Links 12/13/2025 | naked capitalism - TheAdviserMagazine.com

Wolf Packs: Battle of the Atlantic Big Serge

The CRASH Clock is ticking as satellite congestion in low Earth orbit worsens The Register (Kevin W)

FDA Rarely Forces Companies to Recall Defective Devices: GAO Report ProPublica (Robin K). The approval and safety regime is much weaker for devices than drugs, not that that justifies inaction in cases of demonstrated harm.

Type 5 diabetes: a 70-year perspective and its implications for the Americas Lancet (Robin K)

Can Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Affect Gender Identity? Undark

Primary Care Physician Burnout Highest in US JAMA (Robin K)

#COVID-19/Pandemics

A new Stanford Medicine study shows why mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines can cause myocarditis.https://t.co/wy6QO55HSu

— Stanford Medicine (@StanfordMed) December 12, 2025

When people see a headline like “Covid infection lowers lymphocytes by 30%”, they totally miss what it means.

That 30% is an average.

For some people the drop is small.

For others it is *far larger*.

And that’s why there’s so many problems with secondary infections now.

— tern (@1goodtern) December 12, 2025

Climate/Environment

10 years after the Paris Agreement, we have reached a ‘3-year average global temperature anomaly of +1.5°C in 2 or more datasets’!

And we can’t blame El Niño for this, as ENSO was on average negative during this period.

The Paris Agreement was doomed from the start.. https://t.co/zkGHQJ2f27 pic.twitter.com/7EDurFQgCg

— Leon Simons 🌍 (@LeonSimons8) December 9, 2025

A wind burst forming over remote ocean may affect global weather in 2026 Washington Post

UK stadiums swap beef burgers for wild venison to cut carbon emissions Reuters

Global warming amplifies extreme day-to-day temperature swings, study shows PhysOrg

“It’s a real nightmare”— Spiders are becoming “more angry and aggressive” due to global warming EcoPortal

Scientists find hidden rainfall pattern that could reshape farming ScienceDaily (Kevin W)

China?

Amid record trade surplus, China has a big worry — factory deflation is now in 38th month Firstpost

China Forces Reckoning in Europe as Trade Boom Turns Existential Bloomberg

Mexico imposes tariffs of up to 50% on Chinese goods Financial Times

H200s Sale: China Reacts China Talk

Thailand/Cambodia

Thai PM Tells Trump: Cambodia Must Halt Aggression First for Border Ceasefire to Hold TPN National News

Africa

Over 400 civilians killed in eastern DR Congo as US peace deal falters Aljazeera

Somalia shelling kills dozens of civilians and levels village, residents say Somali Guardian (resilc)

A Russian Expert Shared An Unexpected Assessment Of The Beninese Coup Attempt Andrew Korybko

Nearly 2 million Kenyans face acute food insecurity, Kenya Red Cross warns Capital News

South of the Border

Norway | Protests erupted in rejection of Maria Corina Machado receiving Nobel Peace Prize Defend Democracy

America’s Venezuela Dilemma: Power in Search of Purpose Modern War Monitor

The U.S. Is Preparing to Seize More Tankers Carrying Venezuelan Crude OilPrice

European Disunion

EU ban on combustion engine cars off table, EPP’s Weber says Reuters (Kevin W)

Europe is paying Libya to torture migrants on its behalf openDemocracy

Police Violence in Berlin London Review of Books (Anthony L)

Hungary: Biotechnology and Other New Production Technologies Annual USDA. Robin K: “Hungary uses no genetically engineered processes. Another reason Hungary is on the outs with globalized ag. Consider: Bayer’s home is Germany.”

Severe disruption hits Portugal in first general strike for 12 years BBC

Greek farmers bring nation to standstill as blockades hit ports, roads and airports Firstpost

Tellus Group: High profits and hungry children Klagget via machine translation (Micael T)

Old Blighty

Last night at the protest in Downing Street, the mother of one of the Filton 24 called for the hunger strike to be called off.

She believes Starmer and Lammy will happily let them die, and she’s probably not wrong. They’ve already shown the lengths they’ll go to for Israel. pic.twitter.com/uRIWcMeMVg

— Wokerati Marty (@WokeratiMarty) December 12, 2025

The UK economy contracted again in October, underscoring fears that Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ budget has curbed momentum Bloomberg

Farmers and supermarkets worry that extreme weather will stop food getting to consumers The Conversation

The Great British Brain-Drain American Conservative (resilc)

Israel v. The Resistance

الفيديو اليوم بتاريخ اليوم 11.12.2025. غزة وكل خيمها تغرق وتغرق معها أرواحٌ أنهكها عامان من المطاردة بين موت يأتي من السماء وموت يهبط الآن مع المطر.. pic.twitter.com/0c4nPKkMhv

— مُنى حوّا • Muna Hawwa (@MunaHawwa) December 11, 2025

Trump determined to advance Gaza ceasefire deal as Israeli forces dig in CNN

Israel now realizes damage it inflicted to Iran’s ballistic missile program less severe than initially thought Times of Israel

Is New York City’s Police Commissioner Tisch an israeli asset? Sam Husseini

Tony Blair Became a Frequent Visitor to Netanyahu’s Office During the Gaza War Haaretz (resilc)

New Not-So-Cold War

Brussels “Crosses Rubicon” in Final Act of Self-Destruction to Seize Russian Assets Simplicius

The chronology of the dispute over the theft of frozen Russian assets Anti-Spiegel (resilc)

Russia Counters EU Shenanigans To Steal Its Frozen Assets Moon of Alabama (Kevin W). We get a shout out on ISDS

NATO’s Rutte says Europe must prepare for ‘scale of war our grandparents’ endured Politico

The Lancet Commission on the Future of Ukraine’s Health System The Lancet (Robin K)

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE AGAINST RUSSIA IS EMPTY – PART II OF THE TRUTH REVEALED BY THE HUGHES REPORT John Helmer

Prigozhin lives! Events in Ukraine

Big Brother is Watching You Watch

From Madison to Moscow: How VPNs Work and Why Governments (Despite Trying) Can’t Stop Them Reclaim the Net

Imperial Collapse Watch

Important. Do click through. This is an article:

https://t.co/vWLN07swYq

— 🇦🇺Craig Tindale (@ctindale) December 7, 2025

The War Habit David Bromwich, The Point (Anthony L)

The $1.7 Trillion War Budget Matthew Ho (resilc)

Congress ignores public opinion, approves $901 billion military bill Stephen Semler

Swiss Poised To Slash F-35 Order As Costs Mount The War Zone

The US blackmails the International Criminal Court to protect war criminals Council Estate Media (resilc)

If they are not human, we do not have to follow the law Responsible Statecraft (resilc)

Trump 2.0

Briefly: The Fed Trump Proofs Itself Mark Wauck. BWAHAHA.

National Trust sues to stop Trump’s ballroom construction Washington Post. resilc: “Keeping it in a permanently demolished state would be totally appropriate for a wrecked country.”

Murder and Torture, Trumpwise Oliver Boyd-Barrett

Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration Zeteo

Immigration

ICEBlock Creator Sues U.S. Government Over App’s Removal 404 Media

The Lies Americans Tell Themselves to Justify State Violence Against Migrants Zeteo

Healthcare

GOP health care chaos spills into battleground midterm races Politico (Kevin W)

GOP Clown Car

Matt Walsh Responds to Demands to Disavow His Allies, and How to Resolve the Right-Wing Civil War Tucker Carlson

Indiana GOP’s Trump rebuke could lead to temporary redistricting detente Politico

Democrat Death Wish

Democrats think they’ve found their 2026 message — and Miami just backed it up Politco. resilc: “200% fluff/zero substance.”

L’affaire Epstein

Democrats release new Epstein photos showing Trump, Bill Clinton The Hill

Our No Longer Free Press

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Blunt Call for Government By “Independent” Experts Matt Taibbi

Arkansas Public Television Drops PBS New York Times (resilc)

Mr. Market is Moody

Fade the Fed, global rates are heading higher Reuters

OpenAI Researcher Quits, Saying Company Is Hiding the Truth Futurism

Beware the debt bomb waiting to bring down AI’s house of cards. Oracle’s high-stakes bet on data centres proves Silicon Valley is in danger of eating itself Telegraph

As AI fever has propelled global stocks to record highs, the data centres needed to power the technology are increasingly being financed with debt, adding to concerns about the risks Reuters

Class Warfare

The bill read $0. She stared at it, certain it was a mistake. Then the words beneath the total sank in: “Minimum: $0. Suggested donation: $12. Pay what you can, or volunteer 30 minutes.”

Four days without a real meal. Four days of gas-station crackers and shame. Now she… pic.twitter.com/IS4qCLAoWZ

— Mr Commonsense (@fopminui) December 12, 2025

Judge Finds Luigi Mangione Too Stunningly Handsome And Gorgeous To Stand Trial Babylon Bee (Li)

Antidote du jour. John U: “Marmot contemplating watermelon snow, Sequoia NP.”

And a bonus (guurst):

This world is so beautiful that sometimes I can hardly believe it exists https://t.co/tMLkIRBOLv

— Violent Aristocrat (@aristomarinetti) December 9, 2025

A second bonus:

ICYMI: This is real courage.

During a massive fire in Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines, a woman refused to leave without her dogs.

As flames spread, she climbed onto a ladder, threw each dog down to safety, then hung by her hands from the railing while firefighters climbed up to… pic.twitter.com/unDE6PcyUG

— Tony Lane 🇺🇸 (@TonyLaneNV) December 13, 2025

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