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#Sakurajima A volcano #KagoshimaJapan, 29.07.2024, 16:46 local time
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Source: pic.twitter.com/5oCDg0AQPF– Rita Bauer (@wischweg) July 29, 2024
A Fossil Named Tina May Rewrite the Story of Human Evolution Popular Mechanics (Chuck L)
Near Mountain Range Incident Attributed to GPS Malfunction GCaptain (guurst)
#Covid 19
COVID on the rise in California, approaching summer for two years. ‘Almost everyone has one’ Los Angeles Times (Paul R)
Climate/Environment
How Soon Can the Atlantic Ocean Break Up? Two Scientist Brothers Find the Answer—And Rock the World (Dr. Kevin)
The Park Fire is now one of California’s largest wildfires on record, burning nearly half the size of Rhode Island CBS (Kevin W)
Is Japan almost cured of its nuclear arsenal? Asia Times (Kevin W)
China?
US offers $500m military aid to Philippines amid China tensions Aljazeera
Justice Department Says TikTok Could Let China Influence Elections
China’s EVs and AI Race Independent Asia Times
India
Winds of change in India-China relations Indian Punchline
India sends troops, air force as death toll from Kerala landslides rises to 57 Anadolu Agency
South of the Border
Elon Musk, in his almost 50k tweets, had something about Venezuela before April.
Now he tweets non-stop about “dictatorship.”
When I said Twitter would go back to the days of the Arab Spring, as a tool to overthrow governments, this is what I meant.
– Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) July 30, 2024
Venezuela’s Guarimbas: 11 Things The Media Didn’t Tell You Venezuela Analysis (Chuck L)
The Olympics
Olympians have called Paris food a ‘disaster’ – and one team is flying at its chef Business Insider (Kevin W)
France’s Internet Lines Down in Latest Attack During Olympics Bloomberg
The breakup of Europe
The Eurozone economy grew by 0.3% over the second quarter of the Financial Times
Säpo should be held responsible for research – that’s not very smart Aftonbladet with machine translation. Micael T: “SÄPO = Swedish Security Service”
Old Blighty
Winter fuel payments scrapped for BBC millions (Kevin W). Note his is a subsidy for pensioners and the poor.
Gaza
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 297: Israel and Lebanon prepare for new escalation after 12 Syrian civilians killed in Golan Heights by Mondoweiss strike (guurst)
****** Patrick Lawrence: No More Silence ScheerPost (Robin K). Important. The bottom line: “….join me in asking what we shouldn’t ask: Is what Israel is doing in Gaza worse than the Holocaust? ” I brought this up with Lambert a few days ago, not as a question.It will be discussed in the Israeli parliament: the legality of raping prisoners pic.twitter.com/9KuqCW9ntK
— Hamza M Syed (@HamzaMSyed) July 29, 2024
“Dedicated to all our partners in purchasing our drones”
Israeli soldiers from the 5280 Battalion of the Alexandroni Brigade filmed the bombing of Palestinian homes in Wadi Salka, east of Khan Yunis, as a tribute to the sponsors of the Israeli army who gave them… pic.twitter.com/O08M3ezd55
– Quds news network (@QudsNen) July 28, 2024
Erdogan Says Turkey Can ‘Enter’ Israel To Help Gazans Sputnik. Erdogan has always been a hater, no cows but he may stay in a low-risk way to help.
In an aggressive Cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said he must condemn the mob that broke into IDF bases, but compared it to anti-government protests Times of Israel.
The New Cold War
Putin warns US about installing long-range missiles in Germany Guardian
Ukrenergo does not plan restrictions on the supply of energy in Ukraine on Tuesday Interfax. Some improvements in performance.
Big Brother Watching Watching
China Considers Creating ‘National Cyberspace ID’ Registry
Why the Left Should Pay Attention to Privacy Current Affairs (Paul R)
2024
America’s New Political Battle Is Throwing Young Men at Young Women The Wall Street Journal. So all these political divisions are now hitting the gender divide among the youth. At the end, not reproduction.
Biden
Biden criticizes ‘extremism’ on Supreme Court, details plan for term limits, code of ethics for judges The Associated Press. Hasn’t he gotten the memo that he’s a lame duck?
Majority of Americans want Biden to resign now – poll RT Rasmussen is a right-wing researcher. However, the gap between approval v. and the continued disapproval of Biden suggests that there will still be more nays than yes even with the calls for separate sentences.
Kamala
Kamala Harris, the winning cat lady: The political family has lost its luster for Unherd
Harris Puts Abortion, Trump’s Weakness, at Campaign Center Wall Street Journal. This thing annoys me. Feminists and their ally, Team Dem, did nothing to get abortion rights, which would not have been difficult during Peak Feminism, in the 1970s, before the religious right had become so powerful. In many countries, abortion rights are available by law, not by court decision. The Dems continue to do well on this issue. There’s no way the Harris Administration can get any meaningful legislation. But why should voters prefer him? Seriously? Because you are selling an empty bag? I could see abortion being on the list as pro-abortion voters are angry at Republicans for rolling back abortion rights, but leading when the Dems have nothing real to offer?
Kamala Harris Wrapped in 2020. Here’s How To Avoid Repetition. Politics
Exclusive: Internet Star Estee Palti’s Humous Take On Kamala Harris Cackle India Today Global, YouTube. Li: “Estee is traveling all over the world!”
Trump
Donald Trump Supports ‘Strategic Bitcoin Stockpile’ in Speech to Crypto Faithful Wired (Dr. Kevin). Kill me now. The US continues its slide into third-worldism.
Ours is No Longer Free
Today’s most exciting words: I’m from NewsGuard and I’m here to rate Jonathan Turley, The Hill. Obviously revenge. It’s disappointing that Turley doesn’t seem interested in suing, but maybe he doesn’t want to show that that’s an option until they dig their hole with their “report”.
Copyright Strikes to Silence Paris Olympics Critics Seek Net (Micael T)
German Publisher Halts All Prints of JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy Jonathan Turley
YouTube Wage War On Ad Blockers Mashable
All Watch
Here’s Evidence That Capitalism Caused The Investing Retreat Crisis (Micael T)
Mother jailed for forcing daughter into deadly marriage BBC :-(. But a reminder that “waking up” isn’t always bad.
The AI
Faisal Mahmood: The AI Revolution of Pathology Eric Topol (Robin K)
From Sci-Fi to State Law: California’s Disaster Prevention Plan for AI ars technica
McDonald’s price cut for the first time in the world since 2020 Financial Times
Crowdstrike 404
Delta Seeks Damages From CrowdStrike, Microsoft After CNBC Outing. I love these Godzilla v. Mothra.
Bezzle
Sen. Cynthia Lummis announces US Treasury bill to buy 1 million bitcoins worth $68 billion The Block (UserFriendly)
Trump Media Stock (DJT) – 2nd Quarter Earnings Report Needs Explanation Forbes (furzy)
Tesla’s unsavory results draw shorts, and tipsters, out of the shadows Francine McKenna. The preview is informative.
News Site Says It’s Using AI to Extract Articles Written by Various Authors in a More Responsible Way Futurism (Paul R)
Class War
Living through another great revolution… Branco Milanovic (Micael T)
Low-Income Homes Drop Internet Service After Congress Kills Discount Program arstechnica
John Deere criticized for laying off hundreds of US workers as it shifts to Mexico New York Times (Kevin W)
CBDCs are a threat to Freedom Inform The Net (Micael T)
Antidote du jour (Alena S):
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
