Bringing the Woolly Mammoth Back to Life Newsweek (Red Mouse).
‘Frog saunas’ could save species from deadly fungal diseases, Guardian study finds
Private equity has become a risky area for investors and private equity firms are reducing the use of risky debt strategies to finance payments FT
Goodell: Private equity will be limited to 10 percent, could raise Yahoo Finance
The weather
A New Age of Capitalism’s Troubles. Part 7: Wildlife farms and wet markets Climate & Capitalism
****** Global Power Grids Are Failing as the Planet Warms Bloomberg
About 1 million East Texas electric customers are still in the dark since Beryl hit July 8, S&P Global said. Comment:
If you don’t have power in Houston, here’s why. pic.twitter.com/elZbSfQbYS
— Pun Machine Kelly 🇺🇦 (@KellyScaletta) July 13, 2024
Hurricane Beryl Was A Warning Shot For Houston Texas Observer
****** Is the world’s climate getting worse? Space.com
Runway melts at Hungary’s second airport due to scorching heat BNE Intellinews
****** Recycling of ‘end-of-life’ solar panels, wind turbines, to become climate technology’s biggest waste business CNBC
Water
Comment: Clean water can be beneficial Orlando Sentinel
Along the changing coast, scientists are bringing the future to Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Syndemics
Health officials issue concert and festival Covid advice amid ‘Swiftie Flu’ scare Irish Mirror
High Alert! Disney World Vacations at Risk as Illness Spreads in Florida Inside Magic
****** Woman’s Covid Cough Caused Her Intestines to Spill Gizmodo
A tongue sign could be a red flag for Covid as the exception is causing concern for the Liverpool Echo
****** Oklahoma Board of Animal Health: HPAI H5 Well Reported in Oklahoma Herd Avian Flu Diary
Development of a simple and highly sensitive virion concentration method for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in salivary cells. From the Abstract: “The improved method can improve the analytical sensitivity of the SARS-CoV-2 test using saliva and speed up and save labor in the test by pooling more samples. In addition, the developed method has the potential to contribute to the highly sensitive detection of various human and animal pathogens from saliva and various clinical samples.”
China?
China’s third plenum: tight security surrounds key meeting amid big policy questions South China Morning Post
China’s economy is faltering, raising pressure for more stimulus Channel News Asia
China’s new overseas military base is up and running, and there’s more on the horizon for Breaking Defense
Back to the Basics: How Many People Are in the People’s Liberation Army? RANDI
China’s coal-fired generation share falls sharply in May as renewables peak, analysis shows Hellenic Shipping News
Geely Geespace update — global positioning services CIS 417
China, Russia conduct a joint maritime patrol in the Pacific Ocean Anadolu Agency
The Folly of Linking NATO and the US Asian Alliances The Diplomat
Malaysia is building malls like crazy – but shoppers aren’t coming Al Jazeera
The leader of Nepal’s main communist party has named the new prime minister Al Jazeera
Syracistan
Netanyahu’s Whiny Theatrics Boosts Trump’s Assassination Attempt Ax Israel AG Haaretz
The attack on the ship in the Red Sea that lost the Israeli port Seatrade Maritime
Hello Old Blighty
What are the majority for? London Review of Books
GDP records everything but the most important things Funding the Future
The New Cold War
Russians block entry to 15-kilometer zone along Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast Ukrainska Pravda
Russian Iskander ‘Double Strike’ Takes Out Train and Infrastructure in Ukraine – Then Kills Military Watch for Key Personnel
44% of Ukrainians believe the time for dialogue has come, but the majority disagree with Putin’s policies Ukrainska Pravda.
Ukraine population to crash to 15 million by 2100 – UN BNE Intellinews
2024
Perch shooting at Trump rally ‘obvious threat,’ roof was ‘no-brainer’ to protect: FOX expert
How federal agencies are responding to the assassination attempt on Trump
Fire Kimberly Cheatle Spy Talk
Trump Assassination Suspect Had Discord Account But ‘Rarely’ Used It, Company Says Kotaku
Isn’t this what the 2nd Amendment guys want? Carl Beijer
The Biden Administration
‘This is a break glass in case of emergencies’: Analysts alarmed by US data collection threats
A digital clock
Sex, lies and the Crooked Timber Videotape
AI Has Become the Technology of Belief The Atlantic
Screen Media Use and the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents JAMA. From the Abstract: “This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial found that a temporary reduction in leisure time screen media use among families positively affected psychological symptoms in children and adolescents, particularly by reducing internalizing behavior problems and improving social behavior. “
Sports Watch
Spain wins the fourth European Championship title by making a painful loss to England AP
Supply Chain
Risks in global food markets in six charts World Bank
The 40% increase in the price of badminton shuttlecocks in China is linked to the low cost of pork. What is the deal? Channel News Asia
Imperial Collapse Watch
America Stares into the Abyss Edward Luce, FT
How can America be strengthened? (excerpt) Noah Smith, Noahpinion
Class War
What the New Left Needs Dani Rodrik, Project Syndicate
IMF: Three quarters of the world’s wealth is owned by 10% of its population, which is part of the CO2 emitted by BNE Intellinews. And there is a change….
29. This is a 3200 year old scroll found in Deir el-Medina, Egypt.
Reasons given by workers for absenteeism include “brewing beer”, “making my brother drunk”, “drinking with Khonsu” and “scorpion bites”. pic.twitter.com/pPHl3o7qs3
— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) July 12, 2024
****** Understanding Bodily Autonomy Using the Triple Hood Communist
Foucault Fridays Closed Form
Antidote du jour (Ram-Man):
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
