
Links 12/27/2020
The Tramp’s Last Bow The Wire
15 Surprising Facts About Reindeer TreeHugger
Ephemeral edible: gingerbread monolith appears on San Francisco hilltop, then collapses Guardian (The RevKev)
22 photos reveal what Christmas looked like around the world in 2020 Business Insider (The Rev Kev)
A Great Deaf Bear London Review of Books
Quantum philosophy: Four ways physics will challenge your reality ScienceX (chuck l)
Ads All Tell Us To Kill Our Future. Worth Discussing? Counterpunch. Lee Camp.
Through a Lens Darkly: A Photographer’s Journey Through Los Angeles Capital & Main
Japan adopts green growth plan to go carbon free by 2050 Politico
Parthenogenesis: How females from some species can reproduce without males Ars Technica
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Modeling Themselves After the Obamas After Leaving Royal Life Marie Claire
Japan’s ‘onsen’: A hot bath every day keeps doctors away Deutsche Welle
Navy Warship’s Secret Mission Off West Africa Aims to Help Punish Venezuela NYT
The End of Efficiency (david l)
Nashville
Nashville: officers raid a home as a person of interest reportedly linked to Christmas Day blast Guardian (Bill)
UK
A deepfake Queen is more truthful than the real one – how ironic! RT (The Rev Kev)
Brexit
EU member states begin process to approve Brexit trade deal FT
Brexit: back on our heads EUReferendum.com
Brexit: Firms warn ‘clock is ticking’ to keep goods moving BBC
Businesses Brace for Disruption Despite Post-Brexit Trade Deal WSJ
COVID-19
Covid-19 learns from experience – unlike Boris Johnson and his crew. We are paying for their mistakes Independent. Patrick Cockburn.
Coronavirus: Cases of new variant appear worldwide BBC
U.K. variant puts spotlight on immunocompromised patients’ role in the COVID-19 pandemic Science
Germany and Europe Could Fall Short on Vaccine Supplies Der Spiegel
The Gift of a COVID Vaccine? Project Syndicate Jayati Ghosh
The first Covid vaccines were triumphs. What if the next are only OK?Politico (Bill)
Could AstraZeneca’s COVID Vaccine Still Succeed? The Motley Fool (Bill)
Hong Kong faces public scepticism over mainland Chinese jabs FT
If Covid-19 vaccines cause side-effects, who pays: makers or governments? SCMP
You thought coronavirus is our newsmaker of 2020? No, it’s science-made mRNA, its nemesis The Print
Fauci admits to LYING about Covid-19 herd immunity threshold to manipulate public support for vaccine, moves goal post to 90% RT (The Rev Kev)
‘No other case like this’: 3-year-old in Missouri had stroke after Covid diagnosis, doctors say NBC
LA’s Covid ‘tsunami’: inside the new center of America’s raging pandemic Guardian
Los Angeles County reports nearly 30,000 coronavirus cases over a two-day period LA Times
COVID-19 patient charged with murder in deadly beating of fellow patient at Lancaster hospital ABC
Biden Transition
Joe Biden Is Turning Out to Be Exactly Who He Told Us He Was Jacobin
The Triumph of Lunacy White Hot Harlots (UserFriendly)
Challenging police violence … while Black Reuters
Jon Ossoff has raised more money than any Senate candidate in US history in heated Georgia runoff election Business Insider (The Rev Kev)
Trump Transition
Can Donald Trump pardon himself? The raging political debate goes on The Hill
Trump refuses to budge over aid bill, imperiling jobless benefits for millions Reuters
Waste Watch
2020 shapes up as major year for M&A, consolidation in waste and recycling industry Waste Dive
Class Warfare
Life In The Christmas City American Conservative. My MIT roommate hailed from Bethlehem.
Coronavirus stalls long-awaited day in court for historic opioid lawsuit WaPo
Congress Ends Penalty That Kept A Million Americans From Getting COVID Relief Funds Marshall Project
She Noticed $200 Million Missing, Then She Was Fired ProPublica
Payday Helps Laid-off Real News Staffer Win Better Severance on Christmas Eve Payday Report
India
Resilience of Farmers Protesting on Delhi’s Borders Instils Hope in India’s Future The Wire
Virus trains?: Busting the myth that Shramik Specials were the reason Covid-19 spread through India Scroll
Watch | ‘India’s Not in Recession but Govt Refusal to Stimulate Will Create Financial Crisis’The Wire
Turkey pivots to the center of a New Great Game Asia Times. Pepe Escobar.
Julian Assange
Melzer Asks Trump to Pardon Assange Consortium News
That’s right. A lot of the public is confused about the indictment. Seventeen of the eighteen counts are a gun aimed directly at normal journalistic practice. The DOJ has been successful- with the aid of the press, revoltingly – in diverting attention to the hack issue. https://t.co/glJfvVbCO2
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 24, 2020
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