Brain stimulation might be more invasive than we think MIT Technology Review
Huge 2,000-year-old Mayan civilization discovered in northern Guatemala Phys.org
West opposes rest of world in UN votes for fairer economic system, equality, sustainable development Multipolarista
Can assisted migration save the Rio Grande’s cutthroat? High Country News
Cities Are for People Who Want to Be There Slate
This is Lake Erie last night. Photo by Tim Oehm. pic.twitter.com/FGdLUthmv2
— The Canadian Border (@border_canadian) December 24, 2022
US winter storm: Stranded Native Americans burn clothes for warmth BBC
A startup says it’s begun releasing particles into the atmosphere, in an effort to tweak the climate MIT Technology Review
Climate/Environment
OHIO BILL TO SPUR FRACKING IN STATE PARKS AND FORESTS HEADS TO GOVERNOR’S OFFICE The Allegheny Front
To ease looming West Texas water shortage, oil companies have begun recycling fracking wastewater The Texas Tribune
Will Permian Basin Quakes Lead To Higher Natural Gas Prices? The Deep Dive
Water
Floods submerge 60% of South Sudan’s land – MSF Eye Radio
Boil water order issued in Mississippi capital amid freeze AP
#COVID-19
China’s Zhejiang has 1 mln daily COVID cases, expected to double Reuters
Elderly leave cities as COVID infections surge in China Al Jazeera
Omicron subvariant XBB jumps to 18% of U.S. COVID cases, CDC says Reuters
What toxic gas and cat urine mean for Covid insurance payouts FT
India
India and China’s Latest Border Clash Is Not a One-Off Foreign Policy
‘A threat to unity’: anger over push to make Hindi national language of India The Guardian
India to start receiving third S-400 air defence missile squadron from Jan-Feb next year from Russia Ani
PENTAGON FAILED TO RESPOND TO LAWMAKERS ON U.S. ROLE IN DEADLY NIGERIA AIRSTRIKE The Intercept
Burkina Faso denies paying Russia’s Wagner group with mine rights Al Jazeera
In biased Somalia report, Washington Post serves military’s interests only Responsible Statecraft
Africa Could Make €1 Trillion of Green Hydrogen a Year, EIB Says Bloomberg
Niger Delta decries slow cleanups, decades after oil spills Al Jazeera
Syraqistan
Turkey in talks with Russia to use Syrian airspace for anti-YPG ops Almayadeen
Prominent activist detained following U.S. sanctions on Azerbaijani official Eurasianet
Israel: Far-right coalition raises spectre that doctors could refuse treatment on religious grounds Middle East Eye
China?
China-US relations: PLA holds drills around Taiwan after Biden signs security bill SCMP
New Not-So-Cold War
Typical propaganda disguised as a news piece. WashPost nods to “suspicions of sabotage linked to the war in Ukraine,” but then totally ignores subject. Instead, article presses how sanctions & unhappiness w/war will lead to “uprising” against the Kremlin. https://t.co/tkqD6LNMuL
— Jeffrey Kaye (@jeff_kaye) December 25, 2022
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UKRAINIAN VOICES? New Left Review
Germany could become ‘bankrupt state’ due to energy spending: Berlin Al Mayadeen
Majority of Germans against sending tanks to Ukraine – poll RT
Made in Europe? The EU’s response to the US Inflation Reduction Act Ansa
This is obvious nonsense. Europe are livid about the sanctions but are boxed in by the war and cannot express this publicly, so they are kicking up an exaggerated fuss about the IRA. This is widely known and obvious. https://t.co/bax3S1ljMq
— Philip Pilkington (@philippilk) December 24, 2022
Prosecution in Saab case threatens to undermine the principle of diplomatic immunity The Grayzone
European Disunion
Serbian outlet Pink TV claims that the ambassadors from the ‘QUINT’ countries have given a 24 hours ultimatum to the president of Serbia for the removal of the barricades in northern Kosovo.
Quinta countries:
– UK
– US
– Italy
– Germany
– France pic.twitter.com/eSxc45MASc— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) December 25, 2022
Biden Administration
Only about a third of the FY2023 spending bill is for programs unrelated to military and law enforcement Speaking Security
The Pentagon was audited this year and was unable to account for half of its assets. Trillions of dollars is unaccounted for. Fraud on an unprecedented level. Our governments response is to continue pumping insane amounts of money into the void of dark money know as our military. pic.twitter.com/8546kZyEJ6
— Hopium of the masses (@HopiumOf_Masses) December 25, 2022
2024
Too easy pic.twitter.com/04z7Q47wqb
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) December 25, 2022
Don’t be fooled, Trump ‘strong as ever,’ say top pollsters Washington Examiner
Imperial Collapse Watch
Eleven F-35 fighters grounded after US crash Jerusalem Post
Here : Cuba . Also not just life expectancy… Infants death rate and literacy. “ murikaaaa “ pic.twitter.com/3EW1AtrZHi
— Akira Goblin (@BringEvidencee) December 25, 2022
Nothing – absolutely nothing – could be more damming to the field of economics than the fact that this phenomenon should be one of its “great puzzles.” Outrageous and embarrassing pic.twitter.com/z1buEowJVV
— David Adler (@davidrkadler) December 24, 2022
Realignment and Legitimacy
House Republicans warming to Church-style committee to probe FBI from top to bottom Just The News
GOP Clown Car
It’s Christmas Eve and about 50 migrants were dropped off in front of Kamala Harris’ residence with the temperature in the teens. Another stunt by Greg Abbott. pic.twitter.com/wUjkxplYmB
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) December 25, 2022
Democrats en déshabillé
The Democrats’ Nonwhite Working Class Problem The Liberal Patriot
Police State Watch
It’s Christmas but this is what the men incarcerated at Bullock Correctional Facility in Alabama are experiencing—there’s no heat, the pipes froze, burst, and now they’re being flooded in water beneath freezing temperature and need help. Please help spread this and demand help pic.twitter.com/fB8i43p5N6
— Olayemi Olurin (@msolurin) December 25, 2022
Supply Chain/Inflation
Here’s why food prices remain stubbornly high even as inflation cools Kansas Reflector
Our No Longer Free Press
What the fediverse (does/n’t) solve Pluralistic
Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things: Three Decades of Survival in the Desert of Social Media Welcome to Garbagetown
‘FREE SPEECH’ IS WHATEVER THE RICH SAY IT IS The Real News Network
Guillotine Watch
For the rich and famous, private jets are no longer private enough LA Times
Elites Are Clueless, and so on In These Times
Antidote du jour (via): 
And a bonus, courtesy of Cathy T:
Bonus antidote II, courtesy of Martha:
Instant regret! #BeOn2 #BuffaloBlizzard pic.twitter.com/miT21fDDay
— Mike Weaver (@The_Weaves) December 24, 2022
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
