Schrödinger’s Neighbor Says The Thought Experiment Is Very Interesting But He Would Really Like An Exact Answer Where His Cat Is The Babylon Bee (Li)
The best air people smuggle in suitcases BBC (Robin K)
What Can We Learn From Period Blood? New Yorker (Dr. Kevin)
Struggling to Unlock Your Phone? You May Lose Your Wired Fingerprints (Dr. Kevin). *Wow*. Make “lost” fingerprints appear temporary or a function of age. Yours truly had no legible fingerprints in my early 20s and that has been persistent (and no, I haven’t done heavy manual labor or handled harsh chemicals). Goldman tried 3x to satisfy NASD requirements and had to put a note on my file instead. Having prints that are too shallow to read makes contact lens wear more difficult. The lens makes a firm impression on the finger and does not want to let go of the eye.
23&Me collapses: it turns out that all that precious DNA data is for nothing Sasha Latypova (Micael T)
#Covid 19
The US is facing another outbreak of COVID-19 The Hill. And school is starting.
University. Kentucky researchers find Alzheimer’s-like brain changes in long-term COVID patients University of Kentucky (Paul R)
Michigan Supreme Court won’t rule on COVID, income tax lawsuits Detroit News (ma)
Climate/Environment
US Government Opens 31 Million Acres of State Lands for Solar Electrek
Largest dam removal in US history frees Klamath River Los Angeles Times (Chuck L)
China?
China’s 5% Growth Target Faces Growing Doubt As UBS Cuts Outlook Bloomberg
China’s factory activity appears to have slowed in August Reuters
China’s energy hits a new record Financial Times
US trade chief Tai praises new Canadian tariffs on Chinese EVs and metals South China Morning Post
If voted into office, Kamala Harris will ‘responsibly manage’ US-China relations, Sullivan assures Chinese top brass FirstPost. Since when do certain managers speak for a possible future?
South of the Border
The Venezuelan diaspora is turning its power to Aljazeera
The consequences of the dollar shortage in Bolivia: the cost of international goods rises by 50% America Economia
Africa
Mpox outbreak in Africa: A looming economic crisis Africa News
The negative effects of the war in Sudan are felt on all three continents The Economist
The breakup of Europe
German politician hit with paint before federal election DW. Sahra Wagenknecht.
Putin’s next coup. Elections in three eastern German states likely to bring in Russia-friendly parties Politico
France: What happened to you man? Matt Tabi
Old Blighty
Suicide rates in England and Wales hit highest level since 1999 Guardian
The far right is a real threat, says Keir Starmer BBC (Kevin W)
UK rail minister sacked by engineer for raising safety concerns in Politico (Kevin W)
Gaza
The UN food agency suspends operations in Gaza after a vehicle was fired at an Israeli checkpoint.
War on Gaza: Aid workers killed in Israeli air strike Middle East Eye (Kevin W)
How Israel’s Elite Intelligence Unit Targeted Queer Palestinians at a West Bank DropSite (Dr. Kevin)
Invasion of the West Bank: For western leaders, there are no red lines for the slaughter of Israel The Middle East Eye (Micael T). A great little-known rise in the media of the Anglosphere.
Painters and Associates union president Jimmy Williams Jr says the union directs its large international pension fund to ensure none of its investments go to support the “carnage in Gaza”. pic.twitter.com/KVVKKGMzS2
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) August 29, 2024
Israel is not an outsider West Asia Times (Kevin W)
The New Cold War
The ultimate Wunderwaffen? F-16 Explodes in the Sky on First Mission Simplicius. A Ukrainian MP says friendly fire from the Patriot brought the plane down. Some experts say that it was shot down by Iskander and the pilot and others were nearby.
EU Will Push Forward With Russian Assets Plan Regardless of US Bloomberg
Diplomacy Watch: F-16 crash, Zelensky says they need Responsible Statecraft. At the end of his show on Friday, Alexander Mercoursis disagreed with the long form and the claim in the headline, that Kiev seems to “like” to negotiate. Mercoursis, who IMHO is generally more optimistic about the outcome of the negotiations than I am, says that he concluded that Kiev will not negotiate again (at least under the current regime) and (my words, not his), all they are doing is bringing together various players. once.
How drone strikes are changing the rules and costs of the Ukrainian war Discussion (Dr. Kevin). Includes questionable claims and helpful observations.
ICC orders Asian country to arrest Putin RT (Kevin W)
Kremlin wages campaign to show Putin is stepping down over Kursk situation – ISW Ukrainska Pravda
Bloomberg: Ukraine war destroys Alaskan fishery International Affairs (Micael T)
Imperial Collapse Watch
How Many Americans Will Die in the Fall of Civilization? Ian Welsh (Micael T)
Trump
The American Conservative Slump
After decades of anti-vaccination rhetoric, RFK Jr. focuses on chronic diseases – and gets Trump on board STAT
Trump wants to change the IVF debate with an expensive proposal The Hill. Ironically, one has never seen Ozempic coverage described as expensive. The only time I remember that the anxiety raised was big ticket, not the effectiveness of the Alzheimers med.
Kamala
Kamala RELEASES First Interview, SPIRALS OUT of Control DeVory Dawkins. ZOMG, CNN asked real questions. Even with a scheduled interview, she doesn’t look so hot.
Harris pulls out Israel’s arms embargo: ‘Israel has the right to defend itself’ Anadolu Agency. Chas Freeman made some comments about his statement on Nima’s new speech.
2024
Harris Takes Narrow Lead Over Trump, WSJ Poll Finds Wall Street Journal
Texas T-Zones Obsolete Man (Micael T)
Leaking Gaza cable. US troops in 74 countries. Election Hysteria. Ken Klipperstein. See the opening section on claims of election interference
Ours is No Longer Free
All news about the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov The Verge
The Geopolitical Fallout of Telegram Telegram Founder Pavel Durov’s Foreign Detention Policy
Musk’s X is banned in Brazil after a row of disinformation BBC
Major publishers sue Florida over ‘unconstitutional’ textbook ban The Guardian
Mr. Market Gets What He Wants
US economic growth in the last quarter was revised up to a solid annual rate of 3% by the Associated Press. (Robin K). Shameless.
Intel Weighs Options Including Foundry Split To Stem Losses; Soar Bloomberg Shares
The AI
Digital twins make companies more efficient Economist (Dr. Kevin)
OpenAI and Anthropic to share AI models with US government TechXplore (Dr. K)
This new AI pin could be the personal writer I’ve been waiting for – if ZDNET works (Dr. Kevin). Good. Add to AI training sets.
LLMs produce a racist effect when told about African American English Nature (Paul R)
Not being trusted
Jury Rules Big Tech’s Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over Matt Stoller. Important
Class War
Book Review: Technology and chaotic government programs destroy family farms in ‘Land Rich Cash Poor’ Associated Press (Robin K)
Antidote du jour (Cheryl K):
Bonus (Chuck L):
That jaguar is beautiful!! pic.twitter.com/hBMoja5T8q
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) August 29, 2024
Second bonus:
Such happiness..🐮😊 pic.twitter.com/Gw0ibXyljZ
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 29, 2024
The third bonus. Having been a keeper of Abyssinians (as well as this very model, Ruddy), they are. Abys cares what people think, at least more than most cats:
– Cats Heal Your Stress (@Catshealdeprsn) August 29, 2024
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
