Links 11/11/2025 | naked capitalism

The ‘Farmer’s Almanac’ says goodbye after 208 years Popular Science (resilc) 🙁

Facing a spike in deadly bear attacks, Japan turns to the military and drones that bark CNN

James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers STAT

The Remarkable Large-Scale Structure of Anti-Tail and Tail Jets from 3I/ATLAS Avi Loeb (Chuck L)

The Mysterious Math Behind the Brazilian Butt Lift Wired (Dr. Kevin)

FDA removes ‘black box’ warning label on hormone replacement therapy for menopause ABC. This has been a long-standing pet peeve. The studies with negative findings on HRT were on women well into their 60s or older, as in way past menopause, which is not even remotely the typical use case. And I was in Australia in the early 2000s when this finding was published, the reaction was very different than in the US. Doctors there were not impressed by the increase in cancer, that even though it sounded scary in relative terms, in absolute terms it was not all that consequential (that does not mean, BTW that practice in Australia didn’t eventually fall in line with US views, I don’t know either way). There are many small scale studies that show that long-term use of HRT (as in for a decade +) is correlated with lower all-factor mortality, due to the reduction in heart disease IF HRT is started w/in 2 years of menopause and/or before the age of 60.

#COVID-19/Pandemics

Canada loses its measles-free status, with US on track to follow BBC

I am receiving reports of a widespread respiratory outbreak in China. A confluence of pathogens Influenza H3N2, H1N1, RSV, and Rhinovirus is leading to a notable rise in hospitalizations. pic.twitter.com/aS0ZY9SZM9

— SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) (@COVID19_disease) November 10, 2025

Climate/Environment

Triple-whammy of hottest ever years risks ‘irreversible damage’, says UN Guardian

The Cops have failed: it’s time for a big dose of climate realism The Times

Chocolate, coffee and wine won’t survive climate change, study predicts Independent

Dangerous nighttime heat rising globally: New Study People’s Gazette

Cracks in Antarctic ‘Doomsday Glacier’ ice shelf trigger accelerated destabilization PhysOrg

Camels Replace Cows As Kenya Battles Drought Channels TV

Iraq postpones surplus wheat export amid water crisis New Region

” rel=”nofollow”>Amazon lakes hit ‘unbearable’ hot-tub temperatures amid mass die-offs of pink river dolphins – study Guardian

China?

China’s new green order Unherd

Reasons to be bearish about China’s rise Financial Times. Not yet archived.

‘Not in this economy’: Guangdong’s huge subsidy scheme falls flat with consumers South China Morning Post

Taiwan coastguard faces China’s might near frontline islands Agence France-Presse

Philippines’ corruption crisis sends peso to all-time low Nikkei

India

Rupee, bonds to rely on central bank to protect record low, key yield level Reuters

Pakistan

Another crisis brewing? Pakistan on brink of food supply collapse as flour shortage deepens; prices hit the roof Times of India

Afghanistan And Pakistan Talks Collapse As Border Tensions Rise Grand Pinnacle Tribune

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Police stages drill amid fears of unrest Daily Pioneer

An Exclusive RT Interview Shed More Light On The US’ Role In The Bangladeshi Coup Andrew Korybko

Africa

Tales of horror emerge from Darfur after rebels take control of key city. The IRC says Sudan is facing the world’s largest ever humanitarian crisis ABC

Inside Ghana’s Battle With Illegal Gold Mining Time (resilc)

Tanzania police arrest opposition party official after deadly election protests Guardian

African Union calls for international response as Mali security crisis deepens Turkiye Today

South of the Border

Invading Panama and deposing Noriega in 1989 was easy, right? Responsible Statecraft (resilc)

The President’s Murder Spree Continues Daniel Larison

European Disunion

We are reporting Amazon to the police for child pornography crimes Aftonbladet via machine translation (Micael T)

Greek Farmers Mobilize Nationwide for Major Demonstration Greek City Times

Old Blighty

England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year Guardian

British fascists ‘trained by American white supremacists’ Telegraph (resilc). A rare successful US export..

Israel v. The Resistance

Live: Israeli air raids hit Gaza City, southern Lebanon Aljazeera

IDF Reports Surge in West Bank Settler Attacks Against Palestinians, Says Police and Shin Bet Looking Away Amid Political Pressure Haaretz

Israeli Knesset approves 1st reading of bill on death penalty for Palestinian prisoners Anadolu Agency

Digging for annexation: How Israel uses archaeology to erase Palestine TRT World (Kevin W)

Israeli army short of 12,000 troops as threat of new Lebanon war looms: Report The Cradle (Kevin W)

New Not-So-Cold War

Pentagon chief likens current world situation with 1939, when World War II began Defend Democracy

Lavrov ‘ready’ to meet Rubio after reported breakdown in communication and rift with Putin Sky

Serbia’s Continued Arming Of Ukraine Risks Rupturing Relations With Russia Andrew Korybko

Ukraine – Zelenski Friend Accused In Energy Sector Corruption Case Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)

One Reason the Russian Military Advanced Slowly in 2023 and 2024 Larry Johnson

Big Brother is Watching You Watch

VPNs Keep the Lights On in a Darkening Web Reclaim the Net (Micael T)

Imperial Collapse Watch

America First? For DC swamp, it’s always ‘War First’ Responsible Statecraft (resilc)

Al-Qaeda in the Oval Office: A New Phase of the Global Disorder Simplicius

Trump 2.0

Trump booed at Commanders NFL game before calling plays from Fox broadcast booth Guardian (resilc)

Trump’s $2,000 Tariff Dividend Payments Would Explode the Deficit by Nearly $4 Trillion Over a Decade Dean Baker. The money quote:

That [after excluding top 10%] leaves over 300 million people getting Trump’s $2,000 checks. That comes to more than $600 billion. Trump’s tariffs are raising around $270 billion

. That means we will be paying out $330 billion more in Trump tariff dividend checks than he is raising in tariff revenue.

Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says PBS

Shutdown

Senate passes package to end record government shutdown Axios

Dems PATHETIC Surrender On Shutdown Breaking Points. John Kirakou and Ted Rall point out that Schumer didn’t whip this vote, which is highly unusual, and instead told Senators to “vote their conscience”. Gah.

Appeals court refuses to block full SNAP payments The Hill

Tariffs

These Pastas Could Vanish from U.S. Shelves If Trump Rolls Out 107% Tariffs Newsweek

Supremes

US Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn marriage equality 9News (Kevin W)

A Texas church’s online class trains Christians to run for office. Now it may go national Fort Worth Report (resilc)

Mamdani

Mamdani and the Class War: Part 2 Les Leopold

L/affaire Jeffrey Epstein

Whistleblower docs show Maxwell seeking commutation, receiving ‘concierge-style treatment’ in prison The Hill

Court Filing Exposes 9/11 Coverup Kit KLarenberg

Mr. Market is Moody

The Big Crash: Are we really heading for another 1929? Telegraph

Gold Edges Higher With Weakening US Economy Aiding Haven Demand Bloomberg

AI

Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom Politico

Yes It’s an AI Bubble. Here’s Why Bloomberg. Albert Edwards was particularly good in the runup to the 2008 crisis.

How this tech bro could trigger world financial armageddon Daily Mail

Investor angst over Big Tech’s AI spending spills into bond market Financial Times. Not archived yet.

Class Warfare

The Death of Rural Healthcare—And the States Leading the Decline YouTube (resilc)

UnitedHealth Is Cashing In On The Open Enrollment Crisis The Lever

Antidote du jour (via):

And a bonus:

Mom cat is helped trying to save her kitten from flood. pic.twitter.com/lCq4ZftjWa

— Gabriele Corno (@Gabriele_Corno) November 9, 2025

A different sort of bonus:

Cars drive slowly, shielding a biker from being blown over by typhoon-force windspic.twitter.com/y1v0muQRWP

— Wolf of X (@tradingMaxiSL) November 10, 2025

See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.