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Jerusalem PR Agency, 33 AD ScheerPost (Bob H)
Secrets and techniques of the cat stroll: why some pet house owners are taking their feline pals out on a leash Guardian (David L). Hah, I used to be doing this in 1994 in Manhattan. My first cat, Winston, walked very properly for a cat. We had a deal that strolling was directional and he didn’t go into doorways or lobbies or bushes or the road, however he obtained to go at his personal tempo. However because of a change in regulation (which was higher for kittens and puppies), the earliest you may promote a kitten was 12 weeks. That was sufficient older that it was tough to get my later cats comfy with avenue noise (even with first carrying them inside my coat).
This Lovable Big Rabbit Comforts Anxious Vacationers on the San Francisco Airport MyModernMet (David L)
‘He’s a monster’: Mississippi man catches mega catfish Guardian (resilc)
How a Misplaced Apollo Rocket Returned to Earth Uncover Journal (Chuck L)
Bacterial soundtracks revealed by graphene membrane PhysOrg (David L)
Quantum experiments add weight to a fringe concept of consciousness New Scientist (David L)
“Algorithmic Destruction” Coverage Defangs Dodgy AI New regulatory tactic of deleting ill-gotten algorithms might have chew SpectrumIEEE (David L)
Microplastics permeate seafood throughout southern Australia PhysOrg (Robert M)
UCSC researcher completes human genome sequencing Santa Cruz Sentinel (David L)
Solitude shouldn’t be loneliness. Right here’s the important thing philosophical distinction. Huge Suppose (David L)
#COVID-19
Science/Drugs
There’s a theoretical danger that serial covid infections might predispose to a future extra extreme reinfection
It is quite simple, no have to go wild
The current VA paper lends this concept of decompensation credibility
— Anthony J Leonardi, PhD, MS (@fitterhappierAJ) April 18, 2022
She went to 1 physician, then one other and one other Washington Put up (Kevin W)
Coronavirus present in human feces as much as 7 months after an infection MedicalXpress (Robert M). n=110. However notice doable lengthy Covid clue.
U.Va. Well being joins nationwide research analyzing mild-to-moderate COVID-19 remedies Cavalier Each day (Li)
Randomised Medical Trials of COVID-19 Vaccines: Do Adenovirus-Vector Vaccines Have Useful Non-Particular Results? SSRN. Preprint.
UK/Europe
Jacob Rees-Mogg says civil servants should return to the workplace Guardian (Kevin W)
Asia
Shanghai lockdown: iPhone maker halts operations at China websites BBC (resilc)
US
Masks Mandate Ruling Scribd. IMHO, this end result epitomizes the sloppiness and unseriousness of the Biden Administration. First, a rule and not using a correct rulemaking course of, unbiased of the statutory studying as to the CDC jurisdiction, was clearly procedurally improper. Stunned it took this lengthy to get right here, however possibly the airline trade had hassle discovering a cutout. The Biden Administration might have used an govt order as a placeholder throughout the rulemaking course of. Rulemaking would even have flushed out all of the opposite arguments and allowed the CDC to determine the best way to take care of them. Second, if the Administration had been severe, the higher strategy to go might need been an OSHA rule, to guard airplane, TSA, and different airport workers. Third, if the Dems have been severe, they’d attraction, gin up an OSHA rule, and get both blue states or blue cities (airports are below municipal management) to impose a masks rule on inbound and outbound planes, as in airplane doesn’t land if there are unmasked passengers. A municipality might require an airport to droop a number of the gates if an airline violated the masks rule greater than a sure # of instances. You want the airways to have pores and skin within the sport.
Trump-Appointed Choose Deemed ‘Not Certified’ by Bar Affiliation Voids Masks Mandate on Planes, Different Journey Rolling Stone (J-LS)
TSA not implementing journey masks mandate after decide strikes it down The Hill
Local weather/Setting
CO2 pipelines are coming. A pipeline security skilled says we’re not prepared. Grist (furzy)
China?
China’s J-20 fighters start South China Sea patrols Asia Instances. Resilc: “If they will fly they’re then approach forward of the F35.”
India
Muslims Provide Water to Hindus, Hug Them Throughout Ram Navami Procession The Wire (J-LS)
Excessive poverty in India declined by 12.3% factors throughout 2011-19, says World Financial institution paper FirstPost (resilc)
How Privatisation Is Resulting in Rising Inequality in India The Wire (J-LS)
Northern Eire’s harmful future UnHerd (David)
Spain might minimize electrical energy to France – media RT (Kevin W)
New Not-So-Chilly Warfare
Unasked, unanswered questions Gilbert Doctorow. Essential, significantly re Russia loosening up on FX controls.
German unions and corporations crew as much as oppose EU ban on Russian gasoline Enterprise Insider (Kevin W)
The Ukraine Is Nonetheless Shedding So What Is Its Plan? Moon of Alabama
Mr. Zelensky Goes to Washington Dennis Broe
It’s Counterproductive For The EU To Comply With The US’ Calls for To “Do Extra” In Ukraine One World (Micael T)
Blinken Tells European Allies He Believes Ukraine Warfare Will Final Via 2022 Antiwar (Li). Delusion. Weapons are barely getting in.
Telegram enjoyable. Motion within the euro on the Moscow Inventory Trade (recall Russian corporations getting gasoline funds in accordance with the brand new “gasoline for roubles” mechanism are required to do the FX on the Moscow Inventory Trade) suggests some European patrons are complying regardless of noises in any other case:
“It requires a non-standard strategy”: Elvira Nabiullina informed how Russia will resist sanctions ePrimeFeed. Apologies for the far too cheery headline however this hyperlink appears to have essentially the most full element on what Nabiullina stated (the shortcoming to get Russian transcripts and run them via a translator annoys me to no finish). Brief model is Nabiullina says Russia weathered the monetary shock of the sanctions properly however the actual economic system shocks are beginning. She expects the worst interval to be over the following six months.
* * * British mercenaries urge PM Boris Johnson to change them for Putin’s ally Medvedchuk Republic (J-LS). Russia has stated Medvedchuk shouldn’t be a Russian citizen and they don’t seem to be exchanging anybody for him. Appear to be extra effort to hammer in Medvedchuk as “Putin buddy” versus “head of one of many greatest opposition events”.
Can’t confirm however for background: Russia MoD stated over the weekend there had been about 8,100 Ukraine troopers in Mariupol, approach decrease than earlier unbiased guesstimates however according to the # that defended Mosul, which took months to clear. MoD estimated remaining forces within the Azovstal manufacturing facility at 2,100 tops. They have been informed to give up by Sunday afternoon and in the event that they left unarmed, they might not be killed. Ukraine didn’t remark. Russian facet claims they intercepted many radio communications from inside asking to be allowed to give up. Kiev allegedly stated no and ordered Azov leaders to kill anybody who tried to flee and even talked about give up. The began hitting the manufacturing facility final night with bombs, a few of which observers thought might need included bunker busters.
Storming “Azovstal”⚡️The scenario for the night 18.04.22⚡️
Assault items of the DPR and the Russian Federation took management of the northern sector of the economic zone of the Azovstal plant and are at the moment cleansing there, together with underground communications. pic.twitter.com/5Laa3bh65C
— Chebureki Vibes (@PelmeniPusha) April 18, 2022
INTERVISTA DAL FRONTE_A CURA DI MAX BONELLI. l’Italia e il Mondo (lou robust). Translation: Interview from the front_ by Max Bonelli. Fascinating element on the identification of troopers attempting to flee as civilians.
* * * Can’t confirm (hat tip integer) however not promising:
Alex Christoforu, who is aware of Lira, prompt contacting your native Chilean embassy or consulate and saying Chilean journalist Gonzala Lira was final seen in Kharkiv, Ukraine and has gone lacking, can they make inquiries.
Scum. I’ve put a curse on her that each one the evil she has completed and is doing comes again on her tenfold on this lifetime, and a few pals with far more mojo than me shall be doing the identical:
Previous Blighty
The Churchill Cult, by Jingo, Tariq Ali New York Overview of Books (J-LS)
Syraqistan
Captagon: Jordan’s undeclared struggle towards Syria drug traffickers Saudi Gazette (resilc)
Pakistan, Afghanistan teeter towards a border struggle Asia Instances
Pakistan
Ousted Pakistani Chief, Imran Khan, Was Difficult Funding Treaties That Give Companies Extreme Energy CounterPunch (J-LS)
Aerial photographs present former Pakistani PM Imran Khan’s supporters rallying in Karachi. pic.twitter.com/bstzQppKNR
— Press TV (@PressTV) April 16, 2022
How the Pakistani economic system unravelled below Imran Khan Hindustan Instances (J-LS)
Huge Brother is Watching You Watch
Class-Motion Lawsuit Targets Firm that Harvests Location Knowledge from 50 Million Automobiles Vice. From final week, nonetheless germane.
Scraping public information from the net nonetheless OK – US appeals court docket The Register (Kevin W)
Imperial Collapse Watch
The place’s the Reality? How the CIA Shapes the Minds of Individuals Antiwar (resilc)
First Air Pressure basic to face court-martial received’t stand earlier than a jury Process and Function (BC)
The Navy Is Deputizing Medical doctors to Implement Drug Guidelines Even for These Searching for Psychological Well being Assist Army.com (Kevin W)
Kamala Harris to announce US will not conduct anti-satellite exams The Verge (David L)
Democrats en déshabillé
Elizabeth Warren: Democrats Can Keep away from Catastrophe in November New York Instances (David L). Wowsers…..
Durham: 5 Witnesses Related to the Clinton Marketing campaign’s False Russian Claims Have Refused to Cooperate Beneath the Fifth Modification Jonathan Turley (Chuck L). Clinton is working. She has a brand new haircut and a serious facelift.
A Democrat in gymnasium shorts tries to rally blue votes in Trump nation MSN (resilc)
If Netflix is stumbling will Wall Avenue renew or cancel? Guardian (furzy)
Appear to be the battery fireplace 🔥 in an electrical bus😰😱@BatteryFires pic.twitter.com/8RvdaBaw6P
— Xinyan (@Xinyan_Huang) April 17, 2022
Crypto Is Poised to Reshape Taxes – and Cities Wired (Robert M). The state of California tried issuing its personal scrip after the monetary disaster. Even with it being brief time period and paying curiosity, it nonetheless barely traded after which at a >20% low cost.
How Bitcoin mining devastated this New York city MIT Expertise Overview (David L)
Promote-off in tech shares spreads to personal start-ups Monetary Instances (David L)
Class Warfare
4 Extra Starbucks Shops in New York to Maintain Union Elections Eater NY (J-LS)
The Center-Class Leviathan: Corona, the “Fascism” Blackmail, and the Defeat of the Working Class Disaster Critique (Micael T). Overwrought however right to level out indifference to results of lockdowns on the poor and the precariat.
Antidote du jour. A really oldie I missed in my inbox, from crh: “Detroit, aka, Troy and Mister Boots posing for the digicam.”
And a bonus (Kevin W)
TIMELINE CLEANSE
right this moment i discovered that skunks sound like muppets and this video will reside endlessly in my coronary heart pic.twitter.com/ZAF5nuvBmw
— Stu “Logical, Phallusy” Nugent (@ThatSexToyGuy) April 8, 2022
See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.
