Hyperlinks 3/26/2023 | bare capitalism

The Myth of the Alpha Wolf The New Yorker (Furzy Mouse).

Robotic beehive provides vital life support to chilly honeybees New Atlas (Furzy Mouse).

Been caught stealin’: Hindenburg Research is on a roll with Adani and Block (Square) short reports Francine McKenna, The Dig

What Is Bill Ackman Up To? Institutional Investor

Local weather

‘My City Is Gone’: Mississippi Delta Tornadoes Kill At Least 23 Mississippi Free Press

How rising temperatures are intensifying California’s atmospheric rivers Grist

Pangenomes reveal genomic signatures of microbial adaptation to chronic soil warming bioRxiv. From the Summary: “Evolutionary responses to anthropogenic local weather change are irreversible and largely uncaptured by local weather fashions*. Beneath-ground carbon transformations symbolize an necessary pure mitigation answer, however novel adaptive traits might alter microbial local weather suggestions mechanisms…. these information illustrate the emergence of numerous lineage-specific adaptive traits in addition to frequent ecological-evolutionary microbial responses to local weather change.” NOTE * As soon as once more, we all know lots lower than we predict we all know.

#COVID19

End of a Declared Public Health Emergency — Implications for U.S. Emergency Use Authorizations NEJM. “[F]or the foreseeable future, medical merchandise licensed by EUA for Covid-19 and mpox will stay accessible. The EUAs for particular merchandise, equivalent to antivirals and vaccines, might also be modified as acceptable.”

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Detection of viable SARS-CoV-2 in retrospective analysis of aerosol samples collected from hospital rooms of patients with COVID-19 (letter) Scientific Microbiology and An infection. “We offer a lot wanted further proof for the presence of replicating SARS-CoV-2 virions in bioaerosols.”

Osterholm: BA.5 is so infectious an elevator ride is enough time to get you sick WCCO (2022) and Episode 127: A Tough Two Weeks (podcast) Osterholm Replace. At 6:00, Osterholm descibes how, after three years, he caught Covid — apparently when unmasked, for twenty-seven secods, in an elevator (with a gaggle conforming to the Osterholm Protocol, which I word doesn’t embody sprays). Osterholm’s warning and self-discipline meant that he prevented catching Covid for 3 years. For these yammering “It’s inevitable!”, I’d urge that consideration be given to the concept that avoiding mind and coronary heart harm for 3 years is a web constructive.

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Notes from the Field: The First Case of Co-Infection with Omicron Subvariants BA.5.2.48 and BF.7.14 — Chongqing Municipality, China, February 2023 China CDC Weekly. Co-Infection: “The simultaneous an infection of a bunch by a number of pathogen species.” From the Abtract: “In response to the “Nationwide Report on the Epidemic of SARS-CoV-2 An infection” launched by China CDC, the predominant SARS-CoV-2 pressure circulating in Chongqing is BA.5.2.48 (>90%), adopted by BF.7.14 (about 3.8%) (1). So far, there have been no reviews of co-infection with BA.5.2.48 and BF.7.14 in China, notably in Chongqing, the place the proportion of BF.7.14 is comparatively low, making its report extra significant. .” After all, simply because one thing is “important” doesn’t imply we’ll do it, in China or wherever. Take into account airborne mitigations. Extra on China variants:

Estimates are {that a} billion individuals have been contaminated for the primary time with Omicron-era variants in China. We do not know what that can imply for future variant evolution, and it is nearly not possible to inform with so little sequencing. https://t.co/BSFo5GEpnp
— T. Ryan Gregory (@TRyanGregory) March 25, 2023

Musical interlude.

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Host Manipulation Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 Acta Biotheoretica. From 2021, nonetheless germane. From the Conclusion: “Analgesia because of neuropilin binding is argued to be helpful to viral transmission by ameliorating illness conduct.” IOW, individuals can unfold the virus whereas not feeling sick. And: “Further mechanisms of host behavioral manipulation by way of neuromanipulation embody interferon repression, cough induction, and doubtlessly diarrhea and impaired consciousness.” From the physique: “An infection by SARS-CoV-2 can also be related to impaired consciousness, linked with irritation, vascular harm and neuroinvasion (Losy 2020). It’s unclear if this symptom is adaptive to the virus, for instance by rising the likelihood of transmission by way of a rise in dangerous behaviors. This may embody a failure to stick at hand washing and different social distancing measures, within the fashionable milieu.” I don’t like overly mechanistic explanations (“my opponents are silly”), and “it’s unclear” is a pleasant means of claiming whereas not saying. Nonetheless.

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Long COVID Comes Into the Light Slate. An excellent round-up.

How Long COVID affects the careers of top athletes Deutsche Welle.

Nurse wins Long Covid compensation case, picks up infection at work Dutch Information. Extra like this, please.

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Intranasal trimeric sherpabody inhibits SARS-CoV-2 including recent immunoevasive Omicron subvariants Nature. Mouse examine. “The efficiency and sturdy biochemical properties of TriSb92 along with its resistance in opposition to viral sequence evolution counsel that TriSb92 could possibly be helpful as a nasal spray for safeguarding prone people from SARS-CoV-2 an infection.”

China?

US and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet cables Channel Information Asia

Why Would China Be An Enemy? Craig Murray

China’s Political Discourse February 2023: A Balloon Comes to Symbolize High-Altitude Tensions; Chinese Modernization; TikTok Sinocism

Myanmar

Yangon Guerrillas Kill Myanmar Junta Money Laundering Chief The Irrawaddy

Pricey Previous Blighty

The end of Boris Johnson Politico

New Not-So-Chilly Conflict

Moscow to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, says Putin Andalu Company

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No Ukraine offensive without more weapons – Zelensky BBC

Zelensky Admitted That Ukraine Already Ran Out Of Ammo Andrew Korybko’s E-newsletter

Why is the US sending ‘downgraded’ weaponry to Ukraine? Deutsche Welle

Ukraine war throws wrench in massive Russian arms deal after they miss delivery, India says FOX

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Stolen Valor: The U.S. Volunteers in Ukraine Who Lie, Waste and Bicker NYT Gonzalo Lira was the first to expose James Vasquez; you’d assume the World’s Best Newspaper would throw him a hyperlink.

The Georgian Protests: Another Chapter in the Color Revolution Playbook? Al Mayadeen

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Reaper madness: What really happened between Russian fighter jets and a US drone over the Black Sea Activity and Function (Re Silc).

Mask-Off: US Reveals Real Intentions in Ukraine. Plus: Reporter Anya Parampil Confirms NSA Spied on Tucker (transcript) Glenn Greenwald

Biden Administration

The White House’s Case for Industrial Policy (interview) Katherine Tsai, International Coverage

Provide Chain

Agent Untraceable, Owner Not Responding London Assessment of Books. Properly value a learn, if just for the B. Traven reference.

B-a-a-a-d Banks

The Death of Credit Suisse Apricitas Economics. Banking professionals please remark.

I’m an SVB employee who lost more than $1 million. Here’s the inside story of our struggle to survive. Enterprise Insider

The Simplest Fix for Banking Challenge Syndicate

Intelligence Neighborhood

The RESTRICT Act: A Potential New Enforcement Tool to Address Economic and National Security Concerns Posed by Foreign Information and Communications Technologies JD Supra. Here is the text of the bill; maybe reader with extra experience than I’ve can have a look at it. My impression was that there are relatively a lot of phrases outlined, phrases like “controlling holding,” and “lined entity,” and that each one of it’s nearly assured to be obfuscatory not directly I’m not good sufficient to determine. Additionally, one lesson of RussiaGate is that putatively “international” could be become “home” at any time when the intelligence neighborhood, the Democrats, and their mutuals within the press need that accomplished. So be careful.

The RESTRICT Act: Reversing Globalization in ICT Web Governance Challenge. Since a lot of the TikTok ethical panic falls below the rubric of “What about the children?” we should always assume an infinite amount of bullshit, even when its precise composition is as but undetermined.

Healthcare

What’s Behind Losses At Large Nonprofit Health Systems? Well being Affairs. “Giant nonprofit well being methods are reporting monetary pressure, even because the worst of the pandemic has handed. This monetary pressure is pushed primarily by funding losses.” And the funding losses have been pushed by the pandemic. So we now have constructed a for-profit well being care system that’s least sturdy when most wanted, good job.

The Monopolies Behind the Adderall Shortage Matt Stoller, BIG

Tech

AI-detection tools can discern academic work by ChatGPT, suggests study Deccan Herald. In the meantime, as a result of AI = BS:

I requested ChatGPT “Who’s Liam Kofi Brilliant?” and it’s an eerie mixture of right and stuff it simply made up. pic.twitter.com/zUcuYBztIn
— Liam Brilliant (@lastpositivist) March 25, 2023

Levi’s to Use AI-Generated Models to ‘Increase Diversity’ PetaPixel. So meta.

Artificial intelligence ‘godfather’ on AI possibly wiping out humanity: ‘It’s not inconceivable’ FOX. Nuke it from orbit. It’s the one means to make certain.

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Society’s Technical Debt and Software’s Gutenberg Moment Irregular Concepts with Paul Kedrosky & Eric Norlin of SKV

Police State Watch

Is the Caller the Killer? 911 Call Analysis Can’t Give You the Right Answer Workplace for Science and Society, McGill College

Guillotine Watch

How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them ProPublica. Properly value a learn, though in no way sudden. NC on Cigna in 2014 (!).

What’s Behind Train Derailments and Are They Happening More Often? WSJ

West Reading chocolate factory explosion: 3rd body pulled from rubble as chances of finding more survivors ‘decreasing rapidly’ Studying Eagle

Class Warfare

‘Live free and die’? The sad state of U.S. life expectancy NPR. The whole lot’s going in accordance with plan!

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IT’S OFFICIAL: Reformer Shawn Fain Wins the UAW Presidency, Talks Plans with Steven Greenhouse in Exclusive Interview In These Instances

UAW official appointed to $174,000/year leadership position after donating $25,000 to Shawn Fain’s campaign WSWS

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Los Angeles schools, union leaders reach deal after strike AP

What’s Fueling the Graduate Worker Union Upsurge? Labor Notes

Non-Disparagement Clauses Are Retroactively Voided, NLRB’s Top Cop Clarifies Vice

Human skills will be vital for future jobs FT. The deck: “Younger individuals should hunt down methods to develop qualities equivalent to empathy and significant pondering.” Let me understand how that works out.

On the Interrelationship of Race and Class CEPR

In Search of Lost Time Harper’s

Why Is Everything So Ugly? N + 1 (MT). Not eachfactor–

Antidote du jour (via):

That’s Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle-Owl loose in New York’s Central Park (rats are good eatin’). Flaco already has an infinite fan base:

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Encouraging. Within the darker instances of the 12 months, I at all times suggest strolling, and searching up on the sky, not down at your sneakers. There’ll come a day once you spot the tree branches budding. However in Central Park, in the event you lookup, you may spot Flaco!

See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour here.