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Farmers Find Wild African Cat Wandering Around Missouri Smithsonian
Have model organisms evolved too far? (press launch) College of Birmingham. E. coli.
Local weather
Study: 15 million people live under threat of glacial floods AP
Green Empire? New Left Evaluation
New Not-So-Chilly Warfare
Will Ukraine Wind Up Making Territorial Concessions to Russia? International Affairs. Ask the specialists! Helpful chart:
(The faces are for specialists really quoted within the article.)
GOP base warms to giving Russia some of Ukraine’s territory WaPo
The Anatomy of Annexation: How a 2010 ICJ Ruling Destabilized International Law to Putin’s Benefit The Nationwide Curiosity
* * * Germany approves delivery of Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine Andalou Company. 178. However maybe 237. And such small parts!
Ukraine army discipline crackdown sparks fear and fury on the front Politico
As Russia Amasses Troops in East, Questions Remain About Its Ability to Sustain an Offensive NYT
* * * In Ukraine, There’s Once Again Talk Of An Anti-Corruption Campaign. Will It Really Happen This Time? Radio Free Europe. Word the supply.
Security Service of Ukraine notifies its former head of suspicion of high treason Ukrainska Pravda
Ukraine War Day #349: Who Is Destroying Ukraine’s Forests? Terrible Avalanche
IMF issues Russian economic growth outlook that is more optimistic than Bank of Russia’s BNE Intellinews
How Putin made himself Maidan-proof by waging war on Ukraine Al Jazeera
Does the United Nations still exist? Social Europe
Water
Jackson water system a step closer to getting new owners AP. Not viewed with favor by Jackson.
#COVID19
Long COVID: What Do the Latest Data Show? KFF. Excellent news if true.
Bivalent Covid-19 Vaccines — A Cautionary Tale (perspective) NEJM. “Why did the technique for considerably rising BA.4 and BA.5 neutralizing antibodies utilizing a bivalent vaccine fail? The most definitely rationalization is imprinting. The immune methods of individuals immunized with the bivalent vaccine, all of whom had beforehand been vaccinated, had been primed to reply to the ancestral pressure of SARS-CoV-2. They due to this fact most likely responded to epitopes shared by BA.4 and BA.5 and the ancestral pressure, quite than to new epitopes on BA.4 and BA.5.”
Analysis of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Immunocompromised Individuals in a Large US Health System JAMA. From the Conclusion: “Our outcomes spotlight a considerable hole in adherence to CDC suggestions for mRNA monovalent COVID-19 booster doses amongst immunocompromised people in a big, sociodemographically various inhabitants.”
China?
US should not let its China policy drift because of sensationalizing of balloon: China Daily editorial China Day by day
Commentary: Spy balloon or not, history cautions against overreaction in latest tension to US-China relations Channel Information Asia
On day ‘spy balloon’ was shot down, China refused call with Pentagon chief, US says South China Morning Submit
* * * Tech war: starved of chips, China’s bid to topple US as No 1 economy faces ‘unprecedented’ pressure South China Morning Submit
Myanmar
Myanmar’s coup: Two years on but a long fight ahead Frontier Myanmar
Tipping the scales in Myanmar’s civil war Australian Strategic Coverage Institute
Bill Gates: Stop Telling Africans What Kind of Agriculture Africans Need Scientific American
European Disunion
More than 750,000 protest against pension reform across France France24
‘Real’ wages fell at record speed in Germany last year The Native
Here is when Russia starts building Hungary’s new nuclear power plant Day by day Information Hungary
Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: Race to Rescue Survivors WSJ. Dwell updates.
Expensive Outdated Blighty
Strikes: Who is taking industrial action in 2023 and when? Sky Information
England’s Health Service Enters Biggest-Ever Week Of Strikes Forbes
UK‘s Royal Mail workers call off 24-hour strike, union says Reuters. Solidarity!
Britons face 20,000 digital pound cap under Bank of England plan Reuters. The ceiling for uninteresting normals after they take away money? Good to know.
Biden Administration
Remarks of President Joe Biden – State of the Union Address as Prepared for Delivery The White Home
Joe Biden warns China over threats to US sovereignty in State of the Union address FT
Biden, GOP battle at raucous state of the union The Hill
Expect Big Replenishment Orders Soon, Army Tells Industry Protection One. Ka-ching.
Provide Chain
Climbing cases of seafarer abandonment places profits above people as $40 million is lost in unpaid crew wages Hellenic Transport Information
Healthcare
U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes The Commonwealth Fund. Commentary:
Some staggering visible aids/charts on this evaluation… This is avoidable deaths pic.twitter.com/WUu4RFJM3x
— Emma Vigeland (@EmmaVigeland) February 7, 2023
Distinctive!
Tech
Japan rolls out ‘humble and lovable’ delivery robots Bangkok Submit (Furzy Mouse). Each time I see the dorbs-inducing rounded edges of a type of lozenge-like bots creeping about I wish to beat it into shards with bat.
Killer robot swarms, an update Politico
Our Famously Free Press
Will Ashley Biden’s Diary Take Down Project Veritas? After a decade of punking liberals with hidden-camera stings, James O’Keefe becomes the story. New York Journal. From January, nonetheless entertaining on the very least.
The Blood Libel Commonweal. A really early ethical panic.
Gaslighting: What It Is and How to Stop It WebMD
Class Warfare
America’s Labor Shortages Are Good, Actually Eric Levitz, New York Journal
Fed chair warns of even higher rates if jobs data stays strong FT. Nonetheless turning the rubber thumbscrew…..
A Chilling Paragraph from 1960 Ted Gioia, The Trustworthy Dealer (IM Doc).
Antidote du jour (via):
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour here.
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