Listen to Chopin’s waltz unearthed after about 200 years New York Times (IM Document). you have to go to hear it 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 is 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. I wonder if chess is the best reference point, since many (most? all?) chess players study it 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
North Korean troops stationed in Ukraine: “Major escalation” Scholz tells President Putin BBC (Kevin W)
Africa
S&P sees Mozambique’s violence pushing country closer to debt default bloomberg
Niger’s military junta bans French aid groups amid tensions with France independent
Sudan’s death toll is much higher than previously reported – study BBC
discord in europe
‘Terrifying’: President Trump’s cabinet reshuffles spark unrest in Europe politiko
European farmers begin protests over Mercosur trade deal Reuters
German pensioner’s house raided after calling green minister ‘incompetent’ European Conservative Party (JB)
Austria, Russia’s Gazprom announce suspension of natural gas supplies this weekend Associated Press (Kevin W)
Germany rejects Russian LNG shipments at base safety 4 sea
Expert: “Say goodbye to cheap energy” brussels times
old blighty
UK economy suffered a sharper-than-expected slowdown last quarter bloomberg
Reeves tells Citi bankers that regulations imposed after financial crisis are ‘going too far’ guardian
israel vs resistance
Former Biden official: ‘I don’t think Palestinians deserve life’ Useful Idiots, YouTube (Robin K)
— 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 (Gust)
🚨🚨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 wounds all around his body. His lower body was naked…[Israeli]guards placed him in the middle of a garden. Throw it away, leave it alone” and it died! pic.twitter.com/BsEtn5w5VL
— Muhammad Shehada (@muhammadshehad2) November 14, 2024
* * * Quand les dégoûtés ne Sont plus là, il nereste plus que les dégoûtants.#freepalestine #studfrench pic.twitter.com/qbKYFRy3cS
— Louis Boyard (@LouisBoyard) November 14, 2024
* * * Hezbollah’s defenses keep Israeli troops stuck on the border, with John Elmer Electronic Initifada, YouTube
Live: WHO director-general condemns Israel’s attack on Lebanon that killed 12 emergency workers Al Jazeera
Unraveling the mystery of Hezbollah Mondo Weiss
* * * Israel lacks troops and relies on mercenaries Cradle (Chuck L)
Annex, baby, Annex: Why Israelis will soon regret the joy of Trump’s victory Haaretz (Robin K)
* * * 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 South Korean K2 tanks on Russian border: Why Moscow should be concerned Military watch. Kaliningrad.
Killer robots are about to fill the skies of Ukraine Wall Street Journal. Sorry, this special story cannot be archived. If the reader was successful, please enter a comment. Lift it up.
Amid U.S. uncertainty, Kremlin increases pressure on Europe over Ukraine war – ISW Ukrainesa Pravda
Could President Zelenskiy use a nuclear bomb? Ukraine’s options explained times
Fourth time the Pentagon falsifies books for Ukraine alabama moon
Shirakiatan
ISIS sabotage spills oil into the Tigris River, threatening water supplies Kurdistan 24
big brother is watching over you
Systembolaget suspends digital ID cards Sverigesradio with machine translation. Michael T: “Systembolaget = Swedish government liquor store”.
imperial collapse watch
Norwegian fishermen “catch” submarine with net RT
Attempts to block economic cooperation are nothing but ‘backpedaling’: China’s Xi anadolu 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
* * * Exploring President Trump’s nomination – hope or neoconservative nightmare? Simplicius
Democratic senators call for investigation into Musk’s calls with Russia Reuters
Remarkable timeline of Kennedy’s statements on “ethnic biological weapons” Sam Husseini
House Ethics Committee canceled due to controversy over Gaetz report the hill
Pence asks Senate to reject Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. over abortion stance politiko
President Donald Trump’s EV regulatory reforms will be ‘hugely positive’ for Tesla financial times
* * * President Trump wants to end “wokeness” in education. He vowed to use federal funds as leverage. Associated Press
Mr. Market is schizophrenic
Unemployment claims complete return to pre-hurricane disruption trend angry bear
A.I.
The Google AI chatbot responds with a threatening message: “Human…please die.” CBS (Cara R)
warning emptor
Tesla has the highest fatal accident rate of all car brands, study finds roads and railways. Paul R: “That’s twice the industry average. Whoops.”
Airbus A380 flies for 300 hours with a meter-long tool left in the engine register. It is more fault tolerant than Boeing.
basil
Private credit boom has subprime echoes, senior central banker warns wall street journal
The immediate antidote (via);
bonus:
— Why you should own animals (@ shouldhaveanima) November 16, 2024
Second bonus:
— Dogs out of context (@contextdogs) November 16, 2024
See yesterday’s link and antidote. here.
