How John Coltrane’s ‘My Favorite Things’ Changed American Music Smithsonian Mag
Scientists Identify 1 Vital Thing That Will Help Your Dog Age Well Science Alert
Cult mentality: Professor makes monumental discovery in Italy Phys.org
Stanford scientists boost hypnotizability with transcranial magnetic brain stimulation PsyPost
Climate/Environment
Plant Waste From a Botanic Garden Creates Natural Habitat for Injured Birds The Allegheny Front
Exposure to Residential Green Space and Bone Mineral Density in Young Children JAMA Network
Spatial synchrony cascades across ecosystem boundaries and up food webs via resource subsidies PNAS
#COVID-19
Muscle abnormalities worsen after post-exertional malaise in long COVID Nature
What. The. Actual. F**k.@PsychToday https://t.co/VpQA40PqtV pic.twitter.com/sTy4kqdjp1
— Bean & Sprout’s Mom (@beansprouts_mom) January 5, 2024
It’s a total plague ward sh*tshow in most Emergency Departments right now. Don’t believe me? Then ask anyone you know who works in one. If they’re being honest, willing to talk & aren’t too exhausted you’ll likely hear some horror stories. It hasn’t been this bad since Dec. 2021.
— David Christopher 🏥🥼🔬 (@MLS_Dave) January 6, 2024
Old Blighty
NHS to investigate Palantir influencer campaign as possible contract breach Good Law Project
Royal Navy forced to advertise for rear-admiral on LinkedIn The Times
China?
China’s primary sector workforce sees first increase in decades as migrants back on the farm South China Morning Post
The China-US factor (and other issues) in Taiwan’s polls, and why it weighs on voters Channel News Asia
Syraqistan
122 Palestinians killed, 256 injured as Israel continues onslaught on Gaza: Health Ministry Anadolu Agency
The Epidemiological War on Gaza Jewish Currents
In Gaza genocide, US defends Israel’s ‘aura of power’ Aaron Mate
Safe zones: Israel’s technologies of genocide Nicola Perugini, Al Jazeera
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Inside Israel’s plan to quash South Africa’s Gaza genocide case Axios
According to Israeli channel 12, the Israeli line of defense at the ICJ regarding the statements of Israeli officials about destroying Gaza, that were quoted in the appeal will be that: “Some of those quoted are not decision makers, the ones that are – didn’t mean what they said” pic.twitter.com/I4J6eBPdK9
— Oren Ziv (@OrenZiv_) January 6, 2024
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Unprecedented rise in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank: report The New Arab
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Indian Navy Commandos Retake Ship In Arabian Sea gCaptain
Indian Navy To Escort Indian Merchant Ships In Red Sea Reuters
95% of container ships that would’ve transited the Red Sea are now going around the Southern Tip of Africa as of this morning. The ships diverting from their ordinary course are marked orange on the @flexport map below. pic.twitter.com/7FC2p3i4ix
— Ryan Petersen (@typesfast) January 6, 2024
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Hezbollah hits critical Israeli surveillance base with 62 rockets The Cradle
EU’s Borrell meets Hezbollah delegation in Lebanon Al Mayadeen
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Kamikaze drone attack carried out on US base in northwestern Syria Anadolu Agency
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U.S. Military Presence in Iraq Could Be Unexpected Casualty of Israel’s War on Gaza Forever Wars
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US top diplomat arrives in Istanbul to discuss Gaza war Hurriyet Daily News
‘Incirlik Is Yours’: How Turkey’s Erdoğan Handed Major Military Base to the Americans Declassified UK
European Disunion
In 2024, Europe to hunt for new partners to offload asylum seekers Al Jazeera
The 1st Amendment Will Not Save You CJ Hopkins
Chartbook 259 Germany’s CO2 emissions plunge. But all is not at it seems Adam Tooze
New Not-So-Cold War
The degradation of Western elites Gilbert Doctorow
India-Russia ties get a makeover Indian Punchline
Turkey must stop blocking Ukraine minehunters, ex-NATO supreme commander warns POLITICO EU
Imperial Collapse Watch
Army Opens New Warrant Officer Recruiting Roles as It Struggles to Fill the Ranks Military.com
When Veterans in Crisis Can’t Get Help ProPublica
Psychoactive drug ibogaine effectively treats traumatic brain injury in special ops military vets Stanford Medicine (press release)
‘They See a Cash Cow’: Corporations Could Consume $50 Billion of Opioid Settlements MedPage Today
Oregon Lost Track Of $426 Million In Federal Pandemic Funds For Emergency Rental Assistance Daily Wire
South of the Border
Mexico President AMLO floats 4 point plan for US to tackle migration crisis
1) $20 billion development program for Latin America
2) Grant visas for 10 million Hispanics who have worked in the US for more than 10 years
3) Suspend the blockade of Cuba
4) Remove all sanctions… pic.twitter.com/iZiQKKYRNC— COMBATE |🇵🇷 (@upholdreality) January 6, 2024
Spook Country
Censors Are Trying to Trick You Into Thinking Substack Has a “Nazi Problem” Public
Biden Administration
Top White House and Pentagon officials were not informed for days about Austin’s hospitalization POLITICO.
Joe Biden is no George Washington, and Valley Forge proved it Jonathan Hurley, The Hill
Trump
UK preparing secret dossier on Trump 2.0 amid security fears iNews
2024
The Plan to Get New Hampshire Liberals to Vote for Nikki Haley New York Magazine
Nikki Haley quietly bought a $2.4M SC island home after leaving office and joining Boeing board New York Post
Boeing
Alaska Airlines grounds 65 Boeing 737-9 jets after midair fuselage blowout on flight from Portland Oregon Live
FAA grounds more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s after Alaska Airlines panel blows out CNBC
Boeing wants FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get it in the air The Seattle Times
Boeing spent tens of billions of dollars on stock buybacks instead of trying to build a plane that didn’t crash or disintegrate midair https://t.co/QQpoUMH366 pic.twitter.com/yvWiQgU1RG
— meriadoc christmas 🔻 (@_gothlorien) January 6, 2024
Big Brother is Watching You Watch
US Army to test spy business jet that hears secrets from 51,000 feet Interesting Engineering
AI
More Authors Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over ChatGPT Concerns PC Mag
Scoop: AI prescription assistant nabs backing from Mayo Clinic, Eli Lilly Axios
Healthcare?
Nearly half of every dollar spent by Medicare drug plans goes to private health insurers’ pharmacy benefit managers and wholesalers HEALTHCARE un-covered
Public Pharma’s Biggest Barrier The American Prospect
Hospitals Sue LockBit, Ask Cloud Firm to Return Stolen Data BankInfoSecurity
Antitrust
What’s Coming in 2024 on the Monopoly Front? BIG by Matt Stoller
Police State Watch
NYPD whistleblower on why so-called “bad apple” cops are really guided by “incentives of the system” Salon
Groves of Academe
Let’s Seize This Opportunity to Destroy Harvard! The Intercept
U.S. News Makes Money From Some of Its Biggest Critics: Colleges New York Times
The Bezzle
Tesla Model Y range estimate reduced by 6%, becoming more realistic Electrek
How to claim your slice of a $100 million Verizon settlement CNN
Our Famously Free Press
Media Obsession With Inflation Has Manufactured Discontent FAIR
Class Warfare
Brisk Wage Gains in December Could Keep the Fed Watchful New York Times
Florida politicians may unleash the next generation of payday lenders Seeking Rents
Zeitgeist Watch
Calculating the number of oranges that can be plucked from a fruit stand before it collapses Phys.org
Birdsong and laughter The Floutist
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