Poe vs. Property: A detective story of shifting rationalizations. Cory Doctorow
This is the first house 3D-printed from bio-based materials ZME Science
Two people left dangling from power lines are rescued after their small plane crashed into a tower in Maryland: 80,000 homes and business go without power Daily Mail (Brian C)
The Hibernator’s Guide to the Galaxy Wired
In his new Netflix “documentary” #AncientApocalypse, @Graham__Hancock has declared war on archaeologists
His rhetoric sows distrust in experts, and #Atlantis conspiracy theories promote white supremacy
Buckle up, it’s time for an #ARCHAEOLOGY THREAD 🧵
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— Flint Dibble 🍖🏺 (@FlintDibble) November 13, 2022
Climate/Environment
It’s a colorless, toxic gas. A US woman won $363m after years of exposure Guardian
Water
Houston issues boil water notice for 2.2 million residents The Texas Tribune
🚨Due to the Boil Water Notice issued by the City of Houston late this evening, all Houston ISD schools, offices, and facilities will be closed Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. #HISD will closely monitor the situation and provide additional updates regarding operations tomorrow.
— Houston ISD (@HoustonISD) November 28, 2022
#COVID-19
Overwhelming evidence of outdoor transmission of Omicron. At least 32 unmasked people were infected by a man jogging through a park without a mask. Nothing beats a surveillance state for contact tracing. Details in the thread.https://t.co/x194Dwj6iU pic.twitter.com/p9RN7kVGR7
— Bob Morris, MD, PhD @rdmorris@med-mastodon.com (@rdmorris) November 27, 2022
It’s not just Covid. Flu and RSV means masks need to come back. Nbc News
Anti-Covid lockdown protests flare across China after deadly Urumqi fire SCMP
Beijing bans barricading gates for COVID-19 control Xinhua
My thoughts on Covid policy pic.twitter.com/aq2YrW4r6O
— Chen Long (@chen_long) November 28, 2022
Modeling transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in China. Nature. From May
Bird flu prompts slaughter of 1.8M chickens in Nebraska AP
“Monkeypox virus DNA in aerosols, collected from the medical consultation room, were detected in 27 (64%) of 42 samples, despite patients wearing an FFP2 mask during the visit.”
https://t.co/UfmgmDxHv3— Nancy_Delagrave@mstdn.ca (@RougeMatisse) November 28, 2022
Syraqistan
US deploys heavy reinforcements to northern Syria from Iraq: SOHR The Cradle
Erdogan’s Ready to Invade Syria – and There’s No One to Stop Him Haaretz
Al-Shabab rebels attack Mogadishu hotel used by Somali officials Al Jazeera
Old Blighty
‘There’s no money’: UK transport minister on funding worker’s wages Al Mayadeen
Brexit made UK’s shortage of doctors worse, study says Le Monde
China?
US Military to Provide Funding for Canadian Mining Projects to Decouple From China Epoch Times
Mesmerizing inside look at the very secretive Trilateral Commission, the 1st time in 50 years that the press was allowed to sit in for all of the sessions of the Asia group.
It reveals incredible anger at the US regarding its approach to China.
Small 🧵https://t.co/pLliW6Pesr
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 27, 2022
U.S. Effort to Arm Taiwan Faces New Challenge With Ukraine Conflict WSJ
New Not-So-Cold War
British C-17s supplying Brimstone 2 missiles to Ukraine UK Defence Journal
100-mile strike weapon weighed for Ukraine as arms makers wrestle with demand Reuters
Chinese intervention halts supply of Polish MiG-29 to Ukraine Al Mayadeen
Saab Signs Contract For Two SIGINT Ships For Poland Naval News
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Top House Republicans Call for Biden to Send Longer Range Weapons to Ukraine to Strike Crimea Antiwar
Top House Republicans support more aid for Ukraine but want ‘accountability’ ABC News
China, India squeeze big oil discounts out of Russia, hitting Vladimir Putin’s war chest Economic Times
“The high energy prices and the weakening economy are hitting the German economy with full force and are placing a great burden on our companies compared to other international locations.
— AZ 🛰🌏🌍🌎 (@AZgeopolitics) November 27, 2022
Cheap natural gas is a thing of the past Commonwealth Magazine
Biden Administration
Every story about what the child tax credit did for people before is so heartbreaking and rage-inducing https://t.co/fwtzlkpDVw pic.twitter.com/mbsYje7HTS
— Steve Morris (@stevemorris__) November 25, 2022
2024
Robert Reich: Joe, Please Don’t Run Again Eurasia Review (David L)
Democrats aim to keep spotlight on abortion as focus shifts to 2024 The Hill
In Texas, members of LGBTQ community arm themselves to fight right-wing extremists The Globe and Mail (Kevin S)
Groves of Academe
In Wisconsin, a Merger Can’t Save a Community College Chronicle of Higher Education
Supply Chain/Inflation
Record blankings as freight rates threaten a hard landing for box lines The Loadstar
How the Jones Act exacerbates the US Diesel shortage Hellenic Shipping News
Our No Longer Free Press
The Media’s Deranged Hysteria Over Elon Musk’s Promised Restoration of Free Speech Glenn Greenwald
To give you an idea of what Open Information Partnership is actually up to, consider internal documents related to the project cite Russian “disinformation” often being “factually true” as a one of the key “barriers” to countering it. Yeah, facts can be a real bitch sometimes… pic.twitter.com/KNjf42WUAX
— Kit Klarenberg (@KitKlarenberg) November 24, 2022
Guillotine Watch
Why do people hate billionaires? The Week
Class Warfare
AWESOME: Ontario’s 5 largest healthcare unions have joined forces to warn the public that the Ontario government is intentionally manufacturing our current massive healthcare crisis…to justify privatization.
Who else agrees with them? ✋🏾
— Naheed Dosani (@NaheedD) November 25, 2022
Quite a trend line here. This can’t be good for us.https://t.co/ZcBpxAMyxa pic.twitter.com/glknEFk424
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) November 27, 2022
Teachers Are Burned Out. Unions Can Help Them Understand Why — And That They’re Not Alone Portside>
The Bezzle
SBF personally: max $5,800 to Stabenow (D) and Boozman (R), chair and ranking member of Senate Ag Committee, overseeing CFTC.
FTX: $3 million to Schumer PAC, $6 million to Pelosi PAC, $2.5 million McConnell PAC, $1m/yr to lead GOP Senate Banking Committee staffer as lobbyist.
— Ben Hunt (@EpsilonTheory) November 27, 2022
Zeitgeist Watch
Schrödinger’s Plates: They are both broken and not broken until you open the door. pic.twitter.com/fLaw3kGCaq
— Prof. Feynman (@ProfFeynman) November 27, 2022
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