Hear Chopin’s Waltz Unearthed After Almost 200 Years New York Times (IM Doc)To hear it, you have to go here.
Historians get it wrong: New DNA evidence from Pompeii challenges long-held beliefs about ancient Rome SciTech Daily (Chuck L)
‘Possibility of catastrophic failure’: NASA concerned about leakage inside the space station CNN (Paul R)
#COVID-19 (new coronavirus infection)
Effects of masks on cognitive performance PNAS (Paul R). From 2022. It is questionable whether chess is the best reference point, as many (most? all?) chess players study and even try to intimidate their opponents. Therefore, masking may increase cognitive load as contestants try to compensate for this loss of information and influence.
Climate/Environment
Only 16% of global companies are on track to meet their 2050 net-zero goal: Accenture ESGDive
Geopolitics casts a shadow over COP29 talks on climate finance as Argentina withdraws. euro active
China?
President Trump’s trade war is different this time. How will China react? Barons
US accuses China of large-scale cyber espionage against telecommunications businesses Bloomberg
South Korea
North Korea orders mass production of attack drones, raising concerns about Russian alliance France 24
‘Serious escalation’ of North Korean troops in Ukraine, Scholz tells Putin to BBC (Kevin W)
Africa
S&P says unrest in Mozambique brings country closer to debt default Bloomberg
Niger’s military government bans French support groups amid tensions with French independence supporters
Sudan’s death toll is much higher than previously reported – BBC investigation
discord in europe
‘Terrifying’: President Trump’s Cabinet changes spark unrest in Europe Politico
European farmers begin protests over Mercosur trade deal Reuters
German pensioner’s house raided, Green minister called “incompetent” European conservative (JB)
Austria, Russia’s Gazprom say they will cut off natural gas supplies this weekend Associated Press (Kevin W)
Germany rejects Russian LNG shipment to Safety4Sea terminal
Say goodbye to cheap energy, says expert Brussels Times
old blighty
UK economy slows sharply in last quarter, more than expected Bloomberg
Reeves tells city bankers that regulations imposed after the financial crisis are “going too far” Guardian
israel vs resistance
Former Biden official: He “doesn’t think Palestinians deserve life” Useful Idiot, YouTube (Robin K)
😱 https://t.co/iElTGejV63
— David Sheen (@davidsheen) November 13, 2024
“Israeli occupation forces deliberately destroyed all dialysis machines at Al Shifa Hospital. 60 dialysis machines were serving 350 patients, including children.” pic.twitter.com/61ksM71KFf
— Nicola Perugini (@PeraginiNic) November 15, 2024
🚨Israel systematically rapes Palestinians, including children and the elderly, as a weapon of war:
Two journalists have given horrifying accounts of how Israeli Defense Force soldiers randomly selected groups of Gazan hostages, released dogs to “tear their skin and flesh”, raped them, and filmed the proceedings. Going 🧵 pic.twitter.com/KaMV8qjCxv
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) November 15, 2024
Torture, rape and abuse: new testimony from Palestinians reveals horrors in Israeli prisons New Arab (Garst)
🚨🚨Israel may have raped Gaza’s top doctor Adnan al-Bash to death
In the last moments when he was seen alive, he was “obviously assaulted and had injuries around his body. He was naked from the waist down…” [Israeli] The guards dumped him in the middle of the garden and left him to die! pic.twitter.com/BsEtn5w5VL
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) November 14, 2024
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If dégoûtés is not plus là, then il nereste plus que les dégoûtants.#freepalestine #studfrench pic.twitter.com/qbKYFRy3cS
—Louis Boyard (@LouisBoyard) November 14, 2024
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Hezbollah’s defenses keep Israeli troops stuck on the border, John Elmer Electronic Initifada, YouTube
Live: WHO director-general condemns Israel’s killing of 12 emergency workers in Lebanon’s Al Jazeera attack
Hezbollah unravels the mystery of Mond Weiss
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Cradle (Chuck L): Israel, lacking troops, relies on mercenaries
Annex, baby, Annex: Why Israelis quickly regret their joy over Trump’s victory Haaretz (Robin K)
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Did President Trump derail the deep state’s plan to attack Iran? larry johnson
A new war that’s not so cold war
Poland deploys state-of-the-art Korean-made K2 tanks on Russian border: Why Moscow should be concerned about military surveillance. Kaliningrad.
Killer robots are about to fill Ukraine’s skies The Wall Street Journal Sorry, we can’t archive this special story. If the reader was successful, please enter a comment. Lift it up.
Amid U.S. uncertainty, Kremlin steps up pressure on Europe over Ukraine war – ISW Ukraine Pravda
Could President Zelensky use a nuclear bomb? The Times explains Ukraine’s options
It’s the fourth time the Pentagon falsifies its books for Ukraine’s Alabama Moon
Shirakiatan
ISIS subversive activities cause oil spill into Tigris River, threatening Kurdistan’s water supply24
big brother is watching over you
Systembolaget stops digital ID card Sverigesradio via machine translation. Michael T: “Systembolaget = Swedish government liquor store”.
NSO runs Spyware Guardian, not government customers
imperial collapse watch
Norwegian fisherman ‘catch’ submarine with net RT
Attempts to block economic cooperation are nothing but “backpedaling”: China Xi Anadolu News Agency
Trump 2.0
A crumbling trade rules system awaits Trump’s wrecking ball Financial Times
Donald Trump’s policies risk turning the US dollar into a source of global instability Chatham House
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Exploring President Trump’s nomination – hope or neoconservative nightmare? Simplicius
Democratic senators demand investigation into Musk’s calls to Russia Reuters
A notable timeline of President Kennedy’s statements on “ethnic biological weapons” Sam Husseini
House Ethics Committee canceled after controversy over Gaetz report The Hill
Pence asks Senate to reject Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. over abortion stance Politico
President Donald Trump’s EV regulatory reforms will be a ‘huge positive’ for Tesla, Financial Times
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President Trump wants to end “wokeness” in education. He vowed to use federal funds as leverage Associated Press
Mr. Market is schizophrenic
Unemployment claims fully revert to pre-hurricane disruption Angry Bear
A.I.
The Google AI chatbot responds with a threatening message: “Human…please die.” CBS (Cara R)
warning emptor
Study Finds Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Car Brands Paul R: “Twice the industry average. Whoops.”
An Airbus A380 flew for 300 hours with a meter-long tool left in its engine “register.” In other words, it is more resilient than Boeing.
basil
Private credit boom has subprime echoes, senior central banker warns Wall Street Journal
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— Why you should own animals (@ shouldhaveanima) November 16, 2024
Second bonus:
— Dogs out of context (@contextdogs) November 16, 2024
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