Snow Leopard review – enigmatic tale of man v beast is late Tibetan film-maker’s final word Guardian
Realtor.com Reports Active Inventory Up 26.5% YoY Calculated Risk
Thanksgiving Day
Comedy interlude:
Northern lights may be faintly visible across parts of the US this Thanksgiving AP
Preventing holiday illness and navigating an ‘Ozempic Thanksgiving’ FOX
Climate
COP-out 29: The Baku Betrayal Climate & Capitalism
COP-out 29 The Next Recession
After the Deluge Harpers
Exclusive: Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say Reuters
Global emergence of regional heatwave hotspots outpaces climate model simulations PNAS
Water
How paying water users to use less of the Colorado River is working out Colorado Sun
China?
Top PLA general Miao Hua under investigation for ‘serious discipline violations South China Morning Post
Decoupling industrial and supply chains is not the solution CGTN
China’s market targets are ‘just psychological’, says former regulator FT
India
Charting the future of India’s carbon market S&P Global
Adani Group says it lost nearly US$55 billion as US charges sparked rout Channel News Asia
New Not-So-Cold-War
How The New Russian Missiles Are Changing The Game Moon of Alabama. “[Russia] now has non-nuclear weapons, (the Oreshnik will not be the only one), which allow it to apply the equivalent of nuclear strikes without the dirty side effects of actually going nuclear.”
Nuclear attack unlikely despite Putin’s warnings, US intelligence says Reuters
Putin’s game is hypersonic: Is that why we can’t see it? Responsible Statecraft
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Ukraine settlement ‘long way off’ – Lavrov RT
A Trump-Sized Hole Is Looming in Ukraine’s Defenses Against Putin Bloomberg
Biden administration won’t be able to send Ukraine all planned aid – WSJ Ukrainska Pravda
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US tells Ukraine to lower conscription age to 18 to stem manpower shortage FT
Russia advancing in Ukraine at fastest pace since start of war The Times
At least one million people without power in Ukraine after ‘massive’ Russian attack France24
Syraqistan
What we know about Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal BBC
Shaky Lebanon ceasefire rests on Netanyahu’s restraint and Hezbollah’s firepower Middle East Eye
Israeli army acknowledges killing Hezbollah operatives despite cease-fire agreement Anadolu Agency
Syrian opposition forces claim seizing 32 villages, areas in western Aleppo Anadolu Agency
Trump team says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal brokered by Biden is actually Trump’s win Associated Press
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Israel to appeal International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant Anadolu Agency
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‘I Can’t Believe I’m Saying This, but the Only One Who Can Save Them Is Donald Trump’ Haaretz
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Merkava IV Barak Down: How Israel’s Enhanced New Tank Was Designed to be Near Indestructible Before Being Taken Out Military Watch
South of the Border
Trump claims a win on immigration after a call with Mexico’s president. But she suggests no change AP. Commentary:
“I had an excellent conversation with President Donald Trump. We discussed Mexico’s strategy on the migration phenomenon and I shared that caravans are not arriving at the northern border because they are being taken care of in Mexico.” https://t.co/e6qS19pe6z
— Anthony LaMesa (@ajlamesa) November 28, 2024
Trump Transition
Slashing $2 Trillion from “The Swamp”–Three Things Charles Hugh Smith, Of Two Minds
Florida’s takeover of the GOP is about to transform Washington Politico
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FBI confirms Trump cabinet picks targeted with bomb threats, ‘swatting’ Al Jazeera
Trump selects longtime adviser Keith Kellogg as special envoy for Ukraine and Russia AP. Commentary:
Trump has appointed Ret. Gen. Keith Kellogg, an ex-advisor to Mike Pence, as his special envoy on Ukraine. If Kellogg’s previous views are any guide, that is a sign that Trump intends to continue the Biden policy of using Ukraine to fight Russia. pic.twitter.com/J9f3ipcYuMIn…
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) November 27, 2024
Trump turns to outsider to shake up Navy, but his lack of military experience raises concerns AP
Brendan Carr Makes It Clear That He’s Eager To Be America’s Top Censor TechDirt
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Marc Andreessen: Biden-Harris Administration Used ‘Raw Executive Power’ to Debank ‘Disfavored’ Tech Startups, Political Opponents Tennessee Star. Commentary:
2. Andreesen says the CFPB ‘terrorizes’ financial institutions and denies them access to the banking system, and says it is going after conservatives. But is that true? Well, as @dorajfacundo points out, the CFPB is doing the opposite. https://t.co/7zXyGMsC9E
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) November 27, 2024
Marc Andreessen, Joe Lonsdale, and all the other VCs reportedly in the running for DOGE and other Trump committees TechCrunch.
Musk Wants to Abolish Consumer Agency That Has Been a ‘Model of Efficiency’ Common Dreams
Zuckerberg meets with Trump in Florida Politico
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WSJ’s Peggy Noonan shares recent encounter with Trump after avoiding him for 8 years: ‘He was hilarious’ FOX
Democrats en déshabillé
Stoller on Greenwald:
.@matthewstoller on how the Democratic party transformed from the party of the working people to the party of the rich during the Obama administration: pic.twitter.com/BrERdTozHa
— System Update (@SystemUpdate_) November 27, 2024
Anti-trust
Texas, what?
🚨BREAKING: Texas Sues BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard for Illegally Conspiring to Manipulate Energy Markets, Driving Up Costs For Consumers
Texas will not tolerate the illegal weaponization of the financial industry in service of a destructive, politicized… pic.twitter.com/WrpftEr0cJ
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) November 27, 2024
Digital Watch
Uber Faces FTC Consumer Protection Probe Over Subscriptions Bloomberg
Tesla Is Looking to Hire a Team to Remotely Control Its ‘Self-Driving’ Robotaxis Gizmodo
Microsoft hits back at claims it slurps your Word, Excel files to train AI models The Register
Are Overemployed ‘Ghost Engineers’ Making Six Figures to Do Nothing? 404 Media
Healthcare
A new view on the gut microbiome and the social contagion of health 3 Quarks Daily
Health Equity Capture The New Inquiry
Boeing
Airbus struggles to capitalise on rival Boeing’s difficulties FT
Class Warfare
A Major Victory at the NMB for Airport Workers On Labor. NMB = National Mediation Board.
You’re Already On Strike. How to Turn Up the Heat? Labor Notes
Can businesses flourish in a world with a cap on personal wealth? Crooked Timber
Socialist politics and revolutionary compromise Links
Antidote du jour (© Frank Schulenburg CC BY-SA 4.0):
Bonus antidote:
Do your cats like to “help” in the kitchen too? 🤣#WednesdayWisdom #Thanksgiving #Cats pic.twitter.com/h6qLse3exW
— Cole & Marmalade (@ColeTheBlackCat) November 22, 2023
Double-bonus antidote:
Finally got his own room! pic.twitter.com/vcRYQQYMEY
— Why you should have a cat (@ShouldHaveCat) November 27, 2024
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
