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Cats love to play and fetch like dogs. The game is based on both types of PBS hunting
The pet brain effect: How cats and dogs can save you from dementia BBC
Stray Turkish dogs, once the ‘masters of the road,’ face a new danger WaPo
Dogs can remember the names of toys years after not seeing them, research shows The Guardian
Book: The future will be shaped by heterodox economics FT:
But if the capture of the elite and the oppression of the economy is not complete and total, it is because there are economics departments in several US universities that have put up an active and strong resistance for years, with the New School in New York, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the University of Missouri Kansas City perhaps standing out in this long battle of ideas. of economics. These and other departments of economics are at the center of a lively intellectual community (often called “heterodox economics” by many), many of whose members are associated with the Union of Radical Political Economics (URPE).
The weather
‘Oh my God, what’s that?’: how a maelstrom beneath Greenland’s glaciers could slow future sea-level rise
Arrhenius 1896: First Calculation of Global Warming Protons for Breakfast. Comment:
It will never get old, alas! pic.twitter.com/kjhgxcZPTi
— Dr Maureen O’Connor 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️🍉 (@IrishEcocritic) September 1, 2024
EV Battery Makers Have Been Doing It Wrong Pure Technica
Syndemics
University of Alberta researchers retract COVID study, citing multiple CBC errors
Gentleness at First: A Brief History of the 1918 Avian Influenza Pandemic Jessica Wildfire, OK Doomer
The poliovirus that infected a Chinese child in 2014 may have leaked from a laboratory science facility. “It’s really not clear where the virus came from, as well as how it infected the child, and the writers are careful not to point fingers. But this paper emphasizes the fact that accidental release of poliovirus is very common. “
CDC Confirms Human Avian Influenza H5 Case in Missouri (press release) CDC. “There is no known immediate exposure to animals. No ongoing transmission between close relatives or otherwise was identified. “
Masks prevent millions of disabled Americans STAT. Floor: “Medical relief from this ban is nothing more than Band-aids.”
A variant of fast-spreading mpox has been found in Congo’s most populous capital Business Standard
Colorado farm workers come down with bird flu after tending to sick animals without PPE KGNU
China?
Sorry Mr. Sullivan, But You’ve Just Done China Too Bad The China Academy
China urges US to ‘maintain’ sustainable climate policies Anadolu Agency
The Chinese initiative aims to integrate nuclear weapons at half the cost of US rivals FT
In China, the allure of Africa is growing amid tensions with the West. But do the risks outweigh its promise? South China Morning Post
A ‘Special Forces-styled trip’? The changing face of Chinese travelers across the country is causing Hong Kong tourism to rethink Asia’s News Channel
The Koreans
Tens of thousands in South Korea protest against lack of climate progress Channel News Asia
Koreans in Uzbekistan: IK-pop and the culture clash brewing Al Jazeera
Syracistan
The Israeli military has been accused of killing its own citizens under the ‘Hannibal Directive’ during the October 7 riots ABC Australia.
An autopsy of a Turkish-American activist shows that he was killed by a sniper’s bullet to the head: Nablus governor Anadolu Agency. Comment:
Some impressive honesty here from Jack Lew, the US Ambassador to Israel pic.twitter.com/LVrOBEDgJR
— ☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ (@schwarz) September 7, 2024
Sarah Wilkinson in her own words Jewish Voice for Labor. Comment:
This is the shocking story from journalist Sarah Wilkinson about her recent violent arrest by 16 counter-terrorism officers, many of whom were masked, at 7.30am.
They smashed, or stole, many of his belongings; he poured the urine of his mother’s remains on the ground; deny him…
— Jonathan Cook (@Jonathan_K_Cook) September 2, 2024
The breakup of Europe
European economy survived ‘bad predictions’ but now has to deal with trade with China: Gentiloni CNBC for the EU. Comment:
The people of Western Europe fail to understand how much they were excited by the subprime crisis of 2008.
It’s actually surprising: if you take France as an example in 2008 we were almost equal to the US in GDP per capita, $45.5k compared to $48.5k, a small difference of 6%.… pic.twitter.com/Pf0Qbg47aq
– Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) September 3, 2024
****** Macron’s overthrow is an affront to democracy The Telegraph
Massive protests erupt in France after Macron appoints Barnier as Prime Minister Al Jazeera
Hello Old Blighty
Starmer defends cutting BBC winter fuel payments. Oblique Comments:
“It was part of the deal [my kids] discuss moving to Downing Street”
Prime Minister Keir Starmer discusses the latest animal Number 10, an “adorable” Siberian kitten, and tells us exclusively #BBCLauraK that it is called “Prince” pic.twitter.com/5jQFpsgEH6
– BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) September 8, 2024
Critical health reforms have left the UK vulnerable to a Covid crisis, says a senior Guardian doctor
The UK’s health minister says the NHS needs to make ‘three big shifts’ to survive the FT
Boris Johnson faces ‘serious questions’ over new deal with uranium businessman Guardians
The New Cold War
The attack on Ukraine’s Kursk has raised doubts among Russian officials, intelligence officials say
US and UK intelligence chiefs praise Russia’s ‘insidious’ Ukraine invasion and call for Gaza AP to be suspended
The War in Ukraine Is Already Over—Russia Still Doesn’t Know Why
Outnumbered and outnumbered, the Ukrainian military is fighting low morale and abandoning CNN.
****** Zelenskyy on long strikes in Russia: We need to find the key to one country, others will follow Ukrainska Pravda
Deep Strikes in Russia Have Limited Value, Pentagon Says Bloomberg
US Air Force F-35s Demonstrate Ability to Use Makeshift Runways Near Russian Border Military Watch
There was a real risk of Russia using nuclear weapons at the start of the war in Ukraine, a CIA chief revealed to The Telegraph
****** US arms advantage over Russia and China threatens stability, experts warn The Guardian
The Far Economic Forum: perhaps the least covered international event by the Western media this week Gilbert Doctorow
South of the Border
Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro leads ‘freedom of speech’ rally in Sao Paulo Al Jazeera. Comment:
It’s good to see a big protest today in São Paulo against the general authorization of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, and especially his still shocking ban of X in the whole of Brazil, and the law he somehow created that prevents VPNs from accessing it:pic.twitter.com/CFVS8Fdgw9
– Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 7, 2024
2024
Harris and Trump offered starkly different views on the economy ahead of Tuesday’s PBS debate
What Awaits President Harris The Atlantic
Not being trusted
Post-Google World Matt Stoller, BIG. Deck: “Another Google antitrust trial begins on Monday. If Google loses, it will be three claims. Sometimes they will stop and realize that the writing is on the wall with their current business model. “
A digital clock
Almost half of Nvidia’s revenue comes from just four mysterious whales who each bought a $3 billion-plus fortune.
Why AI Can Force You to Make Bad Decisions in the Brain Facts of Work
Worsening Raspberry PI Rp2350 E9 Erratum Situation Hackaday
The Final Frontier
Problem statement:
The first Starships to Mars will be launched in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.
These will be issued to test the reliability of landing on Mars as a whole. If all goes well, the first flights to Mars will be in 4 years.
Flight status will…
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 7, 2024
Academe qualifications
Jewish Faculty letter to CU presidents Task Force report (PDF) Google Drive. Columbia. Meanwhile in Texas:
Many groups of Jewish vigilantes roamed around @UofT campus today. The one who calls himself J Force. pic.twitter.com/AHLhtREuOF
— Samira Mohyeddin سميرا (@SMohyeddin) September 6, 2024
Stanford’s writing program is firing their professors and tearing down the Literary Hub
Imperial Collapse Watch
Amphibious Ship Suffers Breakdown, Marking At Least Third Navy Mechanical Problem This Year Military.com
Class War
Upending a long-held view, cardiologists accept ZIP codes, not race, to predict heart risk STAT
Watch: Cruise ships cut in half are a license to print money New Atlas
Early science and stone engineering at Menga, Neolithic dolmen (Antequera, Spain) Science
Antidote du jour (Keith Weller):
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
