Pension Funds Link to Private Equity, Regardless of Risk Bloomberg
The Olympics
Many main character powers:
intelligent aura
51-year-old Yusuf Dikec from Turkey shows himself at the Olympics by shooting without special lenses…
without ear protection…
hand in pocket and both eyes open…
and casually takes home the silver medal pic.twitter.com/qRB3kwRZmz
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) July 31, 2024
The weather
Probable Estimates of 21st Century AMOC Collapse (preprint) arXiv
Cautious Optimism in Helen Scales’ ‘What the Wild Ocean Could Be: The Future of the World’s Oceans’ 3 Quarks Every Day
“Where am I going to live?”: Colorado doctors’ questions amid the smog and ozone Colorado Sun
Mother Nature’s Grumbling Bag Vermont Political Observer
Can the moon save endangered species? Space.com
Syndemics
Bird flu: Even Rassmussen understands there is a problem
There is a big problem with the way the US is responding to the H5N1 cattle outbreak.
The samples are not tested in time (months later) and these results are not presented in time (again, months later) either.
This outbreak is unstoppable.
— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) July 31, 2024
CDC: $5 Million Initiative to Improve Availability of Seasonal Influenza Vaccines for Livestock Workers Avian Flu Diary. “But given the odds, it makes sense to try to reduce the likelihood of a resurgence event that would give H5N1 a way to adapt to humans.”
Victoria’s new ‘clean air’ project could help end the COVID pandemic and boost ABC Australia’s productivity
Good for you, The West Australian:
🇦🇺 Cough, Cough, Cough
▫Whooping cough cases are on the rise in WA’s South West
▫@kirovkate
▫ 👈#today’s front page #Australia @westaustralian 🇦🇺 pic.twitter.com/OmvXfnilLi— 𝙿𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚛𝚎 July 30, 2024
Covid-19 Pauses Outer Cape Entertainment The Provincetown Independent
Is it heatstroke or COVID? Central Japan’s top emergency services Mainichi. ‘It’s a mystery!
Long-term effects of COVID-19 on endothelial function, arterial stiffness, and blood pressure in college students: a retrospective controlled study BMC Infectious Diseases. From the Abstract: “Our study showed that COVID-19 has long-term adverse effects on vascular function in college students. However, arterial stiffness tends to improve over time, during [Blood Pressure (BP)] it may show the opposite tendency.”
Institutional denial of COVID has killed public health as we know it. Be prepared to lose several centuries of progress. The Gauntlet
China?
Caixin Explains: The Why and How of China’s Monetary Policy (Part 1) Caixin Global. Comment:
4/7
it is difficult for the central bank to influence other interest rates – in the money market and in bank lending. The PBOC also tries to control interest rates too much and in the process often sends conflicting or mixed signals to the markets.”— Michael Pettis (@michaelxpettis) August 1, 2024
China’s premier calls for ‘concrete, effective, affordable’ policies to help economy South China Morning Post
China’s Robotaxi Dreams Raise Economic Concerns About AI Threat Bloomberg
Understanding the Japanese Union: The Shuntō System in Context Nippon.com
India
50 jobs, 30 years: The unseen career of an Indian female BBC worker
‘New wave’: Why suspected insurgent attacks are rising in Kashmir Jammu Al Jazeera
The Great Game
Navigating the Middle: Georgia’s strategic position in the Middle Corridor between the EU and China JAM News
Syracistan
Prof. John J. Mearsheimer: Netanyahu’s Big Mistakes (video “Live in EIGHT HOURS,” “August 1 at 3:00 PM”) Judge Napolitano, YouTube. Lambert here: Normally, I would wait until tomorrow to run this, but the topic is urgent and Mearsheimer’s views are important.
****** Hot Sde Teiman, Right-Wing Lawmakers Are Trying to Sow Chaos in the Israeli Army Haaretz
Israel Is Already Over Aloni Mizrahi
****** Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh Patrick Lawrence, Scheer Post
Israeli spies take revenge FT
Yemen’s Houthi leader warns of dire consequences for Israel over killing of Hamas chief Anadolu Agency
The killing of Haniyeh in Iran is a risk of dragging the US into a war Al Jazeera says it does not want
****** Worried about Google Maps Updates Crooked Log
****** The head of the WHO, Tedros, says that polio has been found in Gaza, and calls for action to be taken The Straits Times. Currently:
CDC is thrilled to support the Polio Eradication Team! Visit and join us in the fight against this devastating and preventable disease so we can #EndPolio. pic.twitter.com/7MQQb3F0Wy
— Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH (@CDCDirector) July 31, 2024
Hello Old Blighty
What will comfortable classes do? Funding the Future
The New Cold War
The intensity of the Russian attack is increasing: 156 combat engagements in the entire combat zone in the last day Ukrainska Pravda
Personal interview of Russian National Security Counterpunch
Ukraine gets first F-16 fighter jets to bolster defense against Russia, officials tell AP
****** Voting Against Nuclear War Scott Ritter, Consortium News
Ukraine’s Zelensky says he wants Russia ‘at the table’ at the next peace conference France24
****** Gershkovich was reportedly released in a major shakeup of Russian political prisoners BNE Intellinews
Russia : Music and Railways Pressenza
2024
Trump vs. NABJ: Hostility and questions about FOX journalism
Big Law is rallying around Kamala Harris’ FT presidential campaign
Checking Checkers: “Border Czar” (excerpt) Matt Taibbi, Racket News
A digital clock
The Tesla that killed the motorcyclist was in Full-Register Self-Driving mode
Copyright office tells Congress: ‘Urgent need’ to ban AI-powered impersonation TechCrunch
Why I Ended Up Quitting Spotify The New Yorker
Why the CrowdStrike bug hit Bits About Money hard
Health care
Medical Debt Holds Nearly Half of Insured American Adults by Surprise Bloomberg
Boeing
Boeing Hires Kelly Ortberg as Its Next CEO WSJ
Boeing Names New CEO; losses are increasing, cash flow is negative as well. Review 1, reaction. Leeham news and analysis
In new CEO, Boeing finds ‘bad type of person’ FT
The Final Frontier
No, NASA’s Boeing Starliner astronauts are stuck in space. Here is the reason. Space.com
From Folkway to Art: The Transformation of Quilts JSTOR
Researchers present TechXplore weaving furniture
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