Was an extinct fox as soon as man’s greatest buddy? BBC
Watch zoo animals react as totality passes over Texas throughout eclipse CNN (Furzy Mouse)
Do photo voltaic panels work throughout an eclipse? Colorado researchers had been watching. Colorado Solar
Local weather
European courtroom guidelines human rights violated by local weather inaction BBC
Case of Verein Klimaseniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland European Court docket of Human Rights
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Greatest North Sea oil discover in many years to be drilled for first time The Telegraph
Maori king declares ‘whales are folks’ and push for authorized rights WION
Activists protest in timber, file lawsuit to dam previous progress logging on BLM land Oregon Capital Chronicle
Did the local weather expertise a Regime Change in 2023? Arctic Information
Water
Bogota restricts water as reservoirs hit ‘important’ lows Agence France Presse
Morocco drought: Satellite tv for pc pictures present important Al Massira reservoir is shrinking BBC
Pandemics
Floor-up hen waste fed to cattle could also be behind chicken flu outbreak in US cows The Telegraph. Good reporting; I’d seen a supply to the impact this was technically potential; however the Telegraph has the sourcing that claims its authorized and widespread.
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Essential Program For Covid Sufferers Closes, Leaving Many Stranded Judy Stone, Forbes
Blood donor examine finds 21% incidence of long-term signs attributed to COVID-19 Middle for Infectious Illness Analysis and Coverage
Examine identifies irritation and symptom patterns in lengthy COVID Middle for Infectious Illness Analysis and Coverage
China?
President Xi Jinping meets Taiwan’s Ma Ying-jeou in historic first, 9 years after landmark Singapore handshake South China Morning Publish
Fitch downgrades China sovereign credit score outlook on debt fears Channel Information Asia
China hits again after Fitch Rankings downgrades credit score outlook, Beijing says native debt dangers are controllable South China Morning Publish
The rusting Philippine ship forcing Joe Biden and his Asia allies to give attention to China FT
India
Apple’s India iPhone Output Hits $14 Billion in Pivot From China Bloomberg
Myanmar
Myanmar Opposition Seizes Myanmar’s Largest Army Base in Myawaddy Close to Tak TPN Nationwide Information (Furzy Mouse).
‘Enterprise is again’: BGF adapts below strain Frontier Myanmar. Wait ’til these guys get occurring LLM.
Syraqistan
Crimson Heifer, Amalek, and Reactions of Nations Jerusalem Publish. Wowsers. I hate to say it, however it is a must-read (the venue).
What do Texan pink heifers need to do with Al-Aqsa and a Jewish temple? Al Jazeera
Letter from Jerusalem: what future do Palestinians have within the historical metropolis? New Statesman
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Dying for a bag of flour: Movies and eyewitness accounts solid doubt on Israel’s timeline of lethal Gaza assist supply CNN
Austin: U.S. doesn’t have “any proof” of Israel committing genocide in Gaza Axios. Oh.
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Biden says Netanyahu is making ‘a mistake’ along with his method to conflict on Gaza Anadolu Company
California Democrats, Biden strain Israel for Gaza ceasefire after assist employee killings Sacramento Bee
Biden’s More and more Contradictory Israel Coverage The New Yorker
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Ben-Gvir, Smotrich threaten Netanyahu over Gaza, demand Rafah operation The New Arab
Blinken says Israel has not advised US about Rafah invasion begin date Anadolu Company. The deck: “‘What we’ve got is an ongoing dialog with Israel about any Rafah operation,’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken says amid long-elusive talks with Israel.” “What we’ve got right here” besides not….
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Israeli economic system has misplaced energy since begin of onslaught in opposition to Gaza Anadolu Company
Gaza: Fuel Wealthy however in Ruins (video) Al Jazeera
European Disunion
EU courtroom guidelines in favour of Russian oligarchs Fridman and Aven in blow to sanctions regime FT
Large buyers purchase European bonds over US Treasuries as economies diverge FT
New Not-So-Chilly Warfare
Ukraine conflict briefing: Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant focused by drones for third day Guardian. Be aware lack of company.
US apprehensive its drones failed to show tide in Ukraine – WSJ Pravda Ukrainska
Battling Beneath a Cover of Drones The New Yorker
US arms Ukraine with 1000’s of seized Iranian weapons, rifles and munitions Al Jazeera
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Trump has expressed curiosity in visiting Ukraine, Zelensky says NY Publish
Zelensky says he doesn’t want ‘primitive’ concepts from Trump on Ukraine The Hill
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Russia, China to Work on ‘Double Counteracting’ US-Led Alliance Bloomberg
Is NATO Essential? John R. MacArthur, Harpers
South of the Border
US condemns Mexican Embassy raid, says Ecuador ‘disregarded its obligations’ Anadolu Company. Took ’em lengthy sufficient.
Biden Administration
Pupil Mortgage Forgiveness Pupil Mortgage Forgiveness Credit score Slips
Contained in the Home GOP’s surveillance legislation nightmare Politico
Antitrust
Google’s Chrome Antitrust Paradox (PDF) Vanderbilt Journal of Leisure & Know-how Regulation. The primary few pages present how Google grew by acquisition. And about Chrome:
On this Article, we present that Chrome is the important thing to Google’s dominance as an advertiser and writer. First, Google leverages its dominance as a writer to bolster Chrome’s dominance utilizing (a) refined coercion, reminiscent of by using darkish patterns and (b) undermining net requirements. Second, Google leverages Chrome’s dominance to bolster Google’s dominance as a writer and advertiser utilizing the identical strategies and moreover (c) self-preferencing and (d) “privateness controls.” These methods employed by Google show that Chrome just isn’t merely a impartial gateway to the net and is as a substitute an instrument for Google to achieve and preserve an unfair benefit over its opponents. Lastly, Google employs (e) “pay-to-play”—utilizing earnings generated from its dominating promoting enterprise for strategic acquisitions of extra publishing and promoting companies and paying opponents to provide prominence to Google Search. This ends in a vicious cycle of crossmarket abuse in a single market, be it browser, promoting, or publishing, to cement place within the different market.
Digital Watch
The Individual Who Was in Cost of OpenAI’S $175 Million Fund Seems to Be Faux Futurism. “For a time period in 2023, the particular person accountable for OpenAI’s $175 million startup fund seems to have been utterly pretend — and OpenAI says the paperwork filed with the California Secretary of State to place the pretend particular person in cost had been ‘utterly fabricated.’”
OpenAI and Meta prepared new AI fashions able to ‘reasoning’ FT. AI can’t drive a automotive. However it may possibly “reasom”?
The Actual Battle for Knowledge Privateness Begins When You Die Bloomberg
The Web Archive Simply Backed Up an Total Caribbean Island Wired. The headline is misleading. The pointing finger (knowledge) not the moon (island).
Boeing
US officers probe new whistleblower claims in opposition to Boeing Al Jazeera
Police State Watch
New Florida legal guidelines add penalties for fentanyl ‘publicity,’ create ‘revive consciousness day’ Talahassee Democrat. Commentary:
Police & the general public deserve higher than to have lawmakers pander to them with a legislation that reinforces a confirmed fable about fentanyl publicity, one that can result in extra stress and panic, intentionally writing it so solely a notion is required for the cost. https://t.co/Q7l6PLyrUz
— Brandon del Pozo, PhD, MPA, MA (@BrandondelPozo) April 9, 2024
The City That Stored Its Nuclear Bunker a Secret for Three Many years Smithsonian
Class Warfare
From Layoffs to Lawsuits, Billionaires Are Placing Again to Crush Employee Energy (video) The Actual Information
Annual industrial robots put in, 2021 Our World in Knowledge
The Macrofoundations of Macroeconomics Steve Eager
Antidote du jour (through):
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