Operation Beluga — or how a Soviet icebreaker played music to thousands of whales trapped in the ice to save them from starvation ZMEScience (Dr. Kevin)
Solid knitting: a different spin on 3D printing that can make furniture out of yarn ZMEScience (Dr. Kevin)
Antibiotic Resistance Rises Due to Wars in Ukraine and Gaza Forbes (Paul R)
Doctors reveal the shocking side effect of taking Ozempic that no one talks about… and it only happens if you stop Daily Mail.
#Covid 19
Indomitable Covid Virus Eric Topol (Paul R)
Functional N95 Face Mask with Paper-Based Chemical-Free Collection for Inhaled Breath Analysis: Detection of SARS-CoV-2 with a Printed Immunosensor as ACS Sensor(s)
Weather/Environment
Impact of Global Climate Change on Crops Expected Within 10 Years, NASA Study Finds NASA. Paul R: “There could be 24% less corn and 17% more wheat by 2030.
Greenland Fossil Discovery Reveals Rising Risk of Sea-Level Catastrophe ScienceDaily (Kevin W)
Adriatic becoming ‘hot spot’: Italian fishermen struggle to adapt sea Guardian (Kevin W)
China?
The US is expected to propose banning Chinese software for autonomous vehicles Reuters
A good summary of the situation surrounding the US regulation of GPUs, but much confusion remains about the matter. A short string. 🧵
— Paul Triolo (@pstAsiatech) August 5, 2024
The Koreans
North Korea’s Kim Sends 250 Tactical Missiles Across Border Japan Times
Hidden ships and front companies: how North Korea evaded sanctions to grow a global arms industry Interview (Kevin W)
Bangladesh
Sheikh Hasina, the ‘Iron Lady’ of Bangladesh, was the longest-serving female head of government in the world. He then fled the chopper ABC Australia (Kevin W)
Bangladesh Army to Install New Government After PM Flees Bloomberg Country
Bangladeshi protesters will not accept a military-led government after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s exit from the BBC
Africa
Sudan famine: Famine in Zamzam camp ‘man-made and 100% preventable’, experts say. The sky
A deadly form of mpox has spread to many African countries Science
Old Blighty
Starmer promises a ‘standing army’ of specialist officers to tackle BBC violence
Rioters throw petrol bombs at police in Belfast on Anadolu Agency night
Is Britain heading for civil war? It doesn’t make sense
UK pensioners left on ‘financial cliff edge’ with cut in winter fuel payments Guardian
British universities are at risk of New European funding
Gaza
Gaza live: Israel bombs Jenin, Gaza and Lebanon in fresh air attack Middle East Eye
‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 304: Israel kills Palestinians across Gaza and West Bank as it looks to respond to Mondoweiss killing
Alastair Crooke: The West’s Willful Blindness Towards Israel Judge Napolitano, YouTube. 17:15: “The West wants war.” Earlier in the interview, Crooke relays a report from a friend who was at a guest house in Iran with Hamiyeh and survived (!!!) and confirms that the attack was carried out by a projectile, not a bomb. It also mentions that Russian electronic suppression systems, with a range of up to 5000 km (no typo) have been delivered to Iran and are apparently being used. Other sites have reported on the transmission of the program. According to Crooke, GPS “doesn’t work well in Israel.”
“Something happened outside”: An Eyewitness Account of the Aftermath of Ismail Haniyeh’s Murder Jeremy Scahill (Robin K)
Benjamin Netanyahu clashes with security officials over Hamas deal Financial Times. It’s totally weird. Was this story posted after ten days? There is no hope that it will end now. Misleading mention of the fact that Israel killed, perhaps a chief, Hamas negotiator (his assassination is well-publicized and his role downplayed). So what purpose does this disinfo serve? Expanding on Blinken’s nutty rhetoric of needing a ceasefire right after Hamiyeh’s murder?
Resistance Axis: a calculated, simultaneous strike on Israel The Cradle
10,000 Israeli Soldiers Killed or Wounded – Report Reveals Crisis Among Israeli Soldiers in Gaza Palestine Chronicle (Kevin W)
UN reports 300% increase in malnutrition among children in Gaza Anadolu Agency
WELCOME TO HELL: Israel’s Prison System as a Network of B’Tselem Concentration Camps
Israel Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (guurst)Pay attention to that “but the world won’t let us” bit at the end. Never let anyone tell you that your efforts to oppose Israeli atrocities are not making a difference. If the people of the West had not put pressure on the western governments about this, Israel would be doing much worse than it is.
— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) August 5, 2024
#CONTINUED: #Turkish Eagle FM: #Turkey will send its request to join #South Africa‘s genocide case against #Israel at the ICJ on Wednesday in The Hague pic.twitter.com/7rOTL4yTd7
– Arab News (@arabnews) August 5, 2024
Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked a container ship for the first time in two weeks, Aljazeera reported
Syracistan
‘Several US personnel’ injured in rocket attack in Iraq CNN (Kevin W)
The New Cold War
Ukraine’s latest war: F-16s used by Ukrainian Air Force, Zelensky says Kyiv Independent
Ukrainian forces will have to withdraw from the remaining pocket in the coming days if not hours.
That move to New York from the south and other tunnel operations forced the Ukrainian forces to give the last front lines of 2014 strong in that sector without a fight.… pic.twitter.com/A3hJNMkdDp— — GEROMA — time will tell – 👀 — (@GeromanAT) August 6, 2024
Who Caused the Ukraine War? John Mearsheimer
Canadian submarines pose new threat to Russia Vzglyad (Micael T)
Big Brother Watching Watching
Illinois Governor Approves Business-Friendly Fix for Biometric Privacy Law Reuters
Imperial Collapse Watch
CIA and 9/11 Plea Deals Consortium News (Robin K)
Preparing NZ for a post-American world news environment (mgl)
Kamala
Bill and Hillary’s daughter, Chelsea, may be running for the Harris Independent. Paul R: “Can someone call an exorcist?”
Fears of war and recession are weighing on the momentum of the Harris campaign Axios
The market sell-off puts Democrats on the edge of Politico
In Face the Nation interview, UAW President Fain takes on Kamala Harris’s re-election campaign WSWS
2024
This mysterious crypto super PAC has raised more money through the 2024 election cycle than any other — including MAGA Inc. MarketWatch(s)
Ours is No Longer Free
Former Kansas police chief to face criminal charges after newspaper raid, prosecutors tell Kansas City Star
The judge who authorized the attack on a Kansas newspaper escapes reprimand in a controversial classified explanation to the Kansas Reflector
Mr. Market Usozi
Japanese stocks also rose 9% after the Financial Times global survey. I said privately last night that this decline looks like overdue volatility after a very long period of good times, ex if you were unlucky enough to catch bad tech stocks. Of course, if we have a war, that is very disruptive to commerce. But yesterday’s headlines didn’t give that accident anywhere near the prominence it deserved, so I don’t see Mr. Market currently has enough price for that. But that can change very quickly!
Greg Ip was for many years a WSJ Fed whistleblower:
There are signs of a recession, but while risks are rising, the US is not in one place right now. That means it’s never too late to reverse the downturn, writes Greg Ip.
– Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) August 6, 2024
American marriage is declining Washington Post
Not being trusted
BOOM: Judge Rules Google Is Monopolist Matt Stoller. This is a great victory. We may see a worse search experience in a few years. But the story is a little crowded with the prospects of war in the Middle East and market turmoil.
The AI
Video Game Actors Are Officially On Strike Over AI The Verge
Nvidia Allegedly Scrapped YouTube, Netflix Videos for AI Training Data 404Media
Silicon Valley Parents Send Preschoolers to Summer Camps Focused on AI SF Standard
The battle over who makes the rules for American companies Financial Times (BC). Important
Bezzle
Thailand may tell us a lot about the future of the currency Financial Times. *Sigh* The Thai government has been trying to reduce spending for years. There was a significant drop in 2022, but cash still accounts for 50% of all sales. Furthermore, even though Thais are VERY wired and use phones regularly to transfer money, including from one to another, the performance is so poor that users are often forced to return the money. I went to a meeting last week. There was an outcry from customers of several different major banks. They can try to transfer money, the bank will insist that the customer submit a new selfie to verify identification, and the photo will be rejected. A branch march wouldn’t really solve the problem. No one in the house had any remedies other than carrying a lot of money. “Cash is king” especially if you can pay for services at 7-11 (full here)….but only with cash.
Class War
‘I feel kicked out’: People of color say the health system is failing them KFF Health News
Antidote du jour. David E” “Dog, Friday market, Souillac, France.”
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
