Huge Bronze Age city hidden for 3,500 years has now surfaced ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
Luddington House Facebook fire. For Yooper 🙁
Learning Science in the Anti-Science Chronicle of Higher Education (Anthony L)
Bringing back the global killer: ACIP’s Hep B vote MedPage
🚨What the interesting case of twin girls born conjoined at the head can tell us about the brain and the soul, says neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egner.
“They have something called the thalamic pons, which is a bridge of brain tissue that connects the deepest parts of the brain. So… pic.twitter.com/wqLFjT0iRL
— Jan Jekielek (@JanJekielek) December 4, 2025
#New Coronavirus Infection/Pandemic
In 2020, I published a paper arguing that there is likely a CD8 T-cell death component in Covid. Over the next few years, I faced general backlash from many professors who claimed that the coronavirus was having a negative effect on T cells. Now, a new publication focuses on persistent T cells… https://t.co/fheGj5hZzi pic.twitter.com/7PElkhryOJ
— AJ Leonardi, MBBS, PhD (@fitterhappierAJ) December 5, 2025
The word subset is really important.
COVID-19 affects different subsets of cells in different ways, and it also affects different subsets of people differently. pic.twitter.com/uuA5qcBXnM
— Turn (@1goodtern) December 6, 2025
Yes, we must wear masks.
This flu is debilitating and dangerous and has already claimed the lives of infants and children.
This flu season is breaking records around the world and comes with the impact of the new coronavirus that damages the immune system, yet the media is silent about it. pic.twitter.com/h6HKK6Cp2W
— Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 (@MrMatthewTodd) December 5, 2025
Climate/Environment
Why solar geoengineering is now a moral imperative for Earth
breaking news!
I did the code!
PIOMAS released Arctic sea ice amount data for September, October, and November (caught up after the government shutdown).
Here is sales volume data from 1979 to 2025, showing record lows in both October and November: https://t.co/Zn47UMVckB pic.twitter.com/2VNUHOOBYM
— Professor Elliot Jacobson (@EliotJacobson) December 3, 2025
Does melting glaciers lead to increased seismic activity in mountainous regions?Physical organization
Where 1800s low temperature records could be broken this week The Washington Post
While the U.S. and Canada are experiencing severe cold, extreme heat continues in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, with almost every country experiencing record heat.
In Mexico, temperatures above 1600 meters above sea level/5250 feet above sea level, such as Huajuapan de Leon in Oaxaca, reach 32 degrees Celsius/90 degrees Fahrenheit every day. pic.twitter.com/slWVKScGjL
— Abnormal temperatures around the world (@extremetemps) December 4, 2025
‘Creeping catastrophe’: Climate change is driving global rise in infectious diseases, leading health expert warns tropical medicine
Avian malaria increases in Sweden due to spring warming LandetsFria (machine translation) (Micael T)
China?
China’s house prices fall 3.7% this year, decline extending into 2026 Reuters
China’s shadow banks once again attract attention for lending to struggling companies Bloomberg
How far can China’s HBM go? china talk
Oh, look at how local volume-based procurement is impacting medical equipment prices in China. Testing there was already cheap (compared to the US), but I think this means testing will become even cheaper.
You’ll see some price reductions:
•Digital X-ray (DR):…
— Ruima (@ruima) December 4, 2025
I think this is painted in too bright colors, but I welcome informed readers’ opinions.
🇹🇼🇨🇳 Taiwan’s opposition leader has flipped the script
One of the most fascinating political shifts in recent years is occurring in Taiwan.
Zheng Liyun, the pro-independence activist who once denounced the Kuomintang as an “oppressor,” is now the leader of that very party… pic.twitter.com/Yu8fYpUNTV
— James Wood 無杰士 (@commiepommie) December 5, 2025
Taiwan, Japan raise concerns over China’s military actions Reuters
Japan
The unrealized losses of Japanese regional banks are emerging as follows.
Unrealized losses on domestic bonds held by Japanese regional banks increased by $4 billion in the second quarter of 2025 (ending September 30) to a record high of $21.3 billion.
This is because the bank… pic.twitter.com/8Ceao9A6EN
— Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) December 5, 2025
In Japan, Prime Minister Takaichi strives to avoid “truss shock” Reuters
India
Reference – President Putin’s State Visit to India Karl Sanchez
President Putin goes to India John Mearsheimer
south of the border
A quick update on Venezuela: Will he or won’t he? Mark Wouk
The fentanyl that killed America came not from Venezuela, but from our biggest ally, India Dan Cohen
discord in europe
Let’s laugh at the political class wherever we meet! Overton (Micael T) via machine translation
Austria goes ahead with Eurovision despite economic impact of Guardian boycott (Kevin W)
I hope the whole Eurovision thing collapses Aftonbladet with machine translation (Micael T)
Interview with Sahra Wagenknecht, NachDenk Seiten: Machine translated NachDenk Seiten on warmongering, social division, and the necessary change of course (Micael T)
Greece’s missile program in the Aegean Sea raises alarm in Türkiye Greek reporter
Far-right German foreign policy in Romania (Michael T.)
The $13 billion time bomb inside the German auto empire GuruFocus
Chinese auto parts enter the German auto market supply chain
Farmers’ blockade causes long lines of trucks at Greek border ekathemerini
old blighty
UK construction sector ‘suffers sharpest slowdown since first coronavirus lockdown’ The Guardian
The Prime Minister cannot expect banks to rescue the economy.
Pakistan demands extradition of dissidents from UK in exchange for ‘grooming gang’ members DropSite
israel vs resistance
The end of Israeli exceptional diplomacy. important.
Sorry if this is anti-Semitic, but I think it’s wrong to train dogs to rape prisoners Caitlin Johnston (Michael T.)
Israel attacks south Lebanon after first direct talks in decades BBC
President Trump slams the brakes on Lebanon, Israel needs to hand over diplomacy to Haaretz
Judaism and Jewish Attitudes Toward Non-Jews: Part 1 Israel Shahak, Matzpen.org. Chuck L: “Published 44 years ago, but still relevant.” Moi: Important.
Amid nuclear sanctions, Iranian rial hits record low of 1.2 million to the dollar
Kurdistan plans to buy water from neighboring countries as Iran faces severe drought
A new war that’s not so cold war
Brief Frontline Report – December 5, 2025 Marat Khairullin
Vladimir Putin’s philosophy of complexity: Russia in world affairs (Michael T.)
Fiorella Isabel: President Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev’s deep ties to the WEF, Western elites, and the Trump business community. It is important to note that President Putin has clearly stated that full-scale negotiations must be led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. John Helmer claimed that Dmitriev’s role was to taunt a highly acquisitive Trump into stripping him of his money.
Will internet restrictions and resource bans lead to another brain drain? TopWar (Michael T.)
Nazi child spies: Events in Ukraine
big brother is watching over you
A woman who breaks a man’s meta-smart glasses on a futuristic subway is hailed as a hero
imperial collapse watch
United States White House National Security Strategy
The New U.S. National Security Strategy – Make America a Fortress, Compete with China, Strangle Europe, and Forget the Rest of the Moon in Alabama (Kevin W)
Trump administration’s new US national security strategy hints at divorce from NATO over Ukraine Larry Johnson
‘Pretty blatant white nationalism’: Trump National Security Strategy document shocks critics (Paul R)
Trump 2.0
‘It’s terrible’: Lawmakers shocked by footage of strike against suspected drug smuggling salon survivors
Republican senators who have lost confidence in Hegseth say his future depends on President Trump’s call.
US Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenship BBC (Kevin W)
immigration
U.S. work permit for legal immigrants reduced from 5 years to 18 months Reflector, Kansas (Robin K.)
Grijalva said “very aggressive” ICE agents pepper-sprayed her during the attack on The Hill in Tucson. These complaints are not serious until someone starts suing for civil rights violations.
republican clown car
Scoop: New funding platform ignites MAGA cash crash Axios
Lafaire Epstein
Judge approves release of Epstein grand jury documents in Florida case New York Times (Robin K.)
Our press is no longer free
Fortune looks inside the economics of Candace Owens’ media empire and the Macron lawsuit that seeks to unravel it. More about economics from conservative podcasters, especially Owens.
YouTube, also known as the biggest platform on the planet, deleted all my albums by David Rovick *sigh*. “If your business depends on the platform, you don’t have a business.” YouTube’s actions were egregious, but not unexpected. Was he asleep when pro-Russian accounts were temporarily or permanently banned on YouTube? Have you missed the extremely harsh crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech in the UK?
Europe issues warning speech to Matt Taibbi
‘An attack on every American tech platform’: Trump administration condemns EU fine against Musk’s X-Politico (Kevin W)
economy
Debt inequality in emerging countries is at its highest level in 50 years, the World Bank reported to Bloomberg. Here in Thailand, we do not have a large amount of foreign debt. However, we carry so much personal debt other than mortgages that our total personal debt is so high that it is publicly recognized as a problem.
PCE price index rises 0.3%, putting pressure on healthcare prices next year Michael Shedlock
Manufacturing employment, reduced working hours Menzi Chin
NAR says the typical age of first-time homebuyers has increased from 33 in 2021 to 40 in 2025. But is this accurate? wolf richter
Mr. Market is in a bad mood.
Global central banks ramp up gold purchases despite record prices Caixin
The weak yen is setting off a time bomb Reuters
A.I.
Johns Hopkins research takes on multibillion-dollar AI models ScienceDaily (fk)
OpenAI suddenly faces a big problem
basil
Waymo recalls after self-driving car overtakes parked school bus Reuters (Kevin W)
class war
The missing piece in the affordability debate: Higher salaries Economic Policy Institute
Americans head to dollar stores as demand for affordability squeezes consumers Financial Times
Kicking Robot Harpers (Anthony L)
In class warfare terms, this means that the PMC extracts not only the super-rich, but also the intended recipients of aid, who are probably not generally well-off.
This two-minute clip is spreading like wildfire tonight for one simple reason. It’s the clearest “real-time recognized pattern” moment about modern philanthropy that most people have ever heard of.
Nicole Shanahan (RFK Jr.’s 2024 running mate, ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin)… pic.twitter.com/U3qC30hdLL
— Camus (@newstart_2024) December 4, 2025
Antidote (via):
And bonus:
“What’s going on?” A man in a car in Canada had an extremely close encounter with a wild bison when the wild bison calmly approached his car. pic.twitter.com/ANlgEdrzm0
— Accuweather (@accuweather) December 5, 2025
Second bonus:
Hyena gives leopard the biggest scare of his life! pic.twitter.com/d78qoXXKj1
— Nature is amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) December 5, 2025
And third:
A pensioner from Siberia has given a home to an adult lynx rescued from a fur farm.pic.twitter.com/Wvm3uCqFtA
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) December 5, 2025
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