Elephant calf separated from herd in India is reunited with mother Guardian
A Year in Crises Phenomenal World. Commentary:
12/ We wrote @polycrisis – 2024 is the biggest election year in history! https://t.co/tAxJ6Cd78m76 states will hold electionsIndia – 1.4bn ppl EU – 448m US – 330m Indonesia -280m Pakistan-245m Bangladesh -175m Russia -144m Imagine all the fake AI & cross-border meddling! pic.twitter.com/o5pZLoH6yb
— Albert Pinto (@70sBachchan) January 2, 2024
Ballot power: 2024 elections could steer global relations for years to come South China Morning Post
Legitimacy in the Era of Uncertainty Russia in Global Affairs
The Specter of Nationalism Foreign Policy. Nationalism filed under “identity politics.”
My experience with geopolitics of knowledge in political philosophy so far Crooked Timber
Climate
Great Lakes start 2024 with smallest amount of ice in at least 50 years WaPo
The False Link Between Climate Change and Mass Migration Persuasion
Satellite mapping reveals extensive industrial activity at sea Nature. ” We find that 72–76% of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are not publicly tracked, with much of that fishing taking place around South Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa. We also find that 21–30% of transport and energy vessel activity is missing from public tracking systems.”
The effects of air pollution, meteorological parameters, and climate change on COVID-19 comorbidity and health disparities: A systematic review Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
#COVID19
Invivyd submits emergency use request for COVID preventive CIDRAP
Inferring Incidence of Unreported SARS-CoV-2 Infections Using Seroprevalence of Open Reading Frame 8 Antigen, Hong Kong Emerging Infectious Diseases, CDC. The Abstract: “We tested seroprevalence of open reading frame 8 antigens to infer the number of unrecognized SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infections in Hong Kong during 2022. We estimate 33.6% of the population was infected, 72.1% asymptomatically. Surveillance and control activities during large-scale outbreaks should account for potentially substantial undercounts.”
The Great Abdication: Why No One Can Be Bothered Anymore Jessica Wildfire, OK Doomer
What COVID diaries have in common with Samuel Pepys’ 17th-century plague diaries Medical Xpress
China?
What Will It Take for China’s GDP to Grow at 4–5 Percent Over the Next Decade? Michael Pettis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
China’s services sector picks up pace on optimism for economic recovery FT
China, in search of new growth drivers, considers urban residency reforms South China Morning Post. The hukuo system.
How will Beijing respond to Manila’s plans to build on South China Sea reef? Channel News Asia
Unraveling the Mongolian Arc: a Field Survey and Spatial Investigation of a Previously Unexplored Wall System in Eastern Mongolia Journal of Field Archeology
Japan
Updates on the Haneda Airport Collision (info for email readers). James Fallows, Breaking the News. Excellent round-up.
India
Six Key Developments After Hindenburg’s Report in 2023: From Vinod Adani to Pegasus Targeting on Reporter The Wire
Bangladesh court sentences Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to 6 months in jail for violating labor laws CBS
Syraqistan
Container shipping rates spike as Red Sea crisis draws first blood Hellenic Shipping News
Houthi attacks in Red Sea ‘must stop,’ says UN Anadolu Agency
Stavridis: Hit the Houthis And Iran Where It Counts Bloomberg. Former NATO chief.
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Education Department official resigns over Biden administration’s approach to Israel-Hamas war CNN
Biden campaign staffers issue letter protesting Israel-Hamas war, call for cease-fire, end of aid to Israel FOX
Senate Democrats scoff at Biden’s Israel arms sale The Hill
Senators head to Israel for planned meeting with Netanyahu Politico
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Israeli officials said in talks with Congo, others on taking in Gaza emigrants Times of Israel (via Moon). “Emigrants.” Let me know how that works out:
Israel’s National Security Minister hits back at Biden: “We are not another star on the American flag…the emigration of hundreds of thousands from Gaza will allow [Israeli] residents [of the border area] to return home and live in security and protect IDF soldiers.” https://t.co/jo1T2QBrIG
— Waleed Shahid 🪬 (@_waleedshahid) January 2, 2024
State Department: US ‘not seeing any acts that constitute genocide’ in Gaza Anadolu Agency
Family of key case in New York Times October 7 sexual violence report renounces story, says reporters manipulated them Mondoweiss
The Two Kooks who Nationalized Judaism Ilan Pape, Palestinian Chronicle
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Who were the Hamas officials killed in Beirut? Al Jazeera
European Disunion
Italian hospitals collapse: Over 1,100 patients waiting to be admitted in Rome EuroNews. Odd. I wonder why?
Dear Old Blighty
Maladaptation has left the Conservatives drifting FT
New Not-So-Cold War
US State Department denies change of strategy in supporting Ukraine in war Ukrainska Pravda
Russia, Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners in largest release of war Al Jazeera
Ukraine May Have to Accept a Cease-Fire WSJ. If one is on offer.
‘It’s State Propaganda’: Ukrainians Shun TV News as War Drags on NYT
Ukraine’s F-16 Program Receives New Boost Newsweek
Su-57 Production Surging to Over 20 Aircraft in 2024: Delivery Rate to Surpass All Other Russian Fighters Military Watch. Back in action, probably after an ISP issue.
South of the Border
Argentina court suspends Milei’s ‘mega-decree’ labor law reforms France24
2024
Kamala Harris Makes Few Extra Bucks House-Sitting For Bidens The Onion
Democrats en Déshabillé
Disabled Outrage and #PodSaveJon Alice Wong, Disability Visibility Project. Commentary:
It’s so funny not funny#PodSaveJon https://t.co/ZU8jdtoKRH
— Alice Wong 王美華 (@SFdirewolf) January 3, 2024
Digital Watch
Here’s a list of thousands of artists Midjourney’s AI is ripping off, creatives claim The Register
23andMe tells victims it’s their fault that their data was breached TechCrunch
Americans Are Canceling More of Their Streaming Services WSJ
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fashion
Behind Cheap Stuff From Shein and Temu: A Hard Bargain With Suppliers WSJ
Supply Chain
How EVs are upending the 100-year-old auto supply chain CNBC
Science Is Popping
Hmm:
APS Meeting in Marchhttps://t.co/CkjBhQbApP pic.twitter.com/q9kR8pqUQ3
— Ate-a-Pi (@8teAPi) January 3, 2024
Gunz
Yikes:
LEGAL ASSISTANCE NEEDED 🚨
Justin Nazaroff, CEO of @FenixAmmunition, is using my likeness without permission on his products— bullets.
The veiled threat is paper thin and not lost on me. My health and safety are at immediate risk.
I’m a disability advocate who shares… pic.twitter.com/I4GJXUCQqb
— potatum🥔 (@pot8um) January 3, 2024
The Jackpot
The next pandemic could hit global crop supplies The Economist
The Dark Side of Anti-Money Laundering: Mitigating the Unintended Consequences of Financial Action Task Force Standards (PDF) Journal of Economic Criminology
Class Warfare
First Avenue Workers’ Victory: Another Win for Union and Worker Center Collaborations Exposed by CMD
Commercial determinants of cancer The Lancet
Hard-up this holiday? Amazon flyer tells workers to ask company mascot for help Guardian
So you wanna de-bog yourself Experimental History
Chartbook 258 War, peace and the return of history in 2023 Adam Tooze, Chartbook
Antidote du jour (via):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.