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New York alligator captured in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park BBC

RSV Vaccine Succeeds in Section III Trial of Older Adults Medpage (Lawrence R)

A Novelist’s Reflections on Helpful Fictions Hedgehog Evaluate (Anthony L)

HOPE IN THE DARK: Historical past and Ghost Tales Views on Historical past (Anthony L)

#COVID-19

Japan postmortems of COVID-infected sufferers finds virus stays in half Mainichi Instances (guurst)

In Eire🇮🇪, there have been 25.4% extra deaths in December 2022 than the common variety of deaths for a similar interval in 2016-2019.

This was up from the +15.5% extra mortality price recorded for Eire for November 2022👇 https://t.co/38r9r06xkr

— EU Fee in Eire (@eurireland) February 17, 2023

Local weather/Surroundings

The World’s Plastic Use Is Getting Worse. ‘It’s a Recipe for Catastrophe.’ Barrons (resilc)

UK Science Museum agreed to a “gag clause” with fossil gas large ZME Science (Dr. Kevin)

China?

Unique: US army makes use of balloons, disguises recon plane as civilian planes to spy on China: report World Instances

Taiwan is bolstering army exchanges with U.S., President Tsai says Reuters

Why So Many States Need to Ban China From Proudly owning Farmland FiveThirtyEight. Resilc: “As a result of state legislators paid off by non-public fairness and REITs?”

Myanmar’s missed however not-yet-forgotten struggle Asia Instances (resilc)

European Disunion

Wolfgang Streeck – Virtuous Germany Defend Democracy Defend Democracy

The clans that rule Sweden Andreas Cervenk. Micael T: “I’m not certain although that NATO could be good for SAAB. Isn’t the entire level of NATO these days to kill nationwide protection business to power F-35 on the vassals?”

Outdated Blighty

What stage are Brexit negotiations at between Rishi Sunak and the EU? Guardian (Kevin W)

The battle for Britain’s post-Brexit polity Chris Gray

New Not-So-Chilly Struggle

President Biden & Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky Meet in Kyiv C-SPAN

There was a time when the US a minimum of pretended to insist that it was not waging struggle in opposition to Russia by proxy, and any options to that impact have been simply “disinformation.” As of right this moment they’ve formally given up the pretension: the commander-in-chief has entered the struggle zone pic.twitter.com/OvIhUiirmE

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 20, 2023

Recognizing The Struggle Is Misplaced The ‘West’ Seeks An Exit Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)

Das Märchen vom spendablen Deutschland Die Welt. Translation: The fairy story of beneficiant Germany

Biden in Kyiv and Warsaw is a reminder of who actually leads Europe Washington Submit (Kevin W)

Netherlands warns of Russian makes an attempt to sabotage its power infrastructure Monetary Instances

Goldman: Russia Might Have Acquired Extra For Its Crude Than Quoted Costs Recommend Metropolis A.M.

Rage In opposition to the Struggle Aftermath

That is the textual content of a chat I gave in Washington, D.C. on Sunday on the Rage In opposition to The Struggle Machine rally. Chris Hedges (Randy Okay)

Türkiye

🚨 Terrifying visuals: the second because the latest earthquake hit Turkey’s Hatay.

Tsunami warning issued for the coastal areas of Syria and Turkey after Turkey-Syria earthquake tonight pic.twitter.com/Hinw1n2rG2

— Megh Updates 🚨™ (@MeghUpdates) February 20, 2023

US says it’s going to proceed to increase its ‘full assist’ after 2 extra quakes hit Türkiye Anadolu Company

Syraqistan

You Can’t Save Democracy in a Jewish State New York Instances (resilc)

The Perils of Marching in ‘Lockstep’ with Purchasers Daniel Larison

Imperial Collapse Watch

Patrick Lawrence: Munich as Propaganda Fest ScheerPost. Essential.

SitRep 2/20 – Terminal Strategy Simplicius the Thinker. ZOMG. Make sure to learn the bit on the F-22

Trump

There’s No Query: It’s Nonetheless Donald Trump’s Republican Social gathering New Republic (resilc)

Northern Suffolk Chemical Bomb

The East Palestine, Ohio, derailment: How unhealthy is it? Vox. Resilc: “I experience Amtrak from Pittsfield, MA to Bristol, in to work at a buddy’s sculpture studio every summer season. The variety of tank automobiles on the best way that we cross is uncountable.”

This Too Shall Final American Conservative

Greed Like An Sickness Angie Alt (Everlasting Skeptic)

Ohio prepare derailment reveals want for pressing reform, employees say Guardian (resilc)

Pete Buttigieg Is Pretending He’s Powerless to Change Railroad Security Procedures Jacobin (resilc)

Abortion

Florida couple unable to get abortion will see child die after supply Guardian. Dangerous technique to go. Pets are euthanized for much less

Gunz

TSA raises alarm amid enhance in weapons at US airports BBC

Resilc: “40 days till again to Vermont and I develop into a one man Wagner Group vs deer.”

I purchased a gun — and I intend to make use of it. Column on my new life as an eco-vigilante. https://t.co/XLGnWtp5Qh

— Dana Milbank (@Milbank) February 17, 2023

Housekeeper’s husband is arrested in slaying of L.A. Bishop David G. O’Connell Los Angeles Instances

AI

Microsoft “lobotomized” AI-powered Bing Chat, and its followers aren’t comfortable ars technica (BC)

How will AI change arithmetic? Rise of chatbots highlights dialogue Nature (furzy)

How the Large Enterprise of Clogged Arteries Places Sufferers at Danger ProPublica (resilc)

Practically 30 % of labor stays distant as employees dig in The Hill

The Bezzle

James O’Keefe REMOVED As CEO Of Venture Veritas, FULL SPEECH From James At Veritas HQ YouTube. Notice Venture Veritas typically engaged in video fakery.

I stand with @JamesOKeefeIII, watch @Project_Veritas lose 2k followers in 5 minutes… they’re now down greater than 20k since I made this. pic.twitter.com/tzNB22TwCu

— Carpe Donktum🔹 (@CarpeDonktum) February 20, 2023

Guillotine Watch

Tremendous Bowling for money with the NFL’s membership of billionaires New York Submit (resilc)

Class Warfare

Gerontocracy: the exceptionally previous political class that governs the US Guardian (resilc)

wtf occurred in 1971? Paul R charges as fascinating if uneven. Yours actually can reply the query: The Powell Memo. August 23, 1971. Codified and gave route to present excessive proper efforts to hijack prevailing values, notably with respect to the “rights” of enterprise.

Antidote du jour (Robert H):

And a bonus (guurst):

When 2 teams of penguins meet on the highway, they cease for a brief change of knowledge. When one among them strikes in with the fallacious group, a buddy goes after him to convey him again🙂🐧🐧🐧 pic.twitter.com/W3y4ZwxdiW

— Tansu YEĞEN (@TansuYegen) September 23, 2022

See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.