Links 11/27/2025 | naked capitalism

The mystery of wildlife and a world beyond our understanding High Country News

Scientists may have finally ‘seen’ dark matter for the 1st time Space

These century-old apple trees could have rare genes to fight off new threats Points North

Thanksgiving

Tariffs trickle into cost of Thanksgiving dinner, jilting consumers and farmers Kansas Reflector

Small retailers face holiday supply chaos due to tariffs Reuters

This Thanksgiving, Ohio workers and families are holding on by the skin of their teeth Ohio Capital Journal

Who really owns your Thanksgiving turkey? Investigate Midwest

Climate/Environment

The Last Ice University of Manitoba Today

Scientists warn mountain climate change is accelerating faster than predicted, putting billions of people at risk University of Portsmouth

The ocean is undergoing unprecedented, deep-reaching compound change Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Seeing The Wendigo 3 Quarks Daily

Pandemics

Economic burden of long COVID: macroeconomic, cost-of-illness and microeconomic impacts NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Africa

US Is Aware of Reports That It Killed a Civilian Clan Elder in a Somalia Airstrike Antiwar

How the Nile Water Dispute Threatens Counter-Terrorism Efforts National Interest

Japan

Trump urged Japan to avoid escalation in China dispute, sources say Straits Times

China?

Hong Kong fire: Death toll rises to at least 44 with hundreds still missing; police arrest 3 Straits Times

Syraqistan

Trump Gaza Plan Condemned as ‘Concentration Camps Within a Mass Concentration Camp’ Common Dreams

Israeli army, Shin Bet begin ‘large-scale’ operation against West Bank resistance The Cradle

‘We will disarm Hezbollah’: Israeli war chief threatens new war in Lebanon The Cradle

United States to inaugurate its largest Middle East diplomatic facility in Iraq’s Erbil New Arab

Old Blighty

UK: the ‘make or break’ budget Michael Roberts

UK Labour’s budget piles on suffering for workers, but not enough to satisfy ruling class WSWS

Justice secretary wants jury trials scrapped except in most serious cases BBC

European Disunion

European Parliament agrees to dilute and postpone EU deforestation rules Euronews

Top EU official accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks Politico

German Chancellor Merz’s approval plummets to 23%, poll shows TRT World

Germany’s Secret Plan for War With Russia WSJ

Why Europe No Longer Matters Larry Johnson

New Not-So-Cold War

Fighting for Peace and Fighting for War in Ukraine Gordon Hahn

SERGEI LAVROV HAS THE “WE ARE LOSING SYRIA” LOOK – NEW PODCAST WITH NIMA ALKHORSHID BREAKS THE NEWS John Helmer

Zelensky strikes back Events in Ukraine

Who is Dan Driscoll, suddenly at the center of Ukraine peace talks? Responsible Statecraft

EU ‘ready’ to propose Russian assets loan despite Belgian doubts Euractiv

As potential Ukraine deal looms, France and Britain map out boots-on-ground role Politico

EU top diplomat says Russian military size should be capped Euractiv

You Can’t Get There From Here. Aurelien

South of the Border

The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela Maureen Tkacik, The American Prospect

Dominican Republic authorizes US to use its territory ‘for a limited time’ to combat drug trafficking Anadolu Agency

Panama Canal presses forward with port tenders despite US unease over Chinese bidders Intellinews

L’affaire Epstein

NYT Mourns Lost Glamour of Jeffrey Epstein’s New York FAIR

🇺🇸 WOAH!!! REP. MASSIE says FBI staff threatened a member of his staff with a criminal investigation if he “didn’t straighten up and play ball.”

WTF is going on in DC?!?!? pic.twitter.com/KtYejUnKCq

— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) November 26, 2025

Trump 2.0

Has the bailout of generative AI already begun? Gary Marcus

Prosecutor drops Trump’s criminal case in Georgia The Hill

Trump policies ignore basic business principles, threaten U.S. economy Bleeding Heartland

Farmworkers sue over Trump’s low wages for foreign guest workers Washington State Standard

Economy

Tyson’s beef plant closure in Nebraska will impact Lexington and ranchers nationwide Flatwater Free Press

From Silicon Valley to Hollywood, why California’s job market is taking a hit Los Angeles Times

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy CNBC. “Device hoarding.” That’s a new one I think.

Weimar Republic

2 National Guardsmen shot near White House The Hill

Immigration

US halts all Afghan immigration processing after shooting of two National Guard members Anadolu Agency

Relative of sneering White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt snatched by ICE Canary

Democrats en déshabillé

Illegal Orders, Liberal Hypocrisy, and Fake Outrage Black Agenda Report

By The People? For the People? Ian Welsh

Fascism in America Dublin Review of Books

Wars Come Home

Zionist humor is very highbrow and sophisticated, so just in case this went over anybody’s head the joke here is that they want to murder Norman Finkelstein for his political beliefs. https://t.co/ZC015f9EtK

— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) November 25, 2025

Accelerationists

Flock Safety’s CEO Garrett Langley just called the transparency activists at https://t.co/7vYVNCDLR6 “terrorists.”

So, if mapping cameras is “terrorism”… what do we call mass surveillance of millions of innocent drivers? pic.twitter.com/eEVbk7Sn5X

— Jason Bassler (@JasonBassler1) November 24, 2025

Our Famously Free Press

THE SEVEN RICHEST BILLIONAIRES ARE ALL MEDIA BARONS MintPress News

PUBLIC MONEY, PRIVATE SECRETS: RETHINKING FOIA IN THE AGE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE GOVERNANCE LPE Project

Healthcare?

Medicare Prices to Drop Up to 85% on Drugs for Weight-Loss, Cancer, Asthma, and More MedPage Today

Imperial Collapse Watch

Putting Callousness First Arthur Goldhammer

In a looming nuclear arms race, aging Los Alamos lab faces a major test Searchlight New Mexico

Navy Shows Why The U.S. Is Losing Its Relative Power Moon of Alabama

Hitler Ahoy: The Third Reich’s Surface Fleet Big Serge

Groves of Academe

In world of AI, Michigan State University Extension bets on human expertise Bridge Michigan. Some good news!

The Claims of Close Reading Boston Review

The Dying Art of Being a Bum Hickman’s Hinterlands

Class Warfare