Links 11/28/2025 | naked capitalism

The Moral Authority Of Animals Noema

Hungry pigs, feral brothers and the Michigan hunting trip that ended in murders Bridge Michigan

Private equity moves into clinical trials Private Equity Stakeholder Project

A Physicist Ran the Numbers on What Would Happen if a Tiny Black Hole Passed Through Your Body ZME Science

Climate/Environment

The Trump Administration’s Data Center Push Could Open the Door for New Forever Chemicals Wired

New data shows insurance costs rising and home values sinking as climate risks grow Moving Day

The dreams and perils of moving capitals in a changing Asia Channel News Asia

The collapse of Maya civilization: Drought doesn’t explain everything Phys.org

Water

The Thing with Rivers Dublin Review of Books

Pandemics

Researchers suggest co-infections may shape long COVID.

Viral, bacterial or fungal infections before, during or after SARS-CoV-2 could worsen symptoms by disrupting immune balance, prolonging inflammation or reactivating latent viruses.https://t.co/ZXrvKPJOYb

— thetranscendedman (@atranscendedman) November 27, 2025

China

Firefighting at Hong Kong blaze ends with deaths over 90, dozens missing Al Jazeera

Why Hong Kong’s Deadly Fire Spread Swiftly – Focus On Fast-Burning Foam NDTV

Hong Kong high-rise fire fuels anger over housing crisis Semafor

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China’s October Industrial Profits Warwick Powell

India-China Rows

India-China in new spat over Arunachal Pradesh: What’s it all about? Al Jazeera

China begins construction of a ‘mega dam’ that may cause problems for India Earth.com

India protests China’s ‘arbitrary detention’ of citizen at Shanghai airport AP

Modi cabinet’s major move to counter China’s dominance: India to produce 6,000 tonnes of rare earth magnets under new scheme The Week

Syraqistan

Israel/OPT: Post-ceasefire: Israel’s genocide in the occupied Gaza strip continues Amnesty International

Graphic footage: IOF execute 2 Palestinians from point blank in Jenin Al Mayadeen

Israel has attacked Lebanon 10,000 times since ceasefire began one-year-ago New Arab

Israeli forces, Syrians clash in Damascus countryside; casualties reported Al Jazeera

Drone strike hits major Iraqi Kurdistan gas field plunging region into darkness The Cradle

Old Blighty

Judge in Palestine Action case worked for Israeli spy Robert Maxwell Asa Winstanley

How Northern Ireland’s dark policing history looms over Palestine Action protests Middle East Eye

The British Government Is Fooling You Tribune Mag

BRITISH MILITARY TRAINED IN ISRAEL AMID GAZA GENOCIDE Declassified UK

British Army forced to stop using new Ajax armoured vehicles after soldiers using them left vomiting and shaking so badly they couldn’t control their bodies Daily Mail

The procession of university language closures will trip up UK diplomacy Ian Proud

European Disunion

Belgium’s De Wever dials up opposition to Russian frozen assets deal Politico

Chat Control is back on the agenda Thomas Fazi

The Hidden Risks of Platform Control Over Historical Memory Lawfare. Exhibit A:

Another unbelievable statement from the EU’s chief diplomat Kaja Kallas: she claims no country has attacked Russia in the last 100 years. Well, apart from current EU members Germany, Romania, Finland, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia and friends on 22 June 1941? pic.twitter.com/jVht0jLR2u

— Brian McDonald (@27khv) November 27, 2025

Confections New Left Review. A review of former Finnish PM Sanna Marin’s book.

New Not-So-Cold War

Putin Lays Final Word on ‘Settlement’ Sham in Kyrgyzstan Conference Simplicius

Ukraine Says It Won’t Give Up Land to Russia The Atlantic

Europe’s Leaders Have No Strategy for Peace Jacobin

Europe thinks the unthinkable: Retaliating against Russia Politico

Latvia will consider removal of railway tracks leading to Russia Latvian Public Media

Baltic nations seek EU bailout as Russia sanctions backfire Daily Telegraph

Africa

Adolf Hitler Is About To Win An Election In This Former German Colony NDTV

South of the Border

Trump: US will ‘very soon’ take action on land against alleged Venezuela drug traffickers The Hill

The Great Game

Three Chinese citizens killed in Tajikistan in drone attack launched from Afghanistan Intellinews

Spook Country

D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan, a Childhood Friend Said New York Times

Clarification about NCTC vetting of alleged Afghan shooter from a senior US official:

The alleged Afghan shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal began working with the CIA around 2011 (yes he may have been 15 but it was common at that time for Afghans to forge birth certificates to appear… https://t.co/PxLySlaixL

— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) November 27, 2025

It was under President Obama that the mission in Afghanistan became all about assassinations, aka “night raids.” His CIA developed and deployed the Zero Unit death squads in which Rahmanullah Lakanwal reportedly served. Apparently the horror of it shattered his mind. https://t.co/GMCzHtIFkJ pic.twitter.com/XTD3Lx1eQ9

— Seth Harp (@sethharpesq) November 27, 2025

Why Is the Establishment Ignoring the Recently Declassified JFK Files? American Conservative

Immigration

Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting The Guardian

L’affaire Epstein

US regulators ‘taking seriously’ allegations of bankers’ support for Epstein The Guardian

Trump 2.0

Private equity executive warns pension scheme push risks bailouts FT

The OpenAI Bubble Popped…And Got A Secret Bailout? Seeking Alpha

The Imaginary Peace President William Schryver

FEMA’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year Grist

Trump-Backed Crypto Company Promotes ‘Shit Piss Skin Can’ Coin Gizmodo

“Liberation Day”

Exclusive: Trump team wants Taiwan to train US chip plant workers, sources say Reuters

Which has the net effect of leveling the playing field for … China. Genius! Featured in today’s Chartbook Top Links in the comment below.

Source: https://t.co/5rm296c74v pic.twitter.com/d5qvLEmMo2

— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) November 27, 2025

The Uniparty

When Power Turns Itself Into a Joke New Global Politics

Thanksgiving Leftovers

Americans are eating less turkey, even as the birds keep getting bigger Sherwood

Is Tryptophan MAHA? NOTUS

Imperial Collapse Watch

‘We Do Fail … a Lot’: Defense Startup Anduril Hits Setbacks With Weapons Tech WSJ

Navy and Coast Guard Keep Building Ships Before the Blueprints Are Finished Resulting in Delays, Cancellations gCaptain

Special Treatment Lines Defense Giant’s Pockets in North Carolina Inkstick

Not in our name Aeon

Revolution on Our Mind: Two Hundred Fifty Years Since the Declaration of Independence ZZ’s Blog

How a Government Think Tank Trained The First Generation of US Software Developers Construction Physics

TRILLIONS SPENT AND BIG SOFTWARE PROJECTS ARE STILL FAILING IEEE Spectrum

A trillion dollars is a terrible thing to waste Gary Marcus

Police State Watch

Police ‘Robot Dogs’ Raise Concerns as More Departments Adopt Them Governing

Antitrust

Farmers don’t have a chance.👇

“In a competitive fertilizer market, fertilizer prices should track more closely with energy costs as the primary input cost in fertilizer production instead of tracking more closely with crop prices as the primary demand for fertilizer.”

This… https://t.co/dV1gqY0eAx

— Brady (@BradyD78) November 27, 2025

Casino Country

Lawsuit alleges Kalshi ‘duped’ gamblers into illegal sports bets against the house Raw Story

Even if you were the world’s most cynical free-markets guy, you’d have to recognize this is beyond the pale.

They’ve literally built a financial instrument where winning trades require territorial conquest through violence. What could go wrong? https://t.co/Xzk6WzHUle pic.twitter.com/23UyOtGn3U

— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 28, 2025

Class Warfare