Brave Goat ‘Sneakers’ Goes to Pack Livestock Guard Dog as Best Helper Parade Pets
Alaska Airlines plane diverts as red-faced pilot admits to passengers ‘not fit’ to land at mountain airport Daily Mail
The weather
Climate activists halt traffic at major German airports Anadolu Agency
The Antarctic is svelte from melting, but that’s not a good Colorado Sun
Water
Startups Race to Make Water with Thin Air Bloomberg
The Pantanal waterway project will destroy ‘paradise on Earth’, scientists warn the Guardian
Syndemics
Doctors accused of spreading false information lose their WaPo certifications
China
China’s industrial production grows at the slowest rate in four months FT
China is on track to overtake France and the United States as the world’s leading source of nuclear power BNE Intellinews. A musical interlude.
China to regulate exports of precious metal antimony from next month South China Morning Post
****** No quick fix China Daily
Managing the Sino-American AI Race Project Syndicate
China Warily Viewing Bangladesh’s Political Revolution China Digital Times
Comment: Beijing’s Baltic confession exposes the dangers of undersea Channel News Asia
India
Rural ambitions: Economic opportunities need to spread across India Business Standard
Hindenburg Report: Government’s Silence and Nonsensical Statements Again Destroy India’s Credibility
Extrajudicial Killings May Appear in New Line Magazine of India’s Most Populous State
India faces an indefinite national port strike Splash 247
New Kashmir railway bridge could be a game changer for India BBC
The downfall of the iron lady of Bangladesh is the New Arab
Africa
Decarbonizing the Kitchen and the New Scramble for Africa Climate and Capitalism
The Great Game
Helsinki Commission: “Georgia’s ruling party uses black money” JAM News
Syracistan
US Navy Prepares for Middle East Naval War News. Comment:
Just a reminder that @USNavy they don’t have enough fat and the ones we have are old and worn out.
1/We only have two T-AOEs left in the fleet and both are on the US East Coast. The supply recently returned from a record-breaking deployment with the USS Eisenhower. pic.twitter.com/SucDSkscPY
— Sal Mercogliano (WGOW Shipping) 🚢 ⚓🐪🚒🏴☠️ (@mercoglianos) August 14, 2024
US NSC ‘Will Send’: Mossad and Tehran Agents’ Intel-Sharing Claims ‘Outrageous Lies’ The Jerusalem Post
A senior Hamas official says the group is losing confidence in the US as an Israel-Gaza mediator
Right-wing Israeli minister sparks outrage by praying at flashpoint mosque Agence France Presse
Slogans and Lies John MacArthur, Harpers
The breakup of Europe
The Weird Concept of Antisemitism of German Bureaucrats of Jewish Currents
The Anti-Constitutional London Review of Books
Hello Old Blighty
Children will be taught how to spot extreme content and fake news online Guardian
Dreaming of Falling New Left Review
We Are Bad People Craig Murray
The New Cold War
Drunken Evening, Chartered Boat: The True Story of the Nord Stream Pipeline Ridicule WSJ
Competing theories of the Nord Stream FT explosion
Germany has issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian suspect for destroying the Nord Stream France24
Ukraine and Russia Plan to Keep Gas Flowing Amid Bloomberg War
****** Deception and Gambling: How Ukraine’s Military Invaded Russia NYT
Ukraine’s Ombudsman explains intention to establish offices of military officers in Kursk Oblast of Russia Ukrainska Pravda
SIREP 8/14/24: Zelensky Doubles Down as His Front Falls Simplicius, Simplicius the Thinker
****** French Fighters on Both Sides: ‘Normandie-Niemen’ Drone Squadron Helps Russia Dispel Ukraine’s Kursk Military Watch
Russians attack Odesa with ballistic missile, targeting port infrastructure Ukrainska Pravda
****** Ukraine and Russia begin exchange of prisoners taken from Kursk FT
Putin’s Strong Foreign Affairs Stake: “Predicting the Fall of His Empire Is Wishful Thinking.”
The Value of Trust in World Politics Valdai Discussion Club
Not being trusted
What Should We Do With Google? Tim Wu, NYT
Spook land
Turns out Trump’s dirtiness wasn’t a mistake on the show Greg Gutfeld, FOX:
Two months ago, a man wearing shorts and a T-shirt walked through the open door [FBI] Miami field office and spent the night. He first took a shower, then downloaded pornographic images to the computer…. The next morning, he asked the workers where he could get a cup of coffee, and they got him coffee. Hi, I’m not treated so well at Starbucks and I own a Starbucks. He was only caught when he entered a self-defense class, and someone finally asked who he was… Now, look, there is no perfect organization, but when a certain actor can wander around a special center, watch porn, take a bath, waste time. at night, eat breakfast, and attend a smart training session, is it any wonder that a whack job can ride a bike and shoot Trump? Best Buy has better security…. So forget conspiracy theories unless it’s a conspiracy, and it’s everywhere.
The Final Frontier
BP to help Nasa establish base on Moon Space,cpm
Ocean water may be buried inside Mars – but can we get to it? Space.com
NASA will decide how to bring stranded astronauts home by the end of the month Al Jazeera
A digital clock
AI stole my work and my job, and the boss didn’t know – or care about the Register
I gazed with love into the eyes of strangers ‘Eyechat’ 404 Media
Zeitgeist Watch
Reducing returns:
BREAKING: Oreo and Coca-Cola are teaming up to launch Coke Zero with Oreo flavor and Coke-infused Oreo. pic.twitter.com/elJME9nr4L
– Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) August 14, 2024
Class War
Grocery Teamster Returns to Work, Prepares to Schedule More Jobs Notes
Protecting national sovereignty and disbanding. The question of class struggle and the rights of Resistance
Proteomics identifies potential immunological drivers of postinfection brain atrophy and natural cognitive decline. From the Abstract: “Infection has been associated with the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, but the mechanisms responsible for these associations remain unclear. Using a multicohort approach, we found that influenza, viral, respiratory, and skin and subcutaneous infections were associated with an increased risk of long-term dementia. These diseases have also been associated with region-specific brain volume loss, usually in the temporal lobe. … Our findings support the role of infection in dementia risk and identify molecular mediators of diseases that may contribute to dementia.”
Rawls redeemer Aeon
Antidote du jour (Nicor):
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
