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‘Miracle’ Japanese penguin found two weeks after escape Channel News Asia
Self-medicating gorillas may hold clues to new BBC drugs
Soft Landing? New Left Review
The US Fed’s top official broke the central bank’s trading rules, the watchdog said
The weather
‘I never believed it would happen’: Residents flee Bridge fire fireworks LA Times. Comment:
Amazing picture of #BridgeFire in the mountains behind the city of Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/QhwCc5ve4F
— Dylan Raines (@RainesOfEarth) September 11, 2024
As Fires Burn and Many Wildfire Districts Talk of Job Cuts, Congress Debates 2025 Budget Hotshot Awakens
Brazil is facing a fire epidemic as weather problems intensify BNE Intellinews
Return Indonesia’s Deadly Peat Burns Diplomat
****** More than 375,000 without power in Louisiana as Hurricane Francine rolls through The Times-Picayune
****** Hard to make and inefficient, hydrogen will not save the climate BNE Intellinews
The Next President Will Be The President Of The Atlantic Climate Crisis
Everyone’s heads are in the sand Burnt
Water
Innovative air-to-water tech using liquid desiccant makes water as inexpensive, renewable as Monga Bay
Broken rain gauges. Informants. Million dollar payouts and manhunts. Then the Colorado crop scam really went crazy. The Colorado Sun
Balancing Winters Rights (PDF) 48 William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 659 (2024)
Syndemics
Sequence-Based Detection of Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Wastewater in Ten Cities NEJM
How did a Missouri resident get bird flu? What we know so far is the Kansas City Star. Currently:
> At the meeting this week, @NIAIDNews‘s @DktJeanneM he said of a recent bird flu case in Missouri:
– “fear” about the case
– “predisposition to pulmonary infection”
– no contact with anything “remotely” tied to H5N1
– @CDCgov can’t sequence too much because it’s high CT pic.twitter.com/2ipmieDkYK– Alexander Tin (@Alexander_Tin) September 11, 2024
Novavax or Nothing? For others, it’s their WebMD for COVID-19
Mask ban is dumb, Editorial Board dangerous, Star-Ledger
China?
Why are young Chinese sleeping on the ground? They need hope and opportunities South China Morning Post
How China ‘cracked’ its private sector FT
Chinese firms seek to avoid pitfalls in sourcing key EV metal in Latin America: analysts South China Morning Post
in Myanmar
Making Sense of Chaos in Myanmar’s Shan State Irrawaddy
India
One-Way Traffic London Book Review
Africa
Somalia’s Instability Threatens Black Africa’s Pan-African Agenda Report
Syracistan
ICC prosecutor seeks ‘urgent’ arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders FT
Inside the Settlement Movement Southern Lebanon Jewish Currents
Israeli Historian: This Is What Jacobin Genocide Really Looked Like. Since July, still germane.
Hello Old Blighty
The NHS must ‘change or die’, says Sir Keir Starmer – as he promises the biggest overhaul of the health service since it was born eight decades ago after a new report by the Daily Mail surgeon general.
The New Cold War
France, Germany and the UK condemn the shipment of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia – as reported by the Guardian. Comment:
With all this talk of Iranian missiles going to Russia (for real now!), something occurred to me.
The Russians don’t need more missiles. They are very selective about what foreign gear they use and they make a lot of their own.
Another skill from Iran would be very useful.⬇️… pic.twitter.com/8AXrUFZ1Jr
— Armchair Warlord (@ArmchairW) September 12, 2024
UK will allow Ukraine to hit Russia with Storm Shadow missiles Ukrainske Pravda
****** Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion is a double-edged sword for the American Conservative
Russia says it has blocked Ukraine’s attempt to control the Black Sea drilling rig Anadolu Agency
****** People Over Institutions: The Government of Ukraine is Reshaping the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Nuland promotes idea that Western powers killed 2022 peace deal Responsible Statecraft
2024
The debate on the former nuclear weapons zone fails to strengthen the global community Al Jazeera. More:
#CONTINUED Scholars say that the indigenous youths who were abandoned by the nation in England are easy targets for white nationalists who promise to return to the legendary days of glory, which cannot be prevented by the generation that was brought up in ancient houses around 1966 but that has only known failure and disillusionment.
— gathara (@gathara) August 5, 2024
Big Debate: Trump Talks About Medicine But Kamala Wins With Tone and Looks Pluralis
Trump’s message of America’s decline resonates with key voters BBC
RFK Jr. suggests Trump’s independent support will drop after The Hill debate
California is considering first-in-the-nation phone discounts for undocumented immigrants Politico
Haitian immigrants fleeing unrest and exploitation find ‘Alabama the best place to live’ AL.com
Our Famously Free Press
My YouTube Channel is Based on Hate Speech Larry Johnson
9/11
At Least Two Saudi Officials May Have Intentionally Helped 9/11 Hackers, New Evidence Suggests ProPublica
The War on Terror Wasn’t a War of Moral Myths on the Rocks
The Attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 Susan Sontag. Still germane.
Police State Watch
NYPD Fires Hundreds of Misdemeanor Charges – Including Stopping and More – Without Checking ProPublica
A digital clock
As the major web browser makers stick to AI, this questionable news remains the Register
Academe qualifications
In the spirit of freedom inquiry:
New faculty guidelines from Barnard College at Columbia University. Professors are not allowed to put signs on their door “supporting a geopolitical point of view or opinion”. When you talk about “ideas or geopolitical ideas”, the faculty should talk about both sides. pic.twitter.com/ol39ppYIWJ
— Layla 🪬 (@itslaylas) September 11, 2024
Supply Chain
What keeps ship owners up at night? Splash 247
Imperial Collapse Watch
Why America Should Reduce Its Concerns About Being No. 1 Foreign Policy
Class War
US child poverty to nearly triple between 2021 and 2023 Polygraph. A useful chart:
New Census Bureau data: In 2023, the US child poverty rate reached 13.7 percent.
In 2021, the child poverty rate was 5.2%. pic.twitter.com/c3UYAXi64F
– Stephen Semler (@stephensemler) September 11, 2024
Key vote on Boeing labor contract, IAM 751 today Leeham News and Analysis
Strike Concerns at US Ports Abound About Shipping gCaptain
Can A National Strike Save A Closed Plant? The City Depends on It. Workday Magazine
Labor Union is the Best Strategy to Defeat Rising Labor Notes
Aral Sea Volcano Café
Antidote du jour (Charles J Sharp):
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
