LEADS
Why eggs are cheaper than you think
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/07/egg-prices-history-relative-economics/
Column arguing eggs are 'really cheap' compared to 100 years ago blasted: 'Freaking nuts'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/column-arguing-eggs-cheap-compared-100-years-ago-blasted-freaking-nuts
Conspiracy theory wrong about feed causing high egg prices
https://www.wattagnet.com/blogs/51-poultry-tech-trends/post/46695-conspiracy-theory-wrong-about-feed-causing-high-egg-prices
Wholesale egg prices have ‘collapsed.’ Why consumers may soon see relief
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/07/wholesale-egg-prices-have-collapsed-from-record-highs-in-december.html
Egg prices expected to remain high as long as bird flu continues
https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/eggs-price-increase-bird-flu-avian-influenza-inflation/642215/
Avian influenza poses another outbreak risk this spring
https://www.kfyrtv.com/2023/02/08/avian-influenza-poses-another-outbreak-risk-this-spring/
Avian flu confirmed in Pennsylvania flocks for first cases of 2023
https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/trending/avian-flu-confirmed-in-pennsylvania-flocks-for-first-cases-of-2023/article_e2568d7c-a343-11ed-89fc-d34e10c4f799.html
Bird flu cases spill over to mammals in Oregon, across the U.S.
https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2023/02/bird-flu-cases-spill-over-to-mammals-in-oregon-across-the-us.html
Peru reports hundreds of sea lion deaths due to bird flu
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230207-peru-reports-hundreds-of-sea-lion-deaths-due-to-bird-flu
Bird Flu Outbreak Puts Mink Farms Back in the Spotlight
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/health/avian-flu-mink-h5n1.html
Could bird flu in mink signal threat of a human pandemic?
https://www.dw.com/en/scientists-concerned-spread-of-bird-flu-to-mink-signals-growing-threat-to-humans/a-64605019
‘Major Leap’ in Bird Virus Threatens Yet Another Pandemic
https://www.thedailybeast.com/major-leap-in-bird-virus-to-mammals-threatens-yet-another-pandemic
Fungal Pathogens May Be Adapting Dangerously to Global Warming
https://www.sciencealert.com/fungal-pathogens-may-be-adapting-dangerously-to-global-warming
Superbugs are becoming more bulletproof, and global warming could make it worse
https://www.fastcompany.com/90846441/drug-resistant-superbugs-climate-change-global-warming-un
Glacier Lakes Swollen By Global Warming Threaten Millions
https://www.barrons.com/news/glacier-lakes-swollen-by-global-warming-threaten-millions-01675785909
When calamities strike, it is the poor who bear the brunt
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/2/7/the-poor-are-stuck-in-whirlwind-of-mismanaged-crises
Why the EPA puts a higher value on rich lives lost to climate change
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/08/1152079692/why-the-epa-puts-a-higher-value-on-rich-lives-lost-to-climate-change
Shell’s Grand Plan to Fight Climate Change (and Continue to Cause It)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-02-08/shell-s-clean-energy-transition-battles-record-oil-profits
BP vowed to help set the oil and gas industry on a greener path. Many who bought in now feel betrayed
https://fortune.com/2023/02/07/bp-climate-pledge-rollback-activists/
BP: We’re Making Lots of Money on Oil, so Screw the Climate
https://gizmodo.com/bp-backtracks-climate-goals-oil-profits-1850084748
Big Oil Smashes Earnings Record With $219 Billion In Profits
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Big-Oil-Smashes-Earnings-Record-With-219-Billion-In-Profits.html
Big Oil Delivers Big Earnings, Big Share Buybacks and Big Dividend Hikes
https://247wallst.com/investing/2023/02/08/big-oil-delivers-big-earnings-big-share-buybacks-and-big-dividend-hikes/
Oil Shipping and Refining Firms Benefit from Western Sanctions on Russia
https://www.marinelink.com/news/oil-shipping-refining-firms-benefit-502743
Post-Boom Hangover Leaves Carriers with Massive Container Surplus
https://gcaptain.com/post-boom-hangover-leaves-carriers-with-massive-container-surplus/
Home-Buying Companies Stuck With Hundreds of Houses as Demand Slows
https://www.wsj.com/articles/home-buying-companies-stuck-with-hundreds-of-houses-as-demand-slows-11675739434
Mortgage activity rebounds, skewed toward high priced homes
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/mortgage-activity-rebounds-skewed-toward-high-priced-homes
White people have flocked back to city centers — and transformed them
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2023/us-city-white-population-increase/
The number of Americans residing in Mexico has surged in the last three years
https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-02-08/the-number-of-americans-residing-in-mexico-has-surged-in-the-last-three-years.html
Mpox is simmering south of the border, threatening a resurgence
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/08/mpox-simmers-south-of-the-border-00081626
While COVID raged, another deadly threat was on the rise in hospitals
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-05/sepsis-california-hospitals-pandemic
Invasive strep spreading, antibiotic treatment supply inconsistent
https://www.fox9.com/news/invasive-strep-spreading-antibiotic-treatment-supply-inconsistent
Antibiotic use in farming set to soar despite drug-resistance fears
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00284-x
Antibiotic-Resistant UTIs Are Common, and Other Infections May Soon Be Resistant, Too
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antibiotic-resistant-utis-are-common-and-other-infections-may-soon-be-resistant-too/
Fatal 'brain-eating' amoeba successfully treated with repurposed UTI drug
https://www.livescience.com/fatal-brain-eating-amoeba-successfully-treated-with-repurposed-uti-drug
CBD inhaler reduces lung cancer tumour size, study finds
https://www.leafie.co.uk/news/cbd-inhaler-reduces-lung-cancer-size/
CBD Gummy Market Projected to Grow Significantly, But Growth Restraints Remain
https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/cbd-gummy-market-projected-to-grow-significantly-but-growth-restraints-remain
Is CBD in trouble?
https://www.vox.com/2023/2/6/23584909/cbd-legal-fda-regulation-cannabis
POLITICS and FLEAS
Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address, fact-checked
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2023/president-joe-biden-2023-state-union-address-fact-checked/
A banal failure of a State of the Union
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/a-banal-failure-of-a-state-of-the-union
How Biden Successfully Baited Congressional Republicans
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/state-union-joe-biden-congress-republicans/672984/
Republicans blast Biden for 'lying shamelessly' about Social Security, Medicare during State of the Union
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-blast-biden-lying-shamelessly-social-security-medicare-state-of-the-union
Kevin McCarthy’s priceless expressions say everything about Biden’s BS SOTU speech
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/02/08/kevin-mccarthys-priceless-expressions-say-everything-about-bidens-bs-sotu-speech-1331200/
Kevin McCarthy Repeatedly Shushes Marjorie Taylor Greene During State Of The Union Speech
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-speaker-mccarthy-shush-marjorie-taylor-greene_n_63e31636e4b0c8e3fc88450d
Romney excoriates Santos, saying he's a 'sick puppy' who should have been 'sitting in the back row' during Biden's address
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/romney-excoriates-santos-says-sick-puppy-sitting-back-row-biden-addres-rcna69636
Sarah Sanders Slams Biden’s ‘Left-Wing Culture War’ in State of the Union Response
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/02/07/sarah-sanders-slams-bidens-left-wing-culture-war-state-union-response/
Fact-checking Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Republican response to Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union
https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/feb/08/fact-checking-sarah-huckabee-sanders-republican-re/
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Delivers The Christian Fascist White Grievance Incel Shut-In SOTU Response
https://www.wonkette.com/sarah-huckabee-sanders-state-of-the-union-responsesarah-huckabee-sanders-state-of-the-union-response
‘I’m a Victim’: Trump Gives ‘The Real State of the Union’ After Biden Addresses Congress
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/im-a-victim-trump-gives-the-real-state-of-the-union-after-biden-addresses-congress/
Trump Now Sharing Memes Accusing DeSantis of ‘Grooming High School Girls’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-now-sharing-memes-accusing-desantis-of-grooming-high-school-girls/
The High School ‘Asshole’ Who Became a Blackface-Wearing Neo-Nazi Homeschool Dad
https://www.vice.com/en/article/akebxj/upper-sandusky-dissident-homeschool-nazi
Conservatives Are Obsessed With Getting ChatGPT to Say the N-Word
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnv59/conservatives-are-obsessed-with-getting-chatgpt-to-say-the-n-word
Walter Mosley Thinks America Is Getting Dumber
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/06/magazine/walter-mosley-interview.html
FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS
What do the moon and South China Sea have in common?
https://asiatimes.com/2023/02/what-do-the-moon-and-south-china-sea-have-in-common/
Is China Now Emulating Epic Soviet Spy Balloon Program? (by Fair Observer and Chat GPT)
https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/is-china-now-emulating-epic-soviet-spy-balloon-program/
Mystery wrapped in a spy balloon: Why did China blow up Blinken visit?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/china-balloon-blow-up-blinken-visit
Zelensky makes surprise visit to London as Ukraine appeals for more military support
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/08/europe/zelensky-visit-uk-intl-gbr/index.html
Roger Waters to Speak for Russia at UN Security Council on Ukraine, Moscow Claims
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/02/08/roger-waters-to-speak-for-russia-at-un-security-council-on-ukraine-moscow-claims-a80174
A key ally of Putin said he wants to invade Poland next, ignoring Russia's inability to capture Ukraine
https://www.businessinsider.com/poland-should-be-next-target-after-ukraine-says-putin-ally-kadyrov-2023-2
Jihadist violence in the Sahel opens the door to Russian expansionism
https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-02-06/jihadist-violence-in-the-sahel-opens-the-door-to-russian-expansionism.html
Taliban Bureaucrats Hate Working Online All Day, ‘Miss the Days of Jihad’
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ad3z8/taliban-bureaucrats-hate-working-online-all-day-miss-the-days-of-jihad
Bolsonaro is Living the American Dream: Retired in Florida and Posting on TikTok
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/02/bolsonaro-is-living-the-american-dream-retired-in-florida-and-posting-on-tiktok/
PANDORA'S BOXCUTTER
How Scientists Work Out What Ancient Hominins Ate
https://www.iflscience.com/how-scientists-work-out-what-ancient-hominins-ate-67406
Neanderthal Crab Roast Leftovers Are Found in a Portuguese Cave
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/science/neanderthals-crab-portugal.html
Japanese company puts whale meat on sale in vending machines
https://observers.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230208-japanese-company-puts-whale-meat-on-sale-in-vending-machines
How France became the unlikely home of the insect-farming industry
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00290-z
THE MEDIA SCRUM
Fawlty Towers set for reboot after more than 40 years - with John Cleese to star alongside his daughter
https://news.sky.com/story/fawlty-towers-set-for-reboot-after-more-than-40-years-with-john-cleese-to-star-alongside-his-daughter-12805666
An anti-woke nightmare! Why the Fawlty Towers remake is a truly nauseating idea
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/feb/08/why-the-fawlty-towers-remake-is-a-truly-nauseating-idea-john-cleese
Too woke, broken Britain needs Basil Fawlty more than ever
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/john-cleese-fawlty-towers-reboot-revival/
ODDS, ENDS
Our Business Is Killing: I never understood why veterinarians are at such a high risk of suicide. Until I became one.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/02/veterinarians-euthanasia-mental-health-dogs-cats.html
Animal shelter changes policy following dog’s mistaken euthanasia
https://www.witn.com/2023/02/07/animal-shelter-changes-policy-following-dogs-mistaken-euthanasia/
She was declared dead, but the funeral home found her breathing
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/07/1155114433/long-island-living-woman-declared-dead-nursing-home
Man wakes up after 12 years of coma: “I was aware of everything”
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/man-coma-wakes-up-14012015/