron bears primary responsibility for France’s unprecedented and dangerous political situation”
If you click through, you’ll also see the translations.
Quel lâcheté, quelle Basses, quelle manque de respect.
Kel Conard Absol.
President Macron resigns.#Macron20h pic.twitter.com/436VmpRFJs
— Marcel (@realmarcel1) December 5, 2024
Mr. Barnier, Mr. Macron, stop censoring! Il doit s’en aller pour le peuple puisse voter de nouveau.
I need to understand politics.
This includes 49.3 criticisms of the government.#Macron20h pic.twitter.com/x9ZEFF2cAY
— Jean-Luc Mélenchon (@JLMelenchon) December 5, 2024
Macron vows to end term and appoint new prime minister ‘within days’ Euronews
Now the right wants to use machine translation to plant land mines around Aftonblade. Michael T.: “What’s the problem? The only outsider in the group of experts who produced the study is employed by the military industry. Or more precisely, Krister Ahlström, vice president of Saab.” – Sweden is rapidly sinking into the sewers of neoliberal corruption at all levels. ”
old blighty
British PM calls for more police, 1.5 million new homes, NHS as part of ‘transformation plan’ Anadolu Agency
israel vs resistance
Age of Genocide, Part 915462 https://t.co/6vZcAh016e
— David Sheen (@davidsheen) December 5, 2024
Amnesty International says there is ‘sufficient evidence’ to accuse Israel of Gaza genocide CNN (Kevin W)
‘Soaked in blood’: Israel attacks Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital multiple times
read:
Israeli troops, who Hamas accuses of fighting and hiding in civilian clothes, tonight dressed up as doctors, nurses and even a patient (who pretended to have a broken arm) to attack Nablus, specifically Al Arabi Hospital. attacked. They invaded the emergency department and assaulted… https://t.co/Ke3V5a97or pic.twitter.com/jzKtuCreWR
—Younis Tirawi |Ytirawi (@ytirawi) December 4, 2024
A new war that’s not so cold war
Interview of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with Mr. Tucker Karlsson, Moscow, December 6, 2024, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Transcript and video.
In Europe, if you’re sitting in a “slop bucket”, don’t rumble. On the theme of victory. Marat Kailin Fu boy:
They believed in fairy tales about an all-powerful Europe. Remember here – recent NATO exercises only resulted in frostbitten idiots, but it’s not without real war.
Lavrov and Blinken exchange blame for escalating war in Ukraine at OSCE meeting in Malta Euronews
Machine-translated anti-Spiegel warnings over suspected Russian terrorism in Europe increase
Putin’s Pipeline: How the Kremlin outsmarted Western oil companies to seize control of Kazakhstan’s ICIJ crude oil spill (Robin K.)
syrakistan
Syrian rebels attack Hama as government forces New York Times (Kevin W)
Syria crisis analysis: Is SAA on the verge of collapse? Or have the jihadists gone too far? Simplicius
Report: US offers to withdraw troops from Syria in exchange for severing ties with Assad and Iran Antiwar.com (Kevin W)
Old feud reignites between Turkish-backed militants attack Syria’s Aleppo The Cradle (Kevin W)
Greater Israel, Greater Turkey Julian MacFarlane (Michael T.)
Shopper Nation New Left review. Anthony L: “Pakistan”
big brother is watching over you
It looks like a normal USB-C connector, but a CT scan reveals something sinister inside…🧵 pic.twitter.com/Q1RfpnS0Sp
— Jon Bruner (@JonBruner) December 4, 2024
What is the O.MG cable? Industrial CT discovers malicious hardware YouTube
imperial collapse watch
American schizophrenic patient Hal Freeman (Anthony L.)
Until six months ago, I had no idea who Georgian President Salome Zurabichvili was. But she kept showing up on my feed every day, so I did a little research to find out what her family was up to during World War II.
Behold, Michael Kedia, Salome Zurabichvili… pic.twitter.com/outkEK6YHM
— World War II Eastern Front (@ShoahUkraine) December 5, 2024
Trump 2.0
A summary of Charles Kushner’s plan to hire a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law and then send a secretly recorded video of him “having sex” to his sister Ken Silverstein (Michael T.) annotated copy of FBI memo
Part 2: Tulsi Gabbard’s battle with cultists in Hawaii Christine Gralow (Michael T.)
This is the kind of passion we want to see.
Pat Fallon, Republican of Texas, addressed Interim Secretary of the Secret Service Ronald Lowe during today’s hearing.
Please start watching from around 50 seconds.pic.twitter.com/ulwP22kKdQ
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 5, 2024
Our press is no longer free
How the US State Department coordinates Western media and spends millions of dollars to conduct investigative reporting directly against geopolitical rival Eugippius (Michael T.)
Bluesky CEO Jay Graeber hasn’t ruled out advertising on TechCrunch (Kevin W)
A.I.
AWS says AI has the potential to destroy everything, and it hopes that’s exactly what will happen to Windows.
boeing
US judge blocks Boeing’s guilty plea in 737 MAX crash over fear diversity policy promotes ‘racial considerations’ ABC Australia (Anthony L)
guillotine watch
Statement from the American Association of Anesthesiologists:
“In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan, which represents Connecticut, New York, and Missouri, will no longer pay for anesthesia care for surgeries and procedures that extend beyond a certain period of time.” declared unilaterally.
— Yashar Ali🐘 (@yashar) December 4, 2024
Americans react harshly to United Healthcare CEO’s murder: ‘My empathy is off the grid’ Gizmodo Japan
The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was shot and killed, the NY Post reported on Reddit. Paul R: “Oh my god. A thread full of practicing doctors slamming the CEO (removed from the subreddit by reddit mods, but accessible directly from the URL). From the Toxicology Doctor: “That It was lucky for him that it happened in December. Imagine how much it will cost when his out-of-pocket minimum is reset in January.”
Health insurance company wipes leader’s webpage – Pittsburgh steelworkers outraged by Trump’s blockade of U.S. steel industry Mike Elk
class war
There is no surplus elite in America Yascha Maunk
Cradle and all. The devastating cost of Utah’s thriving adoption industry. Mother Jones (Paul R)
Antidote (via):
Bonus (Chuck L):
Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus). Sighted today (12-4) on Long Island, New York. The photos were taken with an 800mm lens from a safe distance. #wildlifephotography #bird photography #birdwatching #Birds seen in 2024 #owl #birdcpp pic.twitter.com/CMKy3vI74B
— Felipe Pimentel (@Fpimentel1954) December 5, 2024
Second bonus (Chuck L):
Run in the opposite direction and see who your dog loves more..😅 pic.twitter.com/jSMbP6P22c
— Nature is amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) December 5, 2024
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