Remembering Kevin Drum Washington Month-to-month. 🙁
Do cats have ‘mates,’ or do they at all times vie for territory? Animal consultants weigh in The Dialog. My mom’s second cat, Michael, grew up with a neighbor’s canine. They typically slept collectively. Because of this, Michael was so chill with canine that he could be given the run of the small city canine pound as a boarder when my dad and mom went on vacation, a lot to the consternation of the canine. It didn’t harm that he was then over 20 lbs. (ultimately 27).
People have an extended strategy to go in understanding a canine’s feelings ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
‘A Fireplace in His Soul’ Assessment: Van Gogh’s Paris Transformation Wall Road Journal (Anthony L)
Local weather/Atmosphere
Cargo ship captain arrested after oil tanker collision in North Sea as consultants warn coming hours are ‘crucial’ Unbiased (Kevin W)
Amazon rainforest reduce all the way down to construct freeway for COP local weather summit BBC. Paul R: “Not the Onion.”
For the primary time ever, recorded atmospheric CO₂ has exceeded 430ppm! 😱
The final time CO₂ constantly reached immediately’s human-driven ranges was ∼14 Million years in the past, with shorter intervals of comparable ranges round 3-5 Million years in the past.
Supply Thomas Ronge pic.twitter.com/cvNedvGYR9
— Melaine Le Roy (@subfossilguy) March 10, 2025
I am dumbfounded each time I see this methane graph
We do not know what the final time was that methane concentrations have been this excessive (1943 ppb @noaa)
Possibly 55 million years in the past in the course of the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Most (PETM)? https://t.co/rJJznLxkbR pic.twitter.com/TaIWPZC5Oj
— Leon Simons (trying up) (@LeonSimons8) March 9, 2025
French households, companies and native authorities will face hovering prices for insurance coverage if the nation fails to adapt to a altering local weather, the federal government mentioned Monday Bloomberg
Solely 17% of worldwide cities had protected air in 2024, air high quality report finds Unbiased. The large cause I’m within the intercourse capital of Asia, moderately than Bangkok, is the air high quality.
Earth orbit is filling up with junk. Greenhouse gases are making the issue worse Grist
Scientists break down plastic utilizing a easy, cheap catalyst and air Northwestern College
#COVID-19/Pandemic
Because the begin of COVID, the variety of folks reporting a incapacity soared. But the vast majority of the world acts like COVID is over, and Lengthy COVID does not exist. pic.twitter.com/XOQ61r6xSP
— Dr. Fortunate Tran (@luckytran) March 10, 2025
Put together now for a possible H5N1 pandemic Science
China?
US-China Tariff Talks Caught at Decrease Ranges, Stoking Frustration Bloomberg
China completely dominates renewable power manufacturing pic.twitter.com/SRywsjSGoZ
— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) March 11, 2025
Not sufficient energy to share: The political feud behind Rodrigo Duterte’s downfall BBC
Marcos Jr’s plan was this:
Difficulty an ICC arrest warrant whereas Duterte and Sara are in Hong Kong, and unfold the information that Duterte can be arrested if he returns to the Philippines.
Marcos Jr. believed that Duterte could be scared when he heard such information, and would search political… pic.twitter.com/b2SYC0JHbM
— DaiWW (@BeijingDai) March 12, 2025
Africa
Web Shutdowns At Report Excessive In Africa As Entry ‘Weaponized’ Guardian
O Canada
I imagine this can be a world first: An intra-day tariff chart. https://t.co/tEZV7ipT40 pic.twitter.com/CgopazQU9z
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) March 12, 2025
European Disunion
Trump’s Commerce Warfare Expands as Metallic Tariffs Spur EU Retaliation Bloomberg
Lagarde says ‘unattainable’ for ECB to at all times meet inflation goal Monetary Instances
A Swan-song For Europe Aurelien
Europe faces a MAGA ‘vibe-shift’ as Trump strikes to his primordial goal – The World Reset Alastair Crooke
Professional-independence Demokraatit Social gathering wins vital election in Greenland Anadolu Company
Europe can stand by itself two toes towards Russia & Open letter to Pål Jonson: Tear up the DCA settlement Tidningensyre through machine translation. Micael T: “The Swedish Inexperienced-leaning individuals are simply as Trump/Putin Derangement Syndrome ridden as Baerbock and her ilk. Warfare towards the dictator-imperialist towards Putin and tear up defence settlement due to Trump not due to sovereignty points with a give up settlement.”
A historic scandal – the questions on Northvolt that should be answered Aftonbladet through machine translation. Micael T: “Ex-Tesla folks continued their rip-off at Northvolt. ‘Over 100 billion misplaced, hundreds of lives in ruins and managers who escaped with thousands and thousands of their pockets. Northvolt’s chapter is just not resulting from unhealthy luck however to greed and incompetence.’”
Israel v. The Resistance
Yemen’s Houthis vow to renew assaults on Israeli ships after Gaza support deadline expires Anadolu Company
We Must Train Ourselves Disciplined Hate, and By no means Neglect it Alon Mizrahi
New Not-So-Chilly Warfare
Ukraine agrees to 30-day ceasefire as US prepares to carry navy support restrictions Guardian (Kevin W). We now have a publish coming quickly.
US and Ukraine Hatch ‘Ceasefire’ Travesty Simplicius
Hyping Drone Assaults in Moscow Larry Johnson. Stunned he didn’t level out that the actual fact of those assaults, proper earlier than the US-Ukraine assembly in Riyadh, is a transparent message that Ukraine continues to oppose a peaceable settlement.
Russia’s coexistence with West to rely on its readiness to acknowledge errors — Lavrov TASS
Syraqistan
Russia’s Khmeimim Airbase Turns Into Refugee Camp as Turkish-Backed Jihadists Bloodbath Shiites Navy Watch
Pakistan militants assault prepare and take passengers hostage BBC
Imperial Collapse Watch
China to carry assembly with Russia and Iran on Iranian nuclear difficulty Al Arabiya. Exhibiting irrelevance of US.
How Doubtless Is Trump To Play The Iranian & Russian Playing cards Towards India In Their Commerce Talks? Andrew Korybko (Micael T)
Trump 2.0
Trump imposes new Canada tariffs, calls for it be part of U.S. Axios
Trump raises Canadian metal, aluminum tariffs to 50% in retaliation for Ontario power duties CNBC
Trump makes flurry of posts as world markets fall amid fears of US recession Guardian. Wowsers.
Trump approval score drops 50 days in, new ballot from Emerson School exhibits. See stats USA Immediately
DOGE
Elon Musk Lastly Admits Social Safety Is on the Chopping Block New Republic (Kevin W). Write and name your Congresscritters and get everybody you recognize to take action to boost holy hell. Name the native places of work, not the DC ones.
Safety researchers aren’t shopping for Musk’s spin on the cyberattack that took down X Yahoo! Tech (Kevin W). So the US is meant to belief a man who can’t even handle his personal social media website effectively with huge quantities of essential authorities information, even earlier than attending to unhealthy intent and self-dealing?
DOGE Doubtless Can’t Evade Freedom of Info Legislation, Court docket Guidelines Intercept
Elon Musk’s self-destruction Edward Luce, Monetary Instances. One can solely hope.
Musk’s Empire Is Trying Even Extra Shaky Ian Welsh
Tesla and Elon Musk Had a Very Dangerous Day, Extra Dangerous Days Coming Michael Shedlock
Trump says he’s shopping for a Tesla to indicate help for Elon Musk Enterprise Insider
USAID workers instructed to burn or shred categorized paperwork NBC (Kevin W)
IKEA beds? Dressers? Contained in the ‘exceedingly odd’ DOGE workplace setup Politico. resilc: “and pocketing the lodge a part of the per diem too I guess.”
NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Different Jobs At Its Headquarters New York Instances
Our No Longer Free Press
When anti-war protesters are known as nationwide safety threats Accountable Statecraft
FBI Redactions on Seth Wealthy Index Go away No Solutions ConsortiumNews
Mr. Market Has a Unhappy
Deepening Yield Curve Inversion at 6 months to 2 yr Maturities since Inauguration Day Menzie Chinn
Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Adverts at Each Stoplight… Simply What No one Requested For FuelArc Information (Paul R)
Class Warfare
“PATCO on steroids”: Trump’s TSA union busting sparks requires a normal strike Salon
UAW Breaks w/ Labor to Again “Trump Tariffs” – Nelson Requires “Common Strike” – Trump Labels Tesla Protestors as “Home Terrorists” Mike Elk
Antidote du jour. A Miami scene from Bob H:
And a bonus (Chuck L):
Hen ate too many fermented apples and obtained drunk
— Science woman (@gunsnrosesgirl3) March 11, 2025
A second bonus (Chuck L):
Ever questioned why your garments hangers maintain disappearing? pic.twitter.com/ZlPd5HlPF6
— Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) March 11, 2025
But another (Chuck L):
Once you lied in your resume however nonetheless obtained the job.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/lSnWJuTlt3
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) March 10, 2025
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
