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from thefreeonline on October 14th 2023 by  Mersiha Gadzo, Usaid Siddiqui, Joseph Stepansky and Ted Regencia at Al Jazeera

Gaza’s ter­ri­fied chil­dren all too aware Is­rael’s bombs steal their joy About 500 chil­dren have been killed by Is­raeli air at­tacks – one-third of Pales­tin­ian fa­tal­i­ties so far in the Gaza Strip.

BREAKING.. Israel announces 6-hour evacuation window for move to south Gaza BREAKING.. Dozens killed in Israeli raids as they were fleeing from northern Gaza BREAKING.. UN chief calls Israel to rescind evacuation order before ground push

By Mersiha Gadzo, Usaid Siddiqui, Joseph Stepansky and Ted Regencia

• More than 320 Palestinians have been killed in past 24 hours, including many women and children killed in Israeli air raids on convoys fleeing Gaza City, according to health officials in besieged enclave.

• The rising toll comes as Israel continues bombing Gaza a day after telling 1.1 million residents to head south ahead of a looming ground offensive following Hamas’s attack inside Israel last week.
• Dozens killed while flee­ing Gaza homes as Is­rael con­ducts ground raidsSome Pales­tini­ans say they have de­cid­ed to stay in their homes as there is nowhere safe they can es­cape to.

• At least 2,215 Palestinians were killed and 8,714 wounded in Israeli air attacks on Gaza. The number of people killed in Israel has reached 1,300, with more than 3,400 wounded.

• In the occupied West Bank, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in the past week has topped 50. More than 1,000 have been wounded and dozens arrested.
• ‘Nowhere safe to go’: Con­fu­sion, fear af­ter Is­rael’s warn­ing to evac­u­ate.. Gaza res­i­dents say they are un­able to leave fol­low­ing Is­rael’s call to move south ahead of a threat­ened ground in­va­sion.

‘Nowhere safe to go’:

• Dozens killed while flee­ing Gaza homes as Is­rael con­ducts ground raids. Some Pales­tini­ans say they have de­cid­ed to stay in their homes as there is nowhere safe they can es­cape to
• Gaza’s ter­ri­fied chil­dren all too aware Is­rael’s bombs steal their joy About 500 chil­dren have been killed by Is­raeli air at­tacks – one-third of Pales­tin­ian fa­tal­i­ties in the Gaza Strip.

• When a fam­i­ly dies un­der Is­rael’s bombs, part of Gaza’s his­to­ry dis­ap­pears.. Pales­tin­ian Min­istry of Health re­ports at least 20 fam­i­lies have been killed, and en­tire neigh­bour­hoods lie in ru­ins.
• At least 16 Pales­tini­ans killed by Is­raeli forces in oc­cu­pied West Bank.. Death toll ris­es to 51 in the oc­cu­pied West Bank since Hamas launched at­tack on Is­rael on Oc­to­ber 7.

• Israeli air raids kill 2,215 Palestinians: Ministry.. The health ministry in the Gaza Strip has updated the death toll in Israel’s bombardment.At least 2,215 Palestinians, including 724 children, have been killed and 8,714 others wounded.

• Ambulances targeted as they evacuated injured in Gaza: AJ correspondent

• Palestinians with their belongings leave Gaza City as they flee from their homes following the Israeli army’s warning [Mahmud Hams/AFP]
• Attacks intentionally targeting journalists, as civilians, constitute war crimes. The Al Jazeera Media Network said it holds Israel legally and morally responsible for the attack

• .Civil Defense workers remove the dead body of a journalist killed by Israeli shelling, at Alma al-Shaab border village with Israel, south Lebanon on Friday

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/from thefreeonline on 14th Oct 2023 from Wikipedia/ News/ /Bloomberg

The wild popularity of Ozempic is bad news for McDonald’s, a British bank told investors

British bank Barclays is urging investors to short stocks in junk food retailers like McDonald’s and Pepsi due to the surging popularity of weight loss drugs such as Ozempic.

More than 40 percent of U.S. adults, including about 20 percent of children and teens, are considered obese. These Americans face elevated risks for type 2 diabetes, heart disease, liver disease, and various cancers, along with mobility issues associated with being overweight.

28.7 million of mainly poor US people have been diagnosed with diabetes and many are dependent on the drug Ozempic. When it was seen that Ozempic causes strong weight loss it was repurposed under the name Wegeby costing up to $1500 a month.

Even so its now so crazily popular with the rich its often hard for diabetics to find their medication.

If every obese US person were on semaglutide (the active ingredient) at its current price of $15,000 a year, the total cost would be roughly 10 percent of the entire U.S. economy, or $2.1 trillion. That’s not going to happen.

In the past six months, Hollywood Ozempic stories have reached an obnoxious level of ubiquity. TikTok has become overrun with #myozempicjourney testimonials and week-by-week photo collages of disappearing waistlines.

Endorsed by celebrities, Ozempic has already made its manufacturer the most valuable company in the EU.

In a note to investors on Tuesday, Barclays strategist Jigar Patel warned that the share price of firms such as McDonald’s Corp., PepsiCo Inc., and Altria Group Inc, the last of which owns multiple cigarette brands, may be set to take a dive.

Pharmaceuticals known as GLP-1 agonists may be responsible for this, Patel noted, according to a report by Bloomberg. GLP-1 agonists are used in the treatment of diabetes and can aid weight loss by slowing digestion and boosting the body’s consumption of its own fat reserves.

Anecdotal evidence also suggests that these drugs reduce cravings for addictive substances such as alcohol and nicotine.

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Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk has been developing these drugs for more than a decade, and markets them under the names Ozempic and Wegovy.

Novo Nordisk’s share value has more than tripled since 2020, pushing the company’s market capitalization above Denmark’s entire GDP and briefly dethroning French luxury conglomerate LVMH as the EU’s most valuable company.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk credited Wegovy as making him feel “fit, ripped, and healthy” last year, while the drug has been endorsed by a host of Hollywood actors. 

“The impacts of GLP-1s potentially introduce disruption into a number of industries,” Patel wrote, with Bloomberg noting that an index of packaged food companies on the S&P 500 has fallen 14% this year, even as the entire S&P has risen by around 10%. 

However, Patel advised investors that some firms will benefit from the weight loss craze, including CVS Health Corp., which owns the CVS pharmacy chain and Aetna health insurance company.

While strong sales and a rash of good publicity has made Novo Nordisk extremely wealthy, European regulators are currently probing Ozempic and Wegovy over reports that they cause suicidal thoughts and self-harm among some users.

The EU and other western states are not far behind, with cheap fattening addictive ‘junkfood’ priming the obesity plague.

Most obese people can’t stop eating, their body and organs are hooked. So at a reasonable price semaglutide can stop their hunger pangs, slim and trim them and restore them to health.

The obvious solution is to force the profiteers to allow it to be a generic drug,and make it cheaply or freely available to obesity sufferers under national health systems,

In early 2023, however, they represent an elite cultural scam more than a medical intervention. The market is symptomatic of criminal predator exploitation, medical, vaccine and big pharma speculation and fake dangerous weight-loss cures, rather than any concern for public health, especially in the US.

via thefreeonline

Greece: November 1st, 2023 – NO PASARAN at the pan-European Nazi gathering

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, 2023: The heart of antifascism beats in Athens!

To all Antifascists of Europe

All neo-fascist organizations in Greece have issued a call for a pan-European neo-Nazi rally in Athens, specifically in the Neo Heraklion area, scheduled for Wednesday, November 1st, at 6 pm Greek time.

The most prominent among these organizations is Golden Dawn, which was convicted in October 2020 as a criminal Nazi organization, resulting in extensive prison sentences for its leading members. In the Neo Heraklion area, a monument stands in memory of two young Golden Dawn members who were fatally shot a decade ago in a still-unresolved criminal case.

This call by the neo-Nazis was made public on August 13 but to date the Greek government and police have remained passive observers……

Statement below from community members taking direct action to shut down the Elbit Systems’ Cambridge facility: “GET ELBIT OUT OF CAMBRIDGE!  A statement from Shut Elbit Down Boston:  CAMBRIDGE, MASS – Yesterday, community members blocked the entrances of Elbit Systems’ Cambridge facility to prevent Elbit employees from going to work. Elbit Systems will not conduct…

Activists shut down Elbit facility in Massachusetts

George Galloway Oct 13, 2023 There will now be the murderous suppression of the #GazaGhetto. 2.2 million people may be erased from the earth but not from history. In the words of Frantz Fanon: “We revolt because we cannot breathe”. Those who carry out this massacre, those who facilitate it, and those who propagandize it, […]

Gaza Ghetto: 2.2 million people may be erased from the Earth but not from history

Good News: these underwater ecosystems have demonstrated impressive adaptability

./from thefreeonline on 13th October 2023 by True Activist

Over the past four decades, a collection of data gathered from a remote coral reef within Palau’s territorial waters has revealed a surprising and hopeful trend; that corals possess an impressive capacity to adapt to warming oceans.

Contrary to earlier beliefs, these underwater ecosystems have not only demonstrated adaptability but have done so at an impressive rate of 0.18°F per decade. As a result, researchers argue that existing coral bleaching events should be revised to explain that these phenomenal ecosystems have the ability to sustain themselves over the course of decades.

This groundbreaking study, spearheaded by Newcastle University, centered its attention on the Pacific Island nation of Palau. Drawing upon decades of field observations and a multitude of potential future coral bleaching scenarios, each reflecting a different simulated rate of thermal tolerance enhancement, the researchers came to a crucial conclusion.

If coral thermal tolerance continues to rise throughout the 21^st century, at the most likely historical rate that was observed, then the potential for a “significant” reduction in bleaching impacts are actually possible.

Study lead author, Liam Lachs, said, “We quantified a natural increase in coral thermal tolerance over decadal time scales which can be directly compared to the rate of ocean warming.”

The study authors also say that high-frequency bleaching can be fully eased at particular reefs that have low-to-middle emissions scenarios, such as those where the Paris Agreement commitments are fulfilled.

Study co-author, Dr. James Guest, explained, “We know that coral reefs can increase their overall thermal tolerance over time by acclimatization, genetic adaptation, or shifts in community structure, however we know very little about the rates at which this is occurring.”

“This study uses data from a remote Pacific coral reef system and estimates the rate of increase in tolerance since the late 1980s. The results provide some hope that reefs can keep up with increasing temperatures, but only if strong action is taken on climate change,” he adds.

Coral communities face a daunting challenge in the era of climate change, one characterized by increasingly intense and frequent marine heatwaves. The researchers also point out the importance of enhancing the ability of coral ecosystems to endure these environmental stressors as a key strategy for their survival.

Delving into the specifics of their discoveries, the Newcastle team’s research suggests that the thermal tolerance of corals in Palau has experienced an impressive increase of approximately 0.1°C per decade since the late 1980s.

Such a substantial uptick implies the involvement of natural mechanisms, including genetic adaptation, acclimatization of corals, or even changes in their symbiotic microalgae, which could collectively contribute to the enhancement of coral thermal tolerance.

In the broader context of climate change and ecological dynamics, it’s worth noting that several early models and predictions have been revised in light of new research findings.

This includes reassessing the impact of ruminant agriculture on greenhouse gas emissions and reevaluating the extent of plastic pollution entering the ocean, which has recently been suggested to have been overestimated by a factor of 30.

While some scientists are actively exploring the potential for corals to adapt to changing conditions, others are taking a proactive approach. Researchers in Florida, for instance, are engaged in the selective breeding of corals that show genetic adaptations rendering them less vulnerable to the threats of both rising temperatures and increasingly acidic waters.

These efforts represent an inspiring testament to human innovation and determination to safeguard these vital marine ecosystems.

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