Tosca and the baby seagull One Garden Against the World
The World Built for Capitals (excerpt) The Flaming Hydra
Trail cameras capture first-of-its-kind images of ‘one of the world’s rarest animals’: ‘Incredibly inspiring sign’ The Cooldown
Gizmo the dog went missing in Las Vegas in 2015. He was found alive after 9 years AP
Surprising thing sharks can teach us about life WaPo
Private Equity Firms Should Prepare for Increased Scrutiny as DOJ Puts False Claims Violations Under National Legal Review Microscope
Side Letter: Alaska plays Private Equity International case
David Rubenstein’s daughter resigns as Alaska fund after FT alleges cronyism
Private Equity Investors Ask for More Clarification on NAV Bloomberg “Private companies should warn investors before they lend their assets – especially if they use so-called net-asset-value loans to refinance, according to new guidelines from a group of such investors.”
The weather
Scientists want more research into options for glacier geoengineering Guardian
A warning of the impending collapse of the Atlantic meridional over turning circulation Nature. From the Abstract: “We estimate a mid-century collapse of the AMOC under the current scenario of future emissions.”
Wildfires ravage western Canada as Trudeau sends troops to help Anadolu Agency
The Park Fire is cutting through 125,000 acres in the northern California Wildfire Today
Life at 115F: hot summer pushes Las Vegas to the brink The Guardian
The crisis of capitalism and eco-apartheid Geoforum From the Abstract: “The crisis of capitalism has three aspects. First, the new-found ability of social movements and theorists to imagine a post-capitalist future is combined with an inability to see it. Second, reducing and increasing social and environmental conflicts beyond the capacity of the regions and funds to contain them. Third, the unevenly distributed erasure of the future of people and people.”
Water
Could people run on water? Physics World
Syndemics
The US bankrolls a third of the Global Pandemic Fund. Can it get congressional support? Last News
Where has COVID-19 spread? These states have the highest rates of COVID USA Today
Data: COVID knocked 2.6 years off life expectancy—more than any other group—India Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
China?
China sets launch date for world’s first molten thorium nuclear power station South China Morning Post
Can China beat the Airbus-Boeing duopoly? The Economist
South China Sea: Is the Philippines becoming a gateway for the West’s Indo-Pacific interests? Channel News Asia
India
George Harrison, Ravi Shankar and the Sitar Madras Courier Tour
Bangladesh continues with the decision to return home as many protesters have been arrested Anadolu Agency
Africa
Evil Empires? New Left Review
Syracistan
Atlantis Lost: How the Israeli Army’s Plan to Flood Hamas’ Tunnel Network Under Gaza Failed Haaretz. Floor: “Israel started by adopting an old and inappropriate strategy, continued by ignoring expert advice and the potential danger to the hostages – and quietly concluded after a few months, anyone would say that they have gained something.” Haaretz profiles the Atlantis project – a predictable military failure that no one stopped until it was too late.
****** US Surgeon Who Volunteered in Gaza Says IDF Snipers Shoot Toddlers Antiwar.com. Floor: “‘No small child is accidentally shot twice,’ said Dr. Mark Perlmutter.”
The US humbled itself ‘for the killer of children’: Turkey’s former president Turkish Minute
****** Netanyahu annoyed by “critical” Harris notes Axios. Comment:
Some will readily agree that Kamala Harris shows more “sympathy” for the Palestinian people than Biden. But he doesn’t want a single change in the guiding policy of the US’s unfettered support for mass killings of Israelis.
He also accepts a guide to the humiliation of the Palestinian people…
– Aaron Mate (@aaronjmate) July 25, 2024
Currently:
Read my full statement on the protests in Washington, DC yesterday. pic.twitter.com/zJpZvdQDt9
– Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) July 25, 2024
Illegal sale of Palestinian land accepted by Biden, governors, mayors and city councilors MR Online
****** ‘Pressure to succeed’: Will the Fatah-Hamas alliance last? Al Jazeera
Buffer Zone Phenomenal World
Assad’s visit to Moscow two days ago that Gilbert Doctorow heard nothing about
Why the Election of President Pezeshkian is Good News Pluralia. Iran.
The breakup of Europe
Brussels rejects overfishing ban FT
Arson attacks paralyze France’s high-speed rail network hours before the start of the AP Olympics
Hello Old Blighty
Health regulator not fit for purpose – Streeting BBC
The New Cold War
Ukraine’s hopes and challenges after long wait for F-16s BBC
NATO’s false promises boost Ukraine’s lost hopes Politico
EU transfers $2.2b from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine Straits Times. “Money from.”
‘Hong Kong gone bad’: US report details entrepôt travel links to Russia, Iran and North Korea Splash 247
Media update: China mediates in Ukraine and predicts foreign policy under Kamala Harris TASS
South of the Border
Venezuela’s presidential candidates hold final pre-election meetings Al Jazeera
Farming Is Hip in Brazil, As New Generation Overcomes US Bloomberg
2024
Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris, giving her expected but important AP endorsement
Seven Lessons from Joe Biden’s Candidacy The Bulwark
The Supremes
Justice Kagan says there must be a way to enforce the US Supreme Court’s new AP ethics code.
How the right-wing appeals court was upheld by the Supreme Court in this word USA Today
A digital clock
OpenAI will present the ‘SearchGPT’ challenge to Google FT
This Device Reveals Wired Privacy Violations
CrowdStrike is Too Big to Fail RAND
Health care
We may finally know how the placebo effect relieves pain New Scientist
Boeing
NASA says astronauts stuck in space station until Boeing’s troubled capsule is repaired France24
To Protect Undersea Cables, Take a Course on the All-Red Line of the US Naval Institute of the British Empire.
Imperial Collapse Watch
How Four American Presidents Revealed Global Economic War WaPo. Comment:
I rarely praise mainstream media but this is WaPo journalism at its best, exposing the economic war led by the US against most of the world, and especially in poor countries, with 60% of them today under US sanctions!
Here’s their analysis… pic.twitter.com/3OSKTCRE58
– Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) July 25, 2024
What I Saw in the Discover-Capital One Merger Feels Next City
Class War
Video game players will strike because of the intellectual concern of making AP
Ju/’hoansi protocol Aeon
Antidote du jour (Dandy1022):
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
